(a) (1) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) shall be distributed in accordance with this subdivision.

(2) The agency shall allocate the following amounts to administrative entities according to the following groupings based on homeless population:

(A) To administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count of over 20,000 persons, forty million dollars ($40,000,000).

(B) To administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count between 4,000 and 19,999 persons, sixty million dollars ($60,000,000).

(C) To administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count between 2,500 and 3,999 persons, thirty million dollars ($30,000,000).

(D) To administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count between 1,800 and 2,499 persons, forty-eight million dollars ($48,000,000).

(E) To administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count between 1,500 and 1,799 persons, eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000).

(F) To administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count between 1,000 and 1,499 persons, thirty-two million dollars ($32,000,000).

(G) To administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count between 750 and 999 persons, twelve million dollars ($12,000,000).

(H) To administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count between 250 and 749 persons, seven million dollars ($7,000,000).

(I) To administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count of less than 250 persons, two million dollars ($2,000,000).

(J) The agency shall set aside funds for each administrative entity grouping with the funds available for each grouping to be divided equally among administrative entities within that grouping.

(K) Up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be available for the agency to administer the program.

(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the agency shall allocate one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in program funding to each administrative entity in an amount calculated based on the administrative entity’s proportionate share of total homeless population based on the 2017 homeless point-in-time count.

(c) (1) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the agency shall proportionately allocate one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) in program funding to each city or city that is also a county that meets both of the following requirements:

(A) Has a population as of January 1, 2018, of 330,000 or more, according to the data published on the Department of Finance’s Internet Web site.

(B) Has, at the time of the award, declared a shelter crisis pursuant to Chapter 7.8 (commencing with Section 8698) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(2) Any allocations pursuant to this subdivision shall be in an amount calculated based on the proportionate share of the total homeless population of the administrative entities, in which a recipient city or city that is also a county is included, based on the 2017 homeless point-in-time count. If more than one recipient within the administrative entity meets the requirements of paragraph (1), the proportionate share of funds shall be equally allocated to those jurisdictions.

(d) Applications for the first round of awards shall be submitted to the agency on or before December 31, 2018. The agency shall verify whether each funding request meets the minimum criteria established by this chapter and make awards on a continuous basis based on that criteria, but no later than January 31, 2019.

(e) (1) If, after the first round of awards pursuant to this section, not all funds have been claimed by all administrative entities, the agency shall set aside any remaining funds for a second round of awards.

(2) Applications for the second round of awards shall be submitted to the agency on or before April 30, 2019. The agency shall verify whether each funding request meets the minimum criteria established by this chapter and make awards on a continuous basis based on that criteria, but no later than May 31, 2019. Any qualifying administrative entity may apply for funds available in the second round of awards.

(f) If, after the second round of awards pursuant to subdivision (d), not all funds have been claimed by all administrative entities, the agency shall, no later than June 15, 2019, work with the Department of Finance to identify an appropriate allocation methodology for a third round of awards, or determine if any unallocated funds should revert to the General Fund. The allocation methodology or reversion to the General Fund shall be approved by the Department of Finance with notification provided to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.

(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 48, Sec. 2. (SB 850) Effective June 27, 2018.)