20250AB__023995ENR INTRODUCED 2025-01-13 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-03-27 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-05-23 AMENDED_SENATE 2025-08-29 PASSED_ASSEMBLY 2025-09-08 PASSED_SENATE 2025-09-04 ENROLLED 2025-09-10 2025 AB ENR Introduced by Assembly Members Harabedian and Irwin (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Bryan, Caloza, Fong, Mark González, Haney, Ransom, Celeste Rodriguez, Schiavo, Schultz, and Zbur) LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Harabedian LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Irwin PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Bryan PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Caloza PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Fong PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Mark González PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Haney PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Ransom PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Celeste Rodriguez PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Schiavo PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Schultz PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Zbur

An act to add and repeal

Chapter 11 (commencing with

Section 50350) of Part of Division of the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. housing, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately State-led County of Los Angeles disaster housing task force. Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and sets forth its powers and duties, including updating and revising the California Statewide Housing Plan, as provided.

Existing law establishes the Office of Emergency Services (OES), which is responsible for the state’s emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or human-induced disasters and emergencies, including responsibility for activities necessary to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of emergencies and disasters on people and property.

This bill would require HCD to convene a state-led County of Los Angeles disaster housing task force, as specified, for the purpose of coordinating and streamlining efforts between HCD, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, OES, and local governments to rebuild housing in communities impacted by the wildfires that began on January 7, 2025, in the County of Los Angeles.

The bill would require the task force to appoint a state disaster housing coordinator to accelerate the delivery of resources to communities impacted by the wildfires, and report to the Legislature on the status of rebuilding housing in communities impacted by the wildfires on April 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on June 30, 2028. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

TWO_THIRDS NO YES NO YES YES NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Chapter 11 (commencing with

Section 50350) is added to Part of Division of the Health and Safety Code , to read: 11. State-Led County of Los Angeles Disaster Housing Task Force 50350. (

a) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall convene a state-led County of Los Angeles disaster housing task force for the purpose of coordinating and streamlining efforts between the Department of Housing and Community Development, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Office of Emergency Services, and local governments to rebuild housing in communities impacted by the wildfire. (

b) The task force shall include representatives of all of the following:

(1) The Department of Housing and Community Development.

(2) The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

(3) The Office of Emergency Services.

(4) The City of Los Angeles.

(5) The County of Los Angeles. (

c) The task force shall appoint a state disaster housing coordinator, to be housed within the Department of Housing and Community Development, to accelerate the delivery of resources, including, but not limited to, funding and technical assistance, to communities impacted by the wildfire. (d)

(1) On April 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the task force shall report to the Legislature on the status of rebuilding housing in communities impacted by the wildfire.

(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with

Section of the Government Code. (

e) For the purposes of this section, “wildfire” means the wildfires that began on January 7, 2025, in the County of Los Angeles. 50351. This

chapter shall remain in effect only until June 30, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.

SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of

Section of

Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique need to coordinate and streamline efforts to rebuild housing in communities in the Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura impacted by the wildfires that began on January 7, 2025, in the County of Los Angeles.

SEC. 3. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of

Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are: The immediate need to coordinate and streamline efforts to rebuild housing in communities in the Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura impacted by the wildfires that began on January 7, 2025, in the County of Los Angeles.