Existing law establishes the Encampment Resolution Funding program, administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to increase collaboration between the department, local jurisdictions, and continuums of care for, among other things, providing encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing.
Existing law requires the department to report to the chairs of the relevant fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature on the outcomes, learnings, and best practices models identified through the program.
This bill would additionally include assisting specified local jurisdictions with, among other things, removing and storing cars and recreational vehicles, as specified, acquiring property for safe parking sites, and increasing safe parking site hours, as purposes of the program.
Beginning on April 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, the bill would require the department to report to the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation, the Senate Committee on Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development on the funding distributed for each of the program's purposes, as specified.

Statutes affected:
SB 748: 50250 HSC, 50251 HSC
02/21/25 - Introduced: 50250 HSC, 50251 HSC
03/27/25 - Amended Senate: 50250 HSC, 50251 HSC, 50254 HSC, 50254 HSC
04/09/25 - Amended Senate: 50250 HSC, 50251 HSC, 50254 HSC