AB-790 • 2026

Homelessness: single women with children.

Children Education Housing

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Ávila Farías
Last action: 2025-10-10
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 499, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on when the bill will take effect or how much funding might be required by cities and counties.

Helping Single Women with Children Who Are Homeless

This law requires cities and counties in California to include single women with children in their plans for helping homeless people, and it mandates that these plans be shared online.

What This Bill Does

Adds single women with children to the list of vulnerable populations that need special support from cities, counties, and continuums of care when they are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
Requires cities, counties, and continuums of care to work with victim service providers to develop analyses and goals addressing the specific needs of single women with children who are homeless.
Mandates that the Interagency Council on Homelessness post these plans and progress reports online.

Who It Names or Affects

Single women with children who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
Cities, counties, and continuums of care in California.
Victim service providers working with cities and counties to address homelessness issues.

Terms To Know

Continuums of care: Groups that work together to help homeless people find housing and other services they need.
Interagency Council on Homelessness: A group made up of different government agencies in California that works to reduce homelessness.

Limits and Unknowns

The law does not specify when it will start or how much extra money cities and counties might need.
It is unclear exactly what new costs the state will have to pay for this program.

Bill History

2025-10-10 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 499, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-10 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-11 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-09-04 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-09-04 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2522.).
2025-09-02 California Legislative Information
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-18 California Legislative Information
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-07-16 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-01 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
2025-06-11 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and HOUSING.
2025-06-03 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1853.)
2025-05-27 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-14 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-06 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.
2025-05-06 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-05 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-05-01 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 1).
2025-04-30 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.
2025-04-24 California Legislative Information
(Pending re-refer to Com. on HUM. S.)
2025-04-24 California Legislative Information
Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1274.)
2025-04-24 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
2025-04-23 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended.
2025-04-21 California Legislative Information
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-01 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
2025-03-28 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-28 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and HUM. S.
2025-02-19 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2025-02-18 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 790, Ávila Farías.
Homelessness: single women with children.
Existing law requires cities, counties, and continuums of care receiving state funding to address homelessness on or after January 1, 2024, to include families, people fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, and unaccompanied women within the vulnerable populations for whom specific system supports are developed to maintain homeless services and housing delivery. Existing law also requires the cities, counties, and continuums of care to develop analyses and goals with victim service providers to address the specific needs of the above-described population with data measures not included within the Homeless Management Information System, in accordance with federal policies and specified guidelines.
Existing law requires the Interagency Council on Homelessness to set and measure progress on goals to prevent and end homelessness among domestic violence survivors and their children and among unaccompanied women in California.
This bill would specifically include women with children in the populations described above. The bill would require the cities, counties, and continuums of care developing the analyses and goals described above to the Interagency Council on Homelessness. The bill would require the Interagency Council on Homelessness to post the analyses and goals on its website. By imposing new duties on cities and counties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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.

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