2026 Legislative Positions
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High Priority
AB 1924 (Gabriel) CO-SPONSORED – Homelessness Prevention Strategy
- Would require California to build a statewide homelessness prevention strategy to catch people before they lose housing, rather than only responding after. It would also require state agencies to share proven best practices with local programs across the state.
AB 109 – California Budget Act 2026-27
AH advocated for a variety of actions within the CA State budget including:
- $1 billion for Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) renewal in 2026-27. ($900 million was approved)
- $32 million one-time budget request from California’s three regional housing finance authorities.
- $10 billion housing bond. (Placed on ballot)
- $1 billion for Multi-Family Housing Program and State Tax Credits. (Combined $700 million was approved)
AB 179 (Budget Trailer Bill)
Addresses implementation details of the new California Housing and Homelessness Agency. (Approved)
AB 736 (Wicks) and SB 417 (Limón)
Places a $10 billion bond on next year’s ballot — allowing voters to support the production and preservation of affordable housing for lower-income households, including supportive housing. (Placed on November 2026 ballot)
Support
AB 1165 (Gipson) Housing Justice Act
Declares California’s intent to require ongoing state investments in proven housing solutions that match the scale of the need and requires CA to create finance plans to solve our affordable housing and homelessness crisis and invest the resources needed on an ongoing basis.
AB 2122 (Kalra) Infractions: Warrants
Prohibits judges from issuing bench warrants for people experiencing homelessness who have committed quality of life infractions.
SB 1054 (Cabaldon) Unemployment Insurance: Reporting Requirements
Requires EDD to adopt and develop procedures for the sharing of hours worked and other necessary employment data to support employment-related verifications of public benefits
SB 1160 (Durazo) Judicial Council: Eviction Data Reporting
Aims to shine a light on California’s eviction process by demanding transparency and accountability in a system deeply connected to how the State allocates its budget, decisions that directly affect the lives of tenants and the severity of the state’s growing housing and homelessness crisis.
SB 1243 (Durazo) Unlawful Detailer
Establishes tenant protections for people impacted by ICE raids
AB 2128 (Quirk-Silva) Housing Authorities – term limits and work requirements
Prohibits Public Housing Authorities from implementing work requirements and time limits
AB 2146 (Stefani) Coordinated Entry System Reform
Eliminates in state-funded housing programs the requirement for third-party verification of a client’s homelessness status. Creates a “shot-clock” for referrals to state-funded units in affordable housing, after which housing providers could fill units outside of CES
Support – if Amended
AB 1556 (Haney) The Supportive-Recovery Resident Program
This is a reintroduction of AB255 from 2025 and focuses on recovery housing. There are a number of provisions we would like to see changed before we can support it, including making substance free housing available to anyone (whether they are in recovery or not) an option and that State and local governments agree that Harm Reduction Model Supportive Housing, Recovery Residences, and Substance-free living environments must be funded and made available in a ratio based on the housing needs expressed by people experiencing homelessness in their community. Recovery housing is an important option for those who voluntarily seek it, but it should not be the only model that is funded in any given funding cycle or dominate any jurisdiction’s housing options.
Oppose
SB 967 Planning and zoning: housing element: housing units: acutely low income households
Allows jurisdictions to count transitional housing units toward the Acutely Low Income RHNA targets (Failed)
Previous Policy Positions
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All ballot measure activity was conducted by our sister organization, the All Home Action Fund, which is fiscally sponsored by Beyond Impact, a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization.
