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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 57: California Dream for All Program: descendants of formerly enslaved people.

Vetoed Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Vetoed

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 57 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on December 2, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: California Dream for All Program: descendants of formerly enslaved people. Primary sponsor: Tina McKinnor (D). It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 22, 2026): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law establishes the California Housing Finance Agency in the Department of Housing and Community Development, and authorizes the agency to, among other things, make loans to finance affordable housing, including residential structures, housing developments, multifamily rental housing, special needs housing, and other forms of housing, as specified. Existing law establishes the California Dream for All Program to provide shared appreciation loans to qualified first-time homebuyers, as specified. Existing law establishes in the State Treasury the California Dream for All Fund, which is continuously appropriated for expenditure pursuant to the program, as specified.

This bill would require, upon establishment of the certification process for the descendants of American slavery established by the Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery, at least 10% of the moneys in the fund to be reserved for applicants who meet the requirements for a loan under the program and have been certified as descendants of formerly enslaved people, as specified.

This bill would become operative only if SB 518 of the 2025–26 Regular Session is enacted and takes effect on or before January 1, 2027, and establishes the Bureau for Descendants for American Slavery.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 14

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tina McKinnorPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly61
Mia BontaCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly18
Isaac BryanCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly55
Sade ElhawaryCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly57
Mike GipsonCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly65
Corey JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly60
Ash KalraCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly25
Liz OrtegaCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly20
Akilah Weber PiersonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate39
Rhodesia RansomCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly13
Laura RichardsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate35
LaShae Sharp-CollinsCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly79
Lola Smallwood-CuevasCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Lori WilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly11

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
  2. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
  3. Vetoed by Governor.
  4. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  5. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 10. Page 3100.).
  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 2615.).
  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  9. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
  10. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
  11. In committee: Referred to suspense file.
  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page