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The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local <br />agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. <br />Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. <br />This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act <br />for a specified reason. <br />This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an <br />urgency statute. <br />Vote: 2⁄3. Appropriation: no yes. Fiscal committee: yes. <br />State-mandated local program: yes. <br />The people of the State of California do enact as follows: <br /> line 1 SECTION 1. This act shall be known as the California Homes <br /> line 2 and Jobs Act of 2013. <br /> line 3 SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that having a healthy <br /> line 4 housing market that provides an adequate supply of homes <br /> line 5 affordable to Californians at all income levels is critical to the <br /> line 6 economic prosperity and quality of life in the state. The Legislature <br /> line 7 further finds and declares all of the following: <br /> line 8 (a)  Funding approved by the state’s voters in 2002 and 2006, <br /> line 9 as of June 2011, has financed the construction, rehabilitation, and <br /> line 10 preservation of over 11,600 shelter spaces and 57,220 affordable <br /> line 11 apartments, including 2,500 supportive homes for people <br /> line 12 experiencing homelessness. In addition, these funds have helped <br /> line 13 57,290 families become or remain homeowners. Nearly all of the <br /> line 14 voter-approved funding for affordable housing was awarded by <br /> line 15 the beginning of 2012. <br /> line 16 (b)  The requirement in the Community Redevelopment Law <br /> line 17 that redevelopment agencies set aside 20 percent of tax increment <br /> line 18 for affordable housing generated roughly one billion dollars <br /> line 19 ($1,000,000,000) per year. With the elimination of redevelopment <br /> line 20 agencies, this funding stream has disappeared. <br /> line 21 (c)  California has 12 percent of the United States population, <br /> line 22 but 21.4 percent of its homeless population. Seventy-three percent <br /> line 23 of people experiencing homelessness in California fell into it <br /> line 24 because they could not afford a place to live. Sixty-two percent of <br /> line 25 homeless Californians are unsheltered, 14 percent are veterans, <br /> line 26 and 20 percent are families. <br /> line 27 (d)  Furthermore, 4 of the top 10 metropolitan areas in the <br /> line 28 country for homeless are in the following metropolitan areas in <br />96 <br />SB 391— 3 — <br />