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 the State effectively addresses the statewide issue of homelessness, the Legislature should require the homeless council, in collaboration with all state agencies that administer state and federal funding for homelessness, to collect and track funding data on all federal and state-funded homelessness programs, including the amount of funding available and expended each year, the types of activities funded, and types of entities that received the funds.

Description of Legislative Action

AB 1575 (Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee, 2021) would have required the homeless council, upon appropriation from the Legislature or receiving technical assistance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), to conduct a homelessness statewide gaps and needs assessment by July 31, 2022. This bill died in the Assembly.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Legislation Proposed But Not Enacted


Description of Legislative Action

As of August 11, 2021, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation. However, AB 1575 (Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee) would require the homeless council, upon appropriation from the Legislature or receiving technical assistance from HUD, to conduct a homelessness statewide gaps and needs assessment by July 31, 2022, that includes identifying programs and services in the State that serve people experiencing homelessness and the amount of funding available for each program each year and the source of the funding.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: No Action Taken


Description of Legislative Action

AB 1575 (Assembly Committee on Housing & Community Development) would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, or upon receiving technical assistance offered by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, require the homeless council to conduct, or contract to conduct, a statewide homelessness needs and gaps analysis that identifies and describes state programs that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and assesses the funding needed to move persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Legislation Introduced


All Recommendations in 2020-112