Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms are defined as follows: (a) “Bales” means rectangular compressed blocks of straw, bound by strings or wire. (b) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development. (c) “Flakes” means slabs of straw removed …

With enactment of this chapter, it is the intent of the Legislature to do both of the following: (a) Provide a means of mitigating the economic and social degradation that is faced by communities the jurisdictions of which include military bases that have been ordered to be close…

The Legislature finds and declares that extraordinary measures must be taken to mitigate the effects of the federal government’s efforts to reduce the number of military bases throughout the country. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 944, Sec. 4. Effective October 8, 1993.)

(a) For purposes of this chapter, a blighted area within the boundaries of a military base is an area in which the combination of two or more conditions set forth in Section 33492.11 is so prevalent and so substantial that it causes a reduction of, or lack of, proper utilization …

(a) For purposes of this chapter, this section describes conditions that cause blight: (1) Buildings in which it is unsafe or unhealthy for persons to live or work. These conditions can be caused by serious building code violations, dilapidation and deterioration, defective desig…

(a) A redevelopment plan, adopted pursuant to this chapter and containing the provisions set forth in Section 33670, shall contain all of the following limitations: (1) A limitation on the number of dollars of taxes which may be divided and allocated to the redevelopment agency p…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all of the following shall occur: (a) The agency shall make the payments required by Section 33607.5, except that each of the time periods governing the payments shall be calculated from the date the county auditor makes the certificati…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 33334.2 or any other provision of law, an agency established or governed pursuant to this chapter may annually defer the requirement to allocate 20 percent of tax increment revenue to the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund for a period of up to five …

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (k) of Section 33352, the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) shall not apply to the adoption of a redevelopment plan prepared pursuant to this article if the redevelopment…

(a) (1) The redevelopment plan for the base need not include either of the following: (A) The information required pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 33324, relative to the contents of the preliminary plan. (B) The finding required pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d)…

(a) Notwithstanding the time limit in subdivision (b) of Section 33492.18, the City Council of the City of San Diego shall certify an environmental impact report for the Naval Training Center Redevelopment Plan within 30 months after the effective date of the ordinance adopting t…

(a) Notwithstanding the time limit in subdivision (b) of Section 33492.18, the Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Commission of the City and County of San Francisco shall certify an environmental impact report for the Hunter’s Point Shipyard Redevelopment Plan within 30 mo…

As used in this chapter, “fiscal year” means a year commencing on July 1 and ending on the next June 30. (Added by renumbering Section 33492.69 by Stats. 1994, Ch. 146, Sec. 124. Effective January 1, 1995.)

An ordinance adopting a redevelopment plan under this chapter shall include a finding that the effect of tax increment financing will not cause a significant financial burden or detriment on any taxing agency deriving revenues from a project area. This finding shall only be requi…

For any project area formed pursuant to this chapter, the project area may include all, or any portion of, property within a military base that the federal Base Closure Commission has voted to close or realign when that action has been sustained by the President and Congress of t…

Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 33300) shall be applicable to any project area formed pursuant to this chapter, except to the extent that Chapter 4 is inconsistent with this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 221, Sec. 4. Effective July 22, 1996.)

(a) In any community in which a military base is located, the Base Closure Commission has voted to close that military base, and the action of the Base Closure Commission has been sustained by the President and Congress of the United States, a project area may be adopted pursuant…

(a) Paragraph (11) of subdivision (d) of Section 33367 shall not apply to the territory within the military base for any redevelopment project area adopted pursuant to this chapter. (b) For any project area adopted pursuant to this chapter, Section 33492.11 may be used in lieu of…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in each county in which a redevelopment agency is formed, or a redevelopment plan is adopted, pursuant to this chapter, the county auditor shall certify to the Director of Finance the date of the final day of the first fiscal year in wh…

(a) Because the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300j et seq.) provides for establishment of a perpetual drinking water revolving fund, which will be partially capitalized by federal contributions, it is in the interest of the people of the state, in order to ensur…

(a) Bales shall be rectangular in shape. (b) Bales used within a continuous wall shall be of consistent height and width to ensure even distribution of loads within wall systems. (c) Bales shall be bound with ties of either polypropylene string or baling wire. Bales with broken o…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Acceptable result” means the project that, when constructed, solves the problem for which the project was placed on the project priority list, ensures the owner and oper…

(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for the purpose of implementing this chapter, and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the fund are hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fisca…

Subject to all applicable constitutional restrictions, a city, county, or special district may borrow money and incur indebtedness pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 673, Sec. 14. (AB 1531) Effective January 1, 2016.)

(a) In addition to the actions described in Section 116760.40, the board may, to implement the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, improve access to financial assistance for small community water systems and not-for-profit nontransient noncommunity water systems serving sev…

(a) The board may undertake any of the following actions to implement the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: (1) Enter into agreements with the federal government for federal contributions to the fund. (2) Accept federal contributions to the fund. (3) Use moneys in the fun…

Moneys in the fund and the special accounts may be expended for additional purposes provided in the federal act. (Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 734, Sec. 15. Effective October 7, 1997.)

(a) The board may enter into an agreement with the federal government for federal contributions to the fund only if the board is prepared to commit to expenditure of any minimum amount in the fund in the manner required by the federal act. (b) An agreement between the board and t…

(a) The board shall implement this chapter pursuant to the adoption of a policy handbook that is not subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of the Government Code. The policy handbook shall be posted on the board’s Inter…

(a) The board may deposit administrative fees and charges paid by public water systems and other available and necessary money into an account of the fund. (b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2014. (Repealed (in Sec. 79) and added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 35, Sec. 80. (…

(a) For purposes of this section “act” means the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, the department may expend moneys in the fund, received from the federal go…

(a) The Safe Drinking Water Small Community Emergency Grant Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. (b) The following moneys shall be deposited in the grant fund: (1) Moneys transferred to the grant fund pursuant to subdivision (c). (2) Notwithstanding Section 16475 of the …

(a) Straw-bale walls, when covered with plaster, drywall, or stucco, shall be deemed to have the equivalent fire resistive rating as wood-frame construction with the same wall-finishing system. (b) Minimum bale wall thickness shall be 13 inches. (c) Buildings with loadbearing bal…

Sections 18944.30, 18944.31, 18944.33, 18944.35, and 18944.40 shall become inoperative when building standards become effective after approval by the California Building Standards Commission pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) that permit the construction of str…

(a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements. (b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the board may provide up to 100 percent grant funding, and principal forgiveness on lo…

(a) (1) This article shall govern the establishment and operation of all redevelopment project areas created within the area previously known as Fort Ord. (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the redevelopment of the territory of Fort Ord be conducted jointly, in part by …

(a) This section shall apply to each redevelopment project area created pursuant to this article with a redevelopment plan that contains the provisions required by Section 33670. All amounts calculated pursuant to this section shall be calculated after the amount required to be d…

(a) Prior to incurring any loans, or other indebtedness, except loans or advances from the local agency or the authority, the agency which established the redevelopment project area, or the board, may subordinate to the loans or other indebtedness the amounts required to be paid …

Any redevelopment or implementation plan prepared in conjunction with establishment or operation of a project area, and any subsequent amendment, update, or other modification of that plan or those plans, shall take effect only upon certification by the board of the consistency o…

(a) For purposes of this article, a blighted area may be a military base in which the combination of two or more of the conditions set forth in subdivision (b) or (c) of this section are so prevalent and so substantial that it causes a reduction of, or a lack of, proper utilizati…

(a) For purposes of adoption of a project area, the preliminary report prepared pursuant to Section 33344.5 is not required to contain the material identified in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 33344.5. (b) For purposes of adoption of a project area, th…

(a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 33334.2 or any other provision of law, a redevelopment agency established or governed pursuant to this article may: (A) Annually waive the requirement to allocate 20 percent of the total annual tax increment revenue from any project area establishe…

(a) Section 33607.5 does not apply to an agency created pursuant to this article. For purposes of Sections 42238.02, 84750.4, 84750.5, and 84751 of the Education Code, funds allocated pursuant to this section shall be treated as if they were allocated pursuant to Section 33607.5.…

(a) Planning and preliminary engineering studies, project design, and construction costs incurred by a community water system or not-for-profit noncommunity water system may be funded under this chapter. (b) (1) The board shall determine what portion of the full costs the water s…

(a) The failure or inability of any public water system to receive funds under this chapter or any other financial assistance program or any delay in obtaining the funds shall not alter the obligation of the system to comply in a timely manner with all applicable drinking water s…

For purposes of this article, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide a means of mitigating the economic and social degradation facing communities impacted by the realignment of March Air Force Base. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1170, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)