Report 2020-112 Recommendation Responses
Report 2020-112: Homelessness in California: The State's Uncoordinated Approach to Addressing Homelessness Has Hampered the Effectiveness of Its Efforts (Release Date: February 2021)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To ensure that CoCs are aware of processes and practices that can improve their efforts to combat homelessness at the local level and to provide CoCs with the necessary technical support, the Legislature should require the homeless council to develop statewide expectations and guidelines that CoCs and other local entities must follow as a condition of receiving state funding. These expectations and guidelines should consider best practices available from relevant local, state, and federal entities and should address, at a minimum, developing effective comprehensive plans, conducting PIT counts effectively and efficiently, increasing collaboration among service providers, conducting gaps analyses, and ensuring an effective coordinated entry process.
Description of Legislative Action
AB 827 (R. Rivas, 2021), in part, would have required the homeless council to collaborate with HUD to develop a statewide best practices guide that addresses and tackles homelessness to disseminate to local agencies and organizations that participate in HUD's CoC Program. The bill would have required those agencies and organizations to follow those practices as a condition of receiving state funding. This bill died in the Assembly.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: February 2022
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Legislation Proposed But Not Enacted
Description of Legislative Action
AB 827 (R. Rivas) would require the homeless council to collaborate with HUD to develop a statewide best practices guide that addresses and tackles homelessness, and to disseminate the guide to local agencies and organizations that participate in HUD's Continuum of Care Program. The bill would require those agencies and organizations to follow those practices as a condition of receiving state funding.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: August 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Legislation Introduced
Description of Legislative Action
AB 827 (R. Rivas) would require the homeless council to collaborate with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to develop a statewide best practices guide that addresses and tackles homelessness to disseminate to CoCs. The bill would require COCs to follow those practices as a condition of receiving state funding.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: April 2021