California · Health and Safety Code - HSC

HSC §17974.5: (a) Each city and each county shall submit a report annually to the department and the state agency by April 1 of each year that includes all of the following information: (1) The number of complaints

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(a) Each city and each county shall submit a report annually to the department and the state agency by April 1 of each year that includes all of the following information: (1) The number of complaints received by the city or county, pursuant to Section 17920.3, including if the city or county did not receive any complaints. (2) Any pending uncorrected violations determined by the city or county, pursuant to Section 17974.1. (3) Any determinations by the city or county that conditions exist or existed that make or made the homeless shelter dangerous, hazardous, imminently detrimental to life or health, or otherwise render the homeless shelter unfit for human habitation. (4) A list of any emergency orders issued pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 17974.1. (5) A list of any owners or operators who received three or more violations within any six-month period. (6) Any corrected violations from the prior year. (b) The report submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code. (c) If a city or county applies for state funding to support the ongoing operations of a homeless shelter, the city or county shall disclose to the state agency that administers the state funding the status of any unresolved violations pursuant to this article and the names of the homeless shelter owner or operator. (d) The department or the state agency, may, pursuant to the reported information in subdivision (b), deem an owner or operator of a shelter ineligible for state funding for shelter operations. (e) The department shall withhold state funding from a city or county that fails to comply with the reporting requirements in this section or fails to take action to correct a violation of this article by a homeless shelter pursuant to Section 17974.4.

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