California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California SB1170: Joint powers agreements: nonprofit housing developers.
Status: Chaptered, September 29, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 990.8 of, and to add Section 6525.5 to, the Government Code, relating to nonprofit housing developers. nonprofit housing developers Joint powers agreements: nonprofit housing developers. Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes 2 or more public agencies, as defined, to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties, as provided. Among other things, that act also authorizes a mutual water company to enter into a joint powers agreement with any public agency for the purposes of risk pooling, as specified…
From the chaptered text, September 29, 2026:
An act to amend Section 990.8 of, and to add Section 6525.5 to, the Government Code, relating to nonprofit housing developers. nonprofit housing developers Joint powers agreements: nonprofit housing developers. Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes 2 or more public agencies, as defined, to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties, as provided. Among other things, that act also authorizes a mutual water company to enter into a joint powers agreement with any public agency for the purposes of risk pooling, as specified. Existing law, the Government Claims Act, among other things, authorizes public entities, mutual water companies, public agencies, water corporations, and mutual water companies to provide insurance under that act by a joint powers agreement, as specified. This bill would additionally authorize a nonprofit housing developer to enter into a joint powers agreement with any public agency for the purpose of risk pooling, and would expand the list of entities authorized to provide insurance by a joint powers agreement to include nonprofit housing developers. The bill would require that, if a nonprofit housing developer enters into a joint powers agreement with one or more public agencies, that the agreement ensure that no participating public agency becomes responsible for the underlying debts or liabilities of the joint powers agreement and that any participating public …