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 Environmental Quality Committee PARTNERS Senator Benjamin Allen (Chair) CCLN Senator Patricia C. Bates (Vice Chair) Chelsea Investment Corporation Senator Brian Dahle EAH Housing Senator Lena A. Gonzalez FDLRC Senator Nancy Skinner Housing Choices Coalition Lifehouse, Inc. Senator Henry I. Stern Modern Support Services Senator Bob Wieckowski North Bay Regional Center RCOC California Senate Committee on Governance and Finance San Diego Regional Center SCANPH Senator Mike McGuire (Chair) Wakeland HCDC Senator Jim Nielsen (Vice Chair) Senator María Elena Durazo AFFILIATES Senator Robert M. Hertzberg Access Home ARCA Senator Scott D. Wiener Esperanza Services Gatepath Housing Now Jessica Gould Conversion of motels and hotels: streamlining Joshua Tree Group RE SB 621 (Eggman) : Linc Housing SUPPORT LIIF Livelyhood Housing The Lanterman Housing Alliance is a statewide organization that serves as a NBHF catalyst for the creation of affordable, supportive housing for Californians with Portia Iversen Rick Hodgkins intellectual and developmental disabilities. LHA’s ability to bring together SDHF builders, regional centers, funders, policymakers, and other key stakeholders Sunflower Hill uniquely positions us to meet our objective to increase housing opportunities The Adult Skills Center for people with I/DD. That is why we are proud to sponsor SB 621 (Eggman) The Kelsey Villa De Vida Conversion of motels and hotels: streamlining, because it will increase
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independent living opportunities for the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities by streamlining the development for the complete conversion, as defined, of a motel or hotel into multifamily housing units.
SB 621 will provide Lanterman Housing Alliance members with increased opportunities to develop affordable housing for the I/DD population. SB 621 should have 100% of the housing development be set aside for “lower- income” households as defined in Chapter 2 of the California Health and Safety Code.
The Lanterman Housing Alliance respectfully asks for your support of SB 621.
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: Alicia Hatfield, Legislative Aide, Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman, [email protected].
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