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CA Health & Safety Code § 34283 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 3 - Officers and Employees|Section 34283.

34283.  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 authority shall supply to the governing body of its respective city or county, on request, such information relating to its activities as are public records. Leases and lists or rosters of tenants of the authority shall be confidential and shall not be open to inspection by the public, but shall be supplied to the respective governing body on request, pursuant to this section.Leases and lists or rosters of tenants shall be open for inspection by any government agency.(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1465.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34284 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 3 - Officers and Employees|Section 34284.

34284.  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 or owned property in the area of the governing body’s jurisdiction, and which is considered representative by the governing body. The members of the community housing advisory committee shall serve without compensation.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1392.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34285 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 3 - Officers and Employees|Section 34285.

34285.  (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 of the committee shall serve without compensation. (b)  The authority, through its staff, shall upon the direction and approval of the governing body consult with and obtain the advice of the project committee concerning matters which affect the residents of the project. The provisions of this subdivision shall apply for a one-year period after the formation of the project committee, subject to one-year extensions by the governing body. (c)  Minutes of all the meetings of the authority with the project committee, which meetings shall be open and public, together with a record of all the information presented to the project committee by the authority or by the project committee for the authority for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section, shall be maintained by the authority. Such minutes and records shall be open to public inspection and a summary of such records shall be included in a report to the governing body submitted by the authority. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 897.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34286 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 3 - Officers and Employees|Section 34286.

34286.  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 35450) of, or the Farm Labor Center Law, Part 7 (commencing with Section 36050) of, this division. Any tenant shall also be eligible for appointment as one of the commissioners not required to be a tenant commissioner, with all the rights, powers, duties, privileges, and immunities of any other commissioner.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 631.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34290 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 3.5 - Alternative Officers|Section 34290.

34290.  (a)  As an alternative to the appointment of commissioners of the authority, the governing body of any county or city, at the time of the adoption of a resolution pursuant to Section 34240 or at any time thereafter, may declare itself to be the commissioners of the authority, in which case, all the rights, powers, duties, privileges and immunities, vested by this chapter in the commissioners of an authority, except as otherwise provided in this article, shall be vested in the governing body. (b)  If the governing body of any county or city has declared itself to be the commissioners of the authority, the governing body shall also appoint two tenants of the authority as commissioners if the authority has tenants, or within one year after the authority first does have tenants. One tenant commissioner shall be over 62 years of age if the authority has tenants over that age. Tenant commissioners appointed pursuant to this subdivision shall serve, and their successors shall be appointed, as provided in Section 34272. (c)  As an alternative to appointment of tenants of the authority as commissioners of the authority pursuant to subdivision (b), if a housing commission is created as provided in Section 34291, the governing body may make tenant appointments pursuant to subdivision (b) to the commission rather than to the authority. In communities where the housing commission also serves as the community redevelopment commission under Section 33201, the governing body may make tenant appointments pursuant to subdivision (b) to that joint commission rather than to the authority. (d)  A tenant commissioner shall have all the rights, powers, duties, privileges, and immunities of any other commissioner. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 478, Sec. 5. Effective July 28, 1983.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34291 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 3.5 - Alternative Officers|Section 34291.

34291.  A governing body of a county or city which has declared itself to be the commissioners of the authority pursuant to Section 34290 may, by ordinance, create a housing commission. The number of members thereof, their terms of office, their qualifications, and the method of their appointment and removal shall be as provided by ordinance.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 106.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34292 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 3.5 - Alternative Officers|Section 34292.

34292.  If a housing commission is created as provided in Section 34291, its function shall be to review and make recommendations on all matters to come before the authority prior to authority action, except emergency matters and matters which the commission, by resolution, excludes from its review. The governing body may provide for procedures for review and recommendation, and for further functions of the commission, by ordinance or resolution, and may delegate any of its functions as commission of the housing authority to the housing commission created pursuant to Section 34291.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1343.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34293 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 3.5 - Alternative Officers|Section 34293.

34293.  A governing body of a county or city which has declared itself to be the commissioners of the authority pursuant to Section 34290 may, at any time by resolution, determine that it shall no longer function as the commissioners of the authority, in which event, the mayor, if elected, or the governing body, pursuant to Sections 34270 or 34271, shall appoint commissioners of the authority, and, upon such appointment, the housing commission, if any, shall no longer function.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 611.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34310 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Housing Authorities|Section 34310.

34310.  An authority constitutes a corporate and politic public body, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34311 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Housing Authorities|Section 34311.

34311.  An authority may:(a)  Sue and be sued. (b)  Have a seal and alter it. (c)  Have perpetual succession. (d)  Make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers. (e)  Make, amend, and repeal by-laws and regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34312.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Housing Authorities|Section 34312.5.

34312.5.  (a)  An authority may provide leased housing to persons of low income throughout the county in which it operates, except: (1)  No commitment to provide leased housing outside the area of operation may be made in advance of construction without approval of the local governing body of the city or, if an unincorporated area, the county with jurisdiction of the site of construction; and (2)  Leased housing may not be provided within the area of operation of another authority if the local governing body of the other authority disapproves in advance. (b)  An authority may contract with the redevelopment agency of any city within the county to exercise its powers in the city pursuant to a contract with the redevelopment agency funded from the redevelopment agency’s Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund for the purpose of increasing or improving the city’s supply of low- and moderate-income housing. (Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1565, Sec. 5.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34312.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Housing Authorities|Section 34312.6.

34312.6.  The same notice requirements as specified in Section 65863.10 of the Government Code shall apply to multifamily rental housing that receives financial assistance pursuant to Section 34312.3.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1563, Sec. 3.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34312.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Housing Authorities|Section 34312.7.

34312.7.  (a)  (1)  When refunding revenue bonds for multifamily housing which were previously issued pursuant to Section 34312.3, the authority shall ensure that rental units required, by this chapter or by applicable federal law at the time the original bonds were issued, to be reserved for occupancy for low- and very low income households shall remain occupied by, or made available to, those persons at least until the later of the following: (A)  The date originally so required. (B)  As long as any bonds remain outstanding with respect to the development. (2)  For bonds previously issued to finance a development where all of the units, other than management units, are, at the time of the refunding, subsidized by a housing assistance payments contract for new construction and substantial rehabilitation pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1437f), subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) shall mean a period of time until the termination of the contract. (b)  The authority may determine that the period set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall not apply to the refunding of previously issued revenue bonds for which there is a mandatory redemption or acceleration as a result of default under the terms of the existing loan agreement or other security documents. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 735, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34313 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Housing Authorities|Section 34313.

34313.  Except where there existed on September 15, 1945, contracts for financial assistance between a housing authority and the Federal Government, no low-rent housing or slum-clearance project shall be developed, constructed, or owned by an authority after September 15, 1945, except after consultation with the school district in which the project is located, and until the governing body of the county or city in which it is proposed to develop, construct, or own the project, proves it by resolution.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34314 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Housing Authorities|Section 34314.

34314.  An authority may arrange or contract for the furnishing by any person or agency, public or private, of services, privileges, works, or facilities for, or in connection with, a housing project, or a project assisted pursuant to Section 34312.3, or the occupants thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this chapter or in any other law, an authority may include in any contract let in connection with a project stipulations requiring that the contractor and any subcontractors comply with requirements as to minimum wages and maximum hours of labor and any conditions which the federal government has attached to its financial aid of the project.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1013, Sec. 2. Effective September 22, 1983.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34315 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Housing Authorities|Section 34315.

34315.  An authority may:(a)  Lease or rent any dwellings, houses, accommodations, lands, buildings, structures, or facilities embraced in any housing project, or a project assisted pursuant to Section 34312.3, and establish and revise the rents or charges for them. (b)  Own, hold, and improve real or personal property. (c)  Purchase, lease, obtain option upon, acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise, any real or personal property or any interest in property. (d)  Acquire any real property by eminent domain. (e)  Sell, lease, exchange, transfer, assign, pledge, or dispose of any real or personal property or any interest in it. (f)  Insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property or operations of the authority against any risks or hazards. (g)  Lend upon the security of a mortgage or deed of trust, directly or by purchase from one or more qualified mortgage lenders, in connection with the sale of real property to persons of low income and to other persons pursuant to Section 34312.3, moneys for the financing of construction or rehabilitation pursuant to this part, or the implementation of government housing and rehabilitation financing programs for persons of low income and for other persons when acting pursuant to authorization contained in Section 34312.3, Part 13 (commencing with Section 37910) of this division, or Part 3 (commencing with Section 50900) of Division 31, subject only to the limitations on income of borrowers or residents prescribed by the statutory provisions under which the authority is acting. With respect to financing activities conducted pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 50900) or Part 4 (commencing with Section 51600) of Division 31, the authority shall obtain certification as a qualified mortgage lender pursuant to Section 50094. (h)  Procure insurance or guarantees from the federal government or the California Housing Finance Agency or from any person licensed to insure mortgages in this state of the payment of all or part of any debts, whether or not incurred by the authority, secured by mortgages or deeds of trust on any property included in any of its housing projects or otherwise financed pursuant to this chapter or secured by mortgages or deeds of trust pursuant to Part 13 (commencing with Section 37910) of this division or Part 3 (commencing with Section 50900) of Division 31. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1309, Sec. 6.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34315.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Housing Authorities|Section 34315.3.

34315.3.  An authority may accept financial or other assistance from any public or private source, and expend any funds so received for the purposes of this chapter and the activities permitted to authorities by state law, including leased housing.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1135.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34315.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Housing Authorities|Section 34315.5.

34315.5.  An authority may transfer real property not needed by the authority to a fire protection district for fire protection purposes without consideration if the board determines that such transfer is necessary or desirable to effectuate the purposes of the authority.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 522.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34315.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Housing Authorities|Section 34315.7.

34315.7.  Real property owned by an authority which the authority determines is not required for its foreseeable needs and which is not transferred pursuant to Section 34315.5, shall be disposed of for the following purposes, in descending order of priority:(a)  For the purposes, and in accordance with the provisions, of Article 10 (commencing with Section 50568) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code. (b)  To public, nonprofit, or private developers for development of housing for persons and families of low and moderate income, as defined by Section 50093. Such transfers may not be made at a cost below the housing authority’s acquisition cost but may be made at a cost below market value if (1) not less than 30 percent of the housing units to be developed will be enforceably restricted for occupancy by persons and families of low and moderate income, with at least 50 percent of the housing units restricted to persons and families of low income, and (2) a transfer at below market value is necessary to assure that the housing units restricted for occupancy by persons and families of low or moderate income will be provided at affordable housing cost, as defined by Section 50052.5. (c)  To private developers, generally, at market value for development of housing. (d)  For any purpose, where the sale is at public auction to the highest bidder. The Department of Housing and Community Development shall adopt regulations governing disposal of surplus real property of housing authorities pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c). The regulations shall include requirements for providing public notice of a housing authority’s intent to dispose of real property in accordance with this section and shall also specify other reasonable requirements to implement the priorities established by this section.The deed or other instrument of conveyance shall recite that the authority has determined the property is not required for its foreseeable needs and it is being disposed of pursuant to this section and, if the property is disposed of pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c), in accordance with regulations adopted by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Such recital shall be conclusive in favor of purchasers and encumbrancers for value.Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall not invalidate any right, title or interest acquired by a purchaser or encumbrancer for value.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 581.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34316 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Housing Authorities|Section 34316.

34316.  An authority may:(a)  Invest any money held in reserves or sinking funds, or any money not required for immediate disbursement, in property or securities in which commercial banks may legally invest money subject to their control. (b)  Purchase its bonds at a price not more than their principal amount and accrued interest; all bonds so purchased shall be canceled. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1135.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34316.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Housing Authorities|Section 34316.1.

34316.1.  The provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 53630) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code shall apply to the deposit of funds of an authority. Where the term “treasurer” is used in such article, it shall mean “housing authority” or the official designated by it to act hereunder, and where the term “local agency” is used in such article, it shall mean “housing authority.”(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1135.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34316.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING|PART 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Housing Authorities Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Housing Authorities|Section 34316.2.

34316.2.  An authority may deposit the money of the authority with the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall deposit those funds in the county treasury and disburse them upon warrants of the county auditor issued at the request of the authority.The county may require the authority to reimburse the county for any expenses incurred by the county in performing any of the services required to be performed by the county by this section.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 593, Sec. 1.)