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Administration proposes splitting Business, Consumer Services and Housing into two cabinet agencies
Summary
Assemblymember Sharon Quirk Silva opened a May revision hearing where the administration proposed splitting the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency into two cabinet agencies—a business/consumer services agency and a California Housing and Homelessness Agency—saying the change would concentrate leadership on housing and homelessness and on consumer protections.
Assemblymember Sharon Quirk Silva opened an informational May revision hearing where Tamika Moss, secretary of the Business, Consumer Services and Housing (BCSH) Agency, described a proposed reorganization that would split BCSH into two cabinet-level agencies: a Business Consumer Services and Administration (BCSA) and a California Housing and Homelessness Agency (CHHA).
"This proposal makes key structural changes to increase our ability to positively impact California across our agency's entire portfolio," Secretary Tamika Moss said, adding the change would allow more specialized staff and narrower policy focus for each new agency.
Gustavo Velasquez, director of the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), said CHHA would provide "dedicated leadership…
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