2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS › CHAPTER 4 - Treasurer › ARTICLE 2 - Duties › Section 12334.

12334. (a) As soon as April 1, 2022, but no later than one year after the effective date of this chapter, the Treasurer, in consultation with the California Housing Finance Agency, the California Department of Housing and Community Development, and other relevant stakeholders, shall develop a framework for a program called the California Dream For All Program, in accordance with the goals and intent of this section, and submit a report outlining the framework for the program to the Legislature in accordance with Section 9795. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the structure of the program, the administering entity, the program’s financial structure, the type of financial assistance offered to homeowners, and analysis of the feasibility of establishing the program, financial risks to the State of California and the costs and benefits of the program compared to available alternatives and existing programs and how these costs and risks compare to the costs and risks to society of continuing current barriers to homeownership for working families and not combating systemic racism and inequities that have kept generations from building wealth and thriving in the middle class.
(b) The goals of the California Dream For All Program shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Making home ownership more affordable by reducing the cost of home ownership by up to 45 percent for lower and moderate-income Californians, including, but not limited to, Californians impacted by generational barriers to home ownership due to systemic racism, Californians that lost homes during the Great Recession and have not returned to home ownership, and Californians with substantial higher education student loan debt.
(2) Enabling homebuilders and sellers of existing homes to sell homes at a price that is ultimately affordable to lower and moderate-income Californians while also profitable for homebuilders and sellers of existing homes.
(3) Evolving the program over time to be self-sustaining utilizing private investments to create a self-sustaining model.
(4) Establishing a program to support first-time home buyers purchase a home in partnership with another entity, with the home buyer owning the majority share, with generally all the rights and responsibilities of homeownership, and the other entity owning a minority share, primarily as an investment.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the California Dream For All Program include the following elements:
(1) Income limits for Californians and price limits for homes eligible for the program, both on a regional basis.
(2) Options for initial capitalization for the California Dream For All Fund.
(3) Ongoing state financial support limited to nominal administrative costs.
(4) Potential incentives to encourage private participation.
(5) An option for participating lower and moderate-income Californians with higher education student debt to mitigate the impact of the combined student debt and home mortgage debt burden.
(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of the program, a requirement that any home buyers assisted through the program be responsible for all maintenance costs, ad valorem property taxes and special taxes, and insurance requirements for the home.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the California Dream For All program be enacted through statute as early as 2022 based on, but not limited to, the report required by this section.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 111, Sec. 1. (AB 140) Effective July 19, 2021.)