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

• § 50708 — The department shall collect all of the following from each borrower and include a summary of this information in its last annual report submitted to the Legislature on or before December 31, 2013, pu
• § 5071 — Territory which has been withdrawn from a district which has authorized the issuance of bonds pursuant to this chapter, and which territory continues to use the works, shall remain liable for the paym
• § 50710 — The Director of Housing and Community Development may contract with school districts, housing authorities, health agencies, and other appropriate local public and private nonprofit agencies, for the p
• § 50710.1 — (a) If all the development costs of any migrant farm labor center assisted pursuant to this chapter are provided by federal, state, or local grants, and if inadequate funds are available from any fede
• § 50710.2 — The department shall allow, in an operating contract, the entity operating the contract to have flexibility in its opening date if needed to adjust for variable seasonal or climate changes if all of t
• § 50710.3 — (a) By January 1, 2026, the department shall engage and solicit feedback from stakeholders on the definition of “migratory agricultural worker” for the purposes of updating the definition, including d
• § 50710.4 — (a) The department may enter into multiyear operating contracts with entities, and provide funding annually by making an amendment to that contract.
• § 50710.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no housing authority, housing authority commissioner, housing authority officer, or housing authority employee, acting in good faith, shall be civilly l
• § 50710.6 — (a) (1) The department shall develop a report that analyzes the feasibility and impact of transitioning housing units at Office of Migrant Services centers to year-round availability.
• § 50710.7 — (a) By December 31, 2028, the department shall, following the completion of the report under Section 50710.
• § 50710.8 — (a) All communications to migratory farmworkers from the department and the entity operating a migrant farm labor center shall be delivered in culturally and linguistically appropriate means.
• § 50711 — The Director of Housing and Community Development shall have possession and control of all records and papers held previously by the Director of Employment Development relating to the purposes and act
• § 50711.5 — (a) The Napa County Farmworker Centers Account is hereby established, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, through its Office of Migrant Services pursuant to the
• § 50712 — Any county, city, or other local agency may enter into contracts of the nature described in Section 50710, to the extent that such an agency is otherwise authorized by law to engage in the activity wh
• § 50712.5 — (a) The Department of Housing and Community Development, through its Office of Migrant Services, pursuant to the authority granted in subdivision (n) of Section 50406 and this chapter shall assist in
• § 50713 — For the purposes of procuring or developing housing or shelter for migratory agricultural workers pursuant to this chapter, the department may execute instruments necessary or convenient for the exerc
• § 50714 — (a) The San Diego County Farmworker Housing Account is hereby established, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, through its Office of Migrant Services pursuant to
• § 50714.5 — (a) (1) The Director’s San Diego County Farmworker Housing Discretionary Account is hereby established in the Office of Migrant Services in the department.
• § 50715 — (a) Housing operated pursuant to this chapter may be used for the purposes set forth in Chapter 11.
• § 50716 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, to respond to the state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor on January 17, 2014, the department shall, directly or through contracts, make the Office of Migrant
• § 50717 — (a) On or before January 1, 2019, and on or before January 1 of each year thereafter, an entity operating a migrant farm labor center shall provide a report to the Office of Migrant Services that cont
• § 50718 — (a) An entity operating a migrant farm labor center shall prescreen Office of Migrant Services program applicants for eligibility in farmworker-restricted units on properties funded by the Joe Serna,
• § 5072 — A city to which any territory has been annexed, whether or not said territory has been withdrawn from a district which has authorized the issuance of bonds pursuant to this chapter, and which territor
• § 50720 — The Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program is hereby created for the purpose of preserving affordable housing and promoting resident ownership or nonprofit organization ownership of res
• § 50720.10 — A loan made pursuant to the program may be partially or fully converted to a grant.
• § 50720.12 — (a) The department shall adopt guidelines for the administration of the program.
• § 50720.2 — (a) The Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program is hereby established.
• § 50720.4 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Capitalized operating subsidy reserve” means funds that are set aside before a property is acquired pursuant to this chapter to cover the property’s operating expenses ov
• § 50720.6 — (a) The department shall grant funds to one or more fund managers to implement the program until June 30, 2026, which shall include funds for all of the following: (1) Capitalized operating subsidy re
• § 50720.8 — (a) A borrower or grantee that receives funds from a loan or grant made pursuant to the program shall only use the funds as follows: (1) To pay for property acquisition, rehabilitation, and repair cos
• § 50735 — The following definitions shall apply to all activities conducted pursuant to this chapter.
• § 50736 — (a) Not less than 30 percent of the units in each rental housing development consisting of 10 or more units which receives any funds pursuant to this chapter shall be available on a priority basis to
• § 50737 — The department shall adopt rules and regulations, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.
• § 50737.5 — Funds available for the purposes of this chapter shall be allocated by the department throughout the state in accordance with identified housing needs.
• § 50738 — The department may make payments pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 50745), 3 (commencing with Section 50755), or 4 (commencing with Section 50765) or contract to make annuity fund payment
• § 50738.5 — (a) The department shall establish and administer an annuity fund and may, notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, make commitments to provide annuity payments from the fund directly to s
• § 50739 — At the time the department makes a payment pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 50745), 3 (commencing with Section 50755), or 4 (commencing with Section 50765) or contracts to make annuity f
• § 50740 — (a) The Rental Housing Construction Incentive Fund established in the State Treasury is hereby renamed the Rental Housing Construction Fund.
• § 50740.7 — If money committed by the department prior to the effective date of the act which enacted this section cannot be used by the local finance entity or housing authority to which funds are committed, the
• § 50741 — Only rental housing developments on which construction is commenced on or after six months from the effective date of this chapter shall be eligible for assistance under this chapter.
• § 50742 — For purposes of acting as a local finance entity pursuant to this chapter, a city, county, or city and county may, pursuant to an enabling ordinance of its legislative body, issue revenue bonds to pro
• § 50744 — Where a local finance entity or local public entity is authorized to receive payments from the annuity fund established pursuant to Section 50748, under a written agreement with the department, the lo
• § 50744.5 — The same notice requirements as specified in Section 65863.
• § 50745 — (a) Upon application by the agency or a local finance entity, the department may contract with the agency or local finance entity to pay all or a portion of the development costs incurred by a sponsor
• § 50745.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision or requirement of this chapter, and any regulations adopted thereunder, the department may contract with the agency, a local finance entity, or a sponsor to pay
• § 50746 — Each contract pursuant to Section 50745 shall be recorded or referenced in a recorded document in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the rental housing development is located, an
• § 50747 — The development cost payments provided by the department pursuant to this article shall not exceed 100 percent of the development costs of a rental housing development, and shall not exceed the amount
• § 50748 — (a) The department may establish and administer an annuity fund, with respect to rental housing developments assisted under this article or Article 3 (commencing with Section 50755) or Article 4 (comm
• § 50748.1 — (a) The department shall from time to time direct the Treasurer to invest moneys set aside or otherwise deposited in the annuity fund established by Section 50748 as an account in the Rental Housing C
• § 50749 — Any rental housing development assisted pursuant to this article shall be governed by a regulatory agreement between the sponsor and the agency or local finance entity.
• § 50750 — Upon consent of the legislative body of the city or county in which a rental housing development is or will be located, the department may contract with a local finance entity located in a rural area
• § 50755 — The department may contract with local public entities to provide funds to be used by those entities to obtain a right of occupancy or leasehold for eligible households in some or all of the units in
• § 50756 — Each contract pursuant to Section 50755 shall be recorded or referenced in a recorded document in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the rental housing development is located, an
• § 50757 — Any rental housing development assisted pursuant to this article shall be governed by a regulatory agreement between the sponsor and the local public entity.
• § 50758 — With respect to units for which a local public entity has obtained a leasehold or right of occupancy, the local public entity may manage the units or may contract for management of the units with the
• § 50759 — With respect to assisted units developed pursuant to this article, the local public entity shall do all of the following: (a) Ensure the provision of affordable rents.
• § 50760 — With respect to units developed pursuant to this article, the local public entity may, and at the direction of the department shall, do any of the following: (a) Through its agents or employees enter
• § 50765 — The department may contract with local housing authorities and provide funds which shall be used by such authorities to develop and construct rental housing developments to be operated by such housing
• § 50766 — Each contract pursuant to Section 50765 shall contain at least the following provisions: (a) The timing, amount, and terms of payments to be provided under this article, including specific items to be
• § 50767 — With respect to assisted units developed and constructed pursuant to this article, the local housing authority shall, with the approval of the department: (a) Ensure the provision of affordable rents.
• § 50768 — The department shall monitor the operation at the rental housing development constructed pursuant to this article, to ensure compliance with grant conditions, contract obligations, and the provisions
• § 50770 — Four percent of the funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter shall be set aside in a Management Reserve Account in the Rental Housing Construction Fund, which is hereby created.
• § 50771.1 — For the purpose of providing deferred payment loans pursuant to this chapter for the development costs of rental housing developments utilizing moneys transferred to the Rental Housing Construction Fu
• § 50771.2 — (a) As an alternative to the loan provisions of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 50771.
• § 50771.3 — The department may adopt, amend, or repeal emergency regulations to implement this chapter with respect to loans made with funds allocated pursuant to Section 53130.
• § 50775 — (a) The department may provide financial assistance, in accordance with this chapter, to households residing in rental housing, or a mobilehome park in which those households rent spaces, which is to
• § 50775.5 — For the purposes of disaster relief to those households displaced as a result of the Anaheim fire resulting in a state of emergency proclaimed on April 23, 1982, by the Governor, pursuant to Section 8
• § 50776 — (a) Financial assistance pursuant to Section 50775 may be provided directly by the department or through a governmental agency or mortgage lender certified by the department to participate in the prog
• § 50777 — (a) The department, directly or through a government agency or mortgage lender, and subject to the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 50776, may provide financial assistance to nonprofit corpora
• § 50778 — (a) The Homeownership Assistance Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is continually appropriated to the department for purposes of t
• § 50780 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) That manufactured housing and mobilehome parks provide a significant source of homeownership for California residents, but increasing costs of mo
• § 50781 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions given in this section shall control construction of this chapter: (a) “Affordable” means that, where feasible, low-income residents sho
• § 50782 — (a) The Mobilehome Park Rehabilitation and Purchase Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code or any other law, is continuously appropriate
• § 50783 — (a) (1) The department may make loans from the fund to resident organizations, qualified nonprofit housing sponsors, and local public entities for the purpose of financing mobilehome park acquisition,
• § 50784 — (a) The department may make loans from the fund to individual low-income residents of mobilehome parks to finance any individual interest in the mobilehome park.
• § 50784.5 — (a) The department may make loans from the fund to a qualified nonprofit housing sponsor or a local public entity pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 50783, provided the following conditions are sa
• § 50784.6 — (a) The department may make loans from the fund to a qualified nonprofit housing sponsor, resident organization, or a local public entity for the acquisition and construction of a new mobilehome park
• § 50785 — (a) In determining the eligibility for and amount of loans pursuant to this chapter, the department shall take into consideration, among other factors, all of the following: (1) The reasonableness of
• § 50786 — (a) The department may adopt, amend, or repeal guidelines for the administration and implementation of this chapter, in consultation with stakeholders.
• § 50786.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, where a city, county, or other local governmental entity has acquired a mobilehome park for the purpose of converting the park to resident ownershi
• § 50787 — (a) In addition to the other uses of the fund and activities authorized by this chapter, the department may contract directly with nonprofit corporations that have significant experience working with
• § 50800 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the provision of shelter, with effective personal rehabilitation and self-sufficiency development services, to homeless persons at as low a cost an
• § 50800.5 — (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund.
• § 50801 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
• § 50801.5 — (a) The department shall adopt regulations for the administration of the Emergency Housing and Assistance Program.
• § 50802 — (a) The department shall ensure that not less than 20 percent of the moneys in the Emergency Housing and Assistance Fund shall be allocated to nonurban counties during any given fiscal year.
• § 50802.5 — (a) The department shall issue a notice or notices of funding availability to potential applicants and designated local boards, as applicable, as soon as possible after funding becomes available for t
• § 50803 — (a) Grants awarded by the department pursuant to this chapter shall be used by a grant recipient to defray costs of eligible activities defined in department regulations or guidelines, including, but
• § 50803.5 — Each designated local board shall provide a process for appeal of its decisions and comply with the requirements of this chapter and the regulations promulgated hereunder.
• § 50804 — (a) Each designated local board shall submit to the department for approval, a local emergency shelter strategy for its region, describing the procedures for complying with requirements pursuant to th
• § 50804.5 — (a) Project budgets may be changed, within limits established by the department.
• § 50805 — (a) The director shall establish a statewide advisory body on emergency and transitional housing.
• § 50806.5 — The department may adopt emergency regulations to implement this chapter, with respect to award of funds and the administration of the program, to the extent necessary before the department issues the
• § 50807 — (a) Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall allocate funding to county child welfare agencies to help young adults who are 18 to
• § 50811 — (a) Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act to the Department of Housing and Community Development to continue the housing navigator program established as a result of the allocation in P
• § 50820 — (a) The THP-Plus Housing Supplement Program is hereby established.
• § 50825 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to ensure that funds allocated to the state pursuant to the federal State Community Development Block Grant Program (42 U.
• § 50826 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Consolidated plan” means the five-year action plan that results from the process set by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that assesses
• § 50826.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may adopt guidelines to implement this chapter.
• § 50827 — (a) Thirty percent of the annual allocation of federal Small Cities Community Development Block Grant funds, less department administrative funds, shall be set aside for economic development projects
• § 50828 — Not less than 51 percent of the annual allocation of federal Small Cities Community Development Block Grant funds, less department administrative funds, shall be utilized by the department to make gra
• § 50829 — As a condition of receiving funds pursuant to this chapter, an eligible city or county shall submit a housing element to the department in accordance with the requirements of Article 10.
• § 50830 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), no city or county shall be eligible to receive funds pursuant to this chapter if the city or county has adopted a general plan, ordinance,
• § 50831 — One and one-fourth percent of the funds made available to the department under the program shall be utilized by the department to make grants to cities and counties who apply to the department for tho
• § 50832 — For all program applications, the department shall develop project standards and rating factors which meet the minimum requirements of federal statutes for eligible projects and that meet National Obj
• § 50832.1 — (a) To the extent that the department determines that some local communities lack capacity to apply for and administer projects under this section and Section 50832, the department may utilize federal
• § 50832.2 — (a) (1) No later than 60 days after the department notifies an applicant that the department has approved the applicant’s application for funds pursuant to this chapter, the department shall provide a
• § 50833 — (a) The department shall determine and announce in the applicable NOFA the percentage of the total amount of the State Block Grant Program funds set aside for economic development that shall be alloca
• § 50833.1 — (a) In the event that the department is allocated supplemental funds in excess of the state’s annual program allocation pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 5306 of Title 42 of the United States Cod
• § 50834 — (a) The department shall ensure potential applicants have access to instructions that allow them to successfully qualify for the economic development set aside.
• § 50835 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) In 1990, the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act was enacted by the Congress and President of the United States as Public
• § 50836 — (a) Local government agencies may exempt, for a period of up to 20 years, from local taxes, fees, or assessments, any housing project owned or operated by a nonprofit entity, a for-profit entity, a li
• § 50836.5 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to assist the State of California in maximizing its participation in the HOME and HOPE programs.
• § 50842.1 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Local housing trusts are locally developed responses to regional housing needs and are responsive to local control.
• § 50842.2 — There is hereby established the Local Housing Trust Fund Matching Grant Program, to be administered by the department, for the purpose of supporting local housing trust funds dedicated to the creation
• § 50843 — (a) This section applies only to grants awarded pursuant to this chapter from funds made available pursuant to Part 11 (commencing with Section 53500).
• § 50843.5 — (a) Subject to the availability of funding, the department shall make matching grants available to cities, counties, cities and counties, tribes, and charitable nonprofit organizations organized under
• § 50850 — The Legislature finds and declares that within the next 20 years nearly 117,000 units of low-income housing subsidized by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development will be eligible for c
• § 50851 — The purpose of this chapter is to ensure all of the following: (a) That pertinent information concerning buildings eligible for conversion is available to tenants of subsidized rental units, community
• § 50852 — As used in this chapter, the terms defined in this section shall have the following meanings: (a) “Conversion” means any of the following: (1) The prepayment of a federally, state, or locally subsidiz
• § 50853 — The department shall provide to tenants of subsidized rental units, community organizations, local governmental agencies, and other interested persons all of the following: (a) To the extent that info
• § 50860 — (a) The Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods (BEGIN) Program and the Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods (BEGIN) Fund are hereby created.
• § 50861 — The department shall issue a notice of funding availability to all cities, counties, or cities and counties specifying when funds are available for the BEGIN Program, the terms of the program, and due
• § 50862 — A city, county, or city and county that receives a grant from the BEGIN Fund shall use the proceeds from the grant for downpayment assistance to a prospective first-time home buyer who enters into an
• § 50862.5 — Downpayment assistance provided pursuant to this chapter shall be in the form of a second mortgage loan.
• § 50863 — Grants shall only be made to a qualifying city, county, or city and county that has demonstrated that it has provided incentives or reduced or removed regulatory barriers to affordable housing for an
• § 50864 — The department shall prioritize and quantify the criteria it establishes pursuant to Section 50863 by assigning points to each of the criteria.
• § 50865 — The department may administer the BEGIN Program through guidelines that shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.
• § 50866 — No more than 5 percent of the funds deposited in the BEGIN Fund may be used to pay the costs of administration of this chapter.
• § 50880 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) That there are more than 600,000 families in California who face the enormous challenge of moving rapidly from welfare to work in order
• § 50881 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Families Moving to Work Program.
• § 50881.5 — The definitions in this section apply to all activities conducted pursuant to this chapter.
• § 50882 — (a) The Families Moving to Work Account is hereby established in the Rental Housing Construction Fund.
• § 50883.5 — (a) The department may deposit an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the moneys appropriated to the account in a feasibility subaccount in the account.
• § 50884.5 — The department shall submit a report on or before January 1, 1990, and on or before each January 1, thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor on the administration and implementation of the prog
• § 50887.5 — The department is encouraged, as appropriate, to enter into interagency agreements with any state department or agency to ensure close coordination and cooperation in using the funds of the other depa
• § 50888 — Each community housing development shall consist of three components: a housing component, a supportive services component, and a jobs and economic development component.
• § 50888.3 — (a) Housing assisted pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the following provisions: (1) For the period during which the development benefits from assistance provided pursuant to this chapter,
• § 50889 — The community housing development shall include, to the extent feasible, financial and nonfinancial public assistance and private assistance in its development costs as well as its operating costs, as
• § 50890 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) That in addition to the need for housing described in this chapter as community housing developments, there is an additional critical need
• § 50891 — In implementing this article, the department shall comply with all of the following requirements: (a) The department shall apply the requirements and priorities of subdivisions (a), (b), and (e) of Se
• § 50891.5 — Each congregate housing development shall, to the maximum extent feasible, as determined by the department, incorporate the design, social, and economic development components of Sections 50888.
• § 50893 — The department shall make, or undertake commitments to make, construction or rehabilitation loans, including land acquisition costs, and mortgage loans in accordance with subdivisions (a) and (c) for
• § 50893.3 — (a) The cost of development of any common portions of the development shall be allocated to the fund in the same ratio as the ratio between assisted and nonassisted units in the community housing deve
• § 50894 — (a) Where loans will be used in conjunction with federal and other state housing assistance or tax credits, and a conflict exists between the other state and federal program requirements and this chap
• § 50895 — No rule, policy, or standard of general application employed by the department in implementing this chapter shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.
• § 50896 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (P.
• § 50896.1 — The Department of Housing and Community Development shall be the state agency responsible for both of the following: (a) The administration of the state’s allocation of HOME funds in accordance with t
• § 50896.2 — As used in this chapter: (a) “HOME” means the HOME Investment Partnership Act as enacted in Title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.
• § 50896.3 — (a) All HOME funds made available to the state shall be allocated by the department for the purposes specified in HOME in accordance with the following provisions: (1) The department may allocate stat
• § 50897 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) “City” means a city or a city and county.
• § 50897.1 — (a) (1) Funds available for rental assistance pursuant to this chapter shall consist of state rental assistance funds made available pursuant to Subtitle A of Title V of Division N of the federal Cons
• § 50897.2 — (a) (1) A grantee that has a population of 500,000 or greater shall be eligible to receive a block grant allocation from the department.
• § 50897.2.1 — (a) (1) A grantee that has a population of 500,000 or greater shall be eligible to receive a block grant allocation from the department.
• § 50897.3 — (a) (1) (A) The department may contract with a vendor to serve as the program implementer to manage and fund services and distribute emergency rental assistance resources pursuant to this section.
• § 50897.3.1 — (a) (1) The department may contract with a vendor to serve as the program implementer to manage and fund services and distribute emergency rental assistance resources pursuant to this section and cons
• § 50897.4 — (a) Each Round 1 and Round 2 grantee shall provide to the department information relating to all applicable performance metrics, as determined by the department.
• § 50897.5 — (a) (1) Item 2240-102-0890 of the Budget Act of 2020, appropriated to the Department of Housing and Community Development, is hereby augmented by appropriating the sum of one billion five hundred mill
• § 50897.6 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the state closely monitor the usage of funding pursuant to this chapter to ensure that the program is stabilizing households and preventing evictions.
• § 50898 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) As California moves into the next century, revitalization of our downtown areas is of vital importance to every community in our state.
• § 50898.1 — (a) With the exception of funds allocated for purposes of subdivision (b), funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter shall be distributed by the department pursuant to Chapter 6.
• § 50898.2 — (a) Funds awarded pursuant to Item 2240-107-0001 of Section 2.
• § 50899.1 — This chapter may be cited as the California Emergency Solutions Grants Program and the Federal Emergency Solutions Grants Program.
• § 50899.2 — The California Emergency Solutions Grants Program and the Federal Emergency Solutions Grants Program shall be administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development.
• § 50899.3 — The following definitions shall apply to all activities conducted pursuant to this chapter: (a) “Department” means the California Department of Housing and Community Development.
• § 50899.4 — Funding for the California Emergency Solutions Grants Program and the Federal Emergency Solutions Grants Program shall be made available upon appropriation to the department for the purpose of address
• § 50899.5 — Any moneys appropriated and made available for the purposes of this chapter, and all moneys received by the department pursuant to this chapter, shall be used for the purposes of this chapter, includi
• § 50899.6 — The California Emergency Solutions Grants Program and the Federal Emergency Solutions Grants Program generally will be administered by the department in a manner consistent with the Federal ESG Progra
• § 50899.7 — (a) The department shall review, adopt, amend, and repeal guidelines to implement this chapter.
• § 50900 — The California Housing Finance Agency is hereby continued in existence in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.
• § 50901 — The agency shall be administered by a board of directors consisting of 13 voting members, including a chairperson selected by the Governor from among his or her appointees.
• § 50902 — (a) Appointed members of the board shall be able persons broadly reflective of the economic, cultural, and social diversity of the state, including ethnic minorities and women.
• § 50903 — All members of the board appointed by the Governor shall be confirmed by the Senate.
• § 50904 — The representation of varied interest groups on the board shall be deemed essential to obtain information for the development of policy and decisions of the board.
• § 50905 — (a) An officer or employee of the agency shall not be employed by, hold any paid official relation to, or have any financial interest in, any housing sponsor or any affordable housing financed or assi
• § 50906 — Board members shall be removable solely for cause.
• § 50907 — The Governor shall appoint a chairperson from among members of the board, who, when present, shall preside at meetings of the board.
• § 50908 — The Governor shall, subject to confirmation by the Senate, appoint an executive director of the agency, who shall, subject solely to supervision by the board, administer and direct the day-to-day oper
• § 50909 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 19816 and 19825 of the Government Code, the compensation of key exempt management, including the executive director, the chief deputy director, the general counsel, the di
• § 50910 — The executive director may from time to time employ technical experts and other employees as may, in his or her judgment, be necessary for the conduct of the business of the agency.
• § 50911 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 11042 and 11043 of the Government Code, the executive director may employ as general counsel for the agency an attorney at law licensed in this state.
• § 50912 — There shall be within the agency a director of financing appointed by the Governor and serving at the pleasure of the executive director of the agency.
• § 50912.5 — There shall be within the agency a director of enterprise risk management and compliance appointed by the Governor and serving at the pleasure of the executive director of the agency.
• § 50913 — For its activities under this division, the executive director shall prepare a preliminary budget on or before December 1 of each year for the ensuing fiscal year to be reviewed by the Secretary of Bu
• § 50914 — (a) The board shall authorize any sale of obligations or securities or other debt obligations and shall approve other major contractual agreements.
• § 50915 — The principal offices of the agency shall be located in the City of Sacramento.
• § 50916 — All meetings of the board and of all committees of the board including those committees whose membership constitutes less than a quorum of the board shall be open and public and all persons shall be p
• § 50950 — The primary purpose of the agency shall be to meet the housing needs of persons and families of low or moderate income.
• § 50951 — In meeting the housing needs of persons and families of low or moderate income, not less than 30 percent of the units financed by mortgage loans or property improvement loans pursuant to this part sha
• § 50952 — The agency shall also seek to attain all of the following objectives: (a) Acquisition of the maximum amount of funds available for subsidies for the benefit of persons and families of low or moderate
• § 50952.5 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, and it shall be a goal of the agency, that not less than one-half of the dollar amount of financing for single-family homes shall fund loans for purchasers who
• § 50953 — No provision of this division shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which the agency or any local public entity might otherwise have under any laws of this state, and this
• § 50954 — The exercise of the powers specified in this division will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for their well-being and prosperity, and for the improvement of their social a
• § 50955 — (a) The agency and every housing sponsor shall require that occupancy of housing developments assisted under this part shall be open to all regardless of any basis listed in subdivision (a) or (d) of
• § 50956 — It shall be the policy of the agency to coordinate its activities with the department.
• § 50957 — No development or construction loan shall be made pursuant to this part if the agency determines that the making of such a loan would result in the permanent loss of a subsidy or a reduction in future
• § 50958 — Mortgage loans made pursuant to this part to housing sponsors, other than local public entities and nonprofit housing sponsors of rental and cooperative housing developments, shall not exceed 95 perce
• § 50959 — This division is intended to benefit purchasers and residents of housing developments who are persons and families of low or moderate income and shall be liberally construed to allow such persons to i
• § 50960 — A loan document for a loan that is not secured by real property and is made to a person, not including a firm, association, partnership, organization, corporation, limited liability company, or other
• § 50961 — It shall be the policy of the agency to encourage housing location in public transit corridors so that residents may have convenient access to public transportation services.