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ACA-10 Fundamental human right to housing.(2023-2024)

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Revised  June 07, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. 10

Introduced by Assembly Member Haney
(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Bryan and Kalra)
(Principal coauthor: Senator Wahab)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members McKinnor and Quirk-Silva)
(Coauthors: Senators Blakespear, Gonzalez, and Smallwood-Cuevas)

March 06, 2023

A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding Article XXV thereto, relating to housing.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


ACA 10, as introduced, Haney. Fundamental human right to housing.
The California Constitution enumerates various personal rights, including the right to enjoy and defend life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety, happiness, and privacy.
This measure would declare that the state recognizes the fundamental human right to adequate housing for everyone in California. The measure would make it the shared obligation of state and local jurisdictions to respect, protect, and fulfill this right, by all appropriate means, as specified.
Vote: 2/3   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  
Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 2023–24 Regular Session commencing on the fifth day of December 2022, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California, that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows:

 That Article XXV is added thereto, to read:

Article  XXV Right to Housing

SECTION 1.
 The state hereby recognizes the fundamental human right to adequate housing for everyone in California. It is the shared obligation of state and local jurisdictions to respect, protect, and fulfill this right, on a non-discriminatory and equitable basis, with a view to progressively achieve the full realization of the right, by all appropriate means, including the adoption and amendment of legislative measures, to the maximum of available resources.

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