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Administration outlines plan to split Business, Consumer Services and Housing into separate housing and consumer protection agencies

2769227 · March 25, 2025
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The administration outlined a plan to split the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency into separate housing/homelessness and consumer protection agencies, citing the scale and complexity of current functions.

Administration officials presented a high‑level overview of a proposed reorganization that would split the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency into two entities: a California Housing and Homelessness Agency and a California Consumer Protection Agency.

Undersecretary Melinda Grant and staff explained the rationale: the breadth of functions under BCSH includes consumer licensing, housing finance, homelessness coordination and civil rights enforcement, and the administration argues the split would create focused leadership, streamline funding alignment and improve program delivery. The housing agency as described would house HCD,…

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