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Senate Bill 948 (Alarcon – 1999)
Chapter 968, Statutes of 1999
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Government Code sections 7060, 7060.2, 7060.4, 7060.7, 65009, 65589.5, 65915 and 65950 were amended in 1999 following legislative passage of Senate Bill 948, which affected these Government Code sections only. (See Exhibit #1h) Senate Bill 948 was introduced by Senator Richard Alarcon on February 25, 1999. (See Exhibit #1a) A “Background Information Request” form located in the Assembly Republican Caucus file indicated that the source of this bill was the Western Center on Law and Poverty and the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation. (See Exhibit #13, document ARC-1)
Senate Bill 948 was assigned to the Senate Committee on Housing and Community Development, the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development, and the Assembly Committee on Local Government where policy issues raised by the bill were considered. (See Exhibits #2, #3, and #7) The Senate Committee on Appropriations and the Assembly Committee on Appropriations considered the fiscal ramifications of the bill. (See Exhibits #2 and #10)
Five amendments were made to Senate Bill 948 while it was before the Legislature. (See Exhibits #1b through #1f and #2) Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Gray Davis signed Senate Bill 948 on October 10, 1999, and the Secretary of State recorded it on that date as Chapter 968 of the Statutes of 1999. (See Exhibits #1h and #2)
The Unfinished Business analysis of Senate Bill 948 as last amended, produced by the Office of Senate Floor Analyses, described the bill as follows:
. . . This bill amends existing planning and zoning law to make necessary clarifications and more specific requirements regarding housing developments affordable to very low, low- and moderate-income households. It makes changes to (a) state housing element law, (b) anti-NIMBY law, (c) density bonus law, (d) the Permit Streamlining Act, and (e) the law governing demolitions and conversions of housing. The bill amends the Ellis Act authorizations provided to local entities regarding the withdrawal of rent-controlled housing units from the market.
(See Exhibit #14, pages 1 and 2)