MEMBERS March 26, 2021 Allied Affordable Housing Bay Area Housing Corporation To: California State Senate Housing Committee: Brilliant Corners Senator Scott D. Wiener (Chair) California Housing Foundation Senator Patricia C. Bates (Vice Chair) Home Ownership Made Senator Anna M. Caballero Easy HOPE, Inc. Senator Dave Cortese Housing Consortium of Senator Mike McGuire the East Bay Innovative Housing Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh Opportunities Senator Nancy Skinner North Bay Housing Coalition Senator Thomas J. Umberg RCHDC Senator Bob Wieckowski Southern CA Housing Collaboration California Senate Judiciary Committee PARTNERS Senator Thomas J. Umberg (Chair) CCLN Senator Andreas Borgeas (Vice Chair) Chelsea Investment Corporation Senator Anna M. Caballero EAH Housing Senator María Elena Durazo FDLRC Senator Lena A. Gonzalez Housing Choices Coalition Lifehouse, Inc. Senator Robert M. Hertzberg Modern Support Services Senator Brian W. Jones North Bay Regional Center Senator John Laird RCOC Senator Henry I. Stern San Diego Regional Center SCANPH Senator Bob Wieckowski Wakeland HCDC Senator Scott D. Wiener
AFFILIATES RE AB 258 (Villapudua) Emergency Housing and Assistance Program: pets: Access Home ARCA SUPPORT Esperanza Services Gatepath The Lanterman Housing Alliance is a statewide organization that serves as a Housing Now catalyst for the creation of affordable, supportive housing for Californians with Jessica Gould intellectual and developmental disabilities. LHA’s ability to bring together Joshua Tree Group Linc Housing builders, regional centers, funders, policymakers, and other key stakeholders LIIF uniquely positions us to meet our objective to increase housing opportunities Livelyhood Housing for people with I/DD. That is why we are proud to sponsor AB 258 (Villapudua) NBHF Emergency Housing and Assistance Program: pets. Portia Iversen Rick Hodgkins SDHF SB 258 will make clear to shelter providers that pets are permitted. For th I/DD Sunflower Hill population this also make bring a service animal on the premises of a The Adult Skills Center homeless shelter or transitional housing is absolutely permitted. In many The Kelsey Villa De Vida instances we find that providers will not allow a service animal on site under
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the guide of “no animals allowed”. Despite being a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, we find that services animals are denied far too frequently.
The Lanterman Housing Alliance respectfully asks for your support of AB 258.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact LHA’s Executive Director Josh Butler, at 888.542.4005 or email to [email protected].
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Butler Executive Director
LHA Board of Directors: Darin Lounds, President Kristine McCann, Vice President Yvonne Delgadillo Kristin Martin Rochelle Mills William Pickel Dan Schenkel
CC: Jessica Rocha, Legislative Assistance, Assemblymember Carlos Villapudua, [email protected].
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