Housing and community development: housing omnibus bill.

(1) Existing law requires each city, county, or city and county to prepare and adopt a general plan for its jurisdiction that contains certain mandatory elements, including a housing element. One part of the housing element is an assessment of housing needs and an inventory of resources and constraints relevant to meeting those needs. The assessment includes the locality's share of the regional housing need. That share is determined by the appropriate council of governments, subject to revision by the Department of Housing and Community Development. The council of governments is also required to issue a proposed final allocation plan and to hold a public hearing to adopt a final allocation plan. This bill would require the council of governments to submit its final allocation plan to the department within 3 days of adoption. The bill would specify that the department determine whether the plan is consistent with the existing and projected housing need for the region within 60 days from the date of its receipt of the final allocation plan adopted by the council of governments. (2) Existing law exempts from the requirements of the Subdivision Map Act specified types of property, including the conversion of a community apartment project, and the conversion of a stock cooperative, unless a parcel or final map was approved by the legislative body of a local agency, if specified requirements are met. This bill would modify the requirements for an exemption relating to the conversion of a community apartment project and stock cooperative. (3) Existing law authorizes a manufactured home manufacturer to sell manufactured homes, as defined, directly to a licensed California general building contractor, as defined, when specified conditions are met. This bill would additionally authorize a manufactured home manufacturer to sell manufactured homes, as defined, directly to a nonprofit corporation, as defined, that is also a Community Housing Development Organization, as defined, when specified conditions are met. (4) Existing law requires all fuel-gas-burning water heater appliances in new manufactured homes or new multifamily manufactured homes installed in the state to be seismically braced, anchored, or strapped. In the event of a sale of a home, the homeowner or contractor responsible for the installation of the home is required to ensure all fuel-gas-burning water heater appliances are seismically braced, anchored, or strapped, consistent with existing law. The requirement is satisfied when the homeowner or responsible contractor both completes that work and signs a declaration stating each fuel-gas-burning water heater is secured. This bill would instead provide that the requirement is satisfied when the homeowner or responsible contractor signs the declaration. (5) Existing law establishes the Affordable Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program under the administration of the Department of Housing and Community Development. Existing law requires that funds in the Affordable Housing Innovation Fund be allocated in the amount of $35,000,000 for a local housing trust fund matching grant program established under a specified provision of existing law. Existing law prescribes various funding preferences and set-aside requirements upon the department with respect to these allocated funds. This bill would, notwithstanding specified provisions of existing law, impose new requirements regarding the availability of funds for encumbrance for newly established housing trust funds, the disbursements in liquidation of the encumbrance, and the reversion of funds not encumbered, as specified. (6) This bill would correct erroneous cross-references, and make various other technical changes in existing law relating to housing. (7) This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 66412 of the Government Code proposed by SB 113, that would become operative only if SB 113 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2010, and this bill is chaptered last. (8) This bill would also incorporate additional changes in Section 53545.9 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by AB 570, that would become operative only if AB 570 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2010, and this bill is chaptered last.