Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

An agency may: (a) Obtain, hire, purchase, or rent office space, equipment, supplies, insurance, or services. (b) Authorize and pay the travel expenses of agency members, officers, agents, counsel, and employees on agency business. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1812.)

For the purposes of the agency, it shall have access to the services and facilities of the planning commission, the city engineer, and other departments and offices of the community. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1812.)

The grant of money appropriated by the legislative body of the community to the community redevelopment agency administrative fund is not to be construed as making the agency a department of the community or placing the officers, agents, counsel, and employees under civil service…

(a) No agency or community officer or employee who in the course of his or her duties is required to participate in the formulation of, or to approve plans or policies for, the redevelopment of a project area shall acquire any interest in any property included within a project ar…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, an officer, employee, consultant, or agent of the agency or community, for personal residential use, may purchase or lease property within a project area after the agency has certified that the improvements to be constructed or the wor…

An agency may: (a) From time to time prepare and carry out plans for the improvement, rehabilitation, and redevelopment of blighted areas. (b) Disseminate redevelopment information. (c) Prepare applications for various federal programs and grants relating to housing and community…

The agency may accept financial assistance from public or private sources as authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 33600) or any other provision in this part. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1812.)

The agency may accept any other assistance from the state or federal government or any public or private source for any redevelopment project within its area of operation or for the agency’s activities, powers, and duties. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1812.)

Within the survey area or for purposes of redevelopment an agency may insure or provide for the insurance of any operations of the agency against risks or hazards. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1665.)

Upon request from and at the expense of any public body, an agency may, outside any survey area, with the approval of the legislative body, provide (1) relocation assistance to persons displaced by governmental action, and (2) aid and assistance to property owners in connection w…

An agency may finance the cost of premiums necessary for the provision of insurance during the construction or rehabilitation of properties that are administered by governmental entities or nonprofit organizations to provide housing for lower income households, as defined in Sect…

(a) The legislative body may, at the time of the adoption of an ordinance declaring that there is a need for a commission to function in the community or at any time thereafter, by adoption of an ordinance, declare itself to be the commission, in which case all of the rights, pow…

(a) A legislative body in a community other than the County of Los Angeles which has declared itself to be the commission pursuant to Section 34120 may, by ordinance, create a community development committee of not more than seven members, or not more than nine members if tenant …

A legislative body which has declared itself to be the commission pursuant to Section 34120 may at any time by resolution determine that it shall no longer function as the commission, in which event, the mayor or chairman of the board of supervisors or similar official, with the …

The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) It is in the public interest to ensure that districts adopt their budgets in an open process in order to educate the public of the costs and benefits of air quality improvement. (b) The process required by this article sha…

(a) Each district shall adopt its annual budget in accordance with the following requirements: (1) The district shall prepare, and make available to the public at least 30 days prior to public hearing, a summary of its budget and any supporting documents, including, but not limit…

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this article, the provisions of the chapter of this part on elections govern the election on the question of organizing a district and the election of the first district officers, and the board of supervisors of the county and the coun…

A copy of the order shall be posted for four successive weeks prior to the election in three public places in the proposed district at least one of which shall be in each county in which the district is located, and shall be published once a week for four successive weeks prior t…

Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election call to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the coun…

The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposition, or any combination of such voters and associations of citizens, may file a …

If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to the voters. In selecting the…

The elections officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on the district formation question. The ballot pamphlet shall contain th…

At least 15 days prior to the election, the board of supervisors shall select one, and may select two or more, polling places in the proposed district, and shall make suitable arrangements for the election. (Amended by Stats. 1945, Ch. 1337.)

The ballots shall contain the words, “Shall the sanitary district be formed?” To the right of or below these words, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting targets. The ballot shall also contain the names of the persons to be voted for at the elec…

At the election there shall be elected an assessor and the members of the board who shall be resident electors of the district. (Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 155.)

If a majority of the votes cast in each county are in favor of formation of the district, the board of supervisors shall make and cause to be entered in its minutes an order that a district of the name and with the boundaries stated in the order calling the election, setting fort…

If a majority of the votes cast are against formation of the district, the board of supervisors shall by order entered in its minutes so declare, and no other proceeding shall be taken in relation thereto until the expiration of one year from the date of the presentation of the p…

The state account may sue and be sued in its own name. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 257.)

Expenditures from the state account shall not be made in excess of the total amount of money in the state account at any one time. Expenditures in excess of that amount may be made only when additional money is collected or otherwise added to the state account. (Added by Stats. 2…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Controller shall establish a separate subaccount in the state account, for any funds received from a settlement agreement or the General Fund for a removal or remedial action to be performed at a specific site. (b) Notwithstandi…

(a) The Controller shall establish a separate subaccount for site operation and maintenance in the state account. All of the following amounts shall be deposited in the subaccount: (1) Funds received from responsible parties for site operation and maintenance. (2) Funds received …

(a) There is hereby continuously appropriated from the state account to the department the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for each fiscal year as a reserve account for emergencies, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code. Funds in the reserve account are gov…

Persons designated by a cemetery authority have the powers of arrest as provided in Section 830.7 of the Penal Code for the purpose of maintaining order, enforcing the rules and regulations of the cemetery association, the laws of the state, and the ordinances of the city or coun…

The department shall cause special investigations of the sources of morbidity and mortality and the effects of localities, employments, conditions and circumstances on the public health and the department shall perform other duties as may be required in procuring information for …

All records of interviews, written reports, and statements procured by the department or by any other person, agency, or organization acting jointly with the department, in connection with special morbidity and mortality studies shall be confidential insofar as the identity of th…

(a) The department shall annually compile and publish the laws relating to the use, handling, transportation, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials, including, but not limited to, hazardous wastes, flammable materials, corrosives, explosives, pesticides, and radioactive ma…

The department may do all of the following activities: (1) Make a continuing study of births, deaths, marriages, and divorces, in order to provide a continuing analysis of trends to state agencies and to the Legislature. (2) Request and receive demographic and population data fro…

The governing body of a city may employ one or more dentists or dental hygienists, each of whom shall be a licensed dentist or dental hygienist. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The dentist or dental hygienist shall attend to dental conditions of the city as the governing body may assign. Compensation for the dentist or dental hygienist shall be determined by that body. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The board of supervisors in each county may employ one or more dentists or dental hygienists, each of whom shall be a licensed dentist or dental hygienist. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The dentist or dental hygienist shall attend to dental conditions of the county, as the board of supervisors may assign. Compensation for the dentist or dental hygienist shall be determined by that board. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 302. Effective September 29, 1996.)…

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Eligible educational institutions” means University of California campuses that meet the eligibility criteria developed pursuant to Section 104210.1. (b) “Community-based participatory research” means a mecha…

(a) The California Firefighter Cancer Prevention and Research Program is hereby established. The Legislature requests the University of California to develop and administer a competitive grant program for the purpose of awarding grants to eligible educational institutions to cond…

Implementation of this article shall be subject to a resolution adopted by the Regents of the University of California agreeing to undertake the duties outlined in this article. (Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 268, Sec. 2. (AB 700) Effective January 1, 2024.)

(a) Any person who ships to another state or country a food, drug, device, or cosmetic manufactured or produced in this state may request the department to issue an export document to reference the shipment of the food, drug, device, or cosmetic. The food, drug, device, or cosmet…

(a) Each export document issued by the department shall do all of the following: (1) Identify either or both of the following: (A) The name and place of business of the manufacturer or producer of the food, drug, device, or cosmetic. (B) The name and place of business of the dist…