Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. The department is responsible for administering various housing and home loan programs throughout the state. Existing law requires the department, on or before December 31 of each year, to submit an annual report containing specified information to the Governor and both houses of the Legislature on the operations and accomplishments during the previous fiscal year of the housing programs administered by the department.
This bill would require the department to include in those annual reports specified information relating to grant-based programs administered by the department, including the amount of the original awards to recipients, the portions not yet disbursed to recipients, and an estimate of how many individuals could benefit from the remaining balance.
This bill would require the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency to monitor the department's efforts, including the collection of performance reports, and until January 1, 2024, to annually report to the Legislature. The bill would require the department to take certain actions by January 1, 2021, with respect to monitoring its housing bond programs, including developing, and begin implementing, a plan for performing onsite visits of CalHome Program recipients, determining the usability of the Consolidated Automated Program Enterprise System (CAPES) for the housing bond programs, and developing, and begin implementing, a long-term plan for the department to address instances when the department has exceeded its administrative spending limits.

Statutes affected:
AB195: 50408 HSC
01/10/19 - Introduced: 50408 HSC
06/26/19 - Amended Senate: 50408 HSC