Housing

Finance and Development
Mobilehomes
Miscellaneous

Finance and Development

SB 510 (Alarcon-D) California Housing Trust Fund

Continuously appropriates money in the California Housing Trust Fund for investment, as specified, in securities that are eligible for investment of surplus state moneys. Provides that interest resulting from investment be expended for housing programs that serve low-income households.

(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

SB 633 (Sher-D) Emergency housing

Appropriates $5 million to the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund for loans for the acquisition, conversion, rehabilitation or construction of permanent homeless shelter facilities.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 899 (Vasconcellos-D) California Youthbuild Program

Creates the California Youthbuild Program within the State Department of Industrial Relations to help disadvantaged youth obtain education and employment skills in conjunction with the construction or rehabilitation of housing for special need populations, very low-income households, and low-income households.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1106 (Hayden-D) Affordable housing

Creates the Affordable Housing and Renters Rights Act of 1999.

(Died in Senate Housing and Community Development Committee)

SB 1164 (Mountjoy-R) Public Lands Protection Act: Los Angeles County

Requires a public vote of city residents, when a 100-acre parcel of private property, situated on a steep slope, adjacent to public lands, within the city limits or the sphere of influence of a city, and currently zoned for agriculture, grazing, or low-density residential use, is developed or rezoned for development. Applies only in Los Angeles County.

(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)

SB 1190 (Solis-D) Redevelopment: low- and moderate-income housing funds

Clarifies the use of the Low and Moderate Housing Fund when authorizing improvements related to the preservation of affordable housing units.

(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

SB 1642 (Figueroa-D) Housing: jobs

Adds a requirement that the State Department of Housing and Community Development and regional councils of government, when determining regional fair shares of housing, incorporate measures to improve the balance of jobs and housing within each region's employment centers.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1656 (Alarcon-D) Housing

Establishes the CalHome Program within the State Department of Housing and Community Development to provide grants and loans to local governments or nonprofit organizations to enable low- and very low-income households to become homeowners and provides that the Legislature intends to make a significant appropriation to the California Housing Trust Fund to create a permanent funding source for lower income housing projects. (A Budget Trailer Bill.)

Chapter 84, Statutes of 2000

SB 1816 (Vasconcellos-D) Affordable housing

Requires the State Department of Housing and Community Development to issue guidance to local governments regarding electronic submission of housing elements, makes the state's housing element process electronically based by January 1, 2003, and states legislative findings and declarations regarding the shortage of affordable housing for specified populations.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 2113 (Burton-D) Redevelopment plans: San Francisco

Allows the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency to extend its ability to incur debt and receive tax increment for Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Fund activities.

Chapter 661, Statutes of 2000

SB 2128* (Solis-D) Residential mortgage loans

Establishes the Predatory Lending Task Force to study predatory lending practices and make recommendations to the Legislature.

(Died on Assembly Floor)

SB 2197 (Soto-D) Home Purchase Program

Modifies the Roberti-Greene Home Purchase Program, administered by the California Housing Finance Agency, to simplify administration of the program.

Chapter 307, Statutes of 2000

SB 2198* (Soto-D) Homeownership tax credit

Creates a state "homeownership tax credit" for mortgage lenders who make specified second mortgages to families below 80 percent of the area median income.

(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)

AB 950 (Thomson-D) Travis Air Force Base

Extends the sunset on the law allowing the creation of a joint powers agency for the purpose of meeting the housing needs of the Travis Air Force Base and preventing its relocation.

Chapter 469, Statutes of 2000

AB 1382 (Lowenthal-D) Housing: code enforcement pilot program

Creates a pilot program to award grants to communities that create a local program of community enforcement of local building codes.

Chapter 664, Statutes of 2000

AB 1580 (Florez-D) Housing: farm labor strategy

Requires the State Department of Housing and Community Development to establish a task force to assist the department in the development of a strategy for building farmworker housing and issue a report by July 2000.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1626* (Torlakson-D) Taxation: low-income housing

Increases the annual low-income housing tax credit limit from $35 million to $50 million.

Chapter 3, Statutes of 2000

AB 1811* (Reyes-D) Tax credit: qualified farmworker

Allows the Tax Credit Allocation Committee to commit future years' tax credits for the farmworker housing program for specified projects, allows the credit to be awarded before costs are incurred, and allows the credit to be used by the taxpayer once the farmworker housing is placed in service.

Chapter 311, Statutes of 2000

AB 1855 (Lowenthal-D) Redevelopment

Extends several inclusionary housing provisions requiring the replacement of low- and moderate-income housing destroyed or removed as a result of redevelopment activities. Allows the Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency to spend low- and moderate-income funds outside the agency's jurisdiction.

Chapter 756, Statutes of 2000

AB 1901 (Steinberg-D) Housing: construction: prevailing wages

Requires that developers receiving loans from the State Department of Housing and Community Development, under specified programs, agree to the payment of prevailing wage rates during construction, as specified.

Chapter 957, Statutes of 2000

AB 1903* (Lowenthal-D) Taxation: low-income housing

Allows investors to claim state and federal low-income housing credits differently.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2008 (Assembly Housing And Community Development Committee) Housing and community development

Makes technical changes to a variety of code sections in order to facilitate the implementation of a number of programs related to housing and community development.

Chapter 471, Statutes of 2000

AB 2041 (Dutra-D) Redevelopment: affordable housing

Allows contiguous redevelopment agencies, located within a single Metropolitan Statistical Area, to establish a joint powers authority for the purpose of pooling low- and moderate-income housing funds.

Chapter 552, Statutes of 2000

AB 2048 (Torlakson-D) Community development

Authorizes a city within a Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a serious housing imbalance, to create a housing opportunity district.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2054 (Torlakson-D) Balance of jobs and housing

Provides "clean-up" language to a Budget Trailer Bill, AB 2864 (Torlakson), which creates both the Inter-Regional Partnership State Pilot Project and the Jobs-Housing Balance Improvement Program.

Chapter 665, Statutes of 2000

AB 2060 (Steinberg-D) Housing: federal tax credits: teachers

Establishes the Extra Credit Teacher Home Purchase Program to provide financial aid to teachers for home purchases.

Chapter 331, Statutes of 2000

AB 2089 (Wright-D) Insurers: community

Establishes the Wright-Murray Community Reinvestment Act of 2000 to encourage California insurers to invest in low-income housing.

(Died in Assembly Insurance Committee)

AB 2157 (Lowenthal-D) Housing: loans

Clarifies and amends existing definitions regarding loans made by the California Housing Finance Agency. Specifies that documents for loans made to natural persons and secured by personal property state that the personal property could be subject to sale to pay off the loan.

Chapter 553, Statutes of 2000

AB 2305* (Dutra-D) Veterans' Bond Act of 2000

Authorizes the issuance of a $500 million general obligation bond to be used to finance the California Veteran Farm, Home and Mobilehome Purchase Assistance Program. The Veterans' Bond Act of 2000 is to be placed on the November 2000 ballot.

Chapter 51, Statutes of 2000

AB 2359 (Keeley-D) Community Investment

Establishes the Community Development Investment Guarantee Fund and authorizes the State Treasurer to guarantee loans for small businesses and housing that benefits low-income individuals.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 2430 (Wiggins-D) Transfer of regional housing needs

Extends the authority and adds conditions for Napa County to transfer 15 percent of its low-income housing needs to cities in the county.

Chapter 358, Statutes of 2000

AB 2747 (Alquist-D) Housing demand areas

Creates and defines "housing demand areas" and requires a specific amount of funds provided to first-time home buyers to be set aside for allocation to housing demand areas.

(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 2786 (Bates-R) Escheated funds: affordable housing: elderly

Requires that all unclaimed money, including unclaimed money from a deceased person's estate, that is currently escheated to the state be instead deposited in the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund. Specifies that the fund is to be used for the construction, rehabilitation, or acquisition and rehabilitation of multifamily rental housing developments for elderly persons or households.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2864 (Torlakson-D) Balancing jobs and housing

Creates the Inter-Regional Partnership State Pilot Project to help improve the balance of jobs and housing in the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus. Creates the Jobs-Housing Balance Improvement Program to provide state fiscal incentives to local governments in the form of grants or loans to fund capital outlay and other projects that will help to mitigate the imbalance of jobs and housing in communities throughout the state. (A Budget Trailer Bill.)

Chapter 80, Statutes of 2000

AB 2865* (Alquist-D) Housing

Creates the California Homebuyer's Downpayment Assistance Program, and makes various findings and declarations regarding the unfulfilled housing needs.

Chapter 81, Statutes of 2000

AB 2866* (Migden-D) Government

Makes numerous changes in existing law relating to general government to implement provisions of the Budget Bill for the 2000-2001 year, including homebuyer downpayment assistance. Existing law establishes homebuyer and rental programs to refund school facility fees to assist in the development of affordable housing. Increases the income limits and home prices to be eligible to participate in the program.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2867 (Lowenthal-D) Building code enforcement

Requires the State Department of Housing and Community Development to make grants to cities, counties and cities and counties to be used to increase staffing dedicated to local building code enforcement.

Chapter 82, Statutes of 2000

HR 40 (Torlakson-D) Housing

Resolves that the State Department of Housing and Community Development commission a study identifying (1) the areas where high job and household growth are expected to occur over the next 20 years, (2) the housing needs created by that growth during the same period, (3) the amount of land in those areas available to meet the demand for housing, and (4) a description of the constraints to producing enough housing to meet the anticipated population, job, and household growth in those areas over the next 20 years.

Adopted

Mobilehomes

SB 619 (Dunn-D) Mobilehomes and manufactured homes: ombudsman

Makes various changes relating to the Mobilehome and Manufactured Home Ombudsman program within the State Department of Housing and Community Development,

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 758 (Morrow-R) Mobilehome Residency Law: attorney's fees

Requires courts to award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party in an action brought pursuant to the Mobilehome Residency Law.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1570 (Dunn-D) Mobilehome tenancies

Requires arbitration or mediation agreements in mobilehome tenancies to be separate from rental agreements and prohibits management from conditioning a tenancy on acceptance of such an agreement.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1612 (Chesbro-D) Mobilehomes

Expands the current statutory limitation on the price that mobilehome park owners may charge tenants for liquefied petroleum gas to cases where laws or regulations prohibit tenants from installing their own propane tanks.

Chapter 232, Statutes of 2000

SB 1627 (Dunn-D) Mobilehome parks: fire protection

Requires the State Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt and implement regulations requiring regular maintenance and the periodic inspection of fire hydrants in mobilehome parks.

Chapter 433, Statutes of 2000

SB 1905 (Sher-D) Mobilehomes parks: renting

Allows mobilehome park management to adopt rules relating to renting of mobilehomes by homeowners and requires park management to abide by the same rules.

(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

SB 2131 (O'Connell-D) Mobilehome and special occupancy parks

Moves special occupancy parks, also known as recreational vehicle parks, out of the Mobilehome Parks Act and establishes a separate section of law called the Special Occupancy Parks Act.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 479 (Wiggins-D) Mobilehome parks: physical improvements

Requires that mobilehome park management must provide and maintain physical improvements in the common areas using funds acquired through payment of rent and not other fees.

(Assembly refused to concur in Senate amendments)

AB 546 (Wayne-D) Mobilehome parks: landscaping

Requires the management of a mobilehome park to be responsible for the trimming of all trees within the mobilehome park and for the disposal or removal of those trimmings, except as specified.

(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 690 (Washington-D) Mobilehome parks: study

Requires the State Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct a study and prepare a report, by July 2000, regarding mobilehome parks with a particular focus on park closures.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 860 (Thomson-D) Civil law: pets: mobilehomes

Requires that mobilehome parks and common interest developments allow owners to keep at least one pet, subject to reasonable rules and regulations. Specifies that the requirements of the bill are to go into effect for any new agreements entered, amended or otherwise modified after January 1, 2000.

Chapter 551, Statutes of 2000

AB 862 (Correa-D) Mobilehome parks: landscaping

Clarifies the responsibilities of park management as it relates to tree and driveway maintenance within mobilehome parks.

Chapter 423, Statutes of 2000

AB 984 (Correa-D) Mobilehomes and manufactured housing: registration

Eliminates the requirement that decals must indicate the current status of the registration fee.

Chapter 23, Statutes of 2000

AB 1644 (Floyd-D) Mobilehome parks

Makes provisions regarding compliance of park rules or regulations applicable to park owners and homeowners, including providing that park management should not change the use of a mobilehome park where the sole purpose is for management to rent mobilehomes and spaces to tenants.

(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 1737* (Correa-D) Mobilehomes: sales and use tax

Reduces the sales and use tax base of new mobilehomes from 75 percent to 50 percent of wholesale price.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1912 (Torlakson-D) Park trailers

Defines a "park trailer" as a trailer "designed for human habitation for recreational or seasonal use only" and requires that a park trailer meet specified requirements.

Chapter 566, Statutes of 2000

AB 2015 (Dickerson-R) Mobilehome parks: camping cabin

Allows special occupancy parks to include camping cabins and subjects camping cabins to regulation under the Mobilehome Parks Act.

Chapter 542, Statutes of 2000

AB 2239 (Corbett-D) Mobilehomes: repair upon sale

Provides that in the case of a sale or transfer of a mobilehome that will remain in the park, the management may only require repairs or improvements that meet specified conditions.

Chapter 554, Statutes of 2000

AB 2256 (Correa-D) Licensing: manufactured homes and mobilehomes

Clarifies that the education and experience requirements to obtain a mobilehome dealer's license applies only to mobilehome and manufactured housing dealers, modifies the prerequisites to become a manufactured and mobilehome dealer, and raises the amount that may be paid from the Manufactured Home Recovery Fund.

Chapter 555, Statutes of 2000

AB 2605 (Cardenas-D) Mobilehome parks

Establishes a grant program to provide fire protection materials and fire safety educational materials to residents of eligible mobilehome parks.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

Miscellaneous

SB 109* (Knight-R) Personal income tax: deductions: mortgage insurance

Adds to the list of miscellaneous itemized deductions, subject to the two percent threshold, a first-time homebuyer's cost of mortgage insurance, either private or FHA. Specifies that the deduction only applies for the first five years after purchase of a single-family principal residence in California for an amount less than 140 percent of the median sale price for such houses in the taxpayer's county of residence.

(Failed passage in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)

SB 153 (Haynes-R) Private property rights: taking impact analysis

Enacts the Property Owner Rights Act of 1999, which requires public agencies to minimize the number of agency actions that may significantly impair the use of private property. Requires every public agency to conduct a private property taking impact analysis prior to taking any agency action, as specified.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 300 (Poochigian-R) Governmental liability: permits

Provides, among other things, that a state agency is liable to a private property owner for a temporary taking of the owner's real property if (1) the state agency is responsible for a delay in the issuance of a development permit affecting the use of the real property, and (2) the delay is the result of a final decision of the state agency that is later determined by a court to be legally erroneous.

(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 453* (O'Connell-D) Housing: condominium conversions

Revises the voting requirements for the conversion of community apartments and cooperatives to condominiums, and makes related changes.

Chapter 26, Statutes of 2000

SB 458 (Monteith-R) Subdivided land: proposed offerings

Limits, to a completed single-family residential structure, the criterion required in order to be exempt from the required notice of intention for a proposed offering of subdivided land.

(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)

SB 575 (Wright-R) Common interest developments

Exempts an extraordinary repair or maintenance expense that arises from a court order from the requirement that the board of directors of a common interest development hold a vote before imposing the assessment.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 597 (Poochigian-R) Joint powers agencies

Provides that, unless a joint exercise of powers agreement specifically provides to the contrary, a joint powers agency shall not exercise the power of eminent domain for the purpose of conservation, open space, parks, or recreation, or any real property within the corporate limits of a city or the unincorporated area of a county without first obtaining the consent with respect to property in the unincorporated area of the county that is within the city's sphere of influence.

(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 762 (Hughes-D) Real estate fraud: recording fees

Limits the amount a county can deduct from the recording fee charged for purposes of the Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Trust Fund to ten percent of administrative costs.

Chapter 765, Statutes of 2000

SB 1050 (Murray-D) Consumer credit: home loans

Requires that, when a consumer credit reporting agency provides a consumer credit report in connection with a consumer's application for a home loan, the agency shall make specified written disclosures to the consumer regarding any credit scoring system used to assess the consumer's credit worthiness.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1216 (Hughes-D) Home inspectors

Strengthens regulations for persons who perform home inspections.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1382 (Haynes-R) Unruh Civil Rights Act: senior housing

Called the Fair Senior Housing Act of 2000, makes numerous changes to the existing scheme for senior housing.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1395 (Monteith-R) Exemptions from the Subdivided Lands Act

Makes exclusions from the provisions of the Subdivided Lands Act under specified conditions.

Chapter 279, Statutes of 2000

SB 1434 (Alarcon-D) Building permits

Allows declarations accompanying applications for building permits to be filed by facsimile or other electronic means.

Chapter 49, Statutes of 2000

SB 1531 (Morrow-R) Unruh Civil Rights Act: senior housing

Makes the following changes to the existing scheme for senior housing:

1. Adds legislative intent language to clarify that the real property covenant cover sheet created by SB 1148 (Burton), Chapter 589, Statutes of 1999, did not have bearing on or affect the senior housing exemption from the definition of "familial status" for purposes of the Fair Employment and Housing Act.
2. Requires that, in addition to the current language required on the face of the cover page created by SB 1158, a statement indicating that senior communities are authorized to enforce restrictive covenants based on familial status.

(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

SB 1545 (Costa-D) Housing: employee housing

Imposes specific planning and zoning requirements on local jurisdictions regarding rehabilitation of employee housing for agricultural employees.

Chapter 702, Statutes of 2000

SB 1572 (Alarcon-D) Housing assistance: termination: notice

Revises the state notice requirements that apartment owners must give when they opt-out of federal housing assistance programs, prepay federal loans, or terminate rental restrictions on federally assisted housing developments.

Chapter 666, Statutes of 2000

SB 1593 (Burton-D) Housing programs

Implements numerous recommendations of the Senate Task Force on Homelessness by making various changes to the state housing assistance programs.

Chapter 667, Statutes of 2000

SB 1621 (Alarcon-D) Planning and zoning: housing

Relates to the development of affordable housing by clarifying requirements at the local level. Makes two changes in law relating to interim ordinances and housing element law.

Vetoed by the Governor

SB 1745 (Burton-D) Landlord-tenant: notice of rent increase

Seeks to provide, until January 1, 2006, tenants with additional notice of annual rent increases greater than ten percent.

Chapter 680, Statutes of 2000

SB 1882 (Escutia-D) Common interest developments

Requires the California Research Bureau to conduct a study regarding the various factors surrounding the decrease in the availability of condominiums, which shall be submitted to the Legislature by January 10, 2002.

(Refused passage on Assembly Floor)

SB 1947 (Vasconcellos-D) Common interest developments

Requires all at-issue civil actions in superior or municipal court, including small claims actions, that involve the construction of a common interest development pending on or filed after January 1, 2001, to be submitted to judicial arbitration by the presiding judge or the judge designated, regardless of the amount in controversy.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 2011 (Escutia-D) Unruh Civil Rights Act: senior housing

Makes numerous changes to senior housing law, intends to clarify the law, eliminates unnecessary and costly litigation regarding senior housing developments, and protects rights of senior residents of senior housing developments.

Chapter 1004, Statutes of 2000

SB 2017 (Perata-D) Local planning

Requires the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments to develop criteria to evaluate whether local governments are accepting their fair share of housing starts and participating in regional congestion reduction plans.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 2128* (Solis-D) Residential mortgage loans

Establishes the Predatory Lending Task Force to study predatory lending practices and makes recommendations to the Legislature.

(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

SB 2143 (Bowen-D) Landlords: notice of pest control

Seeks to close a loophole so that all residential tenants are provided notice of periodic pest control services.

Chapter 234, Statutes of 2000

SB 2168 (Polanco-D) Natural hazard disclosure statements

Prohibits any person or entity that generates hazard disclosure statements from providing compensation or other inducements to real estate agents in exchange for the referral of customers, prohibits real estate agents from receiving any compensation or inducement for referring customers to persons who sell natural hazard disclosure statements, and expands the definition of "title business."

(Died in Assembly Insurance Committee)

SCA 8 (Johannessen-R) Property taxation: homeowners' exemption

Increases the homeowner exemption from $7,000 to $20,000 and removes the provisions requiring the renter credit to be increased by a comparable amount.

(Failed passage in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)

AB 321 (Wildman-D) Eminent domain: valuation

Clarifies and modifies the type of evidence that may be considered to determine the fair market value of property taken in an eminent domain proceeding for purposes of compensation.

Chapter 948, Statutes of 2000

AB 333 (Papan-D) Internet escrow transactions

Amends the Financial Code to expand escrow transactions to include Internet escrow transactions, allow for Internet payment alternatives, provide for electronic transfers of funds, authorize Internet escrow agents to provide records to the State Department of Corporations electronically, and specifies staffing requirements for Internet escrow agencies.

Chapter 437, Statutes of 2000

AB 774 (Cardoza-D) Redevelopment: Castle Air Force Base

Repeals the special statute that created the Castle Joint Powers Redevelopment agency. Designates the County of Merced as the single local reuse authority for the former Castle Air Force Base.

Chapter 290, Statutes of 2000

AB 860 (Thomson-D) Civil law: pets: mobilehomes, condominiums

Requires that mobilehome parks and common interest developments allow owners to keep at least one pet, subject to reasonable rules and regulations. Specifies that the requirements of the bill go into effect for any new agreements entered, amended or otherwise modified after January 1, 2001.

Chapter 551, Statutes of 2000

AB 866 (Kuehl-D) Rental housing

Revises existing law regarding county-to-county transfer of health care services for foster children, provides for mental health evaluation of children placed in foster care, and makes other specified revisions regarding child welfare services.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

AB 905* (Dutra-D) Mortgage guaranty insurance

Allows private mortgage insurers to insure home loans up to 100 percent of the fair market value of the real estate. Applies to first and second mortgages.

Chapter 10, Statutes of 2000

AB 935 (Brewer-R) Land sales: subdivisions

Clarifies existing law and policy regarding the regulation of time-share properties.

Chapter 522, Statutes of 2000

AB 996 (Papan-D) Mortgages and deeds of trust

Clarifies the authority for depositing with United States mail information related to mortgage reconveyance.

Chapter 1013, Statutes of 2000

AB 1000 (House-R) Eminent domain: regulation

Specifies that any official act, decision, or regulation of a public entity, which restricts the use or impairs the value of private property, constitutes an exercise of the power of eminent domain, and shall only be given effect upon the payment to the owner of the private property of just compensation.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 1128 (Ackerman-R) Private property: taking

Provides that, for the purpose of any law, including any constitutional provision that requires just compensation for the taking of any private property, that requirement shall apply upon the making of a final decision, as defined, affecting private property rights.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 1201 (Torlakson-D) Home equity loans: counseling

Requires the lender of a loan that is subject to specified federal disclosure requirements to require the buyer to seek and obtain, prior to signing the loan, independent advice and counseling from a counseling agency authorized by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, a nonprofit neighborhood or community housing or community counseling service, or a specified attorney, or a certified public accountant, as specified.

(Failed passage in Assembly Business and Finance Committee)

AB 1219 (Kuehl-D) Land use: water supplies

Establishes requirements on land use decisions relative to assuring that there is an adequate water supply.

(Died in Senate Agriculture and Water Committee)

AB 1221 (Dutra-D) Home warranty program

Establishes the California Homebuyer Protection and Quality Construction Act of 1999 and states the need for a new home warranty program to provide both a process for resolving claims and a mechanism to ensure quality design and construction.

(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development)

AB 1316 (Correa-D) Commercial leaseholds

Permits a real estate licensee to file a lis pendens upon filing a civil breach of contract action to collect the realtor's unpaid commission for bringing about a lease of the owner's commercial or industrial property.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1327 (Cox-R) Land use project approvals

Provides that any state or local permit or land use approval, in connection with a development for which a tentative subdivision map has been approved, shall not expire before the expiration of the tentative map, including any extensions.

(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)

AB 1533 (Leach-R) Real property: restrictions

Provides that a failure to commence an action for specified violations of the use of real property does not waive the right to commence an action for any subsequent violation.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 1744* (Longville-D) Housing elements

Extends the deadline by which Southern California and Bay Area governments are to complete the housing elements of their general plans.

Chapter 117, Statutes of 2000

AB 1756* (Scott-D) Taxes: residential

Provides an income tax credit equal to 55 percent of the amount paid or incurred to seismically retrofit single-family or multi-family residential structures constructed before 1979.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1804* (Scott-D) Taxes: renters' credit

Increases the adjusted gross income limitation amount for the renters' credit.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1823 (Dutra-D) Common interest developments

Amends the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development act to require (1) common interest development associations to notify a homeowner when the board of directors plans to meet to consider that member's alleged violation of an association's rules, and (2) the owner of a separate interest in the development to provide a prospective purchaser with notice of any unpaid monetary fines or penalties levied upon the owner's separate interest, and notice of any unresolved violations of the governing documents about which the association previously has sent notice to the owner.

Chapter 257, Statutes of 2000

AB 1831 (Bates-R) Housing

Requires additional language to the cover page disclaiming discriminatory restrictive covenants, which is attached to a deed, specifying that senior communities are authorized to enforce restrictive covenants based on age or familial status.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

AB 1846 (Lowenthal-D) Senior housing

Establishes a Senior Housing and Information and Support Center within the State Department on Aging to serve as an information clearinghouse for seniors and their families. Requires the State Department of Aging, in consultation with the California Commission on Aging, to develop and distribute information on "aging in place."

Chapter 797, Statutes of 2000

AB 1859 (McClintock-R) Homeowner associations

Exempts regular assessments collected by a homeowners' association to pay for essential services required in its governing documents from execution by a judgment creditor and requires a court of law to ensure that only the funds collected to perform essential services such as paying for utilities and insurance are exempted.

Chapter 125, Statutes of 2000

AB 1866 (Dutra-D) Home furnishings

Requires, effective January 1, 2003, mattresses manufactured for sale in California to be resistant to an open flame, as specified, unless a federal standard of equal requirements is enacted.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1868 (Lowenthal-D) Information: public housing authority

Provides public housing authorities access to sex offender records for the purpose of screening prospective applicants, in accordance with federal law, and makes related changes.

(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 1893 (Dutra-D) Mortgages

Provides, when an obligation secured by any deed of trust has been satisfied, the beneficiary (lender) shall have 39 days to execute and deliver to the trustee (who then has 21 days to record) the documents necessary to reconvey, or cause to be reconveyed, the deed of trust within 60 calendar days after satisfaction of the obligation, and makes related changes.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

AB 1954 (Jackson-D) Armories: homeless shelter

Revises the list of armories to be made available as temporary homeless shelters and expands the time frame of the Temporary Emergency Shelter Program, as specified.

Chapter 958, Statutes of 2000

AB 2022 (Maddox-R) Definition of title insurance company

Provides that "title insurance company" includes an underwritten title company, title insurer and controlled escrow company for purposes of the law providing for notice of prohibited discriminatory restrictive covenants in transfer documents.

(Died on Assembly Floor)

AB 2031 (Nakano-D) Common interest developments

Requires the board of directors of the association of a common interest development to provide all members of the association with complete access to all documents and records of the association, and makes related changes.

(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

AB 2035 (Lowenthal-D) Senior Housing Information and Support Center

Establishes the Senior Housing Information and Support Center within the State Department of Aging.

(Died in Assembly Aging and Long Term Care Committee)

AB 2062 (Kuehl-D) Fair employment and housing

Makes a technical correction to the Fair Employment and Housing Act exempting the state from the payment of attorney's fees and costs in employment discrimination claims, and brings clarity to the precise "triggering" events which permit a respondent to transfer an employment discrimination claim from the State Department of Fair Employment and Housing to a court.

Chapter 189, Statutes of 2000

AB 2070 (Shelley-D) Teachers Homebuyer Assistance Program

Enacts the Teachers Homebuyer Assistance Program, administered by the California Housing Finance Agency, to provide home loan assistance, in the form of down payments, for teachers employed in low-performing challenge schools.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 2112 (Dutra-D) Home warranty program

Declares that California has a statewide building crisis and that Californians want to buy from homebuilders who are able to stand behind their work and sets forth the intent of the Legislature that Californians have access to affordable for sale housing that incorporates high quality construction and is free from construction defects.

(Died in Conference Committee)

AB 2113 (Honda-D) Homeowners

Enacts the Homeowners Protection Act.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 2139 (Robert Pacheco-R) Attorney's fees: common interest developments

Extends a pilot project regarding the award of attorney's fees in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties for two more years, and applies these provisions statewide in certain construction defect cases.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 2158 (Strickland-R) Seniors' tax assistance

Increases benefits under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Property Tax and Renters Tax Assistance Program.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2166 (Cardenas-D) Housing assistance plan: domestic violence

Increases, by six months, the maximum time period that shelters may provide transitional housing for domestic violence victims. Requires specific data relating to housing needs of domestic violence victims to be included in the statewide housing plan.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2215 (Ashburn-R) Title insurers

Authorizes title companies and title insurers to undertake and insure the search of public records that set forth the specific boundaries of governmentally-created zones, districts, maps, or other delineated areas affecting property (without a sunset date). Allows title insurers to insure or indemnify the accuracy of information contained in natural hazard disclosure reports (with a sunset date of January 1, 2004).

(Died in Senate Insurance Committee)

AB 2234 (Wiggins-D) Real estate

Modifies and updates various provisions of law relative to the licensing and business practices of prepaid rental listing services.

Chapter 473, Statutes of 2000

AB 2259 (Wiggins-D) Building standards

Establishes a California Building Rehabilitation Code Advisory Council to advise the State Building Standards Commission on the possible adoption of a state building rehabilitation code.

Vetoed by the Governor

AB 2264* (Cedillo-D) Baseline health study: housing project

Requires the State Department of Health Services, by January 1, 2002, to conduct a baseline health study of the effects of possible exposure to soil contamination from Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on the residents of the William Mead Homes public housing project.

Chapter 503, Statutes of 2000

AB 2270 (Cedillo-D) Real property: substandard

Makes changes to the law regarding receiverships to reduce slum housing, and creates a Tenant Relocation Trust Fund to assist displaced tenants.

(Assembly refused to concur in Senate amendments)

AB 2272 (Aanestad-R) Subdivisions: maps

Repeals the requirement that a certificate or statement include the statement that the official is satisfied that the map is technically correct. Authorizes only city or county engineers registered as civil engineers pursuant to the Professional Engineers Act to certify the statements.

(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)

AB 2284 (Dutra-D) Mortgages: escrow companies

Makes numerous substantive and technical changes to the law regarding real estate transactions.

Chapter 636, Statutes of 2000

AB 2343 (Ducheny-D) Environmental Quality Act: exemption

Exempts from the act a development project in an urbanized area that, among other things, consists of the construction, conversion, or use of residential housing that contains not more than 200 housing units, is located within a community or neighborhood revitalization area, as defined in the bill, and is subject to an assessment prepared by a California registered environmental assessor.

(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 2360* (Honda-D) Taxes: renters' credit

Provides a renter's credit of $500 annually for entry level teachers and public safety officers.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2403 (Maddox-R) Residential mortgage lending

Removes obsolete portions of the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act, revises the time and method for determining annual assessments to be paid by licensees, and clarifies when lenders can begin charging interest on loans they make.

Chapter 968, Statutes of 2000

AB 2493 (Shelley-D) Midway Village housing project: health

Requires the State Department of Health Services, by July 1, 2001, to conduct a baseline health study on the effects of possible exposure to soil contaminated with polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons on the residents of the Midway Village housing project in Daly City.

(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2632 (Calderon-D) Building standards

Makes various changes to construction defect statutes, including providing immunity from liability for third party inspectors.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 2755 (Bock-I) Density bonuses

Includes, in the definition of a "housing development," a project to substantially rehabilitate and convert a commercial building to residential use or the substantial rehabilitation of a multifamily dwelling that would increase the number of units.

Chapter 556, Statutes of 2000

AB 2756 (Bock-I) Rent control

Repeals the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act which contains provisions that govern the setting of an initial and subsequent rental rate for a dwelling by an owner of residential real property.

(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 2774 (Corbett-D) General plans

Appropriates $10 million for grants to cities and counties to update their general plans and coordinate land use, housing, and transportation efforts.

(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 2870 (Cedillo-D) Downtown Rebound Program

Establishes the Downtown Rebound Program for the adaptive reuse of existing underutilized buildings in downtown urban areas, infill near transit areas, and planning grants. (A Budget Trailer Bill.)

Chapter 83, Statutes of 2000

AB 2933* (Dutra-D) Cal-Vet housing loans

Requires the State Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) to establish all systems, procedures, technologies and guidelines necessary to achieve the efficient processing of Cal-Vet loan applications, with the intent of obtaining loan delivery with an average of 30 days. Specifies that DVA is to promulgate all regulations necessary to implement expediting the loan process by October 30, 2000.

Chapter 534, Statutes of 2000

ACA 5 (Honda-D) Mechanic's liens

Creates an exception to the constitutional mechanic's lien provision to protect homeowners who have paid the general contractor in full for a home improvement project.

(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

ACR 63 (Dutra-D) Affordable Housing Week

Proclaims the week of June 6 to June 12, 1999, as Affordable Housing Week.

(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

ACR 136 (Oller-R) American flag

Encourages homeowner associations and landlords to obey the law allowing residents and tenants to display the United States flag.

Resolution Chapter 86, Statutes of 2000

AJR 39 (Washington-D) Homelessness

Makes declarations as to the problem of homelessness and urges the President and Congress to develop a comprehensive plan to end homelessness.

Resolution Chapter 67, Statutes of 2000

NOTE: See Property Tax Section of the book for other housing related legislation.

Index (in Bill Order)