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CA Health & Safety Code § 50400.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Organization of the Department and General Powers|Section 50400.5.

50400.5.  Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, or any other provision of law, any money contained in the Rural Predevelopment Loan Fund created pursuant to Section 50516, the Predevelopment Loan Fund created pursuant to Section 50531, the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund created pursuant to Section 50661, the Homeownership Assistance Fund created pursuant to Section 50778, and the Rental Housing Construction Fund created pursuant to Section 50740, is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, for any purposes authorized by statute. It is the intent of the Legislature that this section also supersede the amounts appropriated pursuant to Items 2240-101-635, 2240-101-929, 2240-101-936, 2240-101-938, and 2240-101-980, respectively, of the Budget Act of 1984 (Ch. 258, Stats. 1984).(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 395, Sec. 2. Effective October 1, 2001.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50401 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Organization of the Department and General Powers|Section 50401.

50401.  The department shall be administered by an executive officer known as the Director of Housing and Community Development. The director shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. The director shall receive the annual salary provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11550) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50402 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Organization of the Department and General Powers|Section 50402.

50402.  The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the department, and the director is the head of the department within the meaning of such provisions. The director shall perform all duties, exercise all powers, discharge all responsibility, and administer and enforce all laws, rules, and regulations under the jurisdiction of the department. The director shall keep all books and records necessary for proper and efficient administration of the department. In order to assist in the administration of the department’s loan and grant programs, the director may appoint committees of department employees and public representatives, the latter to serve without compensation except for reimbursement of expenses pursuant to law.(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1165.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50403 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Organization of the Department and General Powers|Section 50403.

50403.  The Governor shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the director, a deputy director. The deputy director shall hold office at the pleasure of the director and shall receive a salary as shall be fixed by the director with the approval of the Department of Finance.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50404 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Organization of the Department and General Powers|Section 50404.

50404.  The work of the department shall be divided into the following three divisions:(a) The Division of Codes and Standards.(b) The Division of Housing Policy Development.(c) The Division of Financial Assistance.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 348, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50405 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Organization of the Department and General Powers|Section 50405.

50405.  Each division shall be in the charge of a chief, under the direction of the director. The chiefs shall be appointed, upon recommendation by the director, by the Governor. Such division chiefs shall hold office at the pleasure of the director, and shall receive a salary as shall be fixed by the director with the approval of the Department of Finance.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50405.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Organization of the Department and General Powers|Section 50405.2.

50405.2.  The Division of Codes and Standards shall be divided into two sections, the Housing Standards Section and the Manufactured Housing Section. Each section shall be in the charge of an assistant chief, under the direction of the chief. The assistant chiefs shall be appointed, upon recommendation by the director, by the Governor. Such assistant chief shall hold office at the pleasure of the director, and shall receive a salary as shall be fixed by the director with the approval of the Department of Finance.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1149.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50406.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Organization of the Department and General Powers|Section 50406.2.

50406.2.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the department may enter into long-term contracts or agreements for not more than 30 years for the purpose of servicing loans or grants or enforcing regulatory agreements or other security documents entered into pursuant to this part.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1001, Sec. 1. Effective September 26, 1985.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50406.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Organization of the Department and General Powers|Section 50406.5.

50406.5.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may make advance payments to eligible borrowers and grantees under any loan or grant programs for housing established pursuant to this part, if the department makes all of the following determinations: (1)  The advance payments are necessary to meet the purposes of the housing program. (2)  The advance payments are necessary for the feasibility of the assisted housing. (3)  The use of the advanced funds is adequately regulated by contract or budgetary controls so that the opportunity to accrue interest on the funds is not unnecessarily reduced. (b)  The department may enter into regulatory agreements to ensure that there is adequate financial security for the funds from which those advance payments are made. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1001, Sec. 1.3. Effective September 26, 1985.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50406.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Organization of the Department and General Powers|Section 50406.7.

50406.7.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall reduce the interest rate on any loan issued by the department to a rental housing development to as low as forty-two hundredths of 1 percent per annum, or a rate determined by the department that is sufficient to cover the costs of project monitoring described in subdivision (c) of Section 50675.6, whichever is greater, if the following conditions are met:(1) The development will utilize low-income housing tax credits.(2) The department determines either one of the following: (A) The loan issued by the department is not eligible to be treated as debt for federal or state low-income housing tax credit purposes without a reduction in the interest rate of the loan.(B) The department determines that the rental housing development is not able to syndicate due to projected negative capital account balances.(3) The change in the interest rate will materially increase the feasibility of the proposed project and will ensure long-term affordability for the residents.(b) The department is authorized to change the current interest rate for any loan issued by the department for which it receives a loan extension request associated with an award of federal or state low-income housing tax credits made on or after January 1, 2014, to the applicable federal rate published by the United States Internal Revenue Service and in effect at the time of the project closing. The additional tax credit equity generated by the change in interest rate shall be used for rehabilitation of the development. If the total amount of debt and accrued interest at the end of the loan term would be greater after making this change than it would have been under the original interest rate, the department may forgive an amount of accrued interest equal to the lesser of either the amount necessary to make the expected principal and accrued interest the same as it would have been using the original interest rate, or the total amount of interest accrued at the time of the sponsor’s request.(c) The department may charge a fee in an amount sufficient to cover administrative costs associated with a loan modification requested by a borrower pursuant to this section.(d) For purposes of a determination made under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), the department may require a third-party tax professional to verify the determination, the cost of which shall be borne by the sponsor.(e) The amendments made to this section by Assembly Bill 2562 of the 2017–18 Regular Session shall not be construed to affect any interest rate reduction authorized by the department pursuant to this section as it read prior to the effective date of these amendments.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 765, Sec. 1. (AB 2562) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50406.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Organization of the Department and General Powers|Section 50406.8.

50406.8.  Notwithstanding any other law, the department may expend any funds it is authorized to set aside for curing or averting potential defaults for the purposes of curing or averting defaults on any deferred interest loan issued by the department for rental housing development.(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 37, Sec. 40. (AB 1817) Effective June 27, 2018.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50407 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Organization of the Department and General Powers|Section 50407.

50407.  The department is the principal state department responsible for coordinating federal-state relationships in housing and community development, except for housing finance. The department is the principal state department responsible for implementation of the California Statewide Housing Plan. The department shall continually evaluate the impact upon the state of federal policies and programs affecting housing and community development and encourage full utilization of federal programs available for assisting the residents of this state, the private housing industry, and local public entities in satisfying housing and community development needs in this state. The department shall encourage and assist housing and community development in rural areas and among Indian residents of the state. The department shall encourage mutual self-help projects, home management training, and relocation assistance. The department shall promote maximum utilization of federal subsidies available to meet housing needs of very low income households and other persons and families of low or moderate income, or both. The department shall assist communities and persons to avail themselves of state housing programs.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 675, Sec. 2.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50407.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Organization of the Department and General Powers|Section 50407.5.

50407.5.  Notwithstanding the transfer of the department from the Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency to the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, the department, the Department of Transportation, and the California Transportation Commission shall coordinate state housing and transportation policies and programs to help achieve state and regional planning priorities and to maximize cobenefits of infrastructure investments.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 147, Sec. 20. (SB 1039) Effective January 1, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 23 of Ch. 147.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50408.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Organization of the Department and General Powers|Section 50408.1.

50408.1.  (a) The department shall develop and publish an annual report by December 31 of each year that provides all of the following information regarding grant programs administered by the department during the previous fiscal year:(1) The time between the issuance of award letters and the delivery of the standard agreement to the awardee.(2) The time between the delivery of the standard agreement to the awardee and its execution.(3) A comparison of how the time between award letter, standard agreement, and standard agreement execution varies across department-administered programs.(4) Changes to the information reported in this section for each program since the previous annual report.(5) For purposes of this subdivision, “time” means the median number of days and a description of the range of days, which includes the 25th percentile and the 75th percentile, for each program. (b) The department shall develop and publish an annual report by December 31 of each year that includes information regarding land use oversight actions related to housing that were active during the previous fiscal year pursuant to Section 65585 of the Government Code, including, but not limited to, all of the following:(1) The number of land use oversight actions related to housing taken against cities and counties.(2) The outcomes of those oversight actions. (3) The median time between the initiation of each oversight action and its resolution. (c) The reports required under this section and under Section 50408 shall be published and made available to the public on the department’s internet website. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 341, Sec. 1. (AB 68) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50409 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Organization of the Department and General Powers|Section 50409.

50409.  Except where the department is specifically vested by this part or by any other provision of law with the authority to adopt rules and regulations, and except as provided in Section 18930, the commission may adopt, amend, and repeal rules and regulations reasonably necessary to carry out this part or by any other provision of law. Any rules and regulations of the commission in effect on September 26, 1975, shall remain in effect until amended or repealed except that building standards, as defined in Section 18909, shall remain in effect only until January 1, 1985, or until adopted, amended, repealed, or superseded by building standards adopted and published in the California Building Standards Code pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 of Division 13, whichever occurs sooner.(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 596, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50420 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1.5 - Statewide Housing Plan|Section 50420.

50420.  For purposes of this chapter:(a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.(b) “Plan” means the California Statewide Housing Plan described in Section 50421.(c) “Plan period” means the year the plan is revised and at least the four additional years ahead.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 341, Sec. 2. (AB 68) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50421 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1.5 - Statewide Housing Plan|Section 50421.

50421.  There is a California Statewide Housing Plan that was developed in cooperation with the private housing industry as well as regional and local housing and planning agencies and other agencies of the state. The plan serves as a state housing plan for all relevant purposes. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 341, Sec. 2. (AB 68) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50424 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1.5 - Statewide Housing Plan|Section 50424.

50424.  The plan developed pursuant to Section 50421 shall provide a reference guide for local housing market studies and for local housing elements required by Section 65302 of the Government Code. It is also intended to provide a framework for local housing plans. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 341, Sec. 2. (AB 68) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50425 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1.5 - Statewide Housing Plan|Section 50425.

50425.  The goals and recommendations adopted for the plan shall be published once adopted, and shall be republished as revisions are adopted. The plan shall be published and made available to the public on the department’s internet website. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 341, Sec. 2. (AB 68) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50426 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 1.5 - Statewide Housing Plan|Section 50426.

50426.  (a) Each update and revision to the plan occurring on or after January 1, 2023, shall incorporate both of the following:(1) The plan shall include an inventory of the number of affordable units needed to meet the state’s affordable housing needs for the plan period.(2) The plan shall incorporate technical updates and provide technical recommendations, including, but not limited to, both of the following:(A) Recommendations for modernizing statutory and regulatory terminology.(B) Updating cross references to relevant reports and studies relied on in the plan and used in this part.(b) The department may use data collected by the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council to meet the requirements of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 341, Sec. 2. (AB 68) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50455 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 2 - Policy Activities of the Department|Section 50455.

50455.  (a)  The department shall develop a statewide farm labor housing assistance plan and related policies, goals, and objectives for inclusion in the California Statewide Housing Plan. (b)  The farm labor housing assistance plan shall include, but not be limited to, an identification of impediments to the production of housing affordable to farm laborers, federal, state, and local sources of financing, private sources of funding, innovative approaches to financing that could be used as a model, the analysis of the need for permanent and migrant housing, and measures that need to be implemented to address the need for farm labor housing. (c)  The department shall establish a task force to assist in the development of the farm labor housing assistance plan. The task force shall include representatives of state housing departments and agencies involved in the planning and production of housing, infrastructure, and services to farm laborers and representatives from local government, agricultural organizations, organizations of farm laborers, and organizations serving farm laborers and low-income residents in rural areas. (d)  The department shall develop or revise the farm labor housing assistance plan on or before July 1, 2002. In the event the department does not update or provide the next revision of the California Statewide Housing Plan pursuant to Section 50452 on or before July 1, 2002, the department shall release the farm labor housing assistance plan separately from the California Statewide Housing Plan. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 312, Sec. 2. Effective September 7, 2000.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50455.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 2 - Policy Activities of the Department|Section 50455.6.

50455.6.  The Legislature finds and declares that a severe shortage of affordable housing exists for low- and moderate-income households, including the elderly, disabled persons, and other special needs populations. It is the intent of the Legislature that housing designed especially for low- and moderate-income elderly, disabled persons, and other special needs populations be given due consideration in the administration of the development, preservation, and rehabilitation of housing, and other housing programs, including encouraging the inclusion of supportive services to meet the unique housing needs of these populations.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 577, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 50456 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE|PART 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 2 - Policy Activities of the Department|Section 50456.

50456.  (a) The department shall collect, publish, and make available to the public information about federal, state, and local laws regarding housing and community development. The department may provide a statistics and research service for the collection and dissemination of information affecting housing and community development.(b) By June 30, 2019, the department shall complete a study to evaluate the reasonableness of local fees charged to new developments as defined by subdivision (b) of Section 66000 of the Government Code. The study shall include findings and recommendations regarding potential amendments to the Mitigation Fee Act to substantially reduce fees for residential development.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 374, Sec. 4. (AB 879) Effective January 1, 2018.)