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AB 262: California Housing and Homelessness Agency: PINK Alert.
What AB 262 does, verified August 15, 2026
This bill establishes a grant program to provide financial assistance to local agencies, community-based organizations, and individuals for costs related to a disaster. The program aims to support recipients who are not eligible for federal funding due to the inability to meet minimum damage thresholds. The director of emergency services will allocate funds from a designated fund to meet the cost of expenses for disaster-related purposes. The director will prioritize recipients who are not eligible for federal funding and adopt regulations to govern the administration of the program. The bill takes effect immediately as an urgency statute.
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| Aug. 13, 2026 | In committee: Held under submission. |
| Aug. 03, 2026 | In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. |
| Jun. 29, 2026 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Jun. 22, 2026 | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. |
| Jun. 03, 2026 | Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. |
Latest bill textAmended version, June 22, 2026 · 419 words
| Amended IN Senate June 22, 2026 |
| Amended IN Senate May 27, 2026 |
| Amended IN Assembly May 23, 2025 |
| Amended IN Assembly April 03, 2025 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 262
| Introduced by Assembly Member Caloza (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ahrens, |
January 16, 2025 |
An act to add Section 14475.5 to the Government Code, relating to homelessness.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 262, as amended, Caloza. California Housing and Homelessness Agency: PINK Alert.
Existing law, the Governor’s Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2025, beginning July 1, 2026, eliminates the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and instead establishes the Business and Consumer Services Agency and the California Housing and Homelessness Agency (agency). Existing law requires the agency to coordinate with the California Health and Human Services Agency and the California Consumer Protection Agency on various state policies, including housing.
This bill would require the agency to create a study on issues impacting pregnant people experiencing homelessness and report the results of the study, as well as recommendations to establish a PINK Alert, to the Legislature by July 1, 2028. The bill would require the recommendations to include how the PINK Alert can meet specified conditions, including that it be a system that nonprofits can opt in to in order to get notifications if there is a pregnant person in need of emergency housing or prenatal services.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 14475.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:14475.5.
(a) The California Housing and Homelessness Agency shall create a study on issues impacting pregnant people experiencing homelessness.(b) The agency shall report the results of the study and recommendations on establishing a PINK Alert system to the Legislature by July 1, 2028.
(c) The recommendations shall include, but not be limited to, how the PINK Alert can be a system that shall do all of the following:
(1) Allow nonprofits to opt in to the system in order to get notifications if there is a pregnant person in need of emergency housing or prenatal services.
(2) Notify nonprofit housing shelters, temporary housing, or overnight housing shelters that are capable of housing pregnant persons.
(3) Be a program that can be registered for.
(4) Automatically enroll organizations that are already a part of emergency services.
(d) A report to be submitted pursuant to under subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.
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