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
As of April 6, 2023, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation. However, SB 742 (Atkins, 2023) would require, on or before December 30, 2024, and annually thereafter, an agency that funds, implements, or administers a program that provides housing or housing-based services to persons experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness to provide prescribed information to specified committees of the Legislature, including ongoing tracking of the specific uses and expenditures of any program funds broken out by eligible uses listed. This bill is pending in the Senate.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2026
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Legislation Introduced
Description of Legislative Action
SB 742 (Atkins, 2023) would have required, on or before December 30, 2024, and annually thereafter, an agency that funds, implements, or administers a program that provides housing or housing based services to persons experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness to provide prescribed information to specified committees of the Legislature, including ongoing tracking of the specific uses and expenditures of any program funds broken out by eligible uses listed. This bill died in the Senate.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2026
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Legislation Proposed But Not Enacted
Description of Legislative Action
AB 2903 (Hoover, 2024) would have required a state agency or department that administers one or more state homelessness programs to report annually to the council cost and outcome data for each program the agency or department administers. This bill was vetoed.
AB 799 (Chapter 263, Statutes of 2024) requires the council, commencing in the 2025-26 fiscal year and annually thereafter to collect fiscal and outcome data from state agencies and departments administering state homelessness programs and to make the data publicly available on or before June 1, 2027 and annually thereafter.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2026
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Legislation Enacted
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.
- 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
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.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: August 2021
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.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: April 2021