Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

Within 30 days after the effective date of the formation of a district, a board of trustees shall be appointed as follows: (a) In the case of a district that contains only unincorporated territory in a single county, the board of supervisors shall appoint five persons to the boar…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 2021, the Board of Trustees of the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District may be appointed as follows: (1) The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors shall appoint two trustees. (2) The city selection committee in the County of San Mateo,…

(a) Each person appointed by a board of supervisors to be a member of a board of trustees shall be a voter in that county and a resident of that portion of the county that is within the district. (b) Each person appointed by a city council to be a member of a board of trustees sh…

(a) The initial board of trustees of a district formed on or after January 1, 2003, shall be determined pursuant to this section. (b) The persons appointed to the initial board of trustees shall meet on the first Monday after 45 days after the effective date of the formation of t…

(a) Except as provided in Section 2023, the term of office for a member of the board of trustees shall be for a term of two or four years, at the discretion of the appointing authority. Terms of office commence at noon on the first Monday in January. (b) Any vacancy in the office…

(a) Under no circumstances shall a board of trustees consist of less than five members. Except as provided in Section 2026, the number of members who represent the unincorporated territory of a county may not exceed five members. (b) A board of trustees may adopt a resolution req…

(a) A local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two more districts into a single district, may, pursuant to subdivisions (k) and (n) of Section 56886 of the Government Code, change the number of members on the boa…

(a) At the first meeting of the initial board of trustees of a newly formed district, and in the case of an existing district at the first meeting in January every year or every other year, the board of trustees shall elect its officers. (b) The officers of a board of trustees ar…

A board of trustees shall meet at least once every three months. Meetings of the board of trustees are subject to the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act, Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 2002, …

(a) A majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (b) Except as otherwise specifically provided to the contrary in this chapter, a recorded vote of a majority of those trustees present and voting is required on each action. (c) The…

(a) The members of the board of trustees shall serve without compensation. (b) The members of the board of trustees may receive their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred while on official business. In lieu of paying for actual expenses, the board of tr…

(a) It is found and declared that there exist in many communities blighted areas that constitute physical and economic liabilities, requiring redevelopment in the interest of the health, safety, and general welfare of the people of these communities and of the state. (b) A blight…

(a) This subdivision describes physical conditions that cause blight: (1) Buildings in which it is unsafe or unhealthy for persons to live or work. These conditions may be caused by serious building code violations, serious dilapidation and deterioration caused by long-term negle…

It is further found and declared that: (a) The existence of blighted areas characterized by any or all of such conditions constitutes a serious and growing menace which is condemned as injurious and inimical to the public health, safety, and welfare of the people of the communiti…

It is further found and declared that: (a) Such conditions of blight tend to further obsolescence, deterioration, and disuse because of the lack of incentive to the individual landowner and his inability to improve, modernize, or rehabilitate his property while the condition of t…

For these reasons it is declared to be the policy of the State: (a) To protect and promote the sound development and redevelopment of blighted areas and the general welfare of the inhabitants of the communities in which they exist by remedying such injurious conditions through th…

The Legislature of the State of California recognizes that among the principal causes of slum and blighted residential areas are the following factors: (a) Inadequate enforcement of health, building, and safety laws. (b) The fact that the limited financial resources of many human…

When the governing body of a city adopts a resolution declaring the need for an authority, it shall promptly notify the mayor of the adoption. Upon receiving the notice and if his office is one filled by election by the people, the mayor, subject to the confirmation of a majority…

The provisions of this section apply to an authority in a city and county. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, including Section 34272, the mayor shall appoint five persons as commissioners of the authority in a city and county. The mayor shall appoint two…

When the governing body of a county adopts such a resolution it shall appoint five persons as commissioners of the authority. The governing body shall appoint two additional commissioners who are tenants of the authority if the authority has tenants, or within one year after the …

(a) The governing body of a county of the 10th class may appoint two additional commissioners to increase the number of commissioners of an authority which is in existence and transacting business and exercising its powers on March 7, 1973. (b) One of the two additional commissio…

(a) In the case of a commission of five persons, three of the commissioners first appointed shall be designated by the appointing authority to serve for terms of one, two, and three years, respectively, from the date of their appointment, and two shall be designated to serve for …

A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner shall be filed with the clerk and the certificate is conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of the commissioner. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)

A commissioner shall not be regularly employed by the authority to which he is appointed during his tenure of office, but may receive per diem payment for attendance at not more than four meetings per month of the authority, which shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50) per day, and…

The power of each authority is vested in the commissioners in office from time to time. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)

In the case of a commission of five persons, three commissioners constitute a quorum of the authority for the purpose of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes while in the case of a commission of seven persons, four commissioners constitute …

The mayor of the city or the governing body of the county shall designate the first chairman from among the commissioners. The authority shall select his successor from among its commissioners. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)

(a) An authority shall select from among its commissioners a vice chairman. It also may employ a secretary, who shall be executive director, technical experts, and any other officers, agents, and employees that it requires, and shall determine their qualifications, duties, terms …

For the legal services it requires, an authority may call upon the chief law officer of the city or the county or may employ its own counsel and legal staff. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)

An authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees the powers or duties it deems proper. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)

A commissioner or employee of an authority shall not acquire any direct or indirect interest in any housing project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, nor shall he have any direct or indirect interest in any contract or proposed contract for mat…

For inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, a commissioner may be removed by the governing body of the county in the case of a county authority, or by the mayor, if he has the power of appointment of commissioners, otherwise, by the governing body of the city in t…

The commissioners shall provide by resolution for the time and place of holding their regular meetings. Special meetings may be called by the chairman or by two commissioners, and notice thereof shall be mailed to each commissioner at least 48 hours before the meeting. An authori…

The governing body of any city or county may call upon the residents and existing community organizations within the area of jurisdiction of the governing body to form a community housing advisory committee comprising persons who, for at least six months, have been residents in o…

(a) The governing body of a city or county may call upon the residents in a housing project to form a project committee comprised of persons who for at least six months have been residents in the project, and which is considered representative by the governing body. The members o…

Any tenant shall be eligible for appointment as a tenant commissioner of any authority if such person is a tenant in any housing provided by or through such authority pursuant to the provisions of this part, the Temporary Housing Projects Law, Part 4 (commencing with Section 3545…

The provisions of this part shall have force and effect until such time as the provisions of Title I of Public Law 89-754 (42 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), commonly known as the “Model Cities” program, shall expire, or until such time as the Governor shall designate upon a finding that t…

The authority may charge reasonable application and project fees to reimburse the authority for costs incurred in administering applications for financing pursuant to this division and to support authority programs, including, but not limited to, the Capital Access Loan Program a…

Commencing in 2002, and annually thereafter, the authority shall submit a report to the Legislature regarding the program described in subdivision (h) of Section 44526. (Amended (as added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 915, Sec. 7.5) by Stats. 2009, Ch. 643, Sec. 11. (SB 832) Effective Nove…

The authority is authorized to do any of the following: (a) To determine the location and character of any project to be financed under the provisions of this division, to lend financial assistance to any participating party, to construct, reconstruct, renovate, replace, lease, a…

At any meeting after the passage and recording of the resolution establishing the district, the governing body may, by a resolution passed by a vote of two-thirds of all its members, call an election to be held in the district for the purpose of voting on the question of incurrin…

The resolution calling the special election shall do all of the following: (a) Describe the boundaries of the district as finally determined and refer to the district by its name and number. (b) Describe in general terms the improvement as finally determined and state the dollar …

In all particulars not recited in this chapter or in the resolution, the election shall be held as is provided by law for holding general elections in the city. At the election, the measure of incurrring indebtedness for the purposes set forth in the resolution shall be submitted…

The maximum rate of interest to be paid on the bonded indebtedness shall be 8 percent per annum, and shall be payable semiannually. The first interest payable on the bonds or any series of the bonds may, however, be for any period not exceeding one year, as determined by the gove…

The resolution calling the election shall be published once a week for two successive weeks prior to the date set for the election in a newspaper of general circulation, which is printed and published in the city. The first publication shall be not less than 30 days prior to the …

If two-thirds of the votes cast upon the measure are in favor of the issuance of the bonds, the bonds may be issued and the indebtedness incurred. If less than two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of the issuance of the bonds, the governing body of the city shall not within …