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TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS /HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
FROM: Harvey E. Bragdon, Director of Community Development Cwtra
Perfecto Villarreal , Executive Director, Housing Authority costa t
DATE: March 28, 1986 C
SUBJECT: SB 338 - Housing for Seniors and Handicapped Persons
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDATION
Express support for SB 338 (Garamendi ) - Housing for Senior and Handicapped Persons - as
recommended by the Housing Authority Advisory Commission, and suggest certain amendments
and concerns as recommended by the Director of Community Development; and authorize the
Chairman to execute letters to the County's State legislative delegation.
II. BACKGROUND
SB 338 (Garamendi ) would place before the voters an initiative authorizing the State to
issue tax exempt general obligation bonds to finance senior and handicapped rental hous-
ing. The bill., as currently drafted, would, if approved by the voters, authorize the is-
suance of $200 million in such bonds.
General obligation bonds for multi-family housing would be subject to proposed federal
requirements for non-governmental (or non-essential function) bonds contained in HR 3838 -
the House Tax Reform Act. Among other items, the proposed tax reform legislation would
require that a uniform volume cap .be established at the State level . Multifamily bonds
may have to compete with other types of non-governmental bonds for the volume authority.
Further, local issuers may have to compete with State issuers for a fair portion of the
volume cap authority. In as much as the State Treasurer's Office may ultimately be re-
sponsible for the creation of an allocation system, it is important that local issuers be
.provided sufficient authority. Additional multi-family bonding authority as contemplated
by SB 338 should not be used as a basis for providing a greater share of the volume cap
authority to State issuers.
Section 50846 of the Health and Safety Code, as proposed in the bill , would instruct the
Department of Housing and Community Development to prepare regulations that grant priority
in the allocation of funds to developments which meet various requirements. Section
50846(c) gives priority to the lowest cost projects, taking into account local land, mate-
rial , and cost factors. This portion of the bill should be amended to specifically take
into account local design factors. Projects which are simply low cost may not be accept-
able to local communities. There is a need to preserve local design and aesthetic stan-
dards as it relates to these projects in order to assure community acceptance.
Section 50846(f) gives priority to projects built to minimum local building and housing
codes. Again, concern regarding community acceptability should be taken into account.
This portion of the bill should be amended to take into account such additional standards
to comply with local design and aesthetic standards.
III. FINANCIAL IMPACT None.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE •
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATIO OF BOA1 COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S): I I
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ACTION OF BOARD ON 7 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES. AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED A / -
County Counsel PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Housing Authority SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Community Develop ;ent
M382/7-83 BY ,DEPUTY