CaliforniaCalifornia law orders a statewide homelessness prevention strategy by July 2028, with action plans for state agencies
A new California law requires the state's homelessness council to develop a statewide homelessness prevention strategy by July 1, 2028, including action plans for state agencies, without requiring agencies to start new programs.
What it does
By July 1, 2028, the state homelessness council must develop and keep updating a prevention strategy with goals, metrics, and an action plan for each relevant state agency.
The council must develop model prevention practices, such as targeting help to households most at risk and offering rental aid, legal help, and case management, and offer them as guidance to local programs.
State agencies would take part only within their current authority, and would not have to create new programs, widen eligibility, collect new data, or set up new reporting systems.
Argument forA shared strategy with goals, metrics, and agency action plans could help state agencies coordinate and focus on people at highest risk of losing housing.
Argument againstBecause agencies need not create new programs or widen eligibility, the strategy may produce plans without new help for households at risk.
More detail
The California Interagency Council on Homelessness must develop a statewide homelessness prevention strategy and include it in its public Action Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. The strategy must include a baseline of first-time homelessness where data allows, each state agency's role and current actions, gaps, an inventory of state prevention resources, goals and metrics, and an action plan for each relevant agency. The council must review and update the strategy in the Action Plan. The council may combine agency action plans in the Action Plan, and agencies need not publish a separate plan. The strategy is due by July 1, 2028.
The council must identify or design evidence-based model practices to prevent homelessness, offer them to local activities as guidance, and propose ways to build them into state agencies. The practices include spotting households facing imminent risk of losing housing, using predictive models and targeting resources to those most at risk, and interventions such as emergency rental assistance, eviction defense and legal help, and case management. Households at risk are identified using evidence-based risk factors such as prior homelessness, income at or below 30 percent of area median income, and rent burden.
Agencies take part only within their existing authority, activities, data, and responsibilities, and are not required to start new work. It applies to every relevant state agency that affects housing stability and homelessness prevention. Agencies need not collect new primary data, build a predictive model, set up a new reporting system, or order a new program evaluation. Agencies need not create a new program or expand who is eligible for an existing program.
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- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Sep 29Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 794, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 29Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 4Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 27Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 6700.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 1924 Gabriel Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 25In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB1924 Gabriel et al. By Arreguín. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 25Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5763.).Passed Senate
- Aug 17Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 13Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 13From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).Major
- Aug 3In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 25From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 24
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 15From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.Major
- Jun 10Referred to Com. on HOUSING.Minor
- May 28In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 1924 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- May 27Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 5475.)Passed Assembly
- May 18Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 14From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- May 6In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- Apr 15From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 15Coauthors revised.
- Apr 2In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Mar 10Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.Minor
- Mar 9From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 9Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.Minor
- Feb 13From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- Feb 12Read first time. To print.Introduced
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