Existing law, the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006, authorizes the issuance of bonds to finance various housing programs, capital outlay related to infill development, brownfield cleanup that promotes infill development, housing-related parks, and transit-oriented development programs. The act establishes the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund of 2006 in the State Treasury and requires the sum of $1,500,000,000 to be deposited in the Affordable Housing Account, which the act establishes in the fund. The act continuously appropriates the money in the account in accordance with a specified schedule that requires, among other things, the transfer of the sum of $100,000,000 to the Affordable Housing Innovation Fund, which the act establishes in the State Treasury, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Existing law requires the funds in the Affordable Housing Innovation Fund to be allocated in the amount of $50,000,000 for the Affordable Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program, of which $25,000,000 would be made available to the Loan Fund and $25,000,000 would be made available to the Practitioner Fund; $5,000,000 for the Construction Liability Insurance Reform Pilot Program; $35,000,000 for a local housing trust fund matching grant program established under a specified provision of existing law; and $10,000,000 for the Innovative Homeownership Program.
Existing law, the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006, authorizes the issuance of bonds to finance various housing programs, capital outlay related to infill development, brownfield cleanup that promotes infill development, housing-related parks, and transit-oriented development programs. The act establishes the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund of 2006 in the State Treasury and requires the sum of $1,500,000,000 to be deposited in the Affordable Housing Account, which the act establishes in the fund. The act continuously appropriates the money in the account in accordance with a specified schedule that requires, among other things, the transfer of the sum of $100,000,000 to the Affordable Housing Innovation Fund, which the act establishes in the State Treasury, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Existing law requires the funds in the Affordable Housing Innovation Fund to be allocated in the amount of $50,000,000 for the Affordable Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program, of which $25,000,000 would be made available to the Loan Fund and $25,000,000 would be made available to the Practitioner Fund; $5,000,000 for the Construction Liability Insurance Reform Pilot Program; $35,000,000 for a local housing trust fund matching grant program established under a specified provision of existing law; and $10,000,000 for the Innovative Homeownership Program.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–1 (pass) · lower
AB 1951 ATKINS Assembly Third Reading — 52–26 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–3 (pass) · upper
AB 1951 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 53–27 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Atkins — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2012-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
2012-03-29 Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2012-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2012-04-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2012-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2012-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 5092.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2012-06-14 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2012-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2012-08-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-21 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 4708.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2012-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 27. Page 6308.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2012-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
2012-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 784, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2a99613-cf3e-4916-b2ca-aea3593ef9b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
Fabio