CA AB 239
vetoedState-led County of Los Angeles disaster housing task force.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 239 pass?
No. CA AB 239 passed the legislature but was vetoed on 2026-01-22. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
What is CA AB 239 about?
Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and sets forth its powers and duties, including updating and revising the California Statewide Housing Plan, as provided. Existing law establishes the Office of Emergency Services (OES) , which is responsible for the state's emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or human-induced disasters and emergencies, including responsibility for activities necessary to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of emergencies and disasters on people and property. This bill would require HCD to convene a state-led County of Los Angeles disaster housing task force, as specified, for the purpose of coordinating and streamlining efforts between HCD, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, OES, and local governments to rebuild housing in communities impacted by the wildfires that began on January 7, 2025, in the County of Los Angeles. The bill would require the task force to appoint a state disaster housing coordinator to accelerate the delivery of resources to communities impacted by the wildfires, and report to the Legislature on the status of rebuilding housing in communities impacted by the wildfires on April 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on June 30, 2028. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors CA AB 239?
Harabedian is the primary sponsor of CA AB 239, joined by 11 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law establishes the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and sets forth its powers and duties, including updating and revising the California Statewide Housing Plan, as provided. Existing law establishes the Office of Emergency Services (OES) , which is responsible for the state's emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or human-induced disasters and emergencies, including responsibility for activities necessary to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of emergencies and disasters on people and property. This bill would require HCD to convene a state-led County of Los Angeles disaster housing task force, as specified, for the purpose of coordinating and streamlining efforts between HCD, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, OES, and local governments to rebuild housing in communities impacted by the wildfires that began on January 7, 2025, in the County of Los Angeles. The bill would require the task force to appoint a state disaster housing coordinator to accelerate the delivery of resources to communities impacted by the wildfires, and report to the Legislature on the status of rebuilding housing in communities impacted by the wildfires on April 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on June 30, 2028. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-26
- Latest action
- 2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Harabedianauthor
- Irwinauthor
- Bryanprincipal coauthor
- Calozaprincipal coauthor
- Fongprincipal coauthor
- Mark Gonzálezprincipal coauthor
- Haneyprincipal coauthor
- Ransomprincipal coauthor
- Celeste Rodriguezprincipal coauthor
- Schiavoprincipal coauthor
- Schultzprincipal coauthor
- Zburprincipal coauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-01-13
Read first time. To print.
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2025-01-14
From printer. May be heard in committee February 13.
2025-02-10
Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and E.M.
referral-committee
2025-02-27
Coauthors revised.
2025-03-26
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E.M. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 26).
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2025-03-27
Read second time and amended.
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2025-03-28
Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
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2025-04-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-30
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
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2025-05-23
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-02
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1898.).
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2025-06-03
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-11
Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and G.O.
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2025-06-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
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2025-07-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
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2025-08-29
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-04
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2518.).
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2025-09-04
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-08
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3022.).
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2025-09-15
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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2025-10-13
Vetoed by Governor.
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2025-10-13
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2026-01-22
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Emergency Management]
2025-03-26 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Kalra: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Lee: yes
- Haney: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-07 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Bennett: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bains: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Ransom: yes
Do pass as amended.
2025-05-23 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ta: other
- Sanchez: other
- Dixon: other
- Tangipa: other
AB 239 Harabedian Third Reading Urgency
2025-06-03 · pass · 79-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Rivas: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ward: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Patel: yes
- Solache: yes
- Chen: yes
- Bonta: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Lee: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Papan: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Davies: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Berman: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Soria: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ta: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Flora: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Addis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Bains: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization]
2025-06-24 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-07-08 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Jones: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Padilla: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass as amended
2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
3rd Reading AB239 Harabedian et al. By Pérez Urgency Clause
2025-09-04 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Stern: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Laird: yes
- Limón: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Choi: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Niello: yes
- Grove: yes
- Jones: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Strickland: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Reyes: other
AB 239 Harabedian Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-08 · pass · 79-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Nguyen: other
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