Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

The territorial jurisdiction of the agency of a county is the unincorporated territory in the county, and that of a city or city and county is the territory within its limits.

The powers of each agency are vested in the members in office.

When a decision, determination, or other action by the agency or legislative body is required by this part, neither the agency nor the legislative body shall delegate the obligation to decide, determine, or act to another entity unless a provision of this part specifically provid…

Each redevelopment agency exercises governmental functions and has the powers prescribed in this part.

Each agency is performing a public function of the community.

An agency may: (a) Sue and be sued. (b) Have a seal. (c) Make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers. (d) Make, amend, and repeal bylaws and regulations not inconsistent with, and to carry into effect, the powers and purp…

An agency shall keep a record of the proceedings of its meetings and those records shall be open to examination by the public to the extent required by law.

(a) An agency may select, appoint, and employ such permanent and temporary officers, agents, counsel, and employees as it requires, and determine their qualifications, duties, benefits, and compensation, subject only to the conditions and restrictions imposed by the legislative b…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

If an agency has not redeveloped or acquired land for, or commenced the redevelopment of, a project, or entered into contracts for redevelopment within two years after the adoption of an ordinance pursuant to Section 33101, or, in the case of an agency authorized to transact busi…

Upon the motion of the legislative body or upon recommendation of the agency, the legislative body of the community may, by ordinance, order the deactivation of an agency by declaring that there is no need for an agency to function in the community, if the agency has no outstandi…

The legislative body of the community shall file with the Secretary of State a certified copy of any ordinance suspending or dissolving an agency pursuant to Section 33140 or 33141.

There is hereby created and established in each community a public body, corporate and politic, known as the community development commission.

There is also in each community a public body, corporate and politic, known as the redevelopment agency of the community. There is also in each community a public body, corporate and politic, known as the housing authority of the community. Nothing in this part changes the existe…

The commission is created and established in order that a community may have the option of operating and governing its redevelopment agency, or its redevelopment agency and its housing authority, under a single operating entity and board. The commission is also created and establ…

A commission may not transact any business or exercise any powers under this part unless, by ordinance, the legislative body declares that there is need for a commission to function in the community. The ordinance of the legislative body declaring that there is need for a commiss…

The ordinance of the legislative body declaring a need for a commission to function in the community may declare a need that the commission function only with respect to a redevelopment agency or that the commission function with respect to a redevelopment agency and a housing au…

The commission shall cause a certified copy of the ordinance to be filed with the Department of Housing and Community Development.

In any proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or relating to, any contract by a commission, the commission is conclusively deemed to have been established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers upon proof of the filing with the Secretary of Stat…

Notwithstanding Section 34140 or any other provision of this part, a commission established prior to January 1, 1978, shall not be vested with the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the commissioners of the housing authority, nor shall the commission operate and govern the h…

(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 legislative body of the community may by ordinance declare that there is no further need for the commission. Upon adoption of the ordinance the offices of the commissioners are vacated and the capacity of the commission to transact business or exercise any powers is suspended…

The legislative body of the community shall file with the Secretary of State and with the Department of Housing and Community Development a certified copy of any ordinance suspending a commission.

(a) Except as provided in Sections 40100.5 and 40100.6, a county board of supervisors shall be ex officio the county district board of the county. (b) The section shall become operative on March 1, 2021.

(a) (1) Each member of a county district board shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of board duties. (2) The county district board shall not provide reimbursement for expenses pursuant to this subdivision to a member of …

(a) The San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, in addition to all other duties required of the San Diego County Air Pollution District pursuant to this division and any other law, shall do all of the following: (1) Create and maintain an internet website separate from t…

(a) Section 40100.5 shall not apply to a county district if each city in the county consents, by the adoption of an ordinance or resolution, to the exclusion of the county district from the requirements of Section 40100.5. (b) Within 60 days from the date of the adoption of an or…

(a) (1) The board of supervisors of a county in which a county district is functioning may appropriate funds to the county district, which funds shall be deposited in the treasury of the county district. (2) All such appropriations are legal charges against the county. (b) A coun…

A county district which is included entirely within another district created by special law, or pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 40300), shall cease to function and exercise its powers upon the date the other district commences to function and exercise its powers.

When a county district ceases to function and exercise its powers because it is included entirely within a regional district created pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 40300), the regional district shall succeed to all the funds, property, and obligations of the count…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county may delegate air pollution rulemaking and enforcement duties to a duly created joint powers authority established for air pollution control purposes of which the county is a member.

All county officers and employees shall be ex officio officers and employees, respectively, of the county district in the county by which they are employed. Except as otherwise provided in this division, they shall perform, without additional compensation, for the county district…

In fixing compensation to be paid to a person subject to the civil service provisions of this article, the county district board shall provide a salary or wage equal to the salary or wage paid to a county employee for the same quality of service. This section shall be operative o…

All officers and employees of a county district are entitled to the benefits of the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 31450), Part 3, Division 4, Title 3 of the Government Code) to the same extent as employees of the county. A county dist…

If any person is employed by a county district after certification without examination by the civil service commission or similar body because of his employment in a position of similar duties by the county or by a city within the county district, the time such person was employe…

In any county having a system of civil service, the county district board shall, nevertheless, appoint the members of the county district hearing board and the air pollution control officer, and the air pollution control officer shall appoint all other officers and employees of t…

Any person entitled to participate in promotional examinations for positions in the county classified civil service shall similarly be entitled to participate in promotional examinations for positions in the classified civil service of the county district, pursuant to the county …

If the civil service commission, or body performing the functions thereof, in the county finds that any person has been employed by the county, or by any city within a county district, in a position the duties of which, and the qualifications for which, are substantially the same…