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Assembly committee backs SB 748 to expand encampment-resolution funds for safe parking sites
Summary
The Assembly Human Services Committee passed SB 748 as amended to let jurisdictions use encampment resolution funding for acquisition and operation of safe parking sites and require quarterly reporting on transitions to housing and services.
Senator Richardson on behalf of the bill sponsors presented SB 748, which would broaden the uses of the state's encampment resolution funding (ERF) to allow local jurisdictions to acquire and operate safe parking sites and to provide services and increased site hours for people living in vehicles.
The bill, as amended and accepted by the committee, would also require the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to report quarterly to specified legislative committee chairs on funds distributed from the ERF program. The required reporting must include at minimum a point-in-time accounting of how many people moved from encampments or safe parking sites to permanent…
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