(a) One hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) of the funds transferred for purposes of this chapter in Item 2240-114-0001 of the Budget Act of 2000, any funds transferred in Item 2240-114-0001 and appropriated pursuant to Item 2240-114-3006 in the Budget Act of 2001, and any funds appropriated thereafter for the purposes of this section shall be used to award incentive grants to cities, counties, and city and counties to be used for any project, service, or other local need determined by the city, county, or city and county to be in the communityâs best interest. Grants shall be provided through a grant agreement that requires the recipient to provide to the department a report on the number of residential building permits issued during the reporting period, the number of certificates of occupancy issued for those units, and the services provided or amenities purchased or built. The department may operate this program through at least one annual allocation. In addition, because housing production may be affected by economic factors during the course of any allocation year, the department may, if it deems necessary, reasonably adjust incentive criteria to meet the intent of this section and allow funding to remain available for subsequent annual funding cycles upon expenditure authorization by the Legislature. (b) To be eligible for a grant pursuant to this section, a local government shall do both of the following: (1) By the end of the calendar year in which unit production is to be counted (hereafter referred to as âallocation reporting yearâ), have an adopted housing element that the department has determined pursuant to Section 65585 of the Government Code to be in substantial compliance with the requirements of Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code. (2) Have a demonstrable and significant increase in the issuance of residential building permits issued between January 1 and December 31 of the allocation reporting year over the average number of building permits issued annually for the most recent 36-month period that can be calculated prior to the allocation reporting year. This calculation shall be adjusted for incorporations and annexations. The department shall establish a benchmark level to be achieved in order to establish eligibility for funding based on criteria including a survey of economic forecasts to be conducted by the Department of Finance no later than November 30 of the year prior to the reporting year for any year in which the program is to be operated. (c) Grant amounts shall be determined as a per-unit incentive weighted for high, medium, and low employment demand areas. In addition, the department shall provide additional incentives for units in projects within eligible communities that meet criteria designed to encourage planning priorities such as affordability, multifamily housing, and infill development. The department shall establish the definitions and measurement specifications for the incentive criteria to be used to determine grant amounts that are easily and objectively verifiable. (d) Funding shall be provided as soon after January 1 of the year following the allocation reporting year, as is reasonably possible, allowing time for receipt by the Department of Finance of yearend production figures as well as other information necessary to apply the established criteria. If all funds are not expended after the end of the calendar year in which housing production is counted, the department may continue the program into the following year if it determines there are adequate appropriated funds to administer the program. If residential production within eligible jurisdictions exceeds the departmentâs projections, per-unit incentives shall be prorated within the appropriated funding amount. (e) The department shall solicit and consider comments from interested parties on the criteria that shall be used for determining the am
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