SB 1220 Passes Out of Senate Policy Committees!

Today SB 1220 passed out of the Senate Governance and Finance Committee with a vote of 5-2. The bill will next be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee at the end of May. Thank you to all of our supporters and to Senator DeSaulnier and his staff!

SB 1220 Passes Out of Senate Transportation & Housing

SB 1220 passed out of the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee April 24th, 2012 with a vote of 6-2. The bill will be heard tomorrow in the Senate Governance and Finance Committee at 9:30am. Thank you to our many members who traveled to Sacramento to testify in support of this landmark legislation!

CHC Newsletter: March 2012

Inside this issue:

-CHC Welcomes Our New Policy Director

-Save The Date for our 2012 Policy Forum & Housing Hall of Fame Awards

-CHC Co-Sponsors SB 1220

HOMeS Act Introduced

Permanent Source of Funding for Affordable Housing Bill Introduced Today Today, Senator Mark DeSaulnier and President pro Tem of the Senate Darrell Steinberg, along with principal co-author Assemblymember Toni Atkins, introduced the Housing Opportunity and Market Stabilization (HOMeS) Act (SB 1220) with the goal of creating a permanent funding source for affordable homes in California.

CHC Supports AB 1585

Policy Position AB 1585 was introduced last week by Speaker Perez and Assemblymembers Atkins, Dickinson, Hill, Mitchell, Perea and Torres. AB 1585 is an urgency bill running parallel to SB 654 (Steinberg). This bill clarifies that existing unencumbered Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund balances will transfer to the successor housing agencies of dissolved redevelopment

CHC Newsletter: February 2012

Inside this issue:
-CA Without Redevelopment
Welcome 2012 Board
-CHC Advocacy Days
-CHC Policy Forum & Hall of Fame Awards