Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

(a) Before taking any action pursuant to Sections 39806 and 39808, the state board shall hold a public hearing within the air basin affected, upon a 45-day written notice given to the basinwide air pollution control council, if any, the affected districts, the affected air qualit…

The subvention otherwise due a district may be reduced by the state board up to an amount equal to the funds that are granted to the district by the federal government. In so reducing a subvention, the state board shall take into account all of the following factors: (a) The purp…

The state board may review, as it deems necessary, the programs and expenditures by each district receiving a subvention under this chapter to ascertain that the funds budgeted from nonstate sources are in fact being expended substantially in accordance with the budget on which t…

The state board may allocate to itself sufficient moneys to administer the subvention program under this chapter and to conduct reviews authorized by Section 39808. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

Any moneys not otherwise subvened or allocated by the state board pursuant to this chapter may be used for supplemental subventions, upon application, up to a one-to-one matching basis or, in the state board’s discretion, for any other purpose related to the control of nonvehicul…

Any moneys appropriated to the state board for expenditure under this chapter not allocated during the fiscal year shall revert to the General Fund. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that stationary sources of air pollution are known to emit significant amounts of pollutants into the air, but that existing sampling techniques are not sufficiently precise to permit accurate measurement. The Legislature further find…

(a) For the purposes of Sections 41511 and 42303, the state board shall determine the availability, technological feasibility, and economic reasonableness of monitoring devices to measure and record continuously the emissions concentration and amount of nonmethane hydrocarbons, o…

The state board shall specify the types of stationary sources, processes, and the contaminants, or combinations thereof, for which a monitoring device is available, technologically feasible, and economically reasonable. Such specification may be by any technologically based class…

The state board shall require the manufacturer of any monitoring device submitted for a determination to reimburse the state board for its actual expenses incurred in making the determination, including, where applicable, its contract expenses for testing and review. (Added by St…

After the state board has made a determination of availability, the state board may, as appropriate, revoke or modify its prior determination of availability if circumstances beyond the control of the state board, or of a stationary source required to install a monitoring device,…

Any stationary source required by the district in which the source is located to install and operate a monitoring device shall retain the records from the device for not less than two years and, upon request, shall make the records available to the state board and the district. T…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions and related provisions shall apply: (1) “Community air monitoring system” means advanced sensing monitoring equipment that measures and records air pollutant concentrations in the ambient air at or near sensitive recepto…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Refinery-related community air monitoring system” means equipment that measures and records air pollutant concentrations in the ambient air at or near sensitive receptor locations near a petroleum refinery an…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Wastewater treatment facility” means a wastewater treatment or reclamation facility that comes within both of the following descriptions: (A) Is located within 1,500 feet of a residential neighborhood. (B) Ha…

Any violation of any emission standard to which the stationary source is required to conform, as indicated by the records of the monitoring device, shall be reported by the operator of the source to the district within 96 hours after such occurrence. The district shall, in turn, …

The air pollution control officer shall inspect, as he determines necessary, the monitoring devices installed in every stationary source of air contaminants located within his jurisdiction required to have such devices to insure that such devices are functioning properly. The dis…

This chapter shall not prevent any local or regional authority from adopting monitoring requirements more stringent than those set forth in this chapter or be construed as requiring the installation of monitoring devices on any stationary source or classes of stationary sources. …

(a) The state board shall adopt a regulation which does all of the following: (1) Sets forth the amount of revenue which the district must collect to recover the reasonable anticipated cost which will be incurred by the state board and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard As…

A facility shall be granted an exemption by a district from paying a fee in accordance with Section 44380 if all of the following criteria are met: (a) The facility primarily handles, processes, stores, or distributes bulk agricultural commodities or handles, feeds, or rears live…

In addition to the fee assessed pursuant to Section 44380, a supplemental fee may be assessed by the district, the state board, or the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment upon the operator of a facility that, at the operator’s option, includes supplemental informatio…

(a) Any person who fails to submit any information, reports, or statements required by this part, or who fails to comply with this part or with any permit, rule, regulation, or requirement issued or adopted pursuant to this part, is subject to a civil penalty of not less than fiv…

Every district shall, by regulation, adopt the requirements of this part as a condition of every permit issued pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 42300) of Part 4 for all new and modified facilities. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1252, Sec. 1. Section operative July 1, 1…

Except for Section 44380 and this section, all provisions of this part shall become operative on July 1, 1988. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1252, Sec. 1. Note: This section prescribes a delayed operative date (except for Section 44380) for Part 6, commencing with Section 44300.)

The office shall, in order to protect health and well-being establish and maintain a program on noise control, including but not limited to: (a) Determining the psychological and physical health effects of noise. (b) Determining the physiological effects of noise upon plant and a…

Notwithstanding Section 65040.2 of the Government Code, the office shall adopt, in coordination with the Office of Planning and Research and each state department and agency as it deems appropriate, guidelines for the preparation and content of noise elements as required by Secti…

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Administrative entity” means a unit of general purpose local government or a nonprofit organization that has previously administered federal Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care fun…

(a) The Homeless Emergency Aid program is hereby established for the purpose of providing localities with one-time flexible block grant funds to address their immediate homelessness challenges. (b) The agency, in consultation with the council, shall administer the program, which …

(a) In order to be eligible for program funds, an administrative entity shall demonstrate the following: (1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the jurisdiction or jurisdictions that the administrative entity represents for which funding is requested have, at the ti…

(a) (1) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) shall be distributed in accordance with this subdivision. (2) The agency shall allocate the following amounts to administrative entities according to the following groupings based on h…

(a) Program funds shall be expended on one-time uses that address homelessness, including, but not limited to, prevention, criminal justice diversion programs to homeless individuals with mental health needs, and emergency aid. (b) No more than 5 percent of programs funds may be …

(a) (1) No later than January 1, 2020, each recipient of program funds shall submit to the agency a report, on a form provided by the agency, pertaining to contract expenditures, the number of homeless individuals served by program funds, and progress toward state and local homel…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The federal Housing and Urban Development Department subsidizes over 147,000 units of California’s affordable rental housing. As the owners’ obligations expire, more than 19,000 of these units have already been converte…

(a) The Preservation Opportunity Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the department without regard to fiscal years for the purposes of this chapter and for costs …

The definitions contained in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 50050) of Part 1 shall apply to this chapter, except as follows: (a) “Assisted housing development” has the same meaning as in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 65863.10 of the Government Code. (b) “Fund” m…

(a) There is hereby created the Preservation Opportunity Program. (b) The department shall contract with the agency for the administration of this section, and the agency shall establish the terms upon which loans may be made consistent with this section. (c) A project shall meet…

(a) There is hereby created the Interim Repositioning Program, the purpose of which is to leverage private capital to increase the funding available to preserve at-risk housing. (b) The department shall administer this program and establish the terms upon which loans may be made …

The department shall include in its last annual report submitted to the Legislature, pursuant to Section 50408, on or before December 31, 2005, all of the following: (a) A general description of activities undertaken pursuant to this chapter. (b) For each project assisted pursuan…

(a) The agency may insure bonds issued by state or local agencies, or other types of issuers approved by the board of directors of the agency, to finance or refinance the construction, rehabilitation, acquisition, or preservation of single-family and multifamily residential housi…

The agency may insure bonds pursuant to this chapter only if it determines that the proceeds of the bonds will be utilized, to the maximum extent feasible, for one of the following purposes: (a) Construction or rehabilitation of multifamily rental housing for persons and families…

The provisions of Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 7260) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code shall not apply to a mortgagor of any home acquired by foreclosure, trust deed, sale or other proceeding resulting from default on a home mortgage made by a county or city …

This part is necessary for the health, welfare and safety of the state, its counties and cities and its inhabitants. Therefore, it shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1069.)

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the powers conferred by this part are in addition and supplemental to, and the limitations imposed by this part shall not affect the powers conferred by, any other law. (b) The Legislature finds and declares that the market for municipal…

Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 52053 or any of the limitations of this part: (a) A charter city having seven community development districts established for purposes of Section 105(a)(8) of Public Law 93-383, as amended, and which, prior to February 1, 1980, issued re…

If any provision of this part or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the part which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provi…

(a) On or after January 1, 1990, the cemetery authority shall provide written notice to each person who purchases or agrees to purchase interment rights in the cemetery of that person’s ability to receive notice, pursuant to Section 65096 of the Government Code, of a proposed cha…