Joint powers authorities: South Bay Regional Housing Trust.

Plain English Breakdown

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South Bay Regional Housing Trust Rules

This law changes how the South Bay Regional Housing Trust, which helps fund housing for homeless and low-income people in the South Bay Cities region of Los Angeles County, is run by setting new rules for its board members.

What This Bill Does

• Changes how many directors are on the trust's board and sets a process to choose them.
• Allows alternate members who can attend meetings but cannot vote unless there is a vacancy.
• Requires all board members and alternates to follow a conflict of interest code.
• Limits non-elected alternate members from voting in more than 75% of yearly meetings.

Who It Names or Affects

• The South Bay Regional Housing Trust
• Board directors and alternates of the trust

Terms To Know

Joint Powers Authority

A group formed by two or more local governments to work together on a project.

Conflict of Interest Code

Rules that prevent people from making decisions if they might benefit personally.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how the trust will fund housing projects.
• It is unclear what happens if an alternate member exceeds the voting limit.
• The exact number of directors on the board remains unspecified in this bill.

Official Summary Text

SB 799, as amended, Allen.
Joint powers authorities: South Bay Regional Housing Trust.
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 the 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.
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
each
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.

Current Bill Text

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