An act to amend Sections 100, 10004, 10050, 19404, 23050, 23075, 26001, 26010, 26010.5, and 26040 of, and to amend and repeal Section 26180.5 of, the Business and Professions Code, to amend Sections 1916.12, 1918.5,1918.5, and 5405 of the Civil Code, to amend Sections 300, 1514, 14382, 14652.5, and 18022.5 of the Financial Code, to amend, repeal, and add Section 513 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to amend Sections 12895, 12896, and 12944 of, to amend and repeal Sections 12804, 12804.5, and 12856 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 8587.11, 8876.7, 11546.1, 11550, 12800, 12855, 12901, 14030, 15562.5, 15990, and 65040.12 of, to add Sections 12804.1, 12804.2, 12804.3, and 12804.4 to, and to add Part 5.1 (commencing with Section 14470) to Division 3 of Title 2 of, the Government Code, to amend Sections 35805 and 127501.4 of, to amend and repeal Section 50407.5 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 17974, 50093, 50150, 50151, 50153, 50154, 50210, 50216, 50230, 50250, 50400, 50423, 50462, 50900, 50901, 50913, 51005, 51624, 53524, and 54913 of, and to add Part 18 (commencing with Section 54920) to Division 31 of, the Health and Safety Code, to amend, repeal, and add Section 998.547 of the Military and Veterans Code, to amend, repeal, and add Section 75121 of the Public Resources Code, to amend Section 10200 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, and to amend Sections 8255, 8256, 8257, 8257.01, 8257.1, and 8257.2 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 4581, 9850, and 18901.59 of, to add Sections 8257.02, 8257.03, 8257.04, and 8257.05 to, and to repeal and add the heading of Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 8255) of Division 8 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to reorganization of the executive branch of state government.

This reorganization plan, as of July 1, 2026, would eliminate that agency and instead establish in state government the Business and Consumer Services Agency and the California Housing and Homelessness Agency, and would make conforming changes. The plan would provide that the California Housing and Homelessness Agency consists of specified departments. The plan would require the Secretary of California Housing and Homelessness to take various actions, including coordinating specified policies and programs, considering opportunities to align specified requirements and timelines, and coordinating with other departments and agencies, to achieve specified objectives. The plan would specify that the Business and Consumer Services Agency is headed by the Secretary of Business and Consumer Services, and require the California Housing and Homelessness Agency and the Business and Consumer Services Agency, as specified, to coordinate state policy, programs, and funding to help the state achieve its objectives related to housing, homelessness, and consumer protections and minimize service disruption due to the dissolution of the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, as provided.

This reorganization plan, as of July 1, 2026, would establish the Housing Development and Finance Committee within the California Housing and Homelessness Agency, headed by an executive director, and, upon appropriation, require all multifamily affordable housing programs, as defined, to be administered by the committee, as specified.

This reorganization plan would establish within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency a Housing Development and Finance Executive Committee for the purpose of centralizing affordable housing finance policymaking across state government. The plan would transfer the executive committee to the Housing Development Finance Committee effective July 1, 2026. The plan would require the executive committee to take various actions, including coordinating a cohesive and integrated housing finance system, overseeing the allocation of multifamily affordable housing programs, creating a consolidated application for multifamily affordable housing developers and a coordinated review process for the application of funds, and streamlining compliance monitoring of affordable multifamily rental housing developments, as specified.

Existing law requires the Governor to establish the Interagency Council on Homelessness and requires the council to consist of specified members. Under existing law, there is an executive officer of the council who is under the direction of the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing and the council is required to be staffed by employees of the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.

This reorganization plan would establish the California Interagency Council on Homelessness as an independent entity within the California Housing and Homelessness Agency and would rename the existing council as the California Interagency Executive Council on Homelessness and establish it within the California Interagency Council on Homelessness.

This reorganization plan would authorize state agencies, departments, or entities to take actions prior to July 1, 2026, that are necessary to ensure that the provisions of the plan become operative on July 1, 2026, and are implemented in a timely fashion, as specified.