This measure would recognize and honor the men and women of California agriculture for their dedication and productivity by observing March 15, 2016, as National Agriculture Day, and designating March 16, 2016, as California Agriculture Day.
The Planning and Zoning Law authorizes the legislative body of a city, including a charter city, a county, or a city and county under specified conditions to adopt for a period of 45 days as an urgency measure an interim ordinance prohibiting any uses that may be in conflict with a contemplated general plan, specific plan, or zoning proposal that the legislative body, the planning commission, or the planning department is considering or studying or intends to study within a reasonable time. Existing law prohibits the extension of an interim ordinance that would have the effect of denying approvals needed for the development of projects with a significant component of multifamily housing, except upon specified findings supported by substantial evidence on the record. This bill would instead prohibit an interim ordinance from having the effect of denying approvals needed for the development of projects with a significant component of multifamily housing. This bill would additionally make findings and declarations that addressing housing matters, including the development of multifamily housing, is a matter of statewide concern, and the bill therefore applies to all cities, including charter cities.
Existing law requires an owner of a dwelling structure containing one or more units offered to the public for rent or for lease for residential purposes, or a party signing a rental agreement or lease on behalf of the owner, to provide certain information to a tenant, including, among other things, disclosure in the rental agreement or lease the name and contact information of the person or entity to whom rent payments are required to be made and, if rent payments may be made personally, the usual days and hours that the person will be available to receive the payments, or, at the owner's option, the rental agreement or lease instead is required to disclose the number of the account in a financial institution located within 5 miles of the rental property into which rent payments may be made, and the name and street address of the institution, or the information necessary to establish an electronic funds transfer procedure for paying the rent. This bill would require that the address for payment in person be within 5 miles of the rental property and that the rental agreement or lease disclose a name and address to which rent may be paid by mail. Existing law provides that a party who enters into a rental agreement on behalf of an owner who fails to comply with laws requiring that certain information be provided to a tenant is deemed an agent of each person who is an owner for, among other things, receiving rental payments, which may be made in cash, by check, by money order, or in any form previously accepted by the owner or agent, unless the form of payment has been specified in the rental agreement or the tenant has been notified by the owner in writing that a particular form of payment is unacceptable. This bill would omit the specific reference to cash, check, or money order and instead would authorize payment in any manner disclosed in the rental agreement or lease pursuant to these provisions. Existing law, if personal delivery is not allowed, requires that it be conclusively presumed that upon mailing of any rent or notice to the owner by the tenant to the name and address provided, the notice or rent is deemed receivable by the owner on the date posted, if the tenant can show proof of mailing. This bill would require that presumption to be applied regardless of whether personal delivery is allowed. Existing law provides that a tenant of real property is guilty of unlawful detainer in certain circumstances, including when the tenant continues in possession without permission of the landlord after default in the payment of rent and 3 days' notice requiring its payment or possession of the property was served on the tenant, as specified. This bill would recast and clarify that provision. Existing law provides various methods for serving notices in unlawful detainer proceedings, including the service of notice to a tenant, whose place of residence and business cannot be ascertained or there is not a person of suitable age or discretion with whom to leave a copy, by affixing a copy in a conspicuous place on the property, delivering a copy to a person living on the property if such person can be found, and sending a copy through the mail addressed to the tenant at the place where the property is situated. This bill would add that the copy sent through the mail to the tenant be with proof of service by mail. Existing law, commonly known as the Ellis Act, generally prohibits public entities from adopting any statute, ordinance, or regulation, or taking any administrative action, to compel the owner of residential real property to offer or to continue to offer accommodations, as defined, in the property for rent or lease. Existing law authorizes a public entity to enact by ordinance or statute procedures for an owner to notify the entity of his or her intention to withdraw accommodations from rent or lease and for an owner to notify the tenant of specified information. Existing law provides, if the tenant or lessee is at least 62 years of age or disabled, as defined, and has lived in the accommodations for at least one year before the notice of intent to withdraw has been filed with the entity, the date of withdrawal of the accommodations of that tenant or lessee is extended for one year after delivery of the notice to the public entity and certain other requirements apply. This bill would additionally apply that extension if the tenant or lessee has a custodial or family relationship with a pupil enrolled in a primary or secondary school who lives in the accommodations, as specified. Existing law authorizes a public entity to also require the owner to notify the tenant of, among other things, his or her right to extended tenancy for one year after delivery of the notice if that tenant or lessee is at least 62 years of age or disabled and has lived in those accommodations for at least one year prior to the above-referenced notice of intent to withdraw accommodations from rent or lease. This bill would additionally authorize a public entity to require the owner to provide notice of this right to extend tenancy to a tenant or lessee that has a custodial or family relationship with a pupil enrolled in a primary or secondary school who lives in the accommodations, as specified. This bill also would make technical changes.
Existing law requires the California Housing Finance Agency, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of Veterans Affairs to work together to administer the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014 to provide for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable multifamily supportive housing, affordable transitional housing, affordable rental housing, or related facilities for veterans and their families to allow veterans to access and maintain housing stability. Existing law requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to publicize information pertaining to benefit programs that are available to qualified homeless veterans, including, but not limited to, the federal Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing voucher program, and any programs that assist homeless veterans in securing rental housing. This bill would require the Department of Housing and Community Development, after consulting with the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish a program to provide on an annual basis a grant to eligible cities, counties, or nonprofit organizations that provide services to homeless veterans. The bill would require these grants to be used to provide veterans who receive a federal Supportive Housing voucher, but may or may not be eligible for funds from the federal Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Services for Veteran Families program, with supplemental funding for one or more move-in expenses, as defined.
This measure would declare the month of April 2016 as the Month of the Military Child.
Existing law requires an attached housing development to be a permitted use, not subject to a conditional use permit, on any parcel zoned for multifamily housing if at least certain percentages of the units are available at affordable housing costs to very low income, lower income, and moderate‑income households for at least 30 years, and if the project meets specified conditions relating to location, being subject to a discretionary decision other than a conditional use permit, and a negative or mitigated negative declaration having been adopted for the project under the California Environmental Quality Act. This bill would instead require an attached housing development to be a permitted use by right, as defined, and subject to the existing conditions imposed on a use by right, if it satisfies the same specified conditions as to location and other conditions requiring location on property that is part of the jurisdiction's residential inventory or that has been or will be rezoned under the jurisdiction's housing program. This bill would also condition the permitted use by right upon the development complying with written development standards appropriate to meeting the jurisdiction's share of the regional housing needs and providing housing for very low, low-, or moderate-income households and replacement housing units. By imposing new duties upon local agencies with respect to housing developments, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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.
This measure would designate April 3, 2016, to April 9, 2016, inclusive, as Women and Girls in STEM Week and would encourage all citizens and community organizations to support the observance of California Women and Girls in STEM Week by encouraging and celebrating women in the STEM fields.
