Cal. HSC § 50234 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 31 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.5 / Article 1 / Section 50234
Section 50234
Status: in_force

(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the funds administered pursuant to this chapter, less the set aside funds provided for the council’s costs of administration in subdivision (c) of Section 50232, shall be made available in the 2023–24 fiscal year for implementing round 5 of the program, as follows:

(1) (A) Not more than 1 percent of the funding available pursuant to this section shall be available to applicants for the purpose of planning for and preparing the regionally coordinated homelessness action plan required by Section 50233.

(B) Planning funding allocations shall be distributed consistent with the applicant’s proportionate share of round 5 base funding made available pursuant to this chapter.

(C) Funding shall be provided on a reimbursement basis and made available upon the applicant receiving an approved round 5 base allocation.

(D) (i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (C), upon request of an applicant, the applicant shall receive an advance of funding made available pursuant to this paragraph.

(ii) An applicant shall apply for advance funding in a form and manner prescribed by the council.

(E) Unused funding made available pursuant to this paragraph shall at the time of round 5 base allocation awards be made available to the corresponding eligible applicant and expended consistent with the purposes of this chapter.

(2) Not more than 80 percent of the funding available pursuant to this section shall be available to cities, counties, or continuums of care, for basic program allocations, as follows:

(A) Thirty percent of the funds described in this paragraph shall be available to continuums of care. The council shall calculate these allocations to a continuum of care based on each continuum of care’s proportionate share of the state’s total homeless population, based on the homeless point-in-time count. The council shall not award more than 40 percent of the allocation made pursuant to this subparagraph to a continuum of care.

(B) Forty-two percent of the funds described in this paragraph shall be available to each city, or a city that is also a county, that has a population of 300,000 or more, as of January 1, 2022, according to data published on the Department of Finance’s internet website. The council shall calculate the allocation to a city based on the city’s proportionate share of the total homeless population of the region served by the continuum of care within which the city is located, based on the homeless point-in-time count. The council shall not award more than 45 percent of the program allocation made pursuant to this subparagraph to a city. If more than one recipient within the continuum of care meets the requirements of this subparagraph, the proportionate share of funds shall be equally allocated to those jurisdictions.

(C) Twenty-eight percent of the funds described in this paragraph shall be available to each county. The council shall calculate the allocation to a county based on the county’s proportionate share of the total homeless population of the region served by the continuum of care within which the county is located, based on the homeless point-in-time count. The council shall not award more than 40 percent of the program allocation made pursuant to this subparagraph to a county.

(3) Not more than 17 percent of the funding available pursuant to this section shall be available to eligible cities and counties for the purpose of providing supplemental support for Homekey pursuant to Section 50237.

(4) Not more than 2 percent of the funding available pursuant to this section shall be available to tribal applicants. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the funds described in this paragraph shall be allocated as follows:

(A) A tribe may apply for program funds and the council shall make allocations to tribes on the basis of need. Tribes that apply for program funds pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be allocated funds up to their requested amount, or up to a total of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) collectively among all tribal applicants. If the total request for funds exceeds this amount, the council shall determine an allocation methodology based on each tribal applicant’s proportionate share of need relative to all tribes that submit an application for funding.

(B) A tribal applicant seeking funds pursuant to this section shall submit an application to the council, in the form and manner prescribed by the council, no later than June 30, 2024, with all of the following information:

(i) The amount of grant funds the tribe is requesting.

(ii) An explanation of the tribe’s local need, including an estimation of the number of people who need homelessness services and the current resources that exist.

(iii) A description of the services on which the tribe plans to spend its grant funds. These activities shall be allowable pursuant to Section 50236.

(C) Any funds available to tribal applicants pursuant to this paragraph that are unallocated as of July 1, 2026, shall be reallocated as part of future program rounds or shall revert to the General Fund.

(D) A tribal applicant is encouraged to partner with a local continuum of care or coordinated entry system.

(b) An applicant applying for round 5 program funds pursuant to this section shall comply with the requirements set forth in Section 50220.6.

(c) A program recipient shall not use funding from the program allocated under this section to supplant existing local funds for homelessness services under penalty of disallowance or reduction, or both, of future program funds, as determined by the council.

(d) (1) No more than 5 percent of the appropriated funds shall be used to cover state administrative costs pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 50232.

(2) The council may expend administrative funds until December 31, 2028, to complete grant closeout activities.

(e) A program recipient shall use at least 10 percent of the funds allocated under this section for services for homeless youth populations.

(f) Moneys allocated pursuant to this section shall be expended in compliance with Housing First as provided in Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 8255) of Division 8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.