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CA Health & Safety Code § 17960 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 1 - Enforcement Agencies|Section 17960.

17960.  The building department of every city or county shall enforce within its jurisdiction all the provisions published in the State Building Standards Code, the provisions of this part, and the other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this part pertaining to the erection, construction, reconstruction, movement, enlargement, conversion, alteration, repair, removal, demolition, or arrangement of apartment houses, hotels, or dwellings.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17960.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 1 - Enforcement Agencies|Section 17960.1.

17960.1.  (a)  The governing body of a local agency may authorize its enforcement agency to contract with or employ a private entity or persons on a temporary basis to perform the plan-checking function. (b)  A local agency need not enter into a contract or employ persons if it determines that no entities or persons are available or qualified to perform the plan-checking services. (c)  Entities or persons employed by a local agency may, pursuant to agreement with the local agency, perform all functions necessary to check the plans and specifications to comply with other requirements imposed pursuant to this part or by local ordinances adopted pursuant to this part, except those functions reserved by this part or local ordinance to the legislative body. A local agency may charge the applicant fees in an amount necessary to defray costs directly attributable to employing or contracting with entities or persons performing services pursuant to this section which the applicant requested. (d)  When there is an excessive delay in checking plans and specifications submitted as a part of an application for a residential building permit, the local agency shall, upon request of the applicant, contract with or employ a private entity or persons on a temporary basis to perform the plan-checking function subject to subdivisions (b) and (c). (e)  For purposes of this section: (1)  “Enforcement agency” means the building department or building division of a local agency. (2)  “Excessive delay” means the enforcement agency of a local agency has taken either of the following: (A)  More than 30 days after submittal of a complete application to complete the structural building safety plan check of the applicant’s set of plans and specifications which are suitable for checking. For a discretionary building permit, the time period specified in this paragraph shall commence after certification of the environmental impact report, adoption of a negative declaration, or a determination by the local agency that the project is exempt from Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. (B)  Including the days actually taken in (A), more than 45 days to complete the checking of the resubmitted corrected plans and specifications suitable for checking after the enforcement agency had returned the plans and specifications to the applicant for correction. (3)  “Local agency” means a city, county, or city and county. (4)  “Residential building” means a one-to-four family detached structure not exceeding three stories in height. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 839, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17960.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 1 - Enforcement Agencies|Section 17960.5.

17960.5.  The building standards for residential buildings in Chapter 2-53 of Part 2, and Chapter 4-10 of Part 4, of Title 24 of the California Administrative Code effective July 13, 1982, shall not apply to the construction of new residential housing projects which received approval by an advisory agency or other appropriate local agency on or before June 15, 1982, provided application for the permits to construct single-family detached dwellings are submitted or filed on or before June 15, 1983, and the application for all other residential building permits are submitted or filed on or before December 31, 1983.For the purposes of this section, “approval” includes, but is not limited to, approval or conditional approval of a tentative subdivision or tentative parcel map or parcel map pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act (Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code), condominium plan or other permit for a residential housing project.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 507, Sec. 1. Effective July 13, 1982.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17960.10 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 1 - Enforcement Agencies|Section 17960.10.

17960.10.  The building department, housing department, or health department enforcing any of the provisions of this part may develop a list of public or publicly funded private agencies that finance or assist residential rehabilitation or repair activities for real property owners or renters. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the staff of that department may provide written or oral referrals to any of those financing or assistance agencies in conjunction with, or as a result of, any inspection, notice of violation, or other activity and may include on the list any loan or grant program operated by the city, county, or city and county employing that staff.(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 474, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17961 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 1 - Enforcement Agencies|Section 17961.

17961.  (a) The housing or building department or, if there is no building department acting pursuant to this section, the health department of every city, county, or city and county, or any environmental agency authorized pursuant to Section 101275, shall enforce within its jurisdiction all of this part, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code, and the other rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this part pertaining to the maintenance, sanitation, ventilation, use, or occupancy of apartment houses, hotels, or dwellings. The health department or the environmental agency may, in conjunction with a local housing or building department acting pursuant to this section, enforce within its jurisdiction all of this part, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code, and the other rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this part pertaining to the maintenance, sanitation, ventilation, use, or occupancy of apartment houses, hotels, or dwellings. Each department and agency, as applicable, shall coordinate enforcement activities with each other and interested departments and agencies in order to avoid unnecessary duplication.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the health department of every city, county, or city and county, or any environmental agency authorized pursuant to Section 101275 may, in addition to the local building or housing department, if any, enforce within its jurisdiction the provisions of Section 17920.10 and shall coordinate enforcement activities with other interested departments and agencies in order to avoid unnecessary duplication.(c) The State Department of Public Health may enforce Section 17920.10 if any local agency or department specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) enters into a written agreement, approved and published pursuant to local government procedures, with the State Department of Public Health to enforce that section, or provides the State Department of Public Health with a written request to enforce that section for a specific case following the identification of a lead poisoned child in that jurisdiction.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 89, Sec. 3. (SB 488) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17962 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 1 - Enforcement Agencies|Section 17962.

17962.  The chief of any city or any county fire department or district providing fire protection services, and their authorized representatives, shall enforce in their respective areas all those provisions of this part, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to fire and panic safety, and those rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this part pertaining to fire prevention, fire protection, the control of the spread of fire, and safety from fire or panic.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 118.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17964 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 1 - Enforcement Agencies|Section 17964.

17964.  By charter, ordinance, or resolution, a city, county, or city and county may designate and charge a department organized to carry out the purposes of this part, or an officer charged with the responsibility of carrying out this part, with the enforcement of this part, the building standards published in the California Building Standards Code, or any other rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this part for the protection of the public health, safety, and general welfare as set forth in Section 17921. However, this section shall apply to the duties and responsibilities enumerated in Section 17962 only if, in the area involved, there is no city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services. By March 1 of each year, the designated department or officer shall provide in writing to the department the name, address, telephone number, and contact person of the designated department or officer.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 471, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17965 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 1 - Enforcement Agencies|Section 17965.

17965.  Where there is no local enforcement agency charged with the enforcement of this part pursuant to Section 17964, and to the extent that enforcement responsibility is not assigned to a local enforcement agency pursuant to Section 17960, 17961, or 17961.5, the department shall enforce all the applicable provisions of this part, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code, and other rules and regulations promulgated by the department pursuant to the provisions of this part, or alternative standards adopted by a city or county pursuant to this part, pertaining to apartment houses, hotels, or dwellings.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152, Sec. 87.5.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17966 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 1 - Enforcement Agencies|Section 17966.

17966.  Cities or counties or fire protection districts may contract with the department for assistance by the department in the enforcement of the applicable provisions of this part, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code, and the other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this part within such cities or counties. Such contracts shall contain provisions for the payment of the costs of such enforcement, or portions thereof, as may be determined by the department.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152, Sec. 88.5.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17967 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 1 - Enforcement Agencies|Section 17967.

17967.  The department may examine the records of the various city, city and county, or county departments charged with the enforcement of building standards published in the State Building Standards Code and the other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this part and secure from them reports and copies of their records at any time. The department shall pay the cost of duplicating such records.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17970 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 2 - Inspection|Section 17970.

17970.  Any officer, employee, or agent of an enforcement agency may enter and inspect any building or premises whenever necessary to secure compliance with, or prevent a violation of, any provision of this part, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code, and other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this part which the enforcement agency has the power to enforce.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17971 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 2 - Inspection|Section 17971.

17971.  The owner, or authorized agent of any owner, of any building or premises may enter the building or premises whenever necessary to carry out any instructions, or perform any work required to be done pursuant to this part, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code, and other rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this part.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17972 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 2 - Inspection|Section 17972.

17972.  No person authorized by this article to enter buildings shall enter any dwelling between the hours of 6 o'clock p.m. of any day and 8 o'clock a.m. of the succeeding day, without the consent of the owner or of the occupants of the dwelling, nor enter any dwelling in the absence of the occupants without a proper written order executed and issued by a court having jurisdiction to issue the order.(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1844.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17974 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 2.3 - Inspection of Homeless Shelters|Section 17974.

17974.  For purposes of this article:(a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.(b) (1) “Homeless shelter” means any of the following:(A) An emergency shelter, as defined in Section 576.2 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(B) An emergency shelter, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 50801.(C) A navigation center, as defined in Section 50216.(2) “Homeless shelter” does not include emergency shelters that are funded by the program commonly referred to as Project Roomkey administered by the State Department of Social Services.(c) “Local agency” means any city, including a charter city, county, or city and county.(d) “State agency” means the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.(e) “State funding” means any grant, loan, or other type of financial assistance awarded to a homeless shelter on or after July 1, 2021, from the following sources:(1) The Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 50216) of Part 1 of Division 31).(2) Future one-time state funding for homelessness services.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 395, Sec. 1. (AB 362) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17974.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 2.3 - Inspection of Homeless Shelters|Section 17974.2.

17974.2.  (a) The owner or operator of a homeless shelter shall be responsible for the correction of any violations for which a notice of violation has been given under this article.(b) An owner or operator of a homeless shelter shall correct each violation within 30 days of receipt of the citation. The city or county, in its sole discretion, may grant the owner or operator a 30-day extension to correct a violation.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 395, Sec. 1. (AB 362) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17974.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 2.3 - Inspection of Homeless Shelters|Section 17974.3.

17974.3.  (a) The requirements of this article shall not be construed to impose a mandatory duty pursuant to Section 815.6 of the Government Code, and shall not be construed to affect the availability of any immunity otherwise applicable to the city or county or its employees, including, but not limited to, Sections 818.2, 818.4, 818.6, 820.2, 821, 821.2, and 821.4 of the Government Code.(b) An action to enforce the requirements of this article may be brought pursuant to Section 1085 of the Code of Civil Procedure.(c) For purposes of Section 1085 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the requirements of this article shall be construed as acts that the law specially enjoins, as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 395, Sec. 1. (AB 362) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17974.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 2.3 - Inspection of Homeless Shelters|Section 17974.4.

17974.4.  (a) In addition to the penalties authorized under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 17995), an owner or operator of a homeless shelter who fails to meet the timelines to correct a violation under this article, building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating thereto, or any other rules or regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this part, may be liable for a civil penalty in an amount determined by the city or county for each violation or for each day of a continuing violation.(b) The city or county shall not award or distribute state funding to the owner or operator of a homeless shelter for purposes of operating the shelter, if the city or county determines that any of the following exist:(1) The owner or operator fails to correct a violation within the time period specified in Section 17974.2.(2) The owner or operator has failed to correct violations in a timely manner on multiple occasions.(3) The owner or operator has been cited for a violation that is an imminent threat to the health and safety of the occupants of the homeless shelter and the owner or operator fails to take sufficient action to correct the violation or prevent similar future violations.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 395, Sec. 1. (AB 362) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17974.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 2.3 - Inspection of Homeless Shelters|Section 17974.5.

17974.5.  (a) (1) Each city and each county shall submit a report annually to the department and the state agency by April 1 of each year that includes all of the following information:(A) Any pending uncorrected violations determined by the city or county, pursuant to Section 17974.1.(B) Any determinations by the city or county that conditions exist or existed that make or made the homeless shelter dangerous, hazardous, imminently detrimental to life or health, or otherwise render the homeless shelter unfit for human habitation.(C) A list of any emergency orders issued pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 17974.1.(D) A list of any owners or operators who received three or more violations within any six-month period.(E) Any corrected violations from the prior year.(2) A city or county shall not be required to submit a report pursuant to paragraph (1) if there are no outstanding violations or any violations corrected during the applicable period.(b) The report submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(c) If a city or county applies for state funding to support the ongoing operations of a homeless shelter, the city or county shall disclose to the state agency that administers the state funding the status of any unresolved violations pursuant to this article and the names of the homeless shelter owner or operator.(d) The department or the state agency, may, pursuant to the reported information in subdivision (b), deem an owner or operator of a shelter ineligible for state funding for shelter operations.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 395, Sec. 1. (AB 362) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17974.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 2.3 - Inspection of Homeless Shelters|Section 17974.6.

17974.6.  The Legislature finds and declares that this article addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, this article applies to all cities, including charter cities.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 395, Sec. 1. (AB 362) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 17975 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 13 - HOUSING|PART 1.5 - REGULATION OF BUILDINGS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION|CHAPTER 5 - Administration and Enforcement|ARTICLE 2.5 - Tenant Relocation Assistance|Section 17975.

17975.  Any tenant who is displaced or subject to displacement from a residential rental unit as a result of an order to vacate or an order requiring the vacation of a residential unit by a local enforcement agency as a result of a violation so extensive and of such a nature that the immediate health and safety of the residents is endangered, shall be entitled to receive relocation benefits from the owner as specified in this article. The local enforcement agency shall determine the eligibility of tenants for benefits pursuant to this article.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 473, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)