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CA AB 654

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Homelessness resource telephone system.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 654 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 654 is in committee as of 2025-08-29 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 654 about?

Existing law authorizes a local public agency, as defined, to establish a nonemergency "311" telephone system structured to provide access to only public safety agencies or structured to provide access to public safety agencies and to all other services provided by a local public agency. Existing law generally provides for services for homeless individuals, including the Homeless Emergency Aid program, which provides localities with one-time flexible block grant funds to address their immediate homelessness challenges, the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program, which provides moneys for the provision of shelter to homeless persons, and authorization for a county to establish a homeless adult and family multidisciplinary personnel team with the goal of facilitating the expedited identification, assessment, and linkage of homeless individuals to housing and supportive services within that county. This bill would require the County of Los Angeles to establish a homelessness resource telephone system to receive telephone calls regarding individuals who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness in order to provide those individuals with resources. By imposing new duties on the County of Los Angeles, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Who sponsors CA AB 654?

Caloza is the primary sponsor of CA AB 654.

Description

Existing law authorizes a local public agency, as defined, to establish a nonemergency "311" telephone system structured to provide access to only public safety agencies or structured to provide access to public safety agencies and to all other services provided by a local public agency. Existing law generally provides for services for homeless individuals, including the Homeless Emergency Aid program, which provides localities with one-time flexible block grant funds to address their immediate homelessness challenges, the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program, which provides moneys for the provision of shelter to homeless persons, and authorization for a county to establish a homeless adult and family multidisciplinary personnel team with the goal of facilitating the expedited identification, assessment, and linkage of homeless individuals to housing and supportive services within that county. This bill would require the County of Los Angeles to establish a homelessness resource telephone system to receive telephone calls regarding individuals who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness in order to provide those individuals with resources. By imposing new duties on the County of Los Angeles, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Los Angeles. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Introduced
2025-04-21
Latest action
2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Calozaauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-13

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-14

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  3. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and C. & C.

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  4. 2025-04-10

    Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1123.)

  5. 2025-04-10

    (Pending re-refer to Com. on C. & C.)

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-04-21

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended.

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  7. 2025-04-22

    Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

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  8. 2025-04-28

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on C. & C.

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  9. 2025-05-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2025-05-14

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  11. 2025-05-21

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  12. 2025-05-21

    Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1627.)

  13. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 23).

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  14. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. 2025-06-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 14. Page 1975.)

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  16. 2025-06-04

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  17. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and L. GOV.

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  18. 2025-07-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  19. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  20. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  21. 2025-08-29

    In committee: Held under submission.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Communications and Conveyance]

    2025-04-24 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Lee: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Tangipa: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-30 · pass · 8-2

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Garcia: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Hoover: no
    • Castillo: no

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 12-2

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Dixon: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 654 Caloza Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 61-14

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Berman: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Davies: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Flora: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Castillo: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Ward: other
    • Chen: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    2025-06-30 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Pérez: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: no

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-16 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Wiener: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Choi: no

  • 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

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