Housing and community development: housing omnibus bill.

(1) Existing law imposes numerous requirements upon licensed real estate brokers that, among other things, relate to the sale and advertisement of any mobilehome. This bill would expand the requirements to include a manufactured home, in addition to a mobilehome. (2) The existing California Building Standards Law governs the adoption and proposal of building standards and requires the California Building Standards Commission to review, approve or reject, and codify proposed standards. This bill would grant the commission the powers and authority to carry out specified duties, including the power to accept federal or outside funds. (3) Under existing law, a redevelopment agency requires that a "Notice of Affordability Restrictions on Transfer of Property" be recorded in the office of the county recorder for all new or substantially rehabilitated units developed or otherwise assisted with moneys from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund. The notice is required to contain specified information, including the street address of the property. This bill would exempt the address information requirement if the property is used to confidentially house victims of domestic violence. (4) Existing law establishes the Affordable Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program, under the administration of the Department of Housing and Community Development, for the purpose of funding the acquisition of property to develop or preserve affordable housing. Existing law requires the department to adopt and administer guidelines for the operation of the program for a 24-month period, and to adopt regulations. This bill would eliminate the 24-month period limitation on the effectiveness of the guidelines. The bill would instead require the department to adopt regulations for the program prior to issuing any request for qualification funded with loan repayments. (5) Existing law establishes the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006, which authorizes the issuance of bonds to finance various housing programs, capital outlay related to infill development, housing-related parks, and transit-oriented development programs. Existing law also requires the Bureau of State Audits to conduct periodic audits of the awarding and use of bond proceeds according to prescribed requirements relating to specified programs funded under the act. This bill would expand the scope of the bureau's audit to include requirements relating to the deposit and expenditure of bond proceeds in the Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account, the Transit-Oriented Development Account, and the Housing Urban-Suburban-and-Rural Parks Account. By providing for a new use for the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund of 2006, a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation. (6) Existing law establishes the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Family Wellness Act to provide for various health and community-based services to serve the varied needs of agricultural workers and their families. This bill would repeal these and implementing provisions of the act. (7) Existing law establishes the California Housing Finance Agency in the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency with the primary purpose of meeting the housing needs of persons and families of low or moderate income. This bill would require the California Housing Finance Agency to report to the Legislature, on or before December 31 of 2011 and 2012 on the status of funding awarded to the agency through a specified federal housing fund and program. (8) This bill would correct and eliminate erroneous cross-references, delete obsolete provisions of law, correct technical errors, and make conforming changes to existing law relating to housing. (9) This bill would incorporate additional changes proposed by SB 812 and AB 2536, respectively, that would become operative only if SB 812 or AB 2536 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2011, and this bill is chaptered last.