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SB-1227 Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002.(2001-2002)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.
 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) Approximately 220,000 housing units need to be produced in California each year to meet demand. Yet only four times in the last 20 years has the production target been reached.
(2) While the national homeownership rate has reached a record high, the rate in California is 10 percent below the national average, and ranks 48th in the nation.
(3) There is an extreme shortage of rental housing in California, particularly for lower income renters. Rental housing construction is primarily at the high end of the rental market. The statewide rental vacancy rate is fourth lowest in the nation.
(4) Over one-third of all renter families statewide pay over half their incomes in rent. Over one-half of all low-income renter families pay over half their incomes in rent, while almost three out of four very low income renter families pay over half their incomes in rent. It requires 106 hours per week at a minimum wage job to afford the average two-bedroom unit in California.
(5) One out of every eight housing units statewide is in substandard condition, and one of every eight metropolitan California rentals is overcrowded. Threats to resident safety and displacement and costs of repairs and rehabilitation can be mitigated with more effective local housing code enforcement and compliance activities. Moreover, increased availability of public funds to help finance rehabilitation and repairs will result in the preservation of existing housing rather than replacement of that housing at higher construction costs.
(6) The Department of Housing and Community Development estimates that there are over 360,000 homeless individuals in California, and other data discloses that one-third of the homeless population, and the segment increasing most rapidly, are families with children.
(7) More than 147,000 rental units built in this state prior to 1980 under the Section 236, Section 221(d)(3), and Section 8 programs of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Section 515 program of the federal Farmers Home Administration are at risk of conversion to higher rent housing or condominium units. Loss of this housing stock will displace thousands of elderly, disabled, and struggling families with no place to go.
(8) The basic housing goal for state government pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 50003 of the Health and Safety Code is to provide a decent home and suitable living environment for every California family.
(b) The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following:
(1) There is an urgent need to provide affordable housing to meet the increasingly unfulfilled housing needs of this state.
(2) There is an immediate need to reaffirm the commitment to the official housing policy of the state and provide sufficient financial resources to meet this commitment over a reasonable period of time.
(3) There is a critical need to provide financial assistance to do all of the following:
(A) Purchase, construct, and rehabilitate emergency shelters and transitional housing for homeless families and individuals.
(B) Construct rental housing for families and individuals, including the special housing needs of seniors, the disabled, and farmworkers.
(C) Preserve and rehabilitate affordable homes and rental housing.
(D) Provide home purchase assistance for first-time homebuyers.

SEC. 1.5.

 Section 50675.13 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

50675.13.
 (a) If the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002 is approved by the voters, with respect to funds appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 53533, the department shall award reasonable priority points for projects to prioritize any of the following:
(1) Infill development.
(2) Adaptive reuse in existing developed areas served with public infrastructure.
(3) Projects in proximity to public transit, public schools, parks and recreational facilities, or job centers.
(b) The department may utilize other factors in rural areas to promote infill development.

SEC. 1.6.

 Section 50675.14 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

50675.14.
 If the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002 is approved by the voters, with respect to funds appropriated to the Multifamily Housing Program pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 53533, the department shall consider, commencing in the second year of the funding, the feasibility and appropriateness of modifying its regulations to increase the use of funds by small projects. In doing this, the department shall consider its operational needs and prior history of funding supportive housing facilities.

SEC. 1.7.

 Section 50802.5 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

50802.5.
 (a) The department shall issue a notice or notices of funding availability to potential applicants and designated local boards, as applicable, as soon as possible after funding becomes available for the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program. Each notice of funding availability shall indicate the amounts and types of funds available under this program.
(b) A designated local board, or the department in the absence of a designated local board, shall solicit, receive, and select among applications for grants pursuant to this chapter from eligible organizations through an open, fair, and competitive process. These applications shall be ranked and selected by a designated local board, or by the department in the absence of a designated local board.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the department may restrict a designated local board from selecting any application requesting a grant for capital developments if the amount requested by the application exceeds the limits determined by the department, and the department determines that the designated local board is not qualified to evaluate the application. The department shall establish criteria for distinguishing between a designated local board that may be so restricted and a designated local board that would not be so restricted. A designated local board may appeal to the director, or to the director’s designee, any decision made by the department pursuant to this subdivision. The department, by June 30, 2001, shall consider increasing the maximum grant limits to three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for operating grants and five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for capital grants.
(d) The department, or the designated local board, as applicable, shall not grant more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) to any eligible organization within a region in a funding round even if the eligible organization has filed multiple applications.
(e) The department shall determine requirements of the grant contract and shall contract directly with the grant recipient. The department shall not delegate this function to the designated local boards. Eligible designated local boards may use a percentage of the regional award funds to defray administrative costs. The department shall establish this percentage, which shall not exceed 2 percent.
(f) The designated local board shall regulate the performance of any grant contract within their region, subject to department oversight and requirements established by the department.
(g) The department shall not perform a secondary rating or ranking review on those grant applications that have been solicited, received, and selected by a designated local board according to a local ranking criterion that has been approved by the department.
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002 is approved by the voters, funds allocated pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 53533 shall be administered by the department in a manner consistent with the restrictions and authorizations contained in provision 3 of Item 2240-105-0001 of the Budget Act of 2000, except that any appropriations in that item shall not apply. The competitive system used by the department shall incorporate priorities set by the designated local boards and their input as to the relative merits of submitted applications from within the designated local board’s county in relation to those priorities.
In addition, the funding limitations contained in this section shall not apply to the appropriation in that budget item.

SEC. 2.

 Section 51451.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

51451.5.
 The Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Program of 2002 is hereby established, to provide assistance in the amount of the applicable school facility fee on affordable housing developments. The Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Program of 2002 shall, with funds provided by the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002 (Part 11 (commencing with Section 53500)), provide the following assistance:
(a) Downpayment assistance to the purchaser of any newly constructed residential structure in a development project in an economically distressed area in the amount of school facility fees paid pursuant to Section 65995.5 or 65995.7 of the Government Code, less the amount that would be required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 65995 of the Government Code, notwithstanding Sections 65995.5 and 65995.7 of the Government Code, if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The development project is located in a county with an unemployment rate that equals or exceeds 125 percent of the state unemployment rate.
(2) Five hundred or more residential structures have been constructed in the county during 2001.
(3) A building permit for an eligible residential structure in the development project is issued by the local agency on or after January 1, 2002.
(4) The eligible residential structure is to be owner occupied for at least five years. If a structure is owner occupied for fewer than five years, the recipient of the assistance shall repay the School Facilities Fee Assistance Fund the amount of the assistance, on a prorated basis.
(5) The sales price of the eligible residential structure does not exceed 175 percent of the median sales price of residential structures in the county during the average of the previous five years.
(b) Downpayment assistance to the purchaser of any newly constructed residential structure in a development project in the aggregate amount of school facility fees paid pursuant to one, all, or any combination of subdivision (b) of Section 65995, Section 65995.5, or Section 65995.7 of the Government Code for the eligible residential structure if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The assistance is provided to a qualified first-time homebuyer pursuant to Section 50068.5.
(2) The qualified first-time homebuyer does not exceed the lower or moderate-income requirements in Section 50093.
(3) A building permit for an eligible residential structure in the development project is issued by the local agency on or after January 1, 2002.
(4) The eligible residential structure is to be owner occupied for at least five years. If a structure is owner occupied for fewer than five years, the recipient of the assistance shall repay the School Facilities Fee Assistance Fund the amount of the assistance, on a prorated basis.

SEC. 3.

 Section 51453 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

51453.
 Notwithstanding Section 51452, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) transferred to the School Facilities Fee Assistance Fund pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 53533 is continuously appropriated to the department for allocation for the agency for administrative costs and to make payments to purchasers of newly constructed residential structures pursuant to Section 51451.5 from that fund for a period of four years, as follows:
(a) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for the program set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 51451.5, except that if less than 50 percent of these funds are expended within 24 months, all or part of those funds shall be available for the program set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 51451.5 at the discretion of the executive director of the agency.
(b) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for the program set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 51451.5, except that if less than 50 percent of these funds are expended within 24 months, all or part of those funds shall be available for the program set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 51451.5 at the discretion of the executive director of the agency.
(c) If after 48 months, more than 20 percent of the funds identified in subdivisions (a) and (b) are not expended, the executive director of the agency may make all or part of those funds available to the California Homebuyer’s Downpayment Assistance Program, as authorized under Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 51500).
(d) All repayments of disbursed funds pursuant to this chapter or any interest earned from the investment in the Surplus Money Investment Fund or any other moneys accruing to the fund from whatever source shall be returned to the fund and is available for allocation by the agency to the program established pursuant to Section 51451.5.

SEC. 4.

 Section 51455 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

51455.
 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), Sections 51450, 51451, 51452, and 51454 shall not be operative on and after January 1, 2002.
(b) Except as provided in Section 51453 and 51453.5, until July 1, 2016,  51453,  the School Facilities Fee Assistance Fund established by Section 51452 and the programmatic authority necessary to operate the programs authorized by Section 51451 shall continue on and after January 1, 2002, only with respect to any repayment obligation pertaining to that assistance or to any regulatory agreement imposed as a condition of that assistance.
(c) Sections 51451.5, 51453, and 51453.5 shall not be operative on and after July 1, 2016.
(d) On and after July 1, 2016, any unobligated amounts remaining in the School Facilities Fee Assistance Fund, including the repayment of disbursed moneys, or any interest earned from the investment of those moneys or any other moneys accruing to the fund from any source, shall be transferred to the Home Purchase Assistance Fund and are continuously appropriated to the agency for the purposes described in Section 51342.

SEC. 5.

 Section 51479 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

51479.
 In administering a program for the preservation of multifamily housing hereunder, the agency may segregate funds available for these purposes into separate accounts as necessary to reflect the different types of assistance authorized by this chapter.

SEC. 6.

 Section 51505 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

51505.
 (a) In addition to the downpayment assistance program authorized by Section 51504, and notwithstanding any provision of Section 51504 to the contrary, the agency shall provide downpayment assistance from the funds set aside pursuant to subparagraph (D) of paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 53533 for the purposes of the portion of the Extra Credit Teacher Home Purchase Program provided for in subdivision (g) of Section 8869.84 of the Government Code and any other school personnel home ownership assistance programs as set forth by the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, as operated by the agency. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the agency may, but is not required to, provide downpayment assistance pursuant to this section to any local issuer participating in the Extra Credit Teacher Home Purchase Program and any other school personnel home ownership assistance programs as set forth by the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee.
(b) Downpayment assistance for purposes of this section shall be subject to, and shall meet the requirements of, the Extra Credit Teacher Home Purchase Program and any other school personnel home ownership programs as set forth by the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, and shall include, but not be limited to, deferred payment, low interest rate loans where payment of principal and interest is deferred until the time that the home is sold or refinanced. This downpayment assistance shall meet the requirements of subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 51504.
(c) Loans made pursuant to this section may include a provision whereby interest, principal, or both, of the loan is forgiven upon conditions to be established by the agency, or any other provision designed to carry out the purposes of the Extra Credit Teacher Home Purchase Program and any other school personnel home ownership programs as set forth by the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee.
(d) Downpayment assistance pursuant to this section shall not exceed the greater of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) or 3 percent of the home sales price.

SEC. 7.

 Section 53130 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

53130.
 (a) Moneys deposited in the Roberti Affordable Housing Fund from the sale of bonds pursuant to Part 9 (commencing with Section 53150) shall be allocated for expenditure in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be transferred to the Rental Housing Construction Fund to be expended for the programs authorized by Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 50735) of Part 2, except Sections 50738.5 and 50745.1.
(2) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended for the purpose of making deferred-payment loans to acquire and rehabilitate residential hotels, as authorized by Section 50670.
(3) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be transferred to the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund to be expended for the programs authorized by Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 50800) of Part 2.
(4) Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be transferred to the Family Housing Demonstration Account to be expended for the programs authorized by Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 50880) of Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code.
(5) Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be transferred to the department for expenditure for the development of migrant farm labor centers authorized by Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 50710) of Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code.
(6) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be transferred to the Home Purchase Assistance Fund to be expended for programs authorized by Chapter 6.8 (commencing with Section 51341) of Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) Moneys deposited in the Roberti Affordable Housing Fund from the sale of bonds pursuant to Part 10 (commencing with Section 53190) shall be allocated for expenditure in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) One hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be transferred to the Rental Housing Construction Fund to be expended for the programs authorized by Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 50735) of Part 2, except Sections 50738.5 and 50745.1.
(2) Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended for the purpose of making deferred-payment loans to acquire and rehabilitate residential hotels, as authorized by Section 50670.
(3) Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be transferred to the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund to be expended for the programs authorized by Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 50800) of Part 2.
(4) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be transferred to the Home Purchase Assistance Fund to be expended for programs authorized by Chapter 6.8 (commencing with Section 51341) of Part 2.
(c) No portion of any of the moneys allocated pursuant to this section may be expended for project operating costs, except that this section does not preclude expenditures for operating costs from reserves required to be maintained by or on behalf of the project sponsor.

SEC. 8.

 Part 11 (commencing with Section 53500) is added to Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:

PART 11. HOUSING AND EMERGENCY SHELTER TRUST FUND ACT OF 2002

CHAPTER  1. General Provisions
53500.
 This part shall be known and may be cited as the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002.
53501.
 As used in this part, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Committee” means the Housing Finance Committee created pursuant to Section 53524.
(b) “Fund” means the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund created pursuant to Section 53520.
CHAPTER  2. Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund
53520.
 The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this part shall be deposited in the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund, which is hereby created. Money in the fund shall be allocated and utilized in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 53533).
CHAPTER  3. Fiscal Provisions
53521.
 Bonds in the total amount of two billion one hundred million dollars ($2,100,000,000) exclusive of refunding bonds, or so much thereof as is determined necessary and feasible by the committee in order to effectuate this part or to conduct an effective sale, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be used for carrying out the purposes expressed in this part and to be used to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code. The bonds shall, when sold, be and constitute a valid legally and binding obligation of the state, and the full faith and credit of the state is hereby pledged for the punctual payment of both principal of, and interest on, the bonds as the principal and interest become due and payable.
53522.
 Any bonds issued and sold pursuant to this part may be refunded by the issuance of refunding bonds in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. Approval by the electors of the state for the issuance of bonds described in this chapter shall include the approval of the issuance of any bonds issued to refund any bonds originally issued or any previously issued refunding bonds.
53523.
 (a) The bonds authorized by this part shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code) and all of the other provisions of that law apply to the bonds and to this part and are hereby incorporated in this part as though set forth in full in this part.
(b) Pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, the cost of bond issuance shall be paid out of the bond proceeds. These costs shall be shared proportionally by each program funded through this chapter.
53524.
 (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this part, the Housing Finance Committee is hereby created. For purposes of this part, the Housing Finance Committee is “the committee” as that term is used in the State General Obligation Bond Law. The committee consists of the Controller, the Treasurer, the Director of Finance, the Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, the Director of Housing and Community Development, and the Executive Director of the California Housing Finance Agency, or their designated representatives. The Treasurer shall serve as the chairperson of the committee. A majority of the committee may act for the committee.
(b) For purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, the department is designated the “board” for programs administered by the department, and the agency is the “board” for programs administered by the agency.
53525.
 Upon request of the board stating that funds are needed for the purposes of this chapter, the committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this part in order to carry out the actions specified in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 53533) and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be authorized and sold to carry out those actions progressively, and it is not necessary that all of the bonds authorized to be issued be sold at any one time.
53526.
 There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds each year, and it is the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in regard to the collection of the revenue to do and perform each and every act that is necessary to collect that additional sum.
53527.
 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund, for the purposes of this part, an amount that will equal the total of the following:
(a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued and sold pursuant to this part, as the principal and interest become due and payable.
(b) The sum necessary to carry out the provisions of Section 53528, appropriated without regard to fiscal years.
53528.
 For the purposes of carrying out this part, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that have been authorized by the committee to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this part. Any amounts withdrawn shall be deposited in the fund. Any money made available under this section shall be returned to the General Fund from money received from the sale of bonds for the purpose of carrying out this part.
53529.
 Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this part that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for federal tax purposes under designated conditions, the Treasurer may maintain separate accounts for the bond proceeds invested and the investment earnings on those proceeds, and may use or direct the use of those proceeds or earnings to pay any rebate, penalty, or other payment required under federal law, or take any other action with respect to the investment and use of those bond proceeds, as may be required or desirable under federal law in order to maintain the tax exempt status of those bonds and to obtain any other advantage under federal law on behalf of the funds of this state.
53530.
 The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code, for the purposes of carrying out this part. The amount of the request shall not exceed the amount of unsold bonds that the committee has by resolution authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this part. The board shall execute any documents that are required by the Pooled Money Investment Board to obtain and repay the loan. Any amounts loaned shall be deposited in the fund to be allocated by the board in accordance with this part.
53531.
 All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premiums and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest.
53532.
 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this part are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the California Constitution, the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the limitations imposed by that article.
CHAPTER  4. Allocation of Housing Bond Revenues
53533.
 (a) Money deposited in the fund from the sale of bonds pursuant to this part shall be allocated for expenditure in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) Nine hundred ten million dollars ($910,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) of Part 2, except for the following:
(A) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the Preservation Opportunity Fund and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years for the preservation of at-risk housing pursuant to enabling legislation.
(B) Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be used for nonresidential space for supportive services, including, but not limited to, job training, health services, and child care within, or immediately proximate to, projects to be funded under the Multifamily Housing Program. This funding shall be in addition to any applicable per-unit or project loan limits and may be in the form of a grant. Service providers shall ensure that services are available to project residents on a priority basis over the general public.
(C) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be used for matching grants to local housing trust funds pursuant to enabling legislation.
(D) Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be used for student housing through the Multifamily Housing Program, subject to the following provisions:
(i) The department shall give first priority for projects on land owned by a University of California or California State University campus. Second priority shall be given to projects located within one mile of a University of California or California State University campus that is suffering from a severe shortage of housing and limited availability of developable land as determined by the department. Those determinations shall be set forth in the Notice of Funding Availability and shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(ii) All funds shall be matched on a one-to-one basis from private sources or by the University of California or California State University. For the purposes of this subparagraph, “University of California” includes the Hastings College of the Law.
(iii) Occupancy for the units shall be restricted to students enrolled on a full-time basis in the University of California or California State University.
(iv) Income eligibility pursuant to the Multifamily Housing Program shall be established by verification of the combined income of the student and his or her family.
(v) Any funds not used for this purpose within 24 months of the date that the funds are made available shall be awarded pursuant to subdivision (a) for the Downtown Rebound Program as set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 50898.2.
(E) Any funds not encumbered for the purposes set forth in this paragraph, except subparagraph (D), within 30 months of availability shall revert to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund created by Section 50661 for general use in the Multifamily Housing Program.
(F) If the enabling legislation for any program specified in this paragraph fails to be enacted into law in the 2001–02 Regular Session of the Legislature, the specified allocation for that program shall be void and the funds shall revert for general use in the Multifamily Housing Program.
(2) One hundred ninety-five million dollars ($195,000,000) shall be transferred to the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund to be expended for the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program authorized by Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 50800 of Part 2).
(3) One hundred ninety-five million dollars ($195,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended for the Multifamily Housing Program authorized by Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 50675) of Part 2, to be used for supportive housing projects for individuals and households moving from emergency shelters or transitional housing or those at risk of homelessness. The criteria for selecting projects should give priority to supportive housing for people with disabilities who would otherwise be at high risk of homelessness where the applications represent collaboration with programs that meet the needs of the person’s disabilities. The department may provide for higher per-unit loan limits as reasonably necessary to provide and maintain rents affordable to those individuals and households. For purposes of this paragraph, “supportive housing” means housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 53260, and that is linked to onsite or offsite services that assist the tenant to retain the housing, improve his or her health status, maximize his or her ability to live, and, when possible, work in the community.
(4) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be transferred to the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Fund to be expended for farmworker housing programs authorized by Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section 50517.5) of Part 2, except for the following:
(A) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be used for projects that serve migratory agricultural workers as defined in subdivision (i) of Section 7602 of Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations.
(B) Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be used for developments that also provide health services to the residents. Recipients of these funds shall be required to provide ongoing monitoring of funded developments to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program. Projects receiving funds through this allocation shall be ineligible for funding through the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program.
(C) Any funds not encumbered for the purposes set forth in this paragraph within 30 months of availability shall revert for general use in the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program.
(5) Two hundred five million dollars ($205,000,000) shall be transferred to the Self-Help Housing Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code and Section 50697.1, these funds are hereby continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years to the department to be expended for the purposes of the CalHome Program authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50650) of Part 2, except for the following:
(A) Seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) shall be transferred to the Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods Fund to be used for the Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods (BEGIN) Program pursuant to enabling legislation.
(B) Five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be used to provide grants to cities, counties, cities and counties, and nonprofit organizations to provide grants for lower income tenants with disabilities for the purpose of making exterior modifications to rental housing in order to make that housing accessible to persons with disabilities. For the purposes of this subparagraph, “exterior modifications” includes modifications that are made to entryways or to common areas of the structure or property. The program provided for under this subparagraph shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(C) Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be expended for construction management under the California Self-Help Housing Program pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 50696.
(D) Any funds not encumbered for the purposes set forth in this paragraph within 30 months of availability shall revert for general use in the CalHome Program.
(E) If the enabling legislation for any program specified in this paragraph fails to be enacted into law in the 2001–02 Regular Session of the Legislature, the specified allocation for that program shall be void and the funds shall revert for general use in the CalHome Program.
(6) Five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be transferred to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended for capital expenditures in support of local code enforcement and compliance programs. This allocation shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code. If the moneys allocated pursuant to this paragraph are not expended within three years after being transferred, the department may, in its discretion, transfer the moneys to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund to be expended for the Multifamily Housing Program.
(7) Two hundred ninety million dollars ($290,000,000) shall be transferred to the Self-Help Housing Fund. Notwithstanding Section 50697.1, these funds are hereby continuously appropriated to the agency to be expended for the purposes of the California Homebuyer’s Downpayment Assistance Program authorized by Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 51500) of Part 3, except for the following:
(A) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be transferred to the School Facilities Fee Assistance Fund as provided by subdivision (a) of Section 51453 to be used for the Homebuyer Down Payment Assistance Program of 2002 established by Section 51451.5.
(B) Eighty-five million dollars ($85,000,000) shall be transferred to the California Housing Loan Insurance Fund to be used for purposes of Part 4 (commencing with Section 51600).
(C) Twelve million five hundred thousand dollars ($12,500,000) shall be reserved for downpayment assistance to low-income first-time homebuyers who, as documented to the agency by a nonprofit organization certified and funded to provide homeownership counseling by a federally funded national nonprofit corporation, is purchasing a residence in a community revitalization area targeted by the nonprofit organization and who has received homeownership counseling from the nonprofit organization.
(D) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be used for downpayment assistance pursuant to Section 51505. After 18 months of availability, if the agency determines that the funds set aside pursuant to this section will not be utilized for purposes of Section 51505, these funds shall be available for the general use of the agency for the purposes of the California Homebuyer’s Downpayment Assistance Program, but may also continue to be available for the purposes of Section 51505.
(E) Funds not utilized for the purposes set forth in subparagraphs (B) and (C) within 30 months shall revert for general use in the California Homebuyer’s Downpayment Assistance Program.
(8) One hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be transferred to the Jobs Housing Improvement Account to be expended as capital grants to local governments for increasing housing pursuant to enabling legislation. If the enabling legislation fails to become law in the 2001–02 Regular Session of the Legislature, the specified allocation for this program shall be void and the funds shall revert for general use in the Multifamily Housing Program as specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).
(b) No portion of the money allocated pursuant to this section may be expended for project operating costs, except that this section does not preclude expenditures for operating costs from reserves required to be maintained by or on behalf of the project sponsor.
(c) The Legislature may, from time to time, amend the provisions of law related to programs to which funds are, or have been, allocated pursuant to this section for the purpose of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the program, or for the purpose of furthering the goals of the program.
(d) The Bureau of State Audits shall conduct periodic audits to ensure that bond proceeds are awarded in a timely fashion and in a manner consistent with the requirements of this part, and that awardees of bond proceeds are using funds in compliance with applicable provisions of this part.
SEC. 9.
 Sections 1.5 to 8, inclusive, of this act shall become operative upon the adoption by the voters of the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002, as set forth in Section 8 of this act.
SEC. 10.
 (a) Section 8 of this act shall be submitted to the voters at the November 5, 2002, statewide general election in accordance with provisions of the Government Code and the Elections Code governing the submission of statewide measures to the voters.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all ballots of the election shall have printed thereon and in a square thereof, exclusively, the words: “Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002” and in the same square under those words, the following in 8-point type: “This act provides for the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002. For the purpose of providing shelters for battered women, clean and safe housing for low-income senior citizens, emergency shelters for homeless families with children, housing with social services for the homeless and mentally ill, repairs and accessibility improvements to apartments for families and handicapped citizens, homeownership assistance for military veterans, and security improvements and repairs to existing emergency shelters, shall the state create a housing trust fund by issuing bonds totaling two billion one hundred million dollars ($2,100,000,000), paid from existing state funds at an average annual cost of ____ dollars ($____) per year over the ____-year life of the bonds, with the requirement that every city and county is eligible to receive funds as specified in the measure and with all expenditures subject to an independent audit? (The Attorney General shall fill in the blanks in this subdivision with the figures provided by the Legislative Analyst for the annual average cost of the bonds and the number of years required to retire the bonds.)” Opposite the square, there shall be left spaces in which the voters may place a cross in the manner required by law to indicate whether they vote for or against the act.
(c) Notwithstanding Sections 13247 and 13281 of the Elections Code, the language in subdivision (b) shall be the only language included in the ballot label for the condensed statement of the ballot title, and the Attorney General shall not supplement, subtract from, or revise that language, except that the Attorney General may include the financial impact summary prepared pursuant to Section 9087 of the Elections Code and Section 88003 of the Government Code. The ballot label is the condensed statement of the ballot title and the financial impact summary.
(d) Where the voting in the election is done by means of voting machines used pursuant to law in the manner that carries out the intent of this section, the use of the voting machines and the expression of the voters’ choice by means thereof are in compliance with this section.
SEC. 11.
 It is the intent of the Legislature that, to the extent funds authorized by this act are available to local governmental entities, federally recognized California Indian tribes shall also be eligible to apply for those funds, be considered on the merits of the application, and receive and expend those funds.
SEC. 12.
 This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order to provide for the submission of Section 8 of this act to the voters at the November 5, 2002, statewide general election, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.