64711. (a) The agency shall be governed by a board of directors composed of 21 voting members and one nonvoting member, as follows:
(1) Five members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. If the number of members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is increased, the agency shall, within 60 days of the increase, submit a plan to the Legislature for revising the composition of the agency.
(2) (A) The mayor of the City of Los Angeles.
(B) Three members appointed by the mayor of the City of Los Angeles, each of whom shall be either a member of the Los Angeles City Council or a housing expert or advocate.
(C) One member who is a city council member or a housing expert or advocate appointed by the President of the Los Angeles City Council.
(3) The mayor of the City of Long Beach or the vice mayor of the City of Long Beach, as determined by the mayor of the City of Long Beach.
(4) (A) Five members, each of whom shall be a mayor or a member of a city council, appointed by the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee.
(B) For purposes of the selection of four of the members appointed pursuant to subparagraph (A), Los Angeles County, excluding the City of Long Beach and the City of Los Angeles, shall be divided into the following four sectors:
(i) The North County and San Fernando Valley sector.
(ii) The Southwest Corridor sector.
(iii) The San Gabriel Valley sector.
(iv) The Southeast sector.
(C) For purposes of the selection of one of the members appointed pursuant to subparagraph (A), one of the members shall be an at-large member who will be selected each term from one of the four sectors described in subparagraph (B), in the following order: the Southeast sector; the San Gabriel Valley sector; the Southwest Corridor sector; and the North County and San Fernando Valley sector.
(D) The League of California Cities, Los Angeles County Division, shall define the sectors. Every city within a sector shall be entitled to vote to select a candidate from that sector for consideration for appointment by the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee. A city’s vote shall be weighted in the same proportion that its population bears to the total population of all cities within the sector.
(E) The members appointed pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be appointed by the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee upon an affirmative vote of its members that represent a majority of the population of all cities within the county, excluding the City of Los Angeles and the City of Long Beach.
(5) (A) One at-large member from an eligible small city who is appointed by all members of the Los Angeles County City Selection Committee that are eligible for the seat, as determined by the board.
(B) For purposes of this paragraph, “eligible small city” means a city in the County of Los Angeles that meets all of the following requirements:
(i) The city has a population of less than 100,000, according to the most recent census, as of the date that the at-large member is selected.
(ii) The city is in the top 50 percent of the most impacted cities in the County of Los Angeles, as determined by the proportion of households that are low-income and severely cost-burdened according to data from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy database, as used in the CalEnviroScreen Housing Burden tool.
(iii) As of January 1, 2024, the city is in substantial compliance with housing element law.
(iv) As of January 1, 2027, the city has adopted programs and policies to support low-income renters at risk of eviction.
(v) The city has adopted at least one model land use standard created by the agency, or a substantially similar land use policy, by January 2027, or within two years after those land use standards are created, whichever date is later. If the agency has updated a particular model land use standard less than two years prior to the appointment, a city that has adopted the current or immediately preceding version of the model standard shall be considered a small city.
(C) The board shall compile a list of cities that satisfy the definition of “eligible small city.”
(6) (A) (i) The interim chair of the citizens’ oversight committee created by Section 64718.
(ii) The interim chair shall be selected by the three members described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (7) and then submitted to the full board for approval.
(iii) The interim chair shall have lived or experienced homelessness or housing instability.
(B) The chair of the citizens’ oversight committee created by Section 64718 after the chair is elected pursuant to Section 64718.1, at which time the chair shall replace the interim chair described in subparagraph (A).
(7) (A) Until permanent expert members are selected, three members as follows:
(i) One member with expertise in affordable housing production, who shall be a designee from the Southern California Association of Non Profit Housing.
(ii) One member with expertise in affordable housing preservation, who shall be a designee from the Los Angeles Community Land Trust Coalition.
(iii) One member with expertise in renter protection and support, who shall be a designee from the steering committee for Stay Housed L.A. County.
(B) (i) The chief executive officer of the agency shall facilitate a selection process that results in three members as follows:
(I) One member with clear and demonstrated expertise in affordable housing production, including, but not limited to, affordable housing project finance and development.
(II) One member with clear and demonstrated expertise in affordable housing preservation, including, but not limited to, naturally occurring affordable housing, expiring affordability covenants, community land trusts, or related affordable housing preservation strategies.
(III) One member with clear and demonstrated expertise in renter protection and support, including, but not limited to, experience in advocating for or enforcing tenants’ rights.
(ii) (I) The chief executive officer of the agency shall create three lists, one for each subclause in clause (i), each with at least five candidates who satisfy the criteria of that subclause.
(II) Members of the public shall be entitled to submit their names for consideration or to nominate other persons for consideration by the chief executive officer of the agency for inclusion in the candidates list required by subclause (I).
(III) The candidates required by subclause (I) shall be subject to the agency’s conflict-of-interest policies.
(iii) The members described in clause (i) shall be selected by a vote of the 15 elected members of the board described in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, from the lists created pursuant to this clause.
(8) The Executive Director of the Southern California Association of Governments shall be a nonvoting member.
(b) The board members specified in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a) may each appoint an alternate member to the agency to represent, at a meeting of the agency, a regular member it has appointed, but only if the regular member cannot attend the meeting.
(c) For purposes of this section, an alternate member shall be:
(1) In the case of the member of the City Council of the City of Los Angeles appointed by the mayor of the City of Los Angeles, any person appointed by the mayor with the consent of the city council. If the alternate member is a member of the city council, then consent of that city council is not necessary.
(2) In the case of any public members, any persons designated by the appointing member so long as that person is a resident of Los Angeles County.
(d) The board shall designate a chair, vice chair, and second vice chair, as well as establish guidelines for designation process and the term of each office.
(e) (1) A member of the board may receive a per diem for each board meeting that the member attends. The board shall set the amount of that per diem for a member’s attendance, but that amount shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per meeting. A member shall not receive a payment for more than two meetings in a calendar month.
(2) A board member may waive a payment of per diem authorized by this subdivision.
(3) Out-of-state travel and conference travel shall be compensated by the board member’s home city or county.
(f) In addition to the requirements imposed pursuant to subdivision (g), the agency shall engage in public participation processes, which shall include the following:
(1) Outreach efforts to encourage the active participation of a broad range of stakeholder groups in the planning process, including, but not limited to, affordable housing and homelessness advocates, nonprofit developers, neighborhood and community groups, environmental advocates, equity organizations, home builder representatives, and business organizations.
(2) The agency shall require proactive community engagement related to any project or development funded by the agency, in advance of any public meeting or notice of impending action, with a focus on residents of an impacted building and immediately adjacent residents. The agency shall give public notice, through posting on the internet, of any plans or projects funded directly by the agency or by any eligible jurisdiction, at least 30 days in advance of that action. The agency staff may hold a public meeting where deemed appropriate, at a time and a location convenient for members of the public for any project that receives funding from the agency either through the agency itself or a local jurisdiction. The board may choose to hold a public meeting to discuss a project or development when appropriate.
(3) A process for enabling members of the public to provide an annual written request to receive agency notices, information, and updates.
(g) (1) Members of the board are subject to Article 2.4 (commencing with Section 53234) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5.
(2) The agency shall be subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5), the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1), and the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000)).
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 661, Sec. 1. (SB 679) Effective January 1, 2023.)