CA SB 799
enactedJoint powers authorities: South Bay Regional Housing Trust.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 799 pass?
Yes. CA SB 799 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 980, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 799 about?
Existing law authorizes the establishment of the South Bay Regional Housing Trust, a joint powers authority, by the County of Los Angeles and any or all of the cities within the jurisdiction of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments, with the stated purpose of funding housing to assist the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income within the South Bay Cities region. Existing law authorizes the South Bay Regional Housing Trust to, among other things, fund planning and construction of housing of all types and tenures for the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income. This bill would expand the authority of the trust to also include funding the preservation of housing for these purposes. The bill would also expand the authority of the trust to include funding planning, construction, and preservation of housing for persons and families of moderate income, as defined, using any private resources and specified public resources. Existing law requires that the South Bay Regional Housing Trust be governed by a board of directors consisting of an appropriate number of directors, to be determined by the governing board of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments. Existing law requires the board of directors to include mayors, council members, or County of Los Angeles supervisors, as described. Existing law requires that the board of directors to elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its members at the first meeting held in each calendar year. Existing law requires the governing board of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments to appoint the board of directors and, in the case of a vacancy on the board of directors, qualified individuals to fill the vacancy, as specified. This bill would instead require the joint powers agreement to establish the number of directors of the trust and the process for appointing directors and filling vacancies. The bill would additionally authorize the board of directors to include persons appointed and designated as alternate members of the board of directors, as specified. The bill would require all directors and alternates to be subject to the board of directors' adopted conflict of interest code. The bill would prohibit each alternate that is currently not an elected official from participating as a voting member in more than 75% of all meetings in a calendar year. The bill would instead require the board of directors to elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its members at the first meeting held in either the calendar or fiscal year. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for South Bay Cities region of the County of Los Angeles.
Who sponsors CA SB 799?
Allen is the primary sponsor of CA SB 799.
Description
Existing law authorizes the establishment of the South Bay Regional Housing Trust, a joint powers authority, by the County of Los Angeles and any or all of the cities within the jurisdiction of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments, with the stated purpose of funding housing to assist the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income within the South Bay Cities region. Existing law authorizes the South Bay Regional Housing Trust to, among other things, fund planning and construction of housing of all types and tenures for the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income. This bill would expand the authority of the trust to also include funding the preservation of housing for these purposes. The bill would also expand the authority of the trust to include funding planning, construction, and preservation of housing for persons and families of moderate income, as defined, using any private resources and specified public resources. Existing law requires that the South Bay Regional Housing Trust be governed by a board of directors consisting of an appropriate number of directors, to be determined by the governing board of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments. Existing law requires the board of directors to include mayors, council members, or County of Los Angeles supervisors, as described. Existing law requires that the board of directors to elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its members at the first meeting held in each calendar year. Existing law requires the governing board of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments to appoint the board of directors and, in the case of a vacancy on the board of directors, qualified individuals to fill the vacancy, as specified. This bill would instead require the joint powers agreement to establish the number of directors of the trust and the process for appointing directors and filling vacancies. The bill would additionally authorize the board of directors to include persons appointed and designated as alternate members of the board of directors, as specified. The bill would require all directors and alternates to be subject to the board of directors' adopted conflict of interest code. The bill would prohibit each alternate that is currently not an elected official from participating as a voting member in more than 75% of all meetings in a calendar year. The bill would instead require the board of directors to elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its members at the first meeting held in either the calendar or fiscal year. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for South Bay Cities region of the County of Los Angeles.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-21
- Latest action
- 2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 980, Statutes of 2026.
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- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Allenauthor
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 980, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-30
Approved by the Governor.
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2026-08-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-19
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-19
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5541.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-18
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-17
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-17
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6207.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-10
Read third time and amended.
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2026-08-10
Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-06
Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-06
Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-03
In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2026-08-03
Ordered to the Assembly.
2026-07-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-07-02
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-07-02
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5985.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-06-29
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
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2026-06-25
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24).
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2026-06-18
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
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2026-06-08
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
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2026-05-04
Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D.
referral-committee
2026-01-26
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-01-26
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3278.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-01-15
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-01-14
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3225.) (January 14).
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2026-01-07
Set for hearing January 14.
2026-01-05
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2026-01-05
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
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2026-01-05
Withdrawn from committee.
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2026-01-05
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
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2025-04-23
April 23 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 2. Noes 1. Page 873.) Reconsideration granted.
committee-failure,committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-04-17
Set for hearing April 23.
2025-04-10
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-09
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 10. Noes 2. Page 707.) (April 8).
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2025-04-02
Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and REV. & TAX.
referral-committee
2025-04-01
Set for hearing April 8 in JUD. pending receipt.
2025-03-24
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-03-12
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-02-24
Read first time.
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2025-02-24
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-21
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Versions
- 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
- 03/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-24Compare
- 04/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-10Compare
- 01/05/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-01-05Compare
- 01/15/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-01-15Compare
- 06/08/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-08Compare
- 08/10/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-10Compare
- 08/20/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-20Compare
- 09/30/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-30Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation]
2025-04-08 · pass · 10-2
Member-level votes (13)
- Ashby: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Laird: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Allen: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Niello: no
- Valladares: no
- Weber Pierson: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-23 · fail · 2-1
Member-level votes (5)
- Ashby: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Valladares: no
- Umberg: other
- Grayson: other
[First] hearing set for [04-23-2025]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted
2025-04-23 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- McNerney: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Valladares: yes
Do pass as amended
2026-01-14 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Choi: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Laird: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Durazo: yes
3rd Reading
2026-01-26 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Grayson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Becker: yes
- Jones: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Strickland: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Choi: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Pérez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Limón: yes
- Allen: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Niello: yes
- Grove: yes
- Gonzalez: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-17 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Alanis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Fong: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Ransom: yes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2026-06-24 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Wicks: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Lee: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ta: yes
- Patterson: other
SB 799 Allen Consent Calendar Second Day
2026-07-02 · pass · 70-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Berman: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Fong: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Haney: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Soria: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ward: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Addis: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Krell: yes
- Hart: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Schultz: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lee: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Davies: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Flora: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Papan: other
- Sanchez: other
- Bryan: other
- Ransom: other
- Calderon: other
- Chen: other
- Ellis: other
- Elhawary: other
- Bains: other
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