55C - RESO OC HOUSING FINANCE JOINT POWERS

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Exhibit 2 Text of AB 448 (Daly, 2018) — Chapter 336 of the Statutes of 2018 LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 448, Daly. Joint powers authorities: Orange County Housing Finance Trust. Existing law authorizes 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, to form a joint powers authority to exercise any power common to the contracting parties, as specified. Existing law authorizes the agreement to set forth the manner by which the joint powers authority will be governed. This bill would authorize the creation of the Orange County.liousing Finance Trust, a joint powers authority, for the purposes of funding housing specifically' assisting the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income within the County of Orange, as specified. " This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the.necessity of a special statute for the County of Orange. B I LL TEXT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACTAS,FOLLOWS/` ". SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all,of the following: - a) The County of Orange is in the midst of a fluid.and worsening homelessness crisis. Since 2013, the county has experienced a 53-percent increase in the unsheltered homeless population, many of whom have sought shelter over the last five years orrthe Santa Ana -riverbed and at the Orange County Civic Center in Sarita Ana. b) There has been a lack of regional focus that continues to stymie the implementation of a long-term solution to homelessness in the County of Orange. c) The County of Orange and the cities within the county have worked together to develop an approach under the•Joint Exercise of Powers Act (Article 1(commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter.5 of Division 7'of Title-1 of.the Government Code) to establish and authorize the use of an Orange County Housing,Finance Trust.that would'not only be responsible for responding to the homelessness crisis with the development of capital projects and the acquisition of necessary funds for those'projects, but also for helping the'county respond to the low-income and affordable housing crisis that the region is experiencing in tandem with the homelessness crisis. d) Permanent supportive housing and other services provided to those within that form of housing is a nationally recognized model for ending chronic homelessness, and can assist the County of Orange in its response to th6 homelessness crisis. e) Neither the Orange County Housing Finance Trust nor the act authorizing the creation of the Orange County Housing Finance Trust do any of the following: 1. Regulate land use in cities or in the unincorporated area of the County of Orange. 2. Authorize the Orange County Housing Finance Trust to serve as an owner or operator of housing units. 3. Authorize the Orange County Housing Finance Trust to, in any manner, exercise any authority to levy, or advocate or incentivize the levying of, any fee, charge, dedication, reservation, tax assessment, or other exaction related to development projects. 4. Authorize the Orange County Housing Finance Trust to require or incentivize inclusionary zoning requirements. It is the intent of the Legislature that the power to adopt inclusionary zoning ordinances remain with the entities that possess land use and planning authority. 55C-25