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Health and Safety Code - HSC

17,661 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 4843 — The district may contract with the Federal Government of the United States or any branch thereof, or with any county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation or wi
• § 4850 — The district board may, by resolution, establish zones within the district, or amend the boundaries of an existing zone by annexing property to or by withdrawing property from such zone.
• § 4851 — The resolution declaring the intention to form a special zone shall describe the boundaries of the proposed zone, declare that the district board finds that the area within the proposed zone will be b
• § 4852 — The resolution declaring the intention to annex territory to an existing zone shall describe the boundaries of the proposed annexation, declare that the district board finds that the additional territ
• § 4853 — Notice of a hearing shall be given by publication at least once a week for two successive weeks, not more than 30 nor less than 10 days prior to the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation publi
• § 4854 — Any interested person, at or before the hearing, may file with the district board a written objection to the creation of the zone or to the inclusion of his property in it.
• § 4855 — A copy of the resolution ordering the formation of the zone, or amending the boundaries of an existing zone, shall be filed in the office of the county assessor, and the county assessor shall thereaft
• § 4856 — The district board shall thereafter in each year, prior to the time of fixing the county tax rate, furnish to the board of supervisors a written statement of the amount of tax revenue necessary to mai
• § 4857 — The board of supervisors shall fix a special tax rate and levy a special assessment tax each year upon the real property in such zone, based upon the last equalized assessment roll of the county, suff
• § 4858 — Any special zone may be abolished or territory withdrawn therefrom by resolution of the district board, after hearing held in the manner provided for in this article for the original creation of the z
• § 4859 — (a) Paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 54954 of the Government Code does not apply to the regular and special meetings of the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District where decisions are bein
• § 4860 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the sewer maintenance district act.
• § 4861 — “District,” as used in this chapter, means a sewer maintenance district formed pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to any law which it supersedes.
• § 4862 — “Board,” as used in this chapter, means the board of supervisors of the county in which a district is formed, or in which it is proposed to form a district.
• § 4863 — “Clerk,” as used in this chapter, means the clerk of the board of supervisors.
• § 4864 — This chapter does not repeal any law providing for the organization of sanitary districts or county sanitation districts nor authorize the governing body of a sewer maintenance district to manage, con
• § 4866 — “Sewers” as used in this chapter includes lateral and collecting sewers, septic tanks and all other means of handling, gathering and disposing of sewage in the district.
• § 4870 — Any portion of the territory of a county, whether incorporated or unincorporated, in which lateral or collecting sanitary sewers have been installed, for the maintenance and repair of which provision
• § 4871 — The board of supervisors of any county may determine by resolution that any portion of the unincorporated area of the county not already included in a district is in need of sewer maintenance and shou
• § 4872 — The board shall fix a time and place to hear the proposal to form a district.
• § 4873 — The board shall direct the clerk to give notice of the hearing.
• § 4874 — The board shall direct the clerk to publish the notice once a week for two successive weeks in the newspaper of general circulation circulated in the territory which it is proposed to organize into a
• § 4875 — The board shall also direct the clerk to post the notice in three public places in the proposed district at least 10 days prior to the date set for the hearing.
• § 4876 — At any time prior to the time fixed for the hearing any interested person may file with the clerk written objections to the formation of the proposed district.
• § 4877 — At the time and place fixed for the hearing or at any time to which the hearing is continued, the board shall consider and pass on all written objections filed.
• § 4878 — If the board overrules the objections to the formation it shall hear any person objecting to the inclusion in the proposed district of any particular territory and may, upon the hearing, exclude any t
• § 4879 — Any district organized under the provisions of this act may become a part of a county sanitation district after the board of supervisors of the county within which the district is located, has, after
• § 4880 — A district which becomes a part of the county sanitation district as hereinabove provided for is not thereby dissolved, but may continue to function, except as otherwise provided in Part 1 of Division
• § 4885 — The board is the governing body of the district and may make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the administration and government of the district and for the cleaning, repair, reconst
• § 4886 — The board may acquire by gift, condemnation, purchase, or otherwise in the name of the county, and own, control, manage, and dispose of, real and personal property necessary or convenient for the purp
• § 4887 — The board may appoint the county surveyor to supervise the work of cleaning, repairing, reconstructing, renewing, replacing, operating, and maintaining the sewers and their appurtenances and may enter
• § 4887.5 — The board may by resolution change the name of any district to conform with a change in the street name or other designation which the district bears.
• § 4889 — If a district has a boundary which is contiguous to a boundary of a city and the district has a contract with that city under which the city is responsible for the operation and maintenance of all fac
• § 4890 — The clerk shall file in the office of the county assessor a certified copy of each resolution of the board that affects a district in any of the following ways: (a) Establishes it.
• § 4891 — The board may levy a tax each year upon the real property in the district sufficient to defray the cost of maintaining, operating, and repairing the sewers in the district, of maintaining the district
• § 4891.1 — The annual tax levy may include a reserve for contingencies not to exceed 10 percent of the total levy.
• § 4892 — The tax shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as general county taxes levied for county purposes and when collected shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit
• § 4892.1 — On or before the first day of July the governing body of any city, the area of which, in whole or in part, is included within one or more sewer maintenance districts, may elect to pay out of municipal
• § 4893 — If a district is organized in any year too late for the levy of a tax in that year or in the next ensuing year, the board is hereby authorized to transfer funds of the county not immediately needed fo
• § 4894 — Pursuant to a resolution adopted by its board of supervisors, a county may lend any of its available funds to a county sewer maintenance district located wholly within the county for use by the distri
• § 4894.1 — When the board of supervisors has so declared in its resolution of intention to order the formation of a sewer maintenance district or any annexation thereto, the board of supervisors may, in its reso
• § 4895 — Outlying territory, whether incorporated or unincorporated, and whether contiguous or not, may be annexed to a district as provided in this article, except that no portion of any city shall be annexed
• § 4896 — The board may by resolution fix a time and place for a hearing upon the question of the annexation of territory to a district.
• § 4897 — The date set for the hearing on the proposed annexation shall be at least three weeks after the date of the adoption of the resolution setting the hearing.
• § 4898 — The board shall cause notices of the hearing to be posted in at least three conspicuous places in the territory proposed to be annexed and in at least three conspicuous places in the district.
• § 4899 — The notices shall be headed “notice of hearing” in letters not less than one inch in height and shall contain a description of the territory proposed to be annexed and a statement of the time and plac
• § 4900 — At the time fixed for the hearing or at any time to which it is continued the board shall hear and pass upon the proposal and any objections that may be filed to the inclusion of any property in the p
• § 4901 — If the territory annexed to the district comprises a portion of another district formed under the provisions of this chapter, or under the provisions of Chapter 26 (commencing at Section 5820), Part 3
• § 4902 — If the territory annexed to the district comprises all of another district, formed under the provisions of this chapter, or under the provisions of Chapter 26 (commencing at Section 5820), Part 3, Div
• § 4903 — The exclusion of territory from one district and its annexation to another district shall not be effective until all outstanding contracts of the district from which it is excluded have expired or the
• § 4905 — Any portion of a district that will not be benefited by remaining in the district may be excluded as provided in this article.
• § 4906 — A petition to exclude territory shall be signed by 50 or more freeholders in the portion proposed to be excluded from the district, or by a majority of the freeholders, if there are less than one hund
• § 4906.1 — As an alternative to the procedure outlined in Section 4906, the board may by resolution entered in its minutes fix a time for a hearing on the question of the exclusion of any portion of a district w
• § 4907 — Upon receiving a petition to exclude territory the board shall fix a time for hearing it and for hearing protests to the continuance of the remaining territory as a district.
• § 4908 — At least ten days prior to the time fixed, the board shall publish a notice of the hearing by one insertion in the newspaper circulated in the district that the board deems most likely to give notice
• § 4909 — Any person interested may appear at the hearing and object to the exclusion of the territory from the district, or may object to the continuance of the remaining territory as a district, and the board
• § 4910 — If the board finds that the territory proposed to be excluded will not be benefited by remaining in the district, and that the territory not proposed to be excluded will be benefited by continuing as
• § 4911 — Upon the exclusion of any territory from the district all property acquired for the district shall remain vested in the county and be used for the purposes of the district.
• § 4915 — A district may be dissolved by the board as provided in this chapter.
• § 4916 — A petition for dissolution, signed by 50 or more freeholders and residents of the district, or by a majority of the freeholders and residents if there are less than 100 freeholders and residents in th
• § 4917 — Upon receiving a petition for dissolution, or adopting a resolution to initiate dissolution proceedings, the board shall fix a time for a hearing of the petition or resolution, which shall not be less
• § 4918 — At least ten days prior to the time fixed, the board shall publish a notice of the hearing by one insertion in a newspaper circulated in the district.
• § 4919 — At the time appointed for the hearing or at any time to which it is continued, the board shall hear and pass upon the petition or resolution and may grant or deny the proposed dissolution, and its dec
• § 4920 — If the proposed dissolution is granted, the board shall by resolution order the dissolution of the district and the district is thereupon dissolved.
• § 4921 — Upon the inclusion of all the territory of a district in one or more cities, either by reason of annexation or by reason of the incorporation of one or more cities, all funds paid into the county trea
• § 4922 — If all of the district is included in one city, the fund shall be paid to the treasurer of the city and administered by the governing body of the city.
• § 4923 — If a part only of the district is so included in one city and the remaining part of the district is included in one or more other cities then such proportionate part of the funds shall be paid to the
• § 4924 — The funds paid over by the district to a city shall be administered by its governing body for the benefit of such portions of the district as are included in the city, and for the purpose of operating
• § 4925 — When all territory in a district has been included in a city the district is thereupon, by reason of the inclusion, dissolved.
• § 4926 — If less than the whole of a district is included in a city either by reason of annexation or by reason of incorporation proceedings, the territory so included within the city shall continue to remain
• § 4927 — If all of the district is included within a sanitary district, the district is dissolved upon the filing with the Secretary of State of a resolution adopted by the district board of the sanitary distr
• § 4950 — “Works,” as used in this chapter, includes any or all of the following facilities, including, but not limited to, necessary lands, rights-of-way, or other property: (a) Sewage treatment plants.
• § 4951 — “District,” as used in this chapter, includes city, county, city and county, or any municipal or public corporation or district which is authorized to acquire, construct, own, or operate a sewer syste
• § 4952 — “Governing body,” as used in this chapter, means the governing body of the district.
• § 4953 — “Clerk,” as used in this chapter, means the clerk or secretary of the governing body or of the district.
• § 4954 — “Area,” as used in this chapter, means the area served, or proposed to be served, by the works, or proposed works.
• § 4955 — “Rates,” as used in this chapter, includes rates and charges.
• § 4956 — “Bonds,” as used in this chapter, means revenue bonds authorized by this chapter.
• § 4957 — “Treasurer,” as used in this chapter, means the treasurer of the district.
• § 4958 — “Owners of improved real property,” as used in this chapter, means persons who are recorded on the books of the assessor and tax collector as the owners of lots or parcels of land in the area that are
• § 4959 — The provisions of this chapter regarding a referendum shall be liberally construed to effect the objects of this chapter, and no irregularity or informality shall invalidate the election when it appea
• § 4960 — This chapter is an additional and alternative method to those already provided for the acquisition, construction, extension, and operation of the works referred to in this chapter.
• § 4961 — If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the
• § 4965 — Before a district acquires or constructs any works under this chapter, its governing body shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention to do so.
• § 4966 — The resolution of intention shall contain all of the following: (a) A brief and general description of the works.
• § 4967 — The owner of property that may be benefited by the acquisition, construction, extension, or operation of the works referred to in this chapter may file with the district a request that a particular wo
• § 4970 — The time set for the hearing shall be not less than twenty nor more than forty days after the adoption of the resolution.
• § 4971 — The governing body shall cause the resolution to be published twice in one or more newspapers published and circulated in the district.
• § 4972 — A copy of the resolution headed “Notice of Sewer Work,” in letters not less than one inch in height, shall be posted in the district along the entire length of that street in the district which, in th
• § 4973 — Both the posting and the publication shall be completed at least ten days before the time set for the hearing.
• § 4974 — At the time set for the hearing, the governing body shall hear all persons or their representatives having any objections to the acquisition or construction of the works as proposed, also any suggesti
• § 4975 — If, before the conclusion of the hearing, a petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the owners or by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters in the specified area is filed with the go
• § 4976 — If called, the election shall be held and conducted, the votes received and canvassed, and the returns made, determined, and declared, so far as practicable, in accordance with the laws governing the
• § 4979 — If the proposal is not rejected at a referendum election, the governing body acquires jurisdiction to proceed.
• § 4985 — The cost of the acquisition or construction of the works for which bonds may be issued includes all of the following: (a) The cost of all property, rights, easements, and franchises deemed necessary o
• § 4986 — Bonds issued and sold under this chapter shall be revenue bonds of the character and form known as “serials.
• § 4987 — Each bond, except those of the last installment, or one of each annual installment, shall be in multiples of one hundred dollars, in such amount as the governing body determines, but no bond shall be
• § 4988 — The bonds shall bear interest, as the governing body shall determine, at a rate not to exceed 8 percent per annum, and shall, after the first principal maturity, be payable semiannually by coupon.
• § 4989 — The governing body shall prescribe the form of the bonds, and provide that of the indebtedness represented thereby a part shall be payable each year after their date, at a time and place to be designa
• § 4990 — The number of bonds to be paid each year need not be the same, and the governing body may fix maturities so that the number of bonds retired each year will, in the discretion of the governing body, be
• § 4991 — If the district is a city, the bonds shall be signed by the mayor if there is one; otherwise by the president or chairman of the governing body, and countersigned by the clerk.
• § 4992 — In the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds, provision may be made, but are not limited to provisions: (a) That all or part of the bonds are callable, the manner of the call and the premium
• § 4993 — If the proceeds of the bonds for any reason are less than the cost of the works, additional bonds may in like manner be issued and sold to provide for the amount of the deficit, but not to exceed the
• § 4994 — No error, defect, irregularity, informality, and no neglect or omission of any officer of any district in any proceedings under this chapter, that does not affect the jurisdiction of the governing bod
• § 4995 — Bonds may be made payable on a date subsequent to the time fixed for the collection of the second installment of general district taxes with which the first levy of taxes for the payment of the princi
• § 4996 — An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
• § 4997 — In determining the amount of bonds to be issued, the legislative body may include: (a) All costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the acquisition, construction, improving or financi
• § 5 — Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, these definitions, rules of construction, and general provisions shall govern the construction of this code.
• § 5000 — Any district may acquire, construct, and operate works within or without its limits.
• § 50000 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the Zenovich-Moscone-Chacon Housing and Home Finance Act.
• § 50001 — The Legislature finds and declares that the subject of housing is of vital statewide importance to the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of this state, for the following reasons: (a) Decent
• § 50002 — The Congress of the United States has established, as a national goal, the provision of a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family and the Legislature finds and declares
• § 50003 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, as a result of public actions involving highways, public facilities, and urban renewal projects, and as a result of poverty and the spread of slum conditio
• § 50003.3 — The Legislature finds and declares that there exists within the urban and rural areas of the state a significant number of persons without decent, safe, and sanitary housing.
• § 50003.5 — The Legislature finds and declares that the shortage of adequate student housing is detrimental to those communities in which college and university campuses are located, causing in particular substan
• § 50004 — The Legislature finds and declares that it is to the economic benefit of the state and a public purpose to encourage the availability of adequate housing and home finance for persons and families of l
• § 50005 — The Legislature finds and declares that full cooperation and coordination with the cities and counties of the state in meeting the housing needs of the state on a level of government which is as close
• § 50006 — The Legislature finds and declares that a number of federal housing programs have failed to reach the fundamental goals and purposes for which they were established, especially in urban areas.
• § 50007 — The Legislature finds and declares that the large equities that the majority of California residents in most economic strata have now accumulated in single-family homes must be protected and conserved
• § 50007.5 — The Legislature finds and declares that manufactured housing, by virtue of its production costs and sales prices can provide a source of decent, safe, and affordable shelter for persons and families o
• § 50008 — The Legislature finds and declares that a significantly growing percentage of newly formed households are unable to achieve homeownership under existing conditions, and that preservation and enhanceme
• § 50009 — The Legislature finds and declares that the utilization of tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds can, and should, encourage the production of housing units affordable to low- and moderate-income persons a
• § 5001 — It may acquire by gift, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, all lands, rights of way, or other property necessary therefor.
• § 50010 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The high cost of housing in this state makes it impossible for most households to become homeowners and impedes the ability of California empl
• § 5002 — It may issue and sell bonds for the acquisition and construction of works.
• § 5003 — The governing body shall have supervision and control over the construction, acquisition, and operation of the works, and the collection of rates for their use.
• § 5004 — The governing body may take all steps and proceedings and make and enter into all contracts or agreements necessary, convenient, or incidental to the performance of its duties or the execution of its
• § 5005 — It may employ engineers, architects, inspectors, superintendents, a manager, collectors, attorneys, and such other employees as in its judgment are necessary or convenient in the execution of its powe
• § 50050 — Unless otherwise indicated by the context, the definitions contained in this chapter shall govern the construction of this division.
• § 50051 — “Affirmative action” means any program created pursuant to rules and regulations of the agency to create greater job opportunities for members of disadvantaged racial, sexual, religious, ancestral, or
• § 50052 — “Affirmative marketing program” means any program approved by the agency that is designed to achieve greater access to housing opportunities created by this division for members of disadvantaged racia
• § 50052.5 — (a) For any owner-occupied housing that receives assistance prior to January 1, 1991, and a condition of that assistance is compliance with this section, “affordable housing cost” with respect to lowe
• § 50053 — (a) For any rental housing development that receives assistance prior to January 1, 1991, and a condition of that assistance is compliance with this section, “affordable rent” with respect to lower in
• § 50054 — “Agency” means the California Housing Finance Agency.
• § 50055 — “Assisted housing” means housing financed by a below-market interest rate mortgage insured or purchased, or a loan made, by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Developme
• § 50056 — “Below-market interest” means a below-market interest rate adequate to return to the agency sufficient income to meet its obligations, reserve requirements, and expenses connected with a loan financed
• § 50057 — “Board” means the board of directors of the agency.
• § 50058 — “Bonds” means bonds, notes (including bond anticipation notes and construction loan notes), debentures, interim or other certificates, or other evidences of financial indebtedness issued by the agency
• § 50058.5 — “Buy-down mortgage plan” is a program by which the effective interest cost to the purchaser of a real property is reduced below market rates through supplemental payments by the agency to a qualified
• § 50058.8 — “Capitalized operating reserves” means capitalized funds for assisted units for the purpose of covering potential or projected operating deficits over time, including, but not limited to, operations,
• § 50059 — “Cause” means gross neglect of duties, fraud, or violation of Section 50904 or 50905.
• § 5006 — The governing body shall establish rules and regulations for the use of the works, including all sewers and works connected therewith, as may be necessary or expedient to insure the successful operati
• § 50060 — “Citizen participation” means action by the local agency that is approved by the agency as sufficient to provide persons who will be affected by financing or loan insurance assistance within a neighbo
• § 50061 — “Commission” means the Commission of Housing and Community Development.
• § 50061.5 — Any reference in this division to the Commission of Housing and Community Development shall be deemed to be to the Department of Housing and Community Development and the department may exercise all t
• § 50062 — “Concentrated rehabilitation area” means an area characterized by substantial deterioration of residential structures and which is designated by the agency pursuant to Section 51302.
• § 50062.5 — “Congregate housing for the elderly” means a housing development, as defined by Section 50073.
• § 50063 — “Construction loan” means a short-term loan secured by real property, made for development costs incurred in construction or rehabilitation of a housing development or residential structure.
• § 50063.5 — “Acutely low income households” means persons and families whose incomes do not exceed 15 percent of area median income, adjusted for family size and revised annually.
• § 50064 — “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
• § 50065 — “Development costs” means the aggregate of all costs incurred in connection with a housing development which are approved by the agency as reasonable and necessary, including, but not limited to, the
• § 50066 — “Development loan” means a loan, made prior to the granting of a construction loan, for planning, acquisition of land and improvements thereon, and site preparation for a housing development or reside
• § 50067 — “Elderly” means a family in which the head of the household is 60 years of age or older, a single person who is 60 years of age or older, or an elderly or handicapped household as defined in Section 1
• § 50068 — “Financial interest” has the same meaning as specified in Section 87103 of the Government Code.
• § 50068.5 — “First-time home buyer” means a person who is a purchaser of an owner-occupied housing unit and who neither has, nor has had, a present ownership in a principal residence at any time during the three-
• § 50068.6 — “First-Time Home Buyers Fund” is a fund in the General Fund, distinguished from the California Housing Finance Fund, which is created by Section 52504.
• § 50068.7 — “First-Time Home Buyers Policy Committee” or “policy committee” is the committee which performs certain policy functions and makes certain policy determinations pursuant to Part 6 (commencing with Sec
• § 50069 — “Fund” means the California Housing Finance Fund.
• § 5007 — The governing body shall provide that all public ways or public works damaged or destroyed in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be restored or repaired, and placed in their original co
• § 50070 — “Governmental agency” means the United States of America, the State of California, any city, county, or city and county within this state and any department, division, public corporation, or public ag
• § 50071 — “Guaranteed taxable bonds” means bonds secured by a pledge of the full faith and credit of the United States for the payment of the principal and interest on bonds issued under the authority of this d
• § 50072 — “Handicapped” means a family in which the head of the household is suffering from an orthopedic disability impairing personal mobility or a physical disability affecting his or her ability to obtain e
• § 50073 — “Housing development,” for the purpose of housing assisted by the department, means any work or undertaking of new construction or rehabilitation, or the acquisition of existing residential structures
• § 50073.5 — “Housing development,” for the purpose of the California Housing Finance Agency, means any existing structure of five or more dwelling units or any work or undertaking of five dwelling units or more o
• § 50074 — “Housing sponsor,” for the purpose of housing assisted by the department, means any individual, joint venture, partnership, limited partnership, trust, corporation, limited equity housing cooperative,
• § 50074.5 — “Housing sponsor,” for the purpose of the California Housing Finance Agency, means any individual, joint venture, partnership, limited partnership, trust, corporation, cooperative, local public entity
• § 50075 — “Legislative body” means the city council, board of supervisors, or other legislative body of the local agency.
• § 50076 — “Limited-dividend housing sponsor” means any sponsor which owns a housing development and whose profit or cash return is limited pursuant to Section 51202 and regulations adopted by the board pursuant
• § 50076.5 — “Limited-equity housing cooperative” means a corporation organized pursuant to Section 817 of the Civil Code and Section 11003.
• § 50076.6 — “Loan,” for purposes of provisions relating to the agency, means an obligation to repay funds advanced by the agency for the purpose of financing housing that is evidenced by a promissory note or othe
• § 50077 — “Local agency” means a city, county, city and county, or duly constituted governing body of an Indian reservation or rancheria and includes any governmental agency or local public entity to which a ci
• § 50078 — “Local housing agent” means a city, county, city and county, or combination thereof acting jointly, or the duly constituted governing body of an Indian reservation or rancheria which is certified by t
• § 50079 — “Local public entity” means any county, city, city and county, the duly constituted governing body of an Indian reservation or rancheria, tribally designated housing entity as defined in Section 4103
• § 50079.5 — (a) “Lower income households” means persons and families whose income does not exceed the qualifying limits for lower income families as established and amended from time to time pursuant to Section 8
• § 5008 — In the operation of the works, the district may do any or all of the following: (a) Sell, or otherwise dispose of any water, sewage effluent, fertilizer, or other by-products resulting from the operat
• § 50080 — “Market interest” means the interest rate determined by the agency to be the interest rate generally available in the private market for similar housing loans.
• § 50081 — “Market rent” means the monthly rent established by the agency as competitive according to its own regulations, except where federal regulations provide a required method of determining market rent.
• § 50082 — “Metropolitan area” means a standard metropolitan statistical area as established by the United States Office of Management and Budget.
• § 50082.7 — “Mobilehome park” shall have the same meaning as such term is defined in Section 18214.
• § 50083 — “Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument that may be a lien on real property.
• § 50084 — “Mortgage deficient area” means an area where private lenders have failed to provide sufficient mortgage credit for financing or refinancing of new, existing, or rehabilitated housing developments, an
• § 50085 — “Mortgage assistance area” means an area characterized by a deficiency of available mortgage financing but in which general deterioration of residential structures has not occurred, and which is desig
• § 50086 — “Mortgage loan” means a loan that is secured by a mortgage and is made for financing, including refinancing of existing mortgage obligations, to create or preserve the long-term affordability of a hou
• § 50087 — “Mutual self-help housing” means assisted housing for which persons and families of low or moderate income contribute their own labor in individual or group efforts to provide decent, safe, and sanita
• § 50089 — “Neighborhood preservation area” means any concentrated rehabilitation area, scattered-site rehabilitation area, or mortgage assistance area.
• § 5009 — Whenever any community in the district is provided with a sewerage system under this chapter the governing body having jurisdiction over that community shall declare the further maintenance or use of
• § 50090 — “Nonmetropolitan area” means an area not included in a metropolitan area.
• § 50091 — “Nonprofit housing sponsor” or “nonprofit corporation” means a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code or a corpora
• § 50092 — “Owner-occupied housing development”, for the purpose of housing assisted by the department, means a housing development containing not more than four residential units, one of which is occupied by th
• § 50092.1 — “Owner-occupied housing unit”, for the purpose of Part 6 (commencing with Section 52500), means a single-family dwelling situated in California which is occupied by the owner, and includes a dwelling
• § 50093 — “Persons and families of low or moderate income” means persons and families whose income does not exceed 120 percent of area median income, adjusted for family size by the department in accordance wit
• § 50093.5 — “Public transit corridor” means that area within one-quarter mile of a route on which the level of service is at or above the average for the transit system as a whole, according to the transit operat
• § 50093.6 — “Property improvement loan” means an advance of money, evidenced by a note, to finance rehabilitation and general repairs and improvements to a residence consistent with the purposes of this division.
• § 50094 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), “qualified mortgage lender” means a mortgage lender certified by the agency, pursuant to rules and regulations thereof, to do business with the age
• § 50095 — “Real property” means all lands, including improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto or used in connection therewith, and every estate, interest, and right, leg
• § 50096 — “Rehabilitation” means repairs and improvements to a substandard residential structure necessary to make it meet rehabilitation standards.
• § 50097 — “Rehabilitation standards” means applicable state or local building or housing standards adopted pursuant to the State Housing Law, Part 1.
• § 50098 — “Rents” means the charges paid by the persons and families of low or moderate income for occupancy in a housing development assisted under this division whether the units are rented or operated as a c
• § 50099 — “Residential structure”, for the purpose of housing assisted by the department, means a real property improvement used, or intended to be used, for residential or mixed residential and commercial purp
• § 50099.5 — “Residential structure,” for the purpose of the California Housing Finance Agency, means any existing structure of one to four units or any work or undertaking of one to four dwelling units of new con