Shelter crisis: emergency bridge housing community: City of San Jose.

Existing law authorizes the governing body of a political subdivision, as those terms are defined, to declare a shelter crisis if the governing body makes a specified finding. Upon declaration of a shelter crisis, existing law, among other things, suspends certain state and local laws, regulations, and ordinances to the extent that strict compliance would prevent, hinder, or delay the mitigation of the effects of the shelter crisis. Existing law, until January 1, 2022, upon a declaration of a shelter crisis by the City of San Jose, authorizes emergency housing to include an emergency bridge housing community for the homeless, as specified. Existing law, in lieu of compliance with state and local building, housing, health, habitability, or safety standards and laws, authorizes the city to adopt by ordinance reasonable local standards for emergency bridge housing communities, subject to specified requirements, including review by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Existing law requires the city, among other things, to match each resident of an emergency bridge housing community to an affordable housing unit identified in the city's housing plan that will be available for the resident to live in on or before January 1, 2022. Existing law further requires the city to annually report to the Legislature specific information on emergency bridge housing communities, including, among other information, the number of residents in every emergency bridge housing community and the actual and projected number of permanent affordable housing units available through January 1, 2022. This bill would extend the repeal date of these provisions to January 1, 2025. The bill would extend the date that an affordable housing unit identified in the city's housing plan is required to be available for a resident of an emergency bridge housing community to live in to January 1, 2025. The bill would make a conforming change to the above-described requirement that the city report specified information to the Legislature. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of San Jose.