Housing.

(1) Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city or a county to establish an enhanced infrastructure financing district to finance public capital facilities or other specified projects of communitywide significance. Existing law requires the district to require, by recorded covenants or restrictions, that housing units built pursuant to this authority remain available at affordable housing costs to, and occupied by, persons and families of very low, low-, or moderate-income households, as provided. This bill would delete an unnecessary reference to "households" in these provisions. (2) The Planning and Zoning Law requires each city, county, and city and county to prepare and adopt a general plan that contains certain mandatory elements, including, but not limited to, a housing element. That law requires the housing element to include, among other things, an assessment of housing needs, an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to the meeting of those needs, and an inventory of land suitable for residential development, including vacant sites and sites having the potential for redevelopment. That law also requires revisions of a housing element according to a certain schedule. That law further requires the Department of Housing and Community Development, for the 4th and subsequent revisions of the housing element, to determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region and requires the department to meet and consult with the council of governments regarding this need at least 26 months prior to the scheduled revision. Existing law requires the council of governments to provide data assumptions from the council's projections, including, if available, among other things, the percentage of renters' households that are overcrowded, as provided. This bill would delete the reference to "renters" in the provisions described above, thereby requiring the data assumptions from the council's projections to include the percentage of all households that are overcrowded. This bill would also revise the definition of planning period for purposes of those provisions to correspond to housing element revisions, as specified. The bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the inventory of land suitable for residential development provisions. By increasing the duties of local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law establishes the position of mobilehome ombudsman within the Department of Housing and Community Development, requires the Governor to designate a deputy director in the department to serve as the ombudsman, requires the department to provide each licensed mobilehome park with the name, address, and phone number of the ombudsman, and requires the management of the mobilehome park to post this sign, as specified. A violation of the posting requirement is an infraction. This bill would rename the mobilehome ombudsman as the Mobilehome Assistance Center, require the Governor to designate a deputy director in the department for the Mobilehome Assistance Center, and make conforming changes. (4) Existing law establishes the California Housing Finance Agency with a primary purpose of meeting the housing needs of persons and families of low or moderate income and requires the agency to administer various housing finance assistance programs. Existing law, by November 1 of each year, also requires the agency to submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to specified state governmental entities. This bill would instead require that report to be submitted by December 31 of each year. (5) The Swimming Pool Safety Act generally requires, whenever a building permit is issued for the construction of a new swimming pool or spa, the pool or spa to be equipped with specified safety features. Existing law prohibits the act from being subject to further modification or interpretation by any regulatory agency of the state, and provides that this authority is reserved exclusively to local jurisdictions, as specified. This bill would correct erroneous cross-references in these provisions. (6) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 53398.52 of the Government Code proposed by AB 1999 and SB 1145 to be operative only if this bill and either or both AB 1999 and SB 1145 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65583.2 of the Government Code proposed by AB 686 to be operative only if this bill and AB 686 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65584.01 of the Government Code proposed by AB 2238 and SB 828 to be operative only if this bill and either or both AB 2238 and SB 828 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (7) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.