SB829: Difference between revisions

 

 

 

== Summary ==

"Existing law, the Employee Housing Act, requires a person operating employee housing, as defined, to obtain a permit to operate that housing from the agency that enforces the act, which can either be the Department of Housing and Community Development or a city, county, or city and county that assumes responsibility for enforcing the act.<br/> "This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would expand the Employee Housing Act to (1) further incentivize the creation of farmworker housing in agricultural communities, (2) authorize the Department of Housing and Community Development to partner private agricultural operators with independent nonprofits that will manage and operate residences, and (3) preserve and protect the civil rights of tenants living in employee housing."

 

 

Joint Authored by Senator Andy Vidak (R-Hanford).<br/> The state’s housing shortage isn’t just an urban problem – it affects rural areas, particularly those that depend on agriculture. Many farms have surplus land that could be used to build safe and secure housing for farmworkers, but the land needs to be rezoned. Unfortunately, this rezoning is often blocked by communities that don’t want housing for farmworkers. This leads farmworkers to be housed in unsafe and crowded conditions, like in distant motels or in their cars, and hurts our ability to draw workers to California’s farms."<br/> &nbsp;

 

*California Legislative Information. "SB-829 Employee housing: farmworker housing.(2017-2018)." &nbsp;<br/> [http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB829 http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB829].<br/> &nbsp;

 

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