CA AB654

Requires the County of Los Angeles to establish a homelessness resource telephone system to receive calls about individuals experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness and connect them with resources

Defines "homelessness resource telephone system" as a system providing access to local public agency resources to help address homelessness

Declares the legislation a special statute necessary due to unique homelessness circumstances facing Los Angeles County, as a general statute cannot apply

Provides that if the Commission on State Mandates determines the act contains state-mandated costs, reimbursement to local agencies shall be made pursuant to existing statutory provisions

Amended from the original version, which would have authorized any local public agency to establish such a system voluntarily, to now mandate Los Angeles County specifically to create the system