Report 2021-114 Recommendation Responses
Report 2021-114: State Surplus Property: The State Should Use Its Available Property More Effectively to Help Alleviate the Affordable Housing Crisis (Release Date: March 2022)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To ensure that the SPI's reporting of state-owned property is accurate and supports the needs of the Legislature, the Legislature should require DGS to verify annually a sample of the responses agencies provide.
Description of Legislative Action
SB 803 (Becker, 2023) would require DGS to annually verify a sample of the digital inventory of excess state land suitable for affordable housing to ensure that the inventory is accurate.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: May 2023
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Legislation Introduced
Description of Legislative Action
AB 2233 (Chapter 438, Statutes of 2022) would have required DGS to annually verify a sample of the responses provided by state agencies in response to the survey. This provision was removed prior to the bill being chaptered.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: October 2022
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Legislation Proposed But Not Enacted
Description of Legislative Action
AB 2233 (Quirk-Silva and C. Garcia, February 2022) would require DGS to develop, no later than September 1, 2023, a set of criteria to consistently evaluate state-owned parcels for suitability as affordable housing sites. The bill would also require that DGS conduct a review of all state-owned property and identify state-owned parcels that are potentially viable for affordable housing based on those criteria on or before July 1, 2024, and every 4 years thereafter. Following each review, this bill would require DGS to issue a report on the results of its review. This bill would require also DGS to annually verify a sample of the responses provided by state agencies in response to the survey. As of June 10, 2022, this bill is pending in the Senate.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: June 2022
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Legislation Introduced
As of June 10, 2022, this bill is pending in the Senate Committee on Appropriations.