Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

(a) Funds appropriated for purposes of this chapter shall be used to enable low- and very low income households to become or remain homeowners as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), and to provide disaster relief assistance to households at or below 120 percent of the area median…

(a) In allocating grants to local public agencies or nonprofit corporations for new construction of home ownership units, the department shall consider setting higher per-unit and total project allocations based on local development costs when appropriate. (b) The department shal…

(a) To be eligible to receive a grant or loan, local public agencies or nonprofit corporations shall demonstrate sufficient organizational stability and capacity to carry out the activity for which they are requesting funds, including, where applicable, the capacity to manage a p…

For the purposes of this chapter, all of the following shall apply: (a) Mutual housing, community land trusts, and limited equity cooperative housing shall be deemed to be forms of home ownership and developments of those types of housing, as defined in subdivision (b), shall be …

The department may use up to 5 percent of the funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter for its costs in administering the program. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 84, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)

For appropriations of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) or less, the department may administer the funds using guidelines that shall not be subject to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code). I…

(a) For purposes of this chapter, the term “local public agencies” or “local government agencies” includes, but is not limited to, the duly constituted governing body of an Indian reservation or rancheria or a tribally designated housing entity as defined in Section 4103 of Title…

This chapter empowers the agency to designate neighborhood preservation areas, and to enter into agreements with local agencies. It does not limit agency powers to provide construction loans and mortgage loans as provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 51100) of this part.…

The agency shall, after public hearings, establish priorities for the allocation of financing assistance pursuant to this chapter among eligible areas and counties and cities throughout the state. In so doing, the agency shall take into account the following factors, to the exten…

Upon application by a local agency supplying such supporting information and data as the agency may require, the agency may designate an area within a city or county as a concentrated rehabilitation area if it makes the following findings: (a) The area was selected by the legisla…

The agency may designate a mortgage assistance area, after soliciting maximum feasible participation by community organizations, if it makes the following findings: (a) It is an area (1) where deterioration has not progressed to the stage where there is a substantial number of re…

Upon approval of an application for designation of an area as a concentrated rehabilitation area, the agency may, with respect to such area, do any one of the following: (a) Enter into an agreement with the applicant local agency or another local public entity for purchase by the…

Financing assistance for housing developments in concentrated rehabilitation areas may include any or all of the following types of loans: (a) Development loans to prepare for rehabilitation. (b) Mortgage loans for purchase of housing developments. (c) Construction loans for reha…

Financing assistance may include mortgage loans for the acquisition of housing developments and residential structures in any mortgage assistance area, or any other neighborhood preservation area which the agency finds to be mortgage deficient. (Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1031.)…

Relocation payments shall be made to persons and families displaced in making a site or a residential structure available for rehabilitation or construction financed under this chapter, and relocation advisory assistance provided, as set forth in Section 51063. Relocation payment…

Upon application by a local public entity the agency may agree to allocate funds for property improvement loans or mortgage loans for rehabilitation of residential structures or housing developments as required in a citywide or countywide program of systematic enforcement of reha…

The agency may administer a loan loss guarantee program in order to induce private lenders to make construction loans for seismic rehabilitation improvements which are designed to increase seismic structural safety in accordance with a plan developed by a civil engineer, structur…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the agency shall only issue rehabilitation loan loss guarantees on single-family homes or on buildings with five or more residential units and where any commercial use in those buildings is limited to the basement and ground floors or wh…

The agency may issue a loan loss guarantee in the amount of 25 percent of the actual loss of a loan guaranteed under this section. The fund may not guarantee any loan loss in excess of the amount of permanent loan financing for the property. No guarantee shall be made for a prope…

(a) The agency shall collect a premium for a loan loss guarantee as provided in Section 51657. All premiums shall be deposited in the Seismic Rehabilitation Loan Loss Guarantee Account within the insurance fund, which is hereby created. (b) Premiums shall be calculated in an amou…

Moneys transferred to the insurance fund under this section may be used to create reserves for loan loss guarantees authorized by this chapter and for the initial administrative expenses of the program which are not offset by premium income. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 115, Sec. 4…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the California Housing Insurance Fund may borrow one million eight hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000) from the Local Agency Indebtedness Fund, established pursuant to Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 16496) of Chapter 3 of Di…

In addition to the powers expressly granted by this chapter, the agency shall have all the powers granted under this part in administering this program which are not inconsistent with this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 115, Sec. 4. Effective July 15, 1993. Conditionally ino…

This chapter shall be inoperative if moneys are not transferred to the fund pursuant to Section 51685.5 for the purposes defined in Section 51680. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 115, Sec. 4. Effective July 15, 1993. Note: Termination clause affects Chapter 6, commencing with Section …

This chapter constitutes an alternative method for cities and counties to issue revenue bonds for providing home mortgages pursuant to the provisions of Chapters 1 (commencing with Section 52000) to 5 (commencing with Section 52051), inclusive. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1141.)

The agency, and any city or county, or a city and a county, may enter into an agreement which provides that the agency sell bonds on behalf of any such city or county, or for such city and such county, for the purpose of providing funds for home mortgages. (Added by Stats. 1980, …

Any agreement made pursuant to Section 52061 shall contain provisions doing all of the following: (a) Limiting the maximum amount of bonds to be issued by a city or county. (b) Requiring that the city, or county, or each city and county that is a party to the agreement, not issue…

Any agreement pursuant to Section 52061 may provide any or all of the following: (a) That the agency will provide, either directly or through agency approved lending institutions, for the origination and servicing of home mortgage loans. (b) For the payment of fees and expenses i…

Subject only to the other provisions of this chapter and to any agreement between the agency and city or county, the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 52030) shall be applicable to any issuer and to any bonds issued pursuant to the authority of this chapter. (Added…

Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall not be deemed issues of the agency for any purpose, including being counted within any calculation of the agency’s bonding authority limitations now or hereafter established by law. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1141.)

Bonds of more than one city or county may be pooled for purposes of issuance and bond proceeds, reserved or other security for the bonds, including, but not limited to, loan or loan participation, made or derived from bond proceeds, may likewise be pooled to secure the issuance o…

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Veteran” means a living or deceased person who meets all of the following conditions: (1) Either served in the active military or naval service of the United States during a war in which the United States w…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) and Section 8124, no person or entity shall sell, trade, or transfer veteran’s commemorative property. (b) Any person, unincorporated association, cemetery corporation, or religious corporation, except a municipal corporation described in…

Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to prohibit a cemetery corporation or funeral establishment from selling new veteran’s commemorative property on either an at-need or pre-need basis. (Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 774, Sec. 1. (AB 1225) Effective January 1, 2013.)

(a) On or before August 30 of each year, the board of trustees shall adopt a final budget, which shall conform to the accounting and budgeting procedures for special districts contained in Subchapter 3 (commencing with Section 1031.1) of, and Article 1 (commencing with Section 11…

(a) In its annual budget, the board of trustees may establish one or more restricted reserves. When the board of trustees establishes a restricted reserve, it shall declare the exclusive purposes for which the funds in the reserve may be spent. The funds in the restricted reserve…

(a) On or before July 1 of each year, the board of trustees shall adopt a resolution establishing its appropriations limit and make other necessary determinations for the following fiscal year pursuant to Article XIII B of California Constitution and Division 9 (commencing with S…

The auditor of each county in which a district is located shall allocate to the district its share of property tax revenue pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of Part 0.5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 57, Sec. 5. Effecti…

(a) A district may accept any grants, goods, money, property, revenue, or services from any federal, state, regional, or local agency or from any person for any lawful purpose of the district. (b) Except as provided by Section 9077, all moneys received or collected by a district …

All claims for money or damages against a district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 57, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2004.)

(a) All claims against a district shall be audited, allowed, and paid by the board of trustees by warrants drawn on the county treasurer. (b) As an alternative to subdivision (a), the board of trustees may instruct the county treasurer to audit, allow, and draw his or her warrant…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 9076, a district that has total annual revenues greater than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) may withdraw its funds from the control of the county treasurer pursuant to this section. (b) The board of trustees shall adopt a resolution that does…

A district may, by resolution, establish a revolving fund pursuant to Article 15 (commencing with Section 53950) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. The maximum amount of the revolving fund shall not exceed either of the following: (a) One thou…

(a) The board of trustees shall provide for regular audits of the district’s accounts and records and the district’s endowment care fund pursuant to Section 26909 of the Government Code. (b) The board of trustees shall provide for the annual financial reports to the Controller pu…

Every person who violates any provision of this part is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in a county jail not less than 10 days nor more than six months, or by bo…

Every owner or operator of a mausoleum or columbarium erected in violation of this part is guilty of maintaining a public nuisance and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonm…