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Committee advances ACA 4, a proposal to dedicate a minimum share of the general fund to housing and homelessness
Summary
ACA 4, the Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOPE) Act, was adopted as amended by the Assembly Human Services Committee and sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committee; sponsors described it as proposing a 5% minimum of the state general fund for homelessness and affordable housing.
Assemblymember (author) presented ACA 4 — named in testimony as the HOPE Act — as a constitutional amendment intended to stabilize and increase funding for affordable housing and homelessness solutions. Witnesses from affordable housing developers and advocacy groups backed the measure in committee testimony.
Eric Vasquez of EAH Housing and Mimi Khalili of AG Global…
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