Homelessness.

Children Housing

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Rubio
Last action: 2026-02-02
Official status: Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on consequences for unmet goals or funding amounts.

Homelessness Goals Review

The bill requires the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to review its progress towards preventing and ending homelessness among certain groups, including domestic violence survivors and their children, at least once every year instead of every two years.

What This Bill Does

Requires initial goals for preventing and ending homelessness among specified groups to be established by January 1, 2025.
The council must evaluate these goals at least every year.

Who It Names or Affects

The California Interagency Council on Homelessness
People who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in California

Terms To Know

California Interagency Council on Homelessness: A group created by the Governor to work on reducing homelessness and helping people find homes.
Continuum of Care Program: A program run by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that helps communities plan for services to prevent and end homelessness.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if goals are not met.
It is unclear how much funding will be provided to support these efforts.

Bill History

2026-02-02 California Legislative Information
Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
2025-05-16 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-12 California Legislative Information
May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-02 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing May 12.
2025-04-30 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 937.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-24 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 29.
2025-04-08 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 683.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
2025-03-13 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 7.
2025-03-12 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and HOUSING.
2025-02-24 California Legislative Information
Read first time.
2025-02-24 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-21 California Legislative Information
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 814, as introduced, Rubio.
Homelessness.
Existing law requires the Governor to create a California Interagency Council on Homelessness for specified purposes, including to create partnerships among various entities, like participants in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Continuum of Care Program, and to identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California.
Existing law requires the council to set and measure progress toward goals to prevent and end homelessness among domestic violence survivors and their children and among unaccompanied women in California, as specified. The bill would require initial goals to be established by January 1, 2025, and those goals to be evaluated at least every 2 years to determine whether updated goals are needed.
This bill would instead require the council to evaluate the above-described goals at least every year.

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