California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee May 7th, 2025

Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee

Event Log

  • AB391 — Identified as one of the agenda items on consent.
  • AB760 — AB 760 is taken up by the committee and described as a bill that would temporarily allow park-owned homes in mobile home parks to be rented out during a declared emergency caused by a natural disaster, including in adjacent impacted jurisdictions, to help disaster victims who lost housing. Support testimony follows, urging a vote and explaining that the committee amendments appropriately narrow the bill. The discussion concludes with a committee member indicating the bill will be moved when quorum is reached.
  • AB760 — Item number three; motion to do pass as amended.
  • AB760 — Item number three is called for a due pass as amended vote.
  • Tri Ta — Tri Ta is introduced as the presenter of AB 760 and identified as the bill presenter.
  • Tri Ta — Tri Ta was marked present during roll call and then voted aye on the consent calendar.
  • Tri Ta — Tri Ta is mentioned in the course of a procedural roll call/vote sequence, first being recorded as not voting and then referenced again during the callout for AB-760, indicating his status in the same legislative voting context.
  • Chris Weisaki — Provides support testimony on behalf of WMA.
  • Chris Weisaki — Testified in opposition on behalf of WMA and urged a no vote on AB 456.
  • Matt Haney — Chair Matt Haney is introduced and presents AB 1445. The discussion then continues with members thanking him for bringing the bill forward, expressing support for the proposal, and one speaker asking to be added as a co-author.
  • Matt Haney — Matt Haney was present for roll call and then voted aye on the consent calendar, AB 760, and AB 1445 during the same voting sequence.
  • Matt Haney — The speaker twice yields the floor back to Chair Matt Haney, indicating that Haney is presiding and the discussion is being returned to him.
  • Matt Haney — Addressed as Chair.
  • Matt Haney — Chair is called in the roll call vote and votes aye.
  • Matt Haney — Associated with item number four and the motion for due pass.
  • AB1445 — AB 1445 is presented as a downtown recovery and revitalization measure aimed at helping California cities rebound after COVID-19. The bill would give cities tools to create downtown recovery or revitalization financing districts to help fund office-to-housing conversion and other mixed-use housing projects on former commercial sites. Speakers emphasize that it would support downtown revitalization through financing mechanisms, include guardrails around commercial-to-residential conversion, and ultimately ask for an aye vote.
  • AB1445 — Item number four; motion to do pass.
  • AB1445 — Item number four is AB 1445, moved for due pass.
  • Amelia Zamani — Introduced herself as representing the California Travel Association and began testimony in support of AB 1445.
  • Brandon Knapp — Testified in support on behalf of the Housing Action Coalition.
  • Yerelli Magallon — Testified in support on behalf of IKEA through Political Solutions.
  • Raymond Contrairas — Testified in support on behalf of Spur, Abundant Housing, and Circulate San Diego.
  • Joe Patterson — Joe Patterson was present for roll call and then voted aye on the consent calendar, AB 760, and AB 1445.
  • Joe Patterson — Said he has mixed feelings on the bill and understands what the author is trying to do.
  • Joe Patterson — Joe Patterson is recorded during the roll call as not voting/no voting.
  • Anamarie Farías — Anamarie Farías was marked present during roll call and then voted aye on the consent calendar, AB 760, and AB 1445.
  • Anamarie Farías — Anamarie Farías is called during the vote and recorded as voting no.
  • Jessica Caloza — Jessica Caloza was marked present during roll call and then recorded as voting aye on the consent calendar, AB 760, and AB 1445.
  • Jessica Caloza — Recorded as voting aye.
  • Robert Garcia — Robert Garcia was present for the roll call and then voted aye on the consent calendar, AB 760, and AB 1445.
  • Robert Garcia — Robert Garcia is recorded multiple times during the roll call as voting aye on successive items, including AB 760, AB 1445, and a consent calendar item.
  • Ash Kalra — Ash Kalra was present for roll call and then participated in a series of committee actions, voting aye on the consent calendar, moving the motion on AB 760 and voting aye on it, and later voting aye on AB 1445.
  • Ash Kalra — Recorded as voting aye.
  • Sharon Quirk-Silva — Sharon Quirk-Silva is recorded during roll call as voting aye on the consent calendar, AB 760, and AB 1445.
  • Sharon Quirk-Silva — Sharon Quirk-Silva is recorded voting aye on multiple items during the roll call, including AB 760, AB 1445, and a consent calendar item.
  • David Tangipa — David Tangipa was present for roll call, then voted aye on the consent calendar and on AB 760, and later was recorded as not voting on AB 1445.
  • David Tangipa — The speaker twice thanks Mr. Tangipa and then later refers to him as a colleague from Rockland, keeping the discussion centered on the same member without a significant topic change.
  • David Tangipa — Recorded as not voting.
  • Buffy Wicks — Buffy Wicks was present for roll call, helped establish quorum, and participated in a series of votes: she moved into the consent calendar vote and voted aye, then seconded AB 760 and voted aye, and later voted aye on AB 1445.
  • Buffy Wicks — Recorded as voting aye.
  • Lori Wilson — Lori Wilson is first called during roll call and then recorded as present for quorum. Shortly afterward, she is noted as voting aye on AB 1445.
  • Lori Wilson — Member asks a follow-up question seeking clarification about whether the bill reinforces existing law or changes it.
  • Lori Wilson — Lori Wilson is recorded multiple times during the roll-call as voting aye, including on AB 760, AB 1445, and a consent calendar item.
  • Alex Lee — Not voting on AB 760.
  • Alex Lee — Recorded as voting aye.
  • AB456 — AB 456 was introduced and presented by Assemblymember Connolly, who outlined the bill’s purpose and committee amendments. The discussion then continued with testimony explaining that the bill would prevent interference with mobile home sales and require timely responses, extending the same policy explanation.
  • AB456 — AB 456 is discussed in a continuous opposition-focused exchange. Speakers argue that the bill would limit interior inspections and reduce park management’s ability to ensure safety, while also making insurance harder and more costly. The bill is further characterized as reinforcing existing law that is being misinterpreted, with opponents saying inspections are reasonable and that the bill could create delays in transactions.
  • Mr. Connolly — Presented AB 456 and explained the bill.
  • Jody Johnson — Jody Johnson is introduced as a constituent witness speaking on behalf of GSMOL, and then testifies in support of AB 456, stating that interference with the sale of a home is not legal in California and describing related issues with mobile home sales and park management responses.
  • Bruce Stanton — Bruce Stanton is introduced as a witness for GSMOL and then testifies in support of AB 456, drawing on his experience as corporate counsel to describe complaints he has seen in the field and the bill’s relevance to mobile home residency law and sale timelines.