California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1924: Statewide homelessness prevention strategy.
Status: Chaptered, September 29, 2026
What the bill says
An act to add Section 8257.4 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to homelessness. homelessness Statewide homelessness prevention strategy. Existing law establishes the California Interagency Council on Homelessness and requires the council to take various actions to prevent and end homelessness in California. Existing law establishes various programs to prevent homelessness or assist persons experiencing homelessness, including the No Place Like Home Program and the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program…
From the chaptered text, September 29, 2026:
An act to add Section 8257.4 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to homelessness. homelessness Statewide homelessness prevention strategy. Existing law establishes the California Interagency Council on Homelessness and requires the council to take various actions to prevent and end homelessness in California. Existing law establishes various programs to prevent homelessness or assist persons experiencing homelessness, including the No Place Like Home Program and the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program. This bill would require the council, by July 1, 2028, to develop a statewide homelessness prevention strategy in the council’s publicly available Action Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. The bill would require the strategy to include specified elements, including a homelessness prevention action plan for certain state agencies and evidence-based model homeless prevention practices, as specified. The bill would require the council to review and update the strategy in the Action Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. The bill would define various terms for these purposes. The bill would limit each state agency’s participation to its existing statutory authority, activities, data, and subject-matter responsibilities. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 8257.4 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code , to read: 8257.4. (a) For purposes of this …