SENIOR ASSEMBLY PROPOSAL NO. 19

INTRODUCED BY SENIOR ASSEMBLY MEMBER MOLNAR

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AP 19: ZONING: AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING.

THE LOCAL PLANNING AND ZONING LAW REQUIRES THAT THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF EACH COUNTY AND CITY ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE, LONG-TERM GENERAL PLAN FOR THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTY OR CITY AND OF SPECIFIED LAND. EXISTING LAW REQUIRES THE GENERAL PLAN TO INCLUDE A HOUSING ELEMENT THAT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, PROVIDES REFORMS AND INCENTIVES TO FACILITATE AND EXPEDITE THE CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THIS MEASURE WOULD MEMORIALIZE THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REVISE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ELEMENT OF A GENERAL PLAN TO PROVIDE FOR ADEQUATE AND AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING.

VOTE: MAJORITY.

AP 19: RELATING TO AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING

WHEREAS, WITH MORE THAN FOUR MILLION RESIDENTS 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, CALIFORNIA HAS THE HIGHEST SENIOR POPULATION IN THE NATION AND ITS RANKS ARE GROWING; AND

WHEREAS, THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF ADEQUATE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS IN CALIFORNIA; AND

WHEREAS, THE NUMBER OF SENIORS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE DRAMATICALLY AS MORE AND MORE “BABY BOOMERS” TURN 60 EACH YEAR; AND

WHEREAS, THE LIFESPAN OF SENIORS CONTINUES TO INCREASE, WHICH MAGNIFIES THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE FRAIL ELDERLY; AND

WHEREAS, AN INCREASE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD REDUCE OR STABILIZE THE NEED FOR MORE ASSISTED LIVING AND SOME FORMS OF INSTITUTIONAL HOUSING; AND

WHEREAS, REVISION OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ELEMENT OF A GENERAL PLAN TO PROVIDE FOR ADEQUATE AND AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING SEEMS TO BE ONE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT

RESOLVED, BY THE SENIOR ASSEMBLY AND THE SENIOR SENATE, JOINTLY, THAT THE SENIOR LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AT ITS 2009 REGULAR SESSION, A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS VOTING THEREFOR, HEREBY PROPOSES THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ELEMENT OF A GENERAL PLAN BE REVISED TO PROVIDE FOR ADEQUATE AND AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, THAT THE SENIOR LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESPECTFULLY MEMORIALIZES THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO ENACT APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE CONCERNS SET FORTH IN THIS MEASURE; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, THAT A COPY OF THIS MEASURE BE TRANSMITTED TO THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

RN 09 16857

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