Encampment Resolution Funding program: safe parking sites: reporting.

The entire proposed Section 50251 is removed. This section would have established the Encampment Resolution Funding program with four stated purposes, including assisting local jurisdictions with operating safe parking sites while locating interim or permanent housing for people in vehicles or RVs. The bill no longer amends this section.

Section 50254(f) is changed so that the Legislative Analyst's Office (rather than the council/HCD) evaluates the data and outcomes reported pursuant to subdivision (g) to assess program efficacy and identify scalable best practices.

A new reporting requirement is added in Section 50254(g): the department must include in its annual report under Section 50408 a summary of data elements described in paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 50254.5, disaggregated by funding round. This requirement becomes inoperative after the department publishes the final report covering the final round of program funds.

The legislative digest is updated to note that existing law already requires recipients of 2024-25 and 2025-26 fiscal year funding to submit final reports to the department, and that the department already submits an annual report to the Governor and Legislature. The digest also clarifies that the bill removes the requirement for the department to report to chairs of relevant fiscal and policy committees (though this reporting appears retained in the operative text).

Removed the formal 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL' header, page numbers, and two-column chaptered layout formatting.

Added website navigation elements (menu items, search bar, version history list, share buttons) that are part of the legislative information system's web interface rather than the bill text itself.

New Section 50252.1 added, governing administration of additional funding rounds (not round 1). Requires the council to first fund previously unfunded projects that met requirements, then award remaining funds on a rolling basis with application windows tied to the fiscal year.

Safe parking purpose in Section 50251(a)(4) broadened from 'local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county' to simply 'local jurisdictions,' removing the urban community restriction and making safe parking grants available to rural and suburban jurisdictions as well.

New detailed application requirements for additional funding rounds: demographics of encampment residents, justification for prioritization, collaboration plan, description of how funds connect individuals to services and housing (with specific safe parking details if applicable), other local funding sources, and numeric goals for transitions to temporary shelters and permanent housing.

Quarterly legislative reports (beginning April 1, 2026) now must include a point-in-time accounting of: number of people transitioned to permanent housing, number transitioned to temporary shelters, and description of types of services offered and whether individuals were connected to them. Reports are now tied specifically to Section 50252.1 additional rounds.

New funding prioritization criteria: jurisdictions demonstrating cross-systems collaboration and innovative encampment resolution efforts, and applicants representing diversity of communities including rural, urban, and suburban areas.

New performance monitoring powers for the council: may monitor grantee performance, require technical assistance from grantees not meeting goals, and limit allowable uses of program funds for underperforming grantees.

Evaluation of program data and outcomes shifted from the council to the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) in Section 50254(f), changing who is responsible for assessing program efficacy and identifying scalable best practices.

Council may use up to 5 percent of money appropriated in a given fiscal year for program administration, including capacity building and technical assistance.

Header changed from enrolled bill format (Senate/Assembly passage dates, Secretary signatures) to chaptered law format with 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL' and Chapter 524 designation.

Page numbering changed from page 92 (SB 748) to page 91 (Ch. 524) throughout the document due to layout differences between enrolled and chaptered formats.

Governor approval date of October 10, 2025 and filing with Secretary of State on the same date were added, replacing blank date fields in the enrolled version.

Section 50254.7 was entirely removed. This section had required recipients removing RVs with grant funds to tow vehicles to safe parking sites, notify owners in writing, give owners 60 days to retrieve their vehicle, and allowed auction or demolition if the owner did not comply. It also granted local jurisdictions a right of first refusal on auctions and split proceeds 50/50 between owner and recipient.

A new program purpose was added in Section 50251: assisting urban communities within a county with operating safe parking sites while locating interim or permanent housing, including acquisition of sites, operation of the site, services to the site, and increasing safe parking site hours.

The definition of 'encampment' in Section 50250 that included 'people using recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads' was removed from the bill.

The quarterly reporting requirement in Section 50254 was expanded to include additional legislative committees: Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, Assembly Committee on Budget, and the Senate and Assembly Committees on Human Services, in addition to the previously listed Local Government, Transportation, and Housing committees.

Minor corrections including fixing a duplicate word ('hours hours' to 'hours'), a typo ('mobile home mobilehome parks' to 'mobilehome parks'), and a misspelling ('Govenment' to 'Government').

The definition of 'encampment' in Section 50250(h) was narrowed from 'people using cars and recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads' to 'people using recreational vehicles for temporary shelter along public roads,' removing cars from the encampment definition.

Section 50251(a)(5) expanded the code enforcement purpose from covering only 'recreational vehicles' to covering 'cars and recreational vehicles,' giving local jurisdictions explicit authority to use grant funds for parking, storage, inspection, and towing code enforcement related to cars.

The bill title was corrected from a garbled 'Sections 50250 and 50251 of 50250, 50251, and 50254' to the clean 'Sections 50250, 50251, and 50254.' The legislative digest was also revised to remove references to the council (now superseded by the department) and to fix duplicate words and drafting errors throughout.

The entire Section 50250 (definitions) is removed from the bill. The act now only amends Sections 50251 and 50254 of the Health and Safety Code instead of 50250, 50251, and 50254.

The program purpose of assisting local jurisdictions with removal and storage of cars and recreational vehicles while locating temporary shelter is deleted entirely.

The program purpose of assisting local jurisdictions with code enforcement of parking, storage, inspection, and towing of cars and recreational vehicles is deleted entirely.

The remaining vehicle-related purpose is reframed from 'acquiring property for safe parking sites and increasing safe parking site hours' to a broader 'operating safe parking sites while locating interim or permanent housing for people experiencing homelessness living in vehicles or recreational vehicles,' which includes acquisition, operation, services, and increased hours.

The quarterly reporting requirement (beginning April 1, 2026) no longer requires reports to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government or the Senate and Assembly Committees on Transportation. Reports now go only to Budget and Fiscal Review, Housing, Housing and Community Development, and Human Services committees.

Assembly Members Haney and Tangipa are added as coauthors of the bill.

A new legislative findings section (Section 1) was added citing HUD data showing 187,084 people experiencing homelessness in California as of January 2024, that two-thirds sleep outside, that 25% of America's homeless population is in California, and that 44% are chronically homeless. It also clarifies that RVs are intended for temporary recreational or emergency occupancy, not long-term habitation.

A new program purpose (5) was added: assisting qualifying urban communities with code enforcement of the parking, storage, inspection, and towing of recreational vehicles.

The safe parking site purpose was expanded to include 'acquiring property for safe parking sites' in addition to increasing hours, but is now limited to the same subset of urban communities.

A new definition of 'recreational vehicle' was added to Section 50250, incorporating the definition from Health and Safety Code Section 18010 (motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation).

Program purposes in Section 50251 were narrowed: the removal/storage of cars and RVs (purpose 4) and safe parking site expansion (now purpose 6) are now limited to 'local jurisdictions that are urban communities within a county that offer temporary shelters and safe parking sites,' rather than all local jurisdictions.

Section 50254 was substantially expanded with new data reporting requirements: recipients must provide data (including health information) to local Homeless Management Information Systems; grantees must report client-level data directly to the council for research and evaluation; health information is exempt from public records disclosure; recipients must share service delivery model information; and the council must evaluate outcomes to identify scalable best practices.

New Section 50254.7 establishes minimum requirements for recipients removing RVs with grant funds: must tow to a safe parking site after required notifications; must provide written notice to the owner; must give the owner 60 days to retrieve the vehicle; may auction or demolish if the owner fails to retrieve within 60 days or if the vehicle is towed again after retrieval; local jurisdictions receive right of first refusal on auctions; and proceeds are split 50/50 between the owner and the recipient.

A new quarterly reporting requirement was added: beginning April 1, 2026, the council must report to chairs of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, Transportation, Housing, and Housing and Community Development on funding distributed for each program purpose. This requirement is inoperative on April 1, 2030.

Section 50254 was amended to exempt contracts implementing the chapter from various state procurement requirements, including the State Contracting Manual, personal services contracting requirements, and review by the Department of Technology and Department of General Services (with Department of Finance approval).