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Homelessness resource telephone system.

Passed first chamber: it can still change before the session ends.

CA AB 654 · Assembly Bill · 2025–2026

Stage
Passed first chamber
Started in
Assembly
Sponsor
1
Latest action
Aug 29, 2025

What it does

Existing law authorizes a local public agency, as defined, to establish a nonemergency "311" telephone system structured to provide access to only public safety agencies or structured to provide access to public safety agencies and to all other services provided by a local public agency. Existing law generally provides for services for homeless individuals, including the Homeless Emergency Aid program, which provides localities with one-time flexible block grant funds to address their immediate homelessness challenges, the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program, which provides moneys for the provision of shelter to homeless persons, and authorization for a county to establish a homeless…

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Current step)

    Passed first chamber · Aug 29, 2025

  4. Law (Not started)

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Who is involved

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Where it goes next

While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money in California.

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