republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-232.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community Development Block Grant Program: funds."
description: "Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to allocate funds under the federal Community Development Block Grant Program to cities and counties. Existing law requires the department to determine, and announce in the applicable Notice of Funding Availability, the maximum amount of grant funds that may be used for economic development projects and programs, housing for persons and families of low or moderate income or for purposes directly related to the provision or improvement of housing opportunities for these persons and families, and for cities and counties that apply on behalf of certain Indian tribes. Existing law requires the department to develop and use certain eligibility criteria and requirements for certain economic development fund applications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 232"
citation: "California AB 232 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community Development Block Grant Program: funds."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["V. Manuel Pérez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-02"
last_action: "2012-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9798d924-5972-43d3-8cf7-894a5dd932a7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB232"
source_hash: "982cae9efb6d534152e66f7a649aa2a56187072bde75425231feacb68b12f876"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 232 (20112012) — Community Development Block Grant Program: funds.

Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to allocate funds under the federal Community Development Block Grant Program to cities and counties. Existing law requires the department to determine, and announce in the applicable Notice of Funding Availability, the maximum amount of grant funds that may be used for economic development projects and programs, housing for persons and families of low or moderate income or for purposes directly related to the provision or improvement of housing opportunities for these persons and families, and for cities and counties that apply on behalf of certain Indian tribes. Existing law requires the department to develop and use certain eligibility criteria and requirements for certain economic development fund applications.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/02/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB232&version=20110AB23299INT)
2. **01/04/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB232&version=20110AB23298AMD)
3. **06/14/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB232&version=20110AB23297AMD)
4. **09/19/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB232&version=20110AB23295CHP)
5. **AB232** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB232)
6. **08/29/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB232&version=20110AB23296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 232 PÉREZ, V.M. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 232 PÉREZ, V.M. Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB232 V. Manuel Pérez By DeSaulnier — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- V. Manuel Pérez — primary (person)
- Alejo — author (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Com. on J., E.D. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on J., E.D. & E. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (January 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-19** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-01-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3606.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-01-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-16** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-06-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-06-28** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator DeSaulnier.
- **2012-08-20** From inactive file.
- **2012-08-20** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4705.). `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.
- **2012-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6248.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 386, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9798d924-5972-43d3-8cf7-894a5dd932a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).