Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee
Event Log
Tri Ta — Called during roll call; no vote recorded in the transcript fragment.
Tri Ta — Tri Ta was called during the roll call and consent calendar roll call vote.
Tri Ta — Assembly Member Tri Ta’s votes are called and recorded across several measures during the roll call: he is recorded voting no on some items, aye on others, and not voting on AB 913. The sequence ends with a clarification/correction to the tally, confirming the final vote count as 9 to 1 with one member not voting.
Buffy Wicks — Buffy Wicks was present during quorum check and later responded 'aye' during the roll call; she was also called again near the end of the sequence, though no audible vote was captured on that final mention.
Buffy Wicks — Votes aye.
Buffy Wicks — Votes aye.
Buffy Wicks — Votes aye.
Buffy Wicks — Votes aye.
Buffy Wicks — Begins presenting AB 609.
Buffy Wicks — Presents AB 609 and explains the accepted amendments.
Buffy Wicks — Describes the Select Committee on Permitting Reform and its findings.
Buffy Wicks — Argues that California's permitting process is broken and needs reform.
Buffy Wicks — Explains that AB 609 is part of the fast-track housing package and addresses CEQA.
Buffy Wicks — The author thanks Ms. Wicks for her work, committee amendments, and continued engagement on outstanding issues.
Buffy Wicks — Recorded as voting aye.
Buffy Wicks — Recorded as voting aye.
Buffy Wicks — Called during the roll call vote; the transcript is unclear on the response.
Buffy Wicks — Buffy Wicks is referenced in a single voting moment: she is identified as seconding the motion and is then repeatedly called and recorded as voting aye, including an apparent absent-member vote reference. The mentions appear to be overlapping or duplicated transcript entries from the same roll-call sequence.
Buffy Wicks — Voted aye on AB 913.
Buffy Wicks — Buffy Wicks is first named as part of the motion/second, and then later in the same proceeding she is called during roll call and votes aye.
Buffy Wicks — Buffy Wicks was called during roll call and voted aye, was then addressed in connection with the second bill, and later was again called during roll call and voted aye.
Buffy Wicks — Thanked the author, referenced her own earlier work on the measure, and made the motion to move the bill.
Buffy Wicks — Buffy Wicks is recorded as voting aye ("I") during the roll-call vote on AB 660.
Lori Wilson — Lori Wilson is referenced during a short procedural sequence: she is first recorded as present during quorum check, then responds during a vote and is noted as voting aye, and later her name is called again during roll call with no audible vote captured.
Lori Wilson — Asked whether the bill would allow conversion of market-rate housing to affordable or transitional housing and questioned the funding approach.
Lori Wilson — Continued asking whether the bill includes any funding request or is only a planning measure.
Lori Wilson — Votes aye.
Lori Wilson — Votes aye.
Lori Wilson — Votes aye.
Lori Wilson — Votes aye.
Lori Wilson — Lori Wilson thanks the author for her leadership, says she is proud to be a joint author on the bill, and expresses support for the legislation, including its goal of streamlining housing.
Lori Wilson — Lori Wilson is acknowledged after a vote, then introduced as the presenter for AB 660. She presents the bill, explaining its purpose to improve housing approval timelines and accountability, closes by asking for an aye vote, and is subsequently recorded as voting aye.
Lori Wilson — Lori Wilson was called back to the committee to comment on the bill, thanked the author for bringing it forward, expressed support for the measure and the proposed amendments, moved the bill, and was later recorded as voting aye in the roll call.
Lori Wilson — Called during the roll call vote; vote not completed in this excerpt.
Lori Wilson — Was called during roll call on AB 913, but no vote was captured in the transcript fragment.
Lori Wilson — Called during roll call and voted aye.
Lori Wilson — Lori Wilson is repeatedly called during roll call and consent calendar voting, with the chair noting that the vote remains open for absent members so her vote may still be added.
Lori Wilson — Lori Wilson is repeatedly called during the ongoing consent calendar/AB 595 voting sequence as the roll call and tally are announced, including her aye vote and subsequent vote count updates.
AB1165 — AB 1165 is introduced to the committee and identified as the California Housing Justice Act of 2025. The speaker then argues that the bill is the policy California needs to lead on homelessness, describing it as a strategic roadmap that provides ongoing funding and accountability to help end homelessness in the state.
AB1165 — AB 1165 is discussed as a long-term funding solution to support people transitioning out of homelessness and related services. The speaker offers to answer technical questions about the bill, then the committee reviews an opposition letter and raises questions about housing conversion language and whether the bill includes funding. The discussion concludes with the chair announcing a 9-0 vote on AB 1165.
AB1165 — Item 16 is called up; Ta's vote is then recorded as aye.
Gibson — Introduced the item and welcomed witnesses.
Professor from UCSF / Homeless and Housing Initiative representative — The speaker introduces witnesses who will provide background on the bill.
Margo Cushel — Margo Cushel, a UCSF professor and director of the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, explains that the bill would require California to make annual ongoing investments and adopt a financing plan. She argues that homelessness remains high because it is driven by the housing-cost-to-income gap and because most state funding has been one-time and too limited to build and sustain the systems needed for affordable housing, prevention, diversion, rental subsidies, and ongoing supports.
Pinky Tony — Pinky Tony, board chair of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, testified about her personal experience with homelessness and working with unhoused people, including the death of her sister-in-law from exposure while unhoused. She then urged the committee to vote in favor of AB 1165, saying the bill is badly needed.
Divya Shiv — Testified in support on behalf of Housing California, PATH, and the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
Divya Shiv — Testified in support of AB 722 on behalf of Housing California.
Carmen Nicole Cox — Testified on behalf of ACLU California Action as a proud co-sponsor.
Serafina Johnson — Testified for Housing Now California and referenced additional supporters, urging an aye vote.
Kate Five — Testified in strong support, identifying affiliation as Legal Aid of Sonoma County.