Sponsored Bills ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry) Affordable Housing and Public Infrastructure Voter Approval: Passed 5-2 in its first committee. This bill would place on the 2020 ballot the opportunity to reduce the local vote threshold for approval of bond and special tax measures to fund the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of infrastructure, including affordable housing, from a two-thirds vote to a 55% majority. Watch the press conference in which Housing California and the Residents United Network represented our community, check out "near misses" across the state because of the high voter threshold, and sign the petition to support ACA 1 here! AB 10 (Chiu) Expanding the California Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program: Passed unanimously in its first committee. This bill increases state Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program funding beginning in 2020 by an additional $500 million. SB 282 (Beall) Supportive Housing for People on Parole Experiencing Homelessness: Passed unanimously in its first committee. A grant program for counties to provide supportive housing for people on parole with a mental illness who are homeless. SB 361 (Mitchell) Health Home Program Clean-Up: Passed in its first committee. In 2013, Governor Brown signed AB 361 (Mitchell), which authorized the state to take advantage of an Affordable Care Act optional Medi-Cal benefit, now referred to as the Health Home Program (HHP). This clean-up legislation would remove language around restricting state funding and also make the program more meaningful. AB 307 (Reyes) Homeless Youth Grant Program: Passed unanimously in its first committee. A grant program to provide housing for youth experiencing homelessness. SB 329 (Mitchell) Source of Income Discrimination: Will be heard in its first committee on April 23. Ends the state's legal discrimination against Housing Choice Voucher holders who are looking for a rental and allowed to be denied housing. AB 816 (Quirk-Silva) Flexible Housing Program: Will be heard in its first committee on April 24. Creates a Flexible Housing Program to provide rental assistance, operating subsidies, services, systems funding, and interim housing (capped at 20%) to cities, counties, and Continuums of Care. Watch our press conference for AB 816. SCA 1 (Allen) Repeal Article 34: Waiting for first hearing date. Would repeal Article 34 of the California Constitution, which currently prohibits the development, construction, or acquisition of an affordable housing development in any manner by any state public body until a majority of the qualified electors of the jurisdiction where the housing development is proposed approve the project by voting in favor at an election. Supported Bills Our website has been updated as of April 4 with complete a list of supported bills. | 
