The bill also requires the Legislative Analyst s Office to report on potential permanent revenue sources for that fund. At least 20 percent must go to rural areas. Establishes the Supportive Housing Program Council to assist the Department of Mental Health in implementing the Statewide Supportive Housing Initiative created by AB 2780. The bill makes that initiative subject to funding in future budgets. Creates the Statewide Supportive Housing Initiative to encourage the integration of housing and services, by providing matching funds for cities and counties for programs for permanent supportive housing for homeless and extremely low-income disabled persons.
Supportive housing provides both shelter and support and employment services.
The bill also implements many other provisions of the 1998 budget bill concerning health services. Prohibits the installing, marketing, distributing, offering for sale, or selling of burglar bars and safety release mechanisms that have not been approved by a testing laboratory recognized by the state fire marshal. It also requires the fire marshal to distribute public education materials about the dangers of illegal burglar bars. Denies state tax deductions for unoccupied or abandoned housing that is cited as a threat to public health and safety in violation of certain state laws or local codes. At its November 1996 hearing on redevelopment agencies' housing programs, the Senate Housing and Land Use Committee found that reporting problems prevented legislators from judging redevelopment agencies' compliance with the state laws on affordable housing.