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Panel backs technical fix so DOLA can contract nonprofits to run Prop 123 homelessness programs
Summary
The committee forwarded House Bill 1019 after testimony from the Division of Housing and homelessness providers that the bill simply allows the Department of Local Affairs to continue using third-party nonprofit contractors to administer Proposition 123 homelessness and eviction-prevention funds.
House Bill 1019, a narrow technical bill to clarify administration of Proposition 123 homelessness funds, advanced from the Senate Local Government & Housing Committee after unanimous supporter testimony and a 4–2 committee vote to move the bill to the Committee of the Whole.
The bill repairs an omission in the Prop 123 implementing language so that the Division of Housing at the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) can contract with nonprofit organizations to deliver homelessness prevention, rapid rehousing and related services funded through the voter-approved Prop 123 allocation.
Allison George, director of the Division of Housing, told the committee the…
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