CA AB3300

Establishes the California Access to Housing and Services Fund in the State Treasury and requires up to $2 billion annually be transferred from the General Fund (upon legislative appropriation) for homelessness housing and services programs.

Allocates fund moneys as follows: 55% to counties and continuums of care applying jointly, 40% to large cities (population 300,000+), and 5% to developers in unincorporated areas and smaller cities, with distributions based 70% on homeless point-in-time counts and 30% on extremely low-income household numbers.

Requires recipients to obligate 100% of allocated funds within 4 years and expend them within 5 years, or funds revert to the fund; provides alternative entity administration and compliance plans for non-compliant recipients.

Eligible activities include rental assistance, operating subsidies, permanent and supportive housing development, motel conversions, services, shelter diversion, and system improvements, with recipients required to match 25% of allocations and serve extremely low-income populations.

Exempts large cities from California Environmental Quality Act requirements for actions approving or facilitating low-barrier interim interventions, affordable housing, and supportive housing projects funded under the program.