(a) The Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program is hereby established for the purpose of providing jurisdictions with one-time grant funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address their immediate homelessness challenges informed by a best-practices framework focused on moving homeless individuals and families into permanent housing and supporting the efforts of those individuals and families to maintain their permanent housing.

(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the agency shall distribute six hundred fifty million dollars ($650,000,000) in accordance with this chapter.

(c) The agency shall administer the program. The program shall provide grant funds to cities, counties, and continuums of care. No more than 5 percent of the funds available pursuant to this chapter shall be expended on state operations.

(d) The agency’s decision to approve or deny an application and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final.

(e) The agency shall maintain and make available to the public on its internet website records of the following:

(1) The number of applications for program funding received by the agency.

(2) The number of applications for program funding denied by the agency.

(3) The name of each recipient of program funds.

(4) Each applicant receiving funds pursuant to this chapter shall provide a list of all awards to subrecipients.

(5) Annual reports filed by recipients pursuant to Section 50221.

(f) In administering this chapter, the agency shall not be subject to the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).

(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 159, Sec. 10. (AB 101) Effective July 31, 2019.)