Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5849.3 · Part 3.9. The No Place Like Home Program
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5849.3
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) There is hereby established the No Place Like Home Program Advisory Committee. Membership on the committee shall be as follows:
(1) The Director of Housing and Community Development, or their designee, who shall serve as the chairperson of the committee.
(2) The Director of Health Care Services, or their designee, and an additional representative.
(3) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs or their designee.
(4) The Director of Social Services or their designee.
(5) The Treasurer or their designee.
(6) The Chair of the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission or their designee.
(7) A chief administrative officer of a small county or a member of a county board of supervisors of a small county, as provided by subdivision (d) of Section 5849.6, to be appointed by the Governor.
(8) A chief administrative officer of a large county or a member of a county board of supervisors of a large county, as provided by subdivision (b) of Section 5849.6, to be appointed by the Governor.
(9) A director of a county behavioral health department, to be appointed by the Governor.
(10) An administrative officer of a city, to be appointed by the Governor.
(11) A representative of an affordable housing organization, to be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(12) A resident of supportive housing, to be appointed by the Governor.
(13) A representative of a community behavioral health organization, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
(14) A representative of a local or regional continuum of care organization that coordinates homelessness funding, to be appointed by the Governor.
(b) The committee shall do all of the following:
(1) Assist and advise the department in the implementation of the program.
(2) Review and make recommendations on the department’s guidelines.
(3) Review the department’s progress in distributing moneys pursuant to this part.
(4) Provide advice and guidance more broadly on statewide homelessness issues.
(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2025, if amendments to the Mental Health Services Act are approved by the voters at the March 5, 2024, statewide primary election.
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History
Repealed (in Sec. 71) and added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 790, Sec. 72. (SB 326) Effective October 12, 2023. Operative January 1, 2025, by its own provisions.
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