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SB-742 Housing: homelessness programs: report.(2023-2024)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Chapter 21 (commencing with Section 18999.99) is added to Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:

CHAPTER  21. Homelessness Programs and Data Reporting
18999.99.
 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Agency” means a state agency, department, division, bureau, board, or commission.
(b) “At risk of homelessness” has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 91.5 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(c) “Persons experiencing homelessness” has the same meaning as “homeless person” as defined in Section 91.5 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(d) “Program” means any program an agency funds, implements, or administers that provides housing or housing-based services to persons experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, including rental assistance programs, with the exception of federally funded programs with requirements inconsistent with this chapter.
18999.991
 (a) (1) On or before December 30, 2024, and annually thereafter on December 30, and notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, an agency shall provide a report to the appropriate budget and policy committees of the Legislature. The report shall include all of the following information:
(A) An ongoing tracking of the specific uses and expenditures of any program funds broken out by eligible uses listed, including the current status of those funds.
(B) The number of individuals served by the program funds in that year, and the total number served in all years of the program, including demographics served.
(C) The types of housing assistance provided, if applicable, broken out by the number of individuals.
(D) Outcome data for an individual served through program funds, including the type of housing that an individual exited to, the percentage of successful housing exits, and exit types for unsuccessful housing exits.
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(b) An agency may request a city, county, or city and county to provide the information described in subparagraphs (A) to (D), inclusive, of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) to that agency if the city, county, or city and county received state funds from the agency to fund, implement, or administer a program.