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CA Health & Safety Code § 34201 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34201.

34201.  It is hereby declared:(a)  That there exist in the State insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations and that persons of low income are forced to reside in such accommodations; that within the State there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents which persons of low income can afford and that such persons are forced to occupy overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations; that these conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the State and impair economic values; that these conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, fire and accident protection, and other public services and facilities. (b)  That these slum areas cannot be cleared, nor can the shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons of low income be relieved, through the operation of private enterprise, and that the construction of housing projects for persons of low income would therefore not be competitive with private enterprise. (c)  That the clearance, replanning, and reconstruction of the areas in which insanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired and are governmental functions of state concern; that it is in the public interest that work on such projects be commenced as soon as possible in order to relieve unemployment which now constitutes an emergency; and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions of this chapter is declared as a matter of legislative determination. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34202 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34202.

34202.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34203 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34203.

34203.  “Authority” means a public corporation created pursuant to this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34204 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34204.

34204.  “City” means any city or city and county. “County” means any county.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34205 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34205.

34205.  “Governing body” means the city council in the case of a city or the board of supervisors in the case of a county.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34206 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34206.

34206.  “Mayor” means the mayor of the city or the officer charged with the duties customarily imposed on the executive head of the city.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34207 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34207.

34207.  “Clerk” means the clerk of the city or of the county.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34208 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34208.

34208.  “Area of operation,” in the case of a city authority, includes the city and the area within five miles of its territorial boundaries. It does not include any area which lies within the territorial boundaries of another city unless the governing body of such other city has consented by resolution. It does not include any area which lies within the unincorporated area of any county for which an authority has been authorized to transact business. If a county authority becomes empowered to transact business and exercise its powers, a city authority empowered to transact business and exercise its powers in any of the unincorporated area of the county shall not initiate any further project within such unincorporated territory.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34209 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34209.

34209.  “Area of operation,” in the case of a county authority includes all of the county except the area within the territorial boundaries of any city for which an authority has been authorized to transact business. Except as authorized by Section 34312.5, a county authority shall not operate in any city located in the county and in which an authority has not been authorized to transact business unless the consent of the city governing body has been obtained. If an authority of a city within a county becomes empowered to transact business and exercise its powers, a county authority empowered to transact business and exercise its powers has no power to initiate any further project or leased housing within the territorial boundaries of the city, except as provided in Section 34312.5.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1343.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34210 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34210.

34210.  “Federal Government” means the United States, the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, or any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34211 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34211.

34211.  “Slum” means any area where dwellings predominate which, by reason of dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement, or design, lack of ventilation, light, or sanitary facilities, or any combination of these factors, are detrimental to safety, health, and morals.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34212 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34212.

34212.  “Housing project” means any work or undertaking to be financed in whole or in part by the federal government or a state public body or to which the federal government or a state public body extends assistance by supplying all or part of the labor, by guaranteeing the payment of liens, by providing financing through the issuance of its debt obligations, or otherwise, for any one or a combination of the following purposes:(a)  To demolish, clear, or remove buildings from any slum area. Such work or undertaking may embrace the adaptation of the area to public purposes, including parks or other recreational or community purposes. (b)  To provide decent, safe, and sanitary urban or rural dwellings, apartments, or other living accommodations for persons of low income and persons and households eligible for housing assistance pursuant to Section 34312.3. Such work or undertaking may include buildings, land, equipment, facilities, and other real or personal property for necessary, convenient, or desirable appurtenances, streets, sewers, water service, parks, site preparation, gardening, administrative, community, health, recreational, educational, welfare, or other purposes. “Housing projects” also includes the planning of the buildings and improvements, the acquisition of property, the demolition of existing structures, the construction, reconstruction, alteration, and repair of the improvements, and all other work in connection therewith.For the purposes of this section, “state public body” means the state, any city, county, city and county, borough, commission, district, authority, or other subdivision or public body of the state, including any housing authority.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1309, Sec. 1.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34213 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34213.

34213.  “Persons of low income” means persons or families whose income does not exceed that permitted by Section 50079.5, or persons or families eligible as lower-income households for assistance provided by state or federal housing programs intended primarily to assist lower-income households, as defined by Section 50079.5.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1138, Sec. 1.5.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34213.1 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34213.1.

34213.1.  “Construction loan” means a short-term loan secured by real property, made for costs incurred in construction or rehabilitation of a housing project.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1309, Sec. 2.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34213.5 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34213.5.

34213.5.  “Tenant” means a person lawfully residing in rental housing provided by or through an authority, including persons residing in leased housing.A person residing in leased housing is not a tenant of any authority other than the authority contracting with the owner, or the owner if the owner is an authority.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1309, Sec. 3.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34213.6 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34213.6.

34213.6.  “Mortgage loan” means a long-term loan which is secured by a mortgage and is made for permanent financing, including refinancing of existing mortgage obligations as authorized by a resolution of the authority of a housing project.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1309, Sec. 4.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34214 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34214.

34214.  “Bonds” means any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures, or other obligations issued by the authority pursuant to this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34215 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34215.

34215.  “Real property” includes all land, including improvements and fixtures on it, and property of any nature appurtenant to it, or used in connection with it, and every estate, interest, and right in it, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage, or otherwise, and the indebtedness secured by such liens.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34216 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34216.

34216.  “Obligee” includes any bondholder, trustee for any bondholders, or lessor demising to the authority property used in connection with a housing project, or any assignee of all or part of such lessor’s interest, and the Federal Government when it is a party to any contract with the authority.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34217 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34217.

34217.  A housing authority created pursuant to this part may, without the need to provide written documentation that consent has been obtained from a client, provide information to a county welfare department in order to aid that department in the administration of public social services programs provided for pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code. This section may be implemented either through an automated data exchange system or through a manual system. Any housing authority maintaining and providing information pursuant to this section shall comply with confidentiality and privacy laws concerning the collection, maintenance, and dissemination of information, as contained in Section 10850 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and the federal Privacy Act of 1974 contained in Section 552a of Title 5 of the United States Code. The authority shall provide a written form to each person about whom information is to be provided to a county welfare department pursuant to this section. The form shall notify the person that the information exchanges may occur. A copy of the form may be retained by the person and the authority. The form shall specify the purpose for which the information has been solicited, the entities to which the information may be provided, the uses that may be made of the information, as set forth in Section 552a(e)(3) of Title 5 of the United States Code, and the right of the client to request review of the information that has been provided to the county welfare department. The authority may provide only information that is necessary to determine eligibility for county welfare department programs or services for which the client has applied or which he or she is receiving. The authority shall allow the client to review the information it has provided to a county welfare department, upon request of the client. This section is not intended to eliminate any other legal obligation of the authority to obtain consent from a client before releasing information to another entity.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 985, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34218 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34218.

34218.  Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 9550) of Title 3 of Part 6 of Division 4 of the Civil Code applies to any housing project constructed under this chapter. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a housing authority may require a 20 percent cash escrow or a 25 percent irrevocable letter of credit or the payment bond required by this section if the contract is for work undertaken pursuant to the Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program established by Section 14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C.A. Secs. 1437d and 1437l), or the Public Housing Modernization Act established by Section 5(c)(3)(C) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C.A. Secs. 1437d and 1437l).(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 40. (SB 189) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 105 of Ch. 697.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34219 (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 1 - General Provisions|Section 34219.

34219.  “Leased housing” includes, but is not limited to, low-rent housing in private accommodations for which the federal government or a state public body extends assistance by (1) leasing from the owner at a higher rent than is charged to the tenant or (2) contracting with the owner to make monthly payments in addition to rent paid by the tenant.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1135.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34240 (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 2 - Creation of Housing Authorities|Section 34240.

34240.  In each county and city there is a public body corporate and politic known as the housing authority of the county or city. The authority shall not transact any business or exercise its powers unless, by resolution, the governing body of the county or city declares that there is need for an authority to function in it.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34240.1 (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 2 - Creation of Housing Authorities|Section 34240.1.

34240.1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 34240, the governing body of any city or county may, upon declaration by resolution that there is a need for an authority to function in it, enter into an agreement with any other city or county whose governing body has declared by resolution the need for an authority to function in it, to form an area housing authority in the manner set forth in Sections 34246 and 34247.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 917.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34241 (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 2 - Creation of Housing Authorities|Section 34241.

34241.  The governing body may make the determination as to whether there is a need for an authority to function upon its own motion or upon the filing of a petition signed by 25 residents of the county or city asserting that there is need for an authority to function in the county or city and requesting that the governing body so declare.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34242 (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 2 - Creation of Housing Authorities|Section 34242.

34242.  The governing body may adopt a resolution declaring that there is need for a housing authority if it finds either of the following:(a)  That insanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in the county or city. (b)  That there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in such county or city available to persons of low income at rentals they can afford. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34243 (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 2 - Creation of Housing Authorities|Section 34243.

34243.  In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or insanitary the governing body may take into consideration:(a)  The degree of overcrowding. (b)  The percentage of land coverage. (c)  The light, air, space, and access available to the inhabitants of such dwelling accommodations. (d)  The size and arrangement of the rooms. (e)  The sanitary facilities. (f)  The extent to which conditions exist in such buildings which endanger life or property by fire or other causes. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34244 (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 2 - Creation of Housing Authorities|Section 34244.

34244.  In any proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of the authority, the authority is conclusively deemed to have been established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers upon proof of the adoption of a resolution by the governing body declaring the need for the authority. The resolution is sufficient if it declares that there is such need for an authority and finds in substantially the terms of Section 34242 that either or both of the conditions set forth in that section exist in the county or city. A copy of the resolution duly certified by the clerk is admissible in evidence in any proceeding.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 34245 (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 2 - Creation of Housing Authorities|Section 34245.

34245.  If, after the lapse of two years after the adoption of the resolution the governing body finds that the authority has failed to transact any business or exercise any of its powers, it may adopt a resolution declaring that the authority shall not transact any business or exercise its powers under this chapter, and that the offices of the authority commissioners are vacated. At any time thereafter the governing body may declare by resolution that there is need for an authority to function in the county or city, such determination to be made pursuant to this article.(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 710.)