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TO: BOARD 01- SUPERVISORS Contra
FROM: JOHN CULLEN,
Costa
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
DATE: April 25, 2006 °°srA CoUHCounty
SUBJECT: SPONSOR SB 521 (TORLAKSON) CREATION OF A CONTRA COSTA
HOUSING TRUST FUND q C'
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SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
SPONSOR SB 521 (Torlakson) which would establish a Housing Trust Fund to help fund affordable
housing developments.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION:
The shortage of affordable housi I g in Contra Costa County is forcing approximately 50% of all
renter households and 30% of all homeowner households to either live in substandard or crowded
conditions, or pay an inordinate percentage of their income for housing. In August 2005, only
10% of Contra Costa County residents could afford the median priced home, $567,000. The
County is working with a coalition of elected officials, civic leaders, businesses, faith, labor,
nonprofit organizations and builders to develop a plan and strategy to establish a Housing Trust
Fund to help address this issue.
The 2006 state legislative platform adopted by the Board of Supervisors included sponsorship of
legislation on establishment of a Housing Trust Fund in Contra Costa County. The Trust Fund
would be a permanent dedicated funding source for affordable housing developments. The
County is requesting authority to+ collect an additional document recording fee of $1 per page,
after the 1St page of the recorded document. This would generate approximately $2.5 million
annually for the Trust Fund, based on the current volume of recordings.
Senator Torlakson agreed to carry' the Housing Trust Fund Bill for Contra Costa County. It is now
being considered in the legislature as SB 968.
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CONTACT: J.Crapo JOHN CULLEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
CC: County Administrator/
Cathy Crhistian(NM)via
BY DEPUTY
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 21, 2006
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 5,2005
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 3,2005
SENATE BILL J No. 968
Introduced by Senl for Torlakson
February 22, 2005
Setteral platm—An act to amend Section 26840.9 of the Government
Code, relating to domestic violence.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 968, as amended, Torlakson. .
Domestic violence: Contra Costa County.
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Existing law provides far county domestic violence program special
funds for the purpose of funding local domestic violence programs.
Certain fees payable at the time a marriage license is issued may be
collected by the county clerks for deposit into these funds.
Existing law requires the collection of fees for certified copies of
fetal death or death records and marriage or birth certificates.
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Existing
2—Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of a county that has
established a county children's trust)fund to increase the fee for a
certified copy of a birth certificate orpurposes of the fund.
Existing law authorizes the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa
County, until January 1, 2007, to increase fees,for certified copies of
marriage certificates, birth certificates,fetal death records, and death
records, up to a maximum increase of$2, and to annually increase
these fees, as prescribed, and specifies that the purpose of the fee
increase is to provide funding for governmental oversight and for the
coordination of domestic violence) prevention, intervention, and
prosecution efforts in the county.
This bill would delete the repeal date of that authorization.
This bill would make specified legislative findings regarding the
need for special legislation.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
1 SECTION 1. The Legisla Ire finds and declares all of the
2 following:
3 (a) Domestic violence is costly, both in human and
4 organizational terms. The results of domestic violence have many
5 "hidden" costs, such as job turnover, loss of productivity, school
6 absenteeism, and low-school performance, in addition to the high
7 cost of law enforcement, civil and criminal justice, health
8 services, mental health services, substance abuse treatment,
9 human services, and community-based services.
10 (b) Domestic violence cuts across all economic and education
11 levels, all age groups, ethnicities, and other social and
12 community characteristics.Domestic violence is characterized by
13 a predictable, escalating cycle that can result in injury or death
14 of victims, including children. Domestic violence puts children at
15 risk.
16 (c) Domestic violence is learned and generational, and
17 requires a multifaceted intervention that engages civil, criminal,
18 health, and social service sectors working together to align
19 objectives,protocols,policies,1 and activities of each sector.
20 (d) Contra Costa County determined that achievement of this
21 alignment requires governmental oversight and coordination of
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1 the multiple agencies involved in the domestic violence system.
2 This oversight and coordination is an essential link in a
3 comprehensive effort to eliminate,domestic violence.
4 (e) During the past four years, Contra Costa County has
5 created a successful domestic violence program. Contra Costa
6 County has established a coordinated data system, set up a
7 training program involving law enforcement, courts, health and
8 social service agencies, established restraining order clinics and
9 other victim support services I and increased accountability
10 measures against perpetrators of domestic violence.
11 69 Contra Costa County's + Domestic Violence Program
12 successfully competed for federal funds and other grants which
13 have increased its ability to serve victims and prosecute
14 offenders.
15 (g) Contra Costa County is piloting numerous new domestic
16 violence prevention strategies, including creating an innovative
17 continuum of services for childi�en exposed to domestic violence
18 and establishing primary prevention strategies focused on
19 engaging men in mentoring boys to end the cycle of abuse for
20 future generations.
21 (h) Contra Costa County has demonstrated critically needed
22 leadership through its Systemic Approach Model to addressing
23 domestic violence by integrating victim services across multiple
24 disciplines and by advancing public-private partnerships to
25 institutionalize coordination. Moreover, through its effective
26 centralized collaborative approach, Contra Costa County is
27 addressing system issues critical to California as contained in
28 the California Attorney General's Domestic Volence Report
29 "Keeping the Promise, Victim Safety and Batterer
30 Accountability," issued in Junel of 2005.
31 (i) The reauthorization of the fees specified in Section 26840.9
32 of the Government Code is essential for Contra Costa County to
33 continue its efforts to create an effective, proven, replicable
34 model that combats domestic violence, and to draw down federal
35 and private funds to supportdevelopment of a system that will be
36 valuable throughout California.
37 SEC. 2. Section 26840.9 o i the Government Code is amended
38 to read:
39 26840.9. (a) The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors,
40 upon making findings and declarations for the need for
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4-1 governmental oversight and coordination of the multiple agencies
2 dealing with domestic violence,may authorize an increase in the
3 fees for marriage licenses and confidential marriage licenses, up
4 to a maximum increase of two dollars($2).
5 (b) Effective July 1 of each year, the Contra Costa County
6 Board of Supervisors may authorize an increase in these fees by
7 an amount equal to the increase in the Consumer Price Index for
8 the San Francisco metropolitan area for the preceding calendar
9 year, rounded to the nearest half-dollar. The fees shall be
10 allocated pursuant to Section 18308 of the Welfare and
11 Institutions Code.
12 (c) In addition to the fee prescribed by Section 26840.1, in
13 Contra Costa County, the person issuing authorization for the
14 performance of a marriage or confidential marriage, or the
15 county clerk upon providing a blank authorization form pursuant
16 to Part 4 (commencing with Section 500) of Division 3 of the
17 Family Code, shall collect the fees specified in subdivisions (a)
18 and(b)of this section, at the time of providing the authorization.
19 (d) The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors shall
20 submit to the Assembly Judiciary Committee and the Senate
21 Judiciary Committee, no later than July 1, 2006, a report
22 containing the following information:
23 (1) The annual amounts of funds received and expended from
24 fee increases for the purpose+ of governmental oversight and
25 coordination of domestic violence prevention, intervention, and
26 prosecution efforts in the county.
27 (2) Outcomes achieved as al result of the activities associated
28 with the Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence Act.
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30 200?,and as of f—hat MCC to MFI.I�d,unflIC93 a laic, enacted statute
31 deieres or extends that date. 1
32 SEC. 3. Due to the unique circumstances of the County of
33 Contra Costa with respect to domestic violence, the Legislature
34 hereby finds and declares thatia general statute cannot be made
35 applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the
36 California Constitution.
37 Therefore, the special legislation contained in Section 2 of this
38 act is necessarily applicable only in the County of Contra Costa.
39 SEeTION 1. Seetion 66�02 of the Goverment Code is
40 amended to read,.
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2 All matter omitted in this version of the bill
3 appears in the bill as+ amended in the
4 Senate, May 5,2005.(J i71)
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