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(f) The department must submit a preliminary report to the 1 appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by 2 December 15, 2022, and a full report by September 30, 2023. The 3 reports must identify barriers to housing and gaps in services that 4 prevented or otherwise impacted the housing outcomes of individuals 5 engaged by the grantees, and policy and budgetary recommendations to 6 improve the transition of individuals residing on public rights-of- 7 way to permanent housing. 8 (133) $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 9 year 2023 is provided solely for the department to contract with a 10 consultant to study incorporating the unincorporated communities of 11 Fredrickson, Midland, North Clover Creek-Collins, Parkland, Spanaway, 12 Summit-Waller, and Summit View into a single city. The study must 13 include, but not be limited to, the impacts of incorporation on the 14 local tax base, crime, homelessness, infrastructure, public services, 15 and behavioral health services, in the listed communities. The 16 department must submit the study to the office of financial 17 management and the appropriate committees of the legislature by June 18 1, 2023. 19 (134) $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 20 fiscal year 2023 is provided solely for the department to develop a 21 community reinvestment plan to guide the distribution of grants from 22 the community reinvestment account created in section 947 of this 23 act. 24 (a) The department shall, in partnership with the office of 25 equity, and "by and for community organizations" as defined by the 26 office of equity, develop a community reinvestment plan for how funds 27 would be distributed to address racial, economic, and social 28 disparities in communities across the state created by the historical 29 design and enforcement of state and federal criminal laws and 30 penalties for drug possession. The community reinvestment plan should 31 address funding in the following areas: 32 (i) Economic development, which includes addressing wealth 33 disparities to promote asset building such as home ownership and 34 expanding access to financial resources including, but not limited 35 to, grants and loans for small businesses and entrepreneurs, 36 financial literacy training, and other small business training and 37 support activities; 38 p. 797 ESSB 5187.SL