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CA Govt Code § 12735 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 3 - State Application and Assurances|Section 12735.

12735.  (a) The Governor shall submit an application containing the assurances and certification required under Section 12736 to the secretary in any form the secretary may require pursuant to Section 9908 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended.(b) Since under the terms of Section 9901 et seq. of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended, the secretary may not prescribe the manner in which states shall comply with the provisions set forth in subdivision (a), it is the intent of the Legislature that California’s manner of compliance shall be controlled in the first instance by this chapter, and further by the state plan and any regulations that may be promulgated by the department, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340), Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11370), Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400), and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Division 2 of Title 3.(c) The state administering agency for the California Community Services Block Grant Program shall be the Department of Community Services and Development.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 46, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12738 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 3 - State Application and Assurances|Section 12738.

12738.  In addition to the general powers vested in the Department of Community Services and Development by Section 12087, the department may promulgate regulations, make grants, and enter into contracts as necessary and appropriate to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 46, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12740 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 4 - State Plan and Legislative Hearings|Section 12740.

12740.  The department shall prepare a state plan for the California Community Services Block Grant Program, as required by the secretary, which shall include all of the following:(a) A statement of goals and objectives.(b) Information on the types of activities to be supported, geographic areas to be served, and categories or characteristics of individuals to be served.(c) The criteria and method established for the distribution of funds, including details on how the distribution of funds will be targeted on the basis of need.(d) A description of how the state plan for the previous program period has met the goals, objectives and needs identified in the prior state plan through the use of funds in that program period.(e) A description of the process by which the state plan has been developed, distributed and reviewed by both the general public, groups and individuals with an interest in the state’s Community Services Block Grant Program, and the Legislature.(f) An explanation of how critical comment was received, reviewed, and either incorporated or rejected by the department prior to final submission of the state plan.(g) The department’s most current information regarding the projected federal Community Services Block Grant allocation to the state.(h) A report of current and planned expenditures of discretionary funds.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 46, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12742 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 4 - State Plan and Legislative Hearings|Section 12742.

12742.  The current state plan may be amended by the department at any time during the program year, provided that any proposed amendments, together with the reasons therefor, are distributed to all eligible entities and state legislators for a 30-day comment period commencing at least 45 days prior to their planned date of submission to the secretary.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 46, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12747 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 5 - Eligible Activities|Section 12747.

12747.  (a) Community action plans shall be developed by eligible entities as required by the secretary and the director using processes that assess poverty-related needs, available resources, and feasible goals and strategies, and that yield program priorities consistent with standards of effectiveness established for this program. Community action plans shall identify eligible activities to be funded in the program service areas and the needs that each activity is designed to meet. Community action plans shall provide for the contingency of reduced federal funding.(b) All eligible entities shall submit their grant applications, including local plan and report of the public hearing, if required, to the department no later than June 30 of each year.(c) Each eligible entity not serving a statewide area shall conduct a local public hearing for the purpose of reviewing the local plans of all eligible entities located or operating within a political subdivision served or proposed to be served pursuant to this chapter.(d) Eligible entities holding hearings pursuant to this article shall identify all testimony presented by the poor, and shall determine whether the concerns expressed by that testimony have been addressed in the plan. If the agency determines that any of these concerns have not been included in the plan, it shall specify in its response to the plan information about those concerns and comment as to their validity.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 46, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12750 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 6 - Community Action Programs|Section 12750.

12750.  (a) A community action agency shall be a public or private nonprofit agency that fulfills all of the following requirements:(1) Has been designated by the director to operate a community action program.(2) Has a tripartite board structure meeting the requirements of Section 12751.(3) Has the power, authority, and capability to plan, conduct, administer, and evaluate a community action program, including the power to enter into contracts with other public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations to assist in fulfilling the purposes of this chapter.(b) A community action program is a locally planned and operated program comprising a range of services and activities having a measurable and potentially major impact on causes of poverty in the community or those areas of the community where poverty is a particularly acute problem.(c) Component services and activities of a community action program may be administered directly by the community action agency, or by other agencies pursuant to delegation or subcontractual agreements with the eligible entity. They may be projects eligible for assistance under this chapter, or projects assisted from other public or private sources, and they may be either specially designed to meet local needs, or designed pursuant to the eligibility standards of the state or federal program providing assistance to a particular kind of activity that will help in meeting those needs.(d) For the purpose of this chapter, a community may be a city, county, multicity or multicounty unit, that provides a suitable organizational base and possesses the commonality of interest needed for a community action program.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 46, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12750.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 6 - Community Action Programs|Section 12750.1.

12750.1.  (a) No new community action agency may be designated by the director for a political subdivision that is served by an existing community action agency unless any of the following exist:(1) The political subdivision is informed in writing by the director that the existing community action agency has failed to comply, after having a reasonable opportunity to do so, with the requirements of this chapter, subject to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 12781.(2) The political subdivision is informed by its existing community action agency that because of changes in assistance furnished to programs to economically disadvantaged persons it can no longer operate a satisfactory community action program.(3) The director is petitioned by significant numbers of eligible beneficiaries to reconsider its existing designation and, based on that reconsideration, determines to designate an alternate community action agency.(b) In the event that the designation of an existing community action agency is revoked, the director shall designate a new community action agency within a period of 90 days after the effective date of the revocation, subject to Section 12750.2.(c) New community action agency designations may be made in political subdivisions or combinations of political subdivisions in a county or portion thereof for which no community action agency has been designated provided that the community to be served has a population of at least 50,000, as determined by the Bureau of Census from the most recent available census or survey. The director may waive the general requirement that the community to be served have a population of at least 50,000 in those instances where no practical grouping of contiguous political subdivisions can be made in order to meet that requirement.(d) A private nonprofit agency that serves a political subdivision or combination of political subdivisions having more than 50,000 population shall be entitled to petition the department for state designation as a community action agency, provided it has a governing board meeting community action agency requirements and has the capability to plan, conduct, administer, and evaluate a community action program.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 46, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12750.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 6 - Community Action Programs|Section 12750.2.

12750.2.  For purposes of serving any area of the state in which community action programs cease to be provided, the director shall designate an organization in accordance with Section 9909 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended, and through a process that shall include all of the following:(a) Notice of intent to designate.(b) Request for proposals by any political subdivision or by any other qualified organization that can demonstrate adequate representation of low-income individuals in the development, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the community action program.(c) Invitation to the political subdivision to participate in the review of the proposals.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 46, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12751 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 6 - Community Action Programs|Section 12751.

12751.  Each community action agency shall have a board of directors conforming to the following requirements:(a) One-third of the members of the board are elected public officials, currently holding office, or their representatives, except that if the number of elected officials reasonably available and willing to serve is less than one-third of the membership of the board, membership on the board of appointive public officials may be counted in meeting this requirement.(b) At least one-third of the members are persons chosen in accordance with democratic selection procedures outlined in regulations promulgated by the department to assure that the members represent the poor and reside in the area served.(c) The remainder of the members are officials or members of business, industry, labor, religious, human services, education, or other major groups and interests in the community.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 46, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12752 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 6 - Community Action Programs|Section 12752.

12752.  The powers of the tripartite governing board of the nonprofit community action agency shall include the power to appoint the executive director, to determine major personnel, fiscal, and program policies, to approve overall program plans and priorities, and to assure compliance with conditions of and approve proposals for financial assistance under this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 3. Effective October 18, 1983. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12752.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 6 - Community Action Programs|Section 12752.1.

12752.1.  (a) If a political subdivision or local government is designated as a community action agency, it shall do all of the following:(1) Establish a tripartite advisory or administering board to provide input to the political subdivision or local government regarding the activities of the community action agency.(2) Share with its tripartite board the determination of the community action agency’s program plans and priorities.(3) Provide for the participation of the tripartite board in the selection of the executive director of the community action agency, unless prohibited by local law, city charter, or civil service procedure.(b) The political subdivision or local government may, consistent with general and local law, delegate any or all of the following powers to the tripartite board:(1) To determine its own rules and procedures and to select its own officers and executive committee.(2) To determine, subject to the ratification of designating officials, the community action agency’s major personnel, organizational, fiscal, and program policies.(3) To approve, subject to the ratification of designating officials, all program proposals, budgets and subcontractor agreements.(4) To oversee the extent and the quality of the participation of the poor in the programs of the community action agency.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 46, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12753 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 6 - Community Action Programs|Section 12753.

12753.  (a) Each community action agency shall adopt procedures to provide a continuing and effective mechanism for securing broad community involvement in programs assisted under this act and for ensuring that all groups or elements represented on the tripartite board have a full and fair opportunity to participate in decisions affecting those programs.(b) Community action agencies shall establish procedures under which community agencies and representative groups of the poor that feel themselves inadequately represented on the tripartite board may petition for adequate representation.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 46, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12754 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 6 - Community Action Programs|Section 12754.

12754.  In exercising its powers and carrying out its overall responsibility for a community action program, a community action agency shall have, subject to the purposes of this chapter, at least the following functions:(a) Planning systematically for and evaluating the program, including actions to develop information as to the problems and causes of poverty in the community, determine how much and how effectively assistance is being provided to deal with those problems and causes, and establish priorities among projects, activities, and areas as needed for the best and most efficient use of resources.(b) Encouraging agencies engaged in activities related to the community action program to plan for, secure, and administer assistance available under this chapter or from other sources on a common or cooperative basis; providing planning or technical assistance to those agencies; and generally, in cooperation with community agencies and officials, undertaking actions to improve existing efforts to overcome poverty.(c) Initiating and sponsoring projects responsive to needs of the poor that are not otherwise being met.(d) Establishing effective procedures by which the poor and area residents concerned will be enabled to influence the character of programs affecting their interests, providing for their regular participation in the implementation of those programs, and providing technical and other support needed to enable the poor and neighborhood groups to secure on their own behalf available assistance from public and private sources.(e) Joining with and encouraging business, labor, and other private groups and organizations to undertake, together with public officials and agencies, activities, in support of the community action program that will result in the additional use of private resources and capabilities, with a view to things such as developing new employment opportunities, stimulating investment that will have a measurable impact in reducing poverty among residents of areas of concentrated poverty, and providing methods by which residents of those areas can work with private groups, firms, and institutions in seeking solutions to problems of common concern.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 46, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12756 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 6 - Community Action Programs|Section 12756.

12756.  Every community action agency has a fundamental responsibility to encourage, assist, and strengthen the ability of the poor in the areas served by the community action agency to play major roles in the organization; program planning; goal setting; determination of priorities; decisions concerning budgeting and financial management; key decisions concerning hiring of personnel, selection criteria, personnel policies, and career development programs; and evaluation of programs affecting their lives. The fundamental responsibility of the community action agency includes all of the following:(a) Seeking and bringing about ways to improve its own effectiveness as a channel through which the poor, local government, and private groups can communicate, plan, and act together in partnership. In that partnership, the poor shall have a strong voice or role, both directly and through representatives whom they have chosen.(b) Providing the representatives of the poor serving on the tripartite board of the community action agency with the tools and the support, including guidance, training, and staff assistance, that will permit them to participate meaningfully in the affairs of the community action agency, and in all of its programs and subcontractor agencies.(c) Encouraging the development of effective local organizations established and controlled by residents of poor neighborhoods and areas. Community action agencies are expected to provide training, technical assistance, and staff resources to enable the poor to develop, administer, and participate effectively in local area programs and to enter into the broader community discussion of problems and solutions relating to poverty.(d) Providing employment for poor persons in all phases of the community action program.(e) Continually ensuring that subcontractor agencies involve poor persons in the planning, conduct, and evaluation of subcontracted programs.(f) Working for the acceptance by other public and private agencies and organizations serving the community of effective and growing involvement of the poor in the planning, conduct, and evaluation of all activities that affect them and their inclusion in career jobs in the agencies.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 46, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12757 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 6 - Community Action Programs|Section 12757.

12757.  Where a community action agency places responsibility for major policy determinations with respect to the character, funding, extent, and administration of and budgeting for programs to be carried on in a particular geographic area within the community in a subsidiary board, council, or similar agency, such board, council, or agency shall be broadly representative of the area and shall assure adequate opportunity for membership of elected public officials on such board, council, or agency.(Added by Stats. 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 3. Effective October 18, 1983. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)
CA Govt Code § 12758 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT|PART 2 - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS|CHAPTER 9 - Community Services Block Grant Program|ARTICLE 6 - Community Action Programs|Section 12758.

12758.  (a) All Community Services Block Grant funds made available by Congress shall be used by the state, together with any state funds as may from time-to-time be appropriated for this program, and any funds as may be transferred to this program from other federal block grants, in accordance with the annual Budget Act.(b) No transfer of funds is permitted, under any circumstance, from the California Community Services Block Grant Program to any other block grant or program administered by the state or by the federal government.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 46, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.)