Report 2023-102.1 Recommendation Responses
Report 2023-102.1: Homelessness in California: The State Must Do More to Assess the Cost‑Effectiveness of Its Homelessness Programs (Release Date: April 2024)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To promote transparency, accountability, and effective decision-making related to the State's efforts to address homelessness, the Legislature should amend state law to require Cal ICH, by March 2025, to mandate reporting by state agencies of costs and outcomes of state homelessness programs. To implement such reporting, the Legislature should require Cal ICH to develop guidance establishing specifics on uniformity of data to be collected and how it is to be presented. The Legislature should require Cal ICH to annually compile and report this cost and outcome information publicly beginning in September 2025 and should provide resources for this effort, as necessary.
Description of Legislative Action
AB 2903 (Hoover, 2024) would require state entities administering homelessness programs to annually report cost and outcome data to the council according to data collection and reporting procedures developed by the council, and would require the council to annually make that data available to the public. This bill is pending in the Senate.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2026
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Legislation Introduced
The Legislature passed AB 2903 (2024), but the Governor vetoed it on 09/25/2024. Do you want to mention the current status or is this a point in time report for the past?
Description of Legislative Action
AB 799 (Chapter 263, Statutes of 2024) requires council staff to collect fiscal and outcome data from state entities administering state homelessness programs on or before February 1, 2027, requires council staff to specify the data elements, entry format, and disclosure frequency of this data, and requires this data to be made publicly available on or before June 1, 2027, and annually thereafter.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2026