8699.1.
(a) (1) Every person who is homeless shall have a right to temporary shelter if the person has actively sought temporary shelter in the jurisdiction for at least three consecutive days and has been unable to gain entry into all temporary shelters they sought for either of the following reasons:(A) The temporary shelter declined the person for any reason.
(B) The temporary shelter does not meet minimum state or federal housing, health, habitability, planning and zoning, or safety standards, procedures, or laws for the structure.
(2) (A) Every city, or every county in the case of unincorporated areas, shall provide temporary shelter, mental health treatment, resources for job placement, and job training to a person who has a right to temporary shelter pursuant to paragraph (1) until the person obtains permanent housing. If the city or county, as applicable, is unable to provide temporary shelter, it shall provide a rent subsidy in an amount sufficient to cover costs for shelter for each day until the city or county is able to provide temporary shelter to the person.
(B) Every city, or every county in the case of unincorporated areas, shall establish written procedures that a person may use to claim the remedy in subparagraph (A).
(b) A person who is homeless may bring a civil action to enforce paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).
(c) A court shall order the following penalties and remedies upon finding a violation of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a):
(1) The city or county, as applicable, shall provide temporary shelter, mental health treatment, resources for job placement, and job training to the person who is homeless until the person obtains permanent housing.
(2) If the city or county, as applicable, is unable to provide temporary shelter, as described in paragraph (1), the city or county shall provide a rent subsidy in an amount sufficient to cover costs for shelter for each day until the city or county is able to provide the remedy in paragraph (1).
(3) The city or county, as applicable, shall pay, for each plaintiff in the civil action, a civil penalty of ____ dollars ($____) into a discrete fund of the city or county for purposes of creating temporary shelters in the jurisdiction.
(4) The city or county shall pay the plaintiff’s attorney’s fees and costs.