Plain English Breakdown
The bill text states the working group must be convened by July 1, 2027, but does not explicitly state when it begins its work or if there is a delay between convening and starting analysis.
Student Housing Working Group
This law creates a working group with leaders and students from California State University and Community Colleges to study housing needs, share ideas for building more homes across systems, and report recommendations by July 1, 2028.
What This Bill Does
- Requires the offices of the Chancellor of the California State University and the California Community Colleges to create an intersegmental student housing working group.
- Requests the office of the President of the University of California to join the group and appoint representatives if they choose to participate.
- Directs the group to use existing data on unmet demand to analyze systemwide, regional, and campus-specific student housing needs.
- Requires the group to develop a statewide plan that identifies opportunities for different college systems to work together on building campus housing.
- Orders the working group to submit a final report with recommendations to the Legislature and Governor by July 1, 2028.
Who It Names or Affects
- The California State University system
- The California Community Colleges system
- Statewide student organizations for the California State University and California Community Colleges systems
- The University of California system (if they choose to join)
- Campuses that have previously worked on intersegmental housing projects
Terms To Know
- Intersegmental working group
- A team made up of people from different parts of the public college system, including leaders and students, who work together on a specific topic.
- Unmet demand
- The gap between how many students need housing and how much housing is available to them.
Limits and Unknowns
- This law ends on January 1, 2029.
- The University of California is asked but not required by this bill to participate in the working group.
- The text does not specify how much money will be given to build new housing.