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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 27 - CALIFORNIA POLLUTION CONTROL FINANCING AUTHORITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - California Pollution Control Financing Authority › ARTICLE 8 - Capital Access Loan Program for Small Businesses › Section 44559.9.

44559.9. The authority shall expand the Capital Access Loan Program established by this article to include outreach to financial institutions that service agricultural interests in the state for the purpose of funding air pollution control measures.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 479, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 27 - CALIFORNIA POLLUTION CONTROL FINANCING AUTHORITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - California Pollution Control Financing Authority › ARTICLE 8 - Capital Access Loan Program for Small Businesses › Section 44559.11.

44559.11. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the state, through the authority, may make maximum, efficient use of capital access programs enacted by all federal and state agencies, as well as funding available from any governmental program whose goals may be advanced by providing funding to the Capital Access Loan Program.
(b) In furtherance of this intent, and notwithstanding any other provision of this article, when the contributions required pursuant to Section 44559.4 are entirely funded by a public or quasi-public entity other than the authority’s fee revenue under Sections 44525 and 44548, the authority may, by regulation adopted pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 44520 or subdivision (e) of Section 44559.14, establish alternate provisions as necessary to enable the authority to participate in the alternative funding source program, including implementing loan loss reserve programs to benefit any individual person engaged in qualifying activities in furtherance of the public or quasi-public entity’s policy objectives in the state that require financing.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 32, Sec. 69. (SB 837) Effective June 27, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 27 - CALIFORNIA POLLUTION CONTROL FINANCING AUTHORITY ACT › CHAPTER 1 - California Pollution Control Financing Authority › ARTICLE 8 - Capital Access Loan Program for Small Businesses › Section 44559.12.

44559.12. (a) Consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 44559.11, the authority may establish loss reserve accounts for the purposes of financing terminal rental adjustment clause leasing, if funds are available for contribution into the loss reserve account from any source other than the authority. The authority shall not contribute any funds into a loss reserve account created pursuant to this section. Funds provided by the federal government for the purposes of providing a loan loss reserve program shall not be contributed to an account created pursuant to this section.
(b) The executive director may establish conditions for terminal rental adjustment clause leasing loss reserve accounts created pursuant to this section.
(c) As used in this section, “terminal rental adjustment clause” means “terminal rental adjustment clause” as defined in Section 7701(h)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 492, Sec. 2. (SB 225) Effective October 6, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 27 - CALIFORNIA POLLUTION CONTROL FINANCING AUTHORITY ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Supplemental Provisions › Section 44561.

44561. (a) This division provides a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized by this division, and is supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws. The issuance of bonds and refunding bonds under this division need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds including, but not limited to, Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. In the construction and acquisition of a project pursuant to this division, the authority need not comply with any other law applicable to the construction or acquisition of public works, except as specifically provided in this division. Pollution control facilities and projects may be acquired, constructed, completed, repaired, altered, improved, or extended, and bonds may be issued for any of those purposes under this division, notwithstanding that any other law may provide for the acquisition, construction, completion, repair, alteration, improvement, or extension of like pollution control facilities or for the issuance of bonds for like purposes, and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations, or other provisions contained in any other law.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (a), the financing of a project pursuant to this division shall not exempt a project from any requirement of law that is otherwise applicable to the project, and the applicant shall provide documentation, before the authority approves the issuance of bonds for the project, that the project has complied with Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code, or is not a project under that division.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 714, Sec. 6. Effective September 29, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 27 - CALIFORNIA POLLUTION CONTROL FINANCING AUTHORITY ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Supplemental Provisions › Section 44562.

44562. The State of California does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any obligations issued under this division, and with those parties who may enter into contracts with the authority pursuant to the provisions of this division, that the state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority until such obligations, together with the interest thereon, are fully met and discharged and such contracts are fully performed on the part of the authority, provided nothing herein contained shall preclude such limitation or alteration if and when adequate provision shall be made by law for the protection of the holders of such obligations of the authority or those entering into such contracts with the authority. The authority as agent for the state is authorized to include this pledge and undertaking for the state in such obligations or contracts.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 27 - CALIFORNIA POLLUTION CONTROL FINANCING AUTHORITY ACT › CHAPTER 2 - Supplemental Provisions › Section 44563.

44563. To the extent that the provisions of this division, with respect to the financing of pollution control facilities, are inconsistent with the provisions of any general statute or special act or parts thereof, with respect to the financing of pollution control facilities, the provisions of this division shall be deemed controlling.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 1 - Findings, Declarations, and Intent › Section 46000.

46000. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:
(a)  Excessive noise is a serious hazard to the public health and welfare.
(b)  Exposure to certain levels of noise can result in physiological, psychological, and economic damage.
(c)  There is a continuous and increasing bombardment of noise in the urban, suburban, and rural areas.
(d)  Government has not taken the steps necessary to provide for the control, abatement, and prevention of unwanted and hazardous noise.
(e)  The State of California has a responsibility to protect the health and welfare of its citizens by the control, prevention, and abatement of noise.
(f)  All Californians are entitled to a peaceful and quiet environment without the intrusion of noise which may be hazardous to their health or welfare.
(g)  It is the policy of the state to provide an environment for all Californians free from noise that jeopardizes their health or welfare. To that end it is the purpose of this division to establish a means for effective coordination of state activities in noise control and to take such action as will be necessary to achieve the purposes of this section.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 1 - Findings, Declarations, and Intent › Section 46001.

46001. No provision of this division or ruling of the Office of Noise Control is a limitation or expansion:
(a)  On the power of a city, county, or city and county to adopt and enforce additional regulations, not in conflict therewith, imposing further conditions, restrictions, or limitations.
(b)  On the power of any city, county, or city and county to declare, prohibit, and abate nuisances.
(c)  On the power of the Attorney General, at the request of the office, the state department, or upon his own motion to bring an action in the name of the people of the State of California to enjoin any pollution or nuisance or to protect the natural resources of the state.
(d)  On the power of a state agency in the enforcement or administration of any provision of law which it is specifically permitted or required to enforce or administer.
(e)  On the right of any person to maintain at any time any appropriate action for relief against any private nuisance as defined in the Civil Code or for relief against any noise pollution.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 1 - Findings, Declarations, and Intent › Section 46002.

46002. Nothing in this division shall be construed as giving the Office of Noise Control authority or responsibility for adopting or enforcing noise-emission standards for any product for which a regulation has been, or could be, prescribed or promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Noise Control Act of 1972.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Definitions › Section 46021.

46021. “Local agency” means and includes every local agency, including a county, city, whether general law or chartered, city and county, school district, municipal corporation, district, political subdivision, or any board, commission or agency thereof, or other local public agency.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Definitions › Section 46022.

46022. “Noise” means and includes excessive undesirable sound, including that produced by persons, pets and livestock, industrial equipment, construction, motor vehicles, boats, aircraft, home appliances, electric motors, combustion engines, and any other noise-producing objects.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Duties of the Office › Section 46050.

46050. The office shall, in order to protect health and well-being establish and maintain a program on noise control, including but not limited to:
(a)  Determining the psychological and physical health effects of noise.
(b)  Determining the physiological effects of noise upon plant and animal life.
(c)  Monitoring noise.
(d)  Collecting and disseminating authoritative information on adverse effects of noise and of means for its control.
(e)  Developing, in cooperation with local governments, model ordinances for urban, suburban, and rural environments.
(f)  Providing assistance to local governmental entities engaged in developing and implementing noise abatement procedures.
(g)  Developing criteria and guidelines for use in setting standards for human exposure to noise.
(h)  Developing standards for the use of noise-producing objects in California.
(i)  Developing criteria for submission to the Legislature so that state agencies may require noise control in equipment purchased for state use.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 5 - Duties of the Office › Section 46050.1.

46050.1. Notwithstanding Section 65040.2 of the Government Code, the office shall adopt, in coordination with the Office of Planning and Research and each state department and agency as it deems appropriate, guidelines for the preparation and content of noise elements as required by Section 65302 of the Government Code.
In adding Section 39850.1 to the Health and Safety Code, which was the predecessor to this section, and amending Section 65302 of the Government Code by Chapter 1124 of the Statutes of 1975, it was the intent of the Legislature to ensure, insofar as possible, that new and periodically revised noise elements in local governments’ general plans be more standardized, comprehensive, and utilitarian than they had been previously.
However, the Legislature also recognized that some cities and counties had already adopted noise elements pursuant to the existing Section 65302 of the Government Code and that others had received extensions on the due date of their noise element until September 20, 1975. Those cities and counties were not required to resubmit new noise elements consistent with Section 65302 of the Government Code, or to recognize guidelines adopted pursuant to this section, but are required, upon initial and periodic revision of the noise element, to comply with Section 65302 of the Government Code and to recognize those guidelines.
The requirement that the office adopt guidelines for the preparation and content of noise elements shall be inoperative during the 1993–94 fiscal year.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 60, Sec. 6. Effective June 30, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Assistance to Local Agencies › Section 46060.

46060. It is the purpose of this chapter to encourage the enactment and enforcement of local ordinances in those areas which are most properly the responsibility of local government. It is further the purpose to insure that the state is of maximum assistance to local agencies in the discharge of those responsibilities, furnishing technical and legal expertise to assist local agencies in the enactment and enforcement of meaningful and technically sufficient noise abatement measures.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Assistance to Local Agencies › Section 46061.

46061. The office shall provide technical assistance to local agencies in combating noise pollution. Such assistance shall include but not be limited to:
(a)  Advice concerning methods of noise abatement and control.
(b)  Advice on training of noise control personnel.
(c)  Advice on selection and operation of noise abatement equipment.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 6 - Assistance to Local Agencies › Section 46062.

46062. The office shall provide assistance to local agencies in the preparation of model ordinances to control and abate noise. Such ordinances shall be developed in consultation with the Attorney General and with representatives of local agencies, including the County Supervisors Association of California and the League of California Cities. Any local agency which adopts any noise control ordinance shall promptly furnish a copy to the office.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 7 - Coordination of State and Federal Activities › Section 46070.

46070. The director shall promote coordination of the programs of all state agencies relating to noise research, abatement, prevention, and control. Each state agency shall, upon request, furnish to the director such information as he may reasonably require to determine the nature, scope, and results of the noise research and noise control programs of the agency.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 7 - Coordination of State and Federal Activities › Section 46071.

46071. On the basis of regular consultation with appropriate state agencies, the director shall compile and publish, from time to time, a report on the status and progress of state activities relating to noise research and noise control. This report shall describe the noise programs of each state agency and assess the contributions of those programs to the state’s overall efforts to control noise.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 7 - Coordination of State and Federal Activities › Section 46072.

46072. In any case where any state agency is carrying out or sponsoring any activity resulting in noise which the director determines amounts to a public nuisance or is otherwise objectionable, such agency shall consult with the director to determine possible means of abating such noise. This section does not apply to any action of a private person for which a license, permit, or other entitlement for use is required to be issued by a state agency.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 7 - Coordination of State and Federal Activities › Section 46073.

46073. The Legislature authorizes and directs that all state agencies shall, to the fullest extent consistent with existing authority, administer the programs within their control in such a manner as to further the policy declared in Section 46000. This section shall not be construed to limit or expand the authority of any state agency to issue or deny a license, permit, or other entitlement for use.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 7 - Coordination of State and Federal Activities › Section 46074.

46074. Each state agency authorized to adopt regulations in the area of noise control shall in the manner specified in subdivision (c) of Section 11423 of the Government Code give notice to and invite the comments of the office concerning any proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation in the area of noise control.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 7 - Coordination of State and Federal Activities › Section 46075.

46075. In accordance with the provisions of Section 11426 of the Government Code or other applicable law, the office may petition any public agency for the adoption of regulations or other measures otherwise within the authority of that public agency in the area of noise control.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 7 - Coordination of State and Federal Activities › Section 46076.

46076. The Office of Noise Control shall maintain a program to insure that all state agencies are advised of available federal assistance and funds for noise control programs. The office may, at the request of individual agencies, act for them for the following purposes:
(a)  Applying for federal funds which may be made available to the states for noise control programs or related research as a result of the Noise Control Act of 1972 (P.L. 92-574) or any other federal program or law.
(b)  Receiving technical assistance from the Environmental Protection Agency to facilitate the development and enforcement of state noise standards and model noise legislation.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 7 - Coordination of State and Federal Activities › Section 46077.

46077. The office shall maintain a program to ensure coordinated state and federal noise control programs including, but not limited to, the following:
(a)  The study of federal noise regulations proposed for adoption pursuant to the Noise Control Act of 1972.
(b)  The preparation of comments, evaluations, objections or the use of any other means to ensure that the federal government considers existing California noise control statutes and regulations prior to the adoption of regulations in order to prevent the adoption of federal noise regulations weaker than existing state standards.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 745, Sec. 138. Effective October 12, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 28 - NOISE CONTROL ACT › CHAPTER 8 - Research and Public Information › Section 46080.

46080. In furtherance of his responsibilities under this division and to complement, as necessary, the noise research programs of federal agencies and of other state agencies, the director is authorized to:
(a)  Conduct research, and finance research by contract with other public and private bodies, on the effects, measurement, and control of noise, including but not limited to:
(1)  Investigation of the psychological and physiological effects of noise on humans and the effects of noise on domestic animals, wildlife, and property, and determination of acceptable levels of noise on the basis of such effects.
(2)  Development of improved methods and standards for measurement and monitoring of noise.
(3)  Determination of the most effective and practicable means of controlling noise generation, transmission, and reception.
(b)  Coordinate with and become knowledgeable concerning the noise research programs of other governmental entities including the federal government.
(c)  Disseminate to the public information on the effects of noise, acceptable noise levels, and techniques for noise measurement and control.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Legislative Findings and Declarations › Section 50000.

50000. This division shall be known and may be cited as the Zenovich-Moscone-Chacon Housing and Home Finance Act.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Legislative Findings and Declarations › Section 50001.

50001. The Legislature finds and declares that the subject of housing is of vital statewide importance to the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of this state, for the following reasons:
(a)  Decent housing is an essential motivating force in helping people achieve self-fulfillment in a free and democratic society.
(b)  Unsanitary, unsafe, overcrowded, or congested dwelling accommodations or lack of decent housing constitute conditions which cause an increase in, and spread of, disease and crime.
(c)  A healthy housing market is one in which residents of this state have a choice of housing opportunities and one in which the housing consumer may effectively choose within the free marketplace.
(d)  A healthy housing market is necessary both to achieve a healthy state economy and to avoid an unacceptable level of unemployment.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1691, Sec. 4. Effective September 30, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Legislative Findings and Declarations › Section 50002.

50002. The Congress of the United States has established, as a national goal, the provision of a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family and the Legislature finds and declares that the attainment of this goal is a priority of the highest order. The national housing goal, as it applies to California, is deserving of adoption by the Legislature, with the accompanying commitment to guide, encourage, and direct where possible, the efforts of the private and public sectors of the economy to cooperate and participate in the early attainment of a decent home and a satisfying environment for every Californian.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 97.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Legislative Findings and Declarations › Section 50003.

50003. (a)  The Legislature finds and declares that, as a result of public actions involving highways, public facilities, and urban renewal projects, and as a result of poverty and the spread of slum conditions and blight to formerly sound neighborhoods, there exists within the urban and rural areas of the state a serious shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary housing which persons and families of low or moderate income, including the elderly and handicapped, can afford. This situation creates an absolute present and future shortage of supply in relation to demand, as expressed in terms of housing needs and aspirations, and also creates inflation in the cost of housing, by reason of its scarcity, which tends to decrease the relative affordability of the state’s housing supply for all its residents.
(b)  To provide a decent home and suitable living environment for every California family is the basic housing goal of state government. The Legislature recognizes that the California Statewide Housing Plan shows the magnitude of this goal by documenting a substantial need for rehabilitation of existing housing, demolition and replacement of severely dilapidated housing, construction of new apartments, houses, and mobilehomes, construction or rehabilitation of housing for year-round hired and seasonal farmworkers as well as housing for migrant farmworkers, and the provision of financial assistance to a substantial number of lower income households in order to meet standards for affordable rent or housing cost. Private enterprise and investment, without governmental assistance, cannot economically achieve the needed construction of decent, safe, and sanitary housing at rents or purchase prices which persons and families of low or moderate income can afford, nor can it provide the urgently needed rehabilitation of existing housing. The Legislature also recognizes the need to provide assistance to persons and families of low and moderate income and very low income households to purchase manufactured housing and to cooperatively own the mobilehome parks in which they reside and the need to increase the supply of manufactured housing affordable to persons and families of low and moderate income and very low income households.
(c)  The shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary housing is inimical to the safety, health, and welfare of the residents of the state and sound growth of its communities.
(d)  In order to remedy such shortages, it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this division to provide a comprehensive and balanced approach to the solution of housing problems of the people of this state.
(e)  This section shall not be interpreted as requiring state actions to meet housing goals without legislative authorization, or as requiring such legislative action.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 466, Sec. 73.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Legislative Findings and Declarations › Section 50003.3.

50003.3. The Legislature finds and declares that there exists within the urban and rural areas of the state a significant number of persons without decent, safe, and sanitary housing. This shortage is inimical to the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of this state and the sound growth of its communities. Without the assistance contemplated in this division, it is not financially feasible for private enterprise and private investors to provide decent, safe, and sanitary emergency housing for persons who are homeless.
The Legislature also finds and declares that in order to remedy the emergency shelter shortages, it is necessary to implement a public program incorporating all of the following elements and goals:
(a)  An increase in the supply of decent, safe, and sanitary emergency shelters available to the homeless.
(b)  Maximum utilization of state, local, and federal subsidies available to meet the emergency shelter needs of the homeless.
(c)  Maximum utilization of tax increment moneys generated by city and county redevelopment programs for the construction and maintenance of decent, safe, and sanitary emergency shelters.
(d)  Encourage the utilization of unused or underutilized public facilities which could be converted to decent, safe, and sanitary emergency shelters for the homeless.
(e)  Preservation of existing housing opportunities for very low income households, including, but not limited to, residential hotels.
(f)  Prevention of the displacement of very low income households from existing housing.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1691, Sec. 5. Effective September 30, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Legislative Findings and Declarations › Section 50003.5.

50003.5. The Legislature finds and declares that the shortage of adequate student housing is detrimental to those communities in which college and university campuses are located, causing in particular substantial upward pressure on rents, housing shortages, conversion of family housing to student use, deterioration of housing stock, and generally unfavorable housing conditions under which students must pursue their education.
It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this section, to encourage the growth and formation of student-run and owned nonprofit housing cooperatives. Such student cooperatives shall be eligible for the applicable policies and programs provided pursuant to this division.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1133.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Legislative Findings and Declarations › Section 50004.

50004. The Legislature finds and declares that it is to the economic benefit of the state and a public purpose to encourage the availability of adequate housing and home finance for persons and families of low or moderate income, and to develop viable urban and rural communities by providing decent housing, enhanced living environment, and increased economic opportunities for persons and families of low or moderate income.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 97.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Legislative Findings and Declarations › Section 50005.

50005. The Legislature finds and declares that full cooperation and coordination with the cities and counties of the state in meeting the housing needs of the state on a level of government which is as close as possible to the people it serves is essential if workable housing programs are to be developed and implemented.
The provision to local governments of financial resources, statistical data, and technical assistance is necessary to implementation of public programs to meet housing needs with adequate consideration of the relationship between housing and the community in which the housing is located.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 97.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Legislative Findings and Declarations › Section 50006.

50006. The Legislature finds and declares that a number of federal housing programs have failed to reach the fundamental goals and purposes for which they were established, especially in urban areas. In California, this failure has often been related to inadequate consideration of the relationship between housing and the community in which the housing is located.
It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this division to seek to avoid such failures by providing a comprehensive and balanced approach to the solution of housing problems of very low income households and persons and families of low or moderate income in the state. It is further the intent of the Legislature to provide a program which gives consideration, not only to the production and financing of housing, but also to the social and aesthetic impact of such housing. A California housing program must consider the distribution throughout the state of such housing as may be assisted pursuant to this division, the avoidance of imposed economic, ethnic, and racial isolation or concentration, an emphasis on superior design, including the scale and location of such housing, the preparation of communities and persons to avail themselves of the program, and other factors which contribute to a decent living environment. Such program shall be designed to overcome racial isolation and concentration through revitalization of deteriorating and deteriorated urban areas by attracting a full range of income groups to central-city areas to provide economic integration with persons and families of low or moderate income in such areas.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Legislative Findings and Declarations › Section 50007.

50007. The Legislature finds and declares that the large equities that the majority of California residents in most economic strata have now accumulated in single-family homes must be protected and conserved.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Legislative Findings and Declarations › Section 50007.5.

50007.5. The Legislature finds and declares that manufactured housing, by virtue of its production costs and sales prices can provide a source of decent, safe, and affordable shelter for persons and families of low and moderate income. The Legislature finds and declares that the availability of manufactured housing has been limited by inadequate sites for such manufactured housing and by the costs of financing the purchase of such housing. The Legislature finds and declares that, if California is to effectively meet the housing needs of persons and families of low and moderate income, it must encourage increased manufactured housing production, new manufactured housing developments, and the purchase of new manufactured housing by persons and families of low and moderate income. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Housing and Community Development and the California Housing Finance Agency, in implementing the programs established by this division, as amended by the Manufactured Housing Assistance Act of 1980, shall encourage increased availability and affordability of manufactured housing for persons and families of low and moderate income.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1136.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Legislative Findings and Declarations › Section 50008.

50008. The Legislature finds and declares that a significantly growing percentage of newly formed households are unable to achieve homeownership under existing conditions, and that preservation and enhancement of opportunities for homeownership are beneficial to the well-being and prosperity of the people of the state and contribute materially to social and economic balance and to the stability of California’s communities and of the state as a whole.
The Legislature also finds and declares that the problem of housing affordability facing the first-time home buyer presents serious implications for housing market activity and for economic growth in California since the first-time home buyer is critical to a healthy market for all Californians, as all Californians are materially inhibited in seeking needed adjustments to their housing needs if potential first-time home buyers cannot enter the market; and that the ability of California to generate activity to produce new jobs is limited by the lack of affordable housing with affordable financing for the persons who would fill such jobs.
It is, therefore, necessary to implement a program incorporating the elements of this division, added by the chapter of the Statutes of 1982 which enacted this section, and the provisions enacted by that chapter shall be liberally construed to effect their purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 320, Sec. 1. Effective June 29, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Legislative Findings and Declarations › Section 50009.

50009. The Legislature finds and declares that the utilization of tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds can, and should, encourage the production of housing units affordable to low- and moderate-income persons and families. The Legislature further finds and declares that as a result of recent bond interest rates at historically high levels, tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond programs may not be able to provide housing affordable to low- and moderate-income persons and families, without an additional subsidy. The Legislature further finds and declares that the effectiveness of tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds in reducing the housing costs of low- and moderate-income persons and families should be carefully monitored by the Legislature to permit an assessment of the costs and benefits of this financing mechanism.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 60.28. Effective July 1, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 50051.

50051. “Affirmative action” means any program created pursuant to rules and regulations of the agency to create greater job opportunities for members of disadvantaged racial, sexual, religious, ancestral, or national-origin groups. Such program shall include educational, promotional, and other appropriate activity designed to secure greater employment opportunity for the members of such groups.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 50052.

50052. “Affirmative marketing program” means any program approved by the agency that is designed to achieve greater access to housing opportunities created by this division for members of disadvantaged racial, sexual, religious, ancestral, or national-origin groups. Such program shall include educational, promotional, and other appropriate activity designed to secure greater housing opportunities for the members of such groups. Where a significant number of persons in a community have limited fluency in the English language, publications implementing an affirmative marketing program in that community shall be provided in the native language of such persons.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 50054.

50054. “Agency” means the California Housing Finance Agency.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610. Note: Conditional amendment by Stats. 1994, Ch. 94, was repealed by Stats. 1997, Ch. 580.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 50055.

50055. “Assisted housing” means housing financed by a below-market interest rate mortgage insured or purchased, or a loan made, by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or by the Farmers Home Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture; or a market-interest-rate mortgage insured or purchased, or a loan made in combination with, or as augmented by, a program of rent supplements or subsidies, interest subsidies, leasing, contributions or grants, or other programs as are now or hereafter authorized by federal law to serve persons and families of low or moderate income; or a mortgage or loan made pursuant to this division; or a mortgage or loan from any private or public source with an interest rate and terms satisfactory to the agency and which will meet the requirements and purposes of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 50056.

50056. “Below-market interest” means a below-market interest rate adequate to return to the agency sufficient income to meet its obligations, reserve requirements, and expenses connected with a loan financed by the agency for which such interest rate is established as determined by the agency at the time of commitment of funds, for the permanent financing.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 50058.

50058. “Bonds” means bonds, notes (including bond anticipation notes and construction loan notes), debentures, interim or other certificates, or other evidences of financial indebtedness issued by the agency pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 50900) or Part 6 (commencing with Section 52500).
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 320, Sec. 2. Effective June 29, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 50058.5.

50058.5. “Buy-down mortgage plan” is a program by which the effective interest cost to the purchaser of a real property is reduced below market rates through supplemental payments by the agency to a qualified mortgage lender in return for which the agency shall obtain from the purchaser an interest-bearing note secured by a subordinated mortgage on the property which is purchased.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 320, Sec. 3. Effective June 29, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 50059.

50059. “Cause” means gross neglect of duties, fraud, or violation of Section 50904 or 50905.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 50060.

50060. “Citizen participation” means action by the local agency that is approved by the agency as sufficient to provide persons who will be affected by financing or loan insurance assistance within a neighborhood preservation area, under the provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 51300) of Part 3 of this division or under Part 4 (commencing with Section 51600) of this division, with opportunities to be involved in planning and carrying out the financing or loan insurance assistance program. “Citizen participation” shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following and in the order provided below:
(a)  Holding a public meeting prior to the hearing by the legislative body considering selection of the area for designation as a neighborhood preservation area.
(b)  Consultation with an elected or appointed citizen advisory board, composed of representatives of both owners of property in, and residents of, a proposed neighborhood preservation area, in developing a plan for public improvements and the rules and regulations for implementation of the proposed assistance program.
(c)  Dissemination at least seven days prior to the original hearing by mailing to property owners within the proposed neighborhood preservation area at the address shown on the latest assessment roll and by distributing to residents of the proposed neighborhood preservation area by a manner determined appropriate by the local agency, of information relating to the time and location of the hearing, boundaries of the proposed area, and a general description of the proposed assistance program.
In addition to the requirements of subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, any other means of citizen involvement determined appropriate by the legislative body may be implemented.
In lieu of initiating a new process of citizen participation, local agencies which have conducted or are conducting a citizen-participation process as part of an existing housing community development program, may substitute such citizen-participation process if the board approves such process as meeting the requirements of this section.
Public meetings and consultations held to implement the requirements of citizen participation shall be conducted by a planning or rehabilitation official designated by the legislative body. Public meetings shall be held at times and places convenient to residents and property owners.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 50061.5.

50061.5. Any reference in this division to the Commission of Housing and Community Development shall be deemed to be to the Department of Housing and Community Development and the department may exercise all the powers and shall perform all the duties of the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 50062.

50062. “Concentrated rehabilitation area” means an area characterized by substantial deterioration of residential structures and which is designated by the agency pursuant to Section 51302.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 610.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 50062.5.

50062.5. “Congregate housing for the elderly” means a housing development, as defined by Section 50073.5, which is planned, designed, and managed to include facilities and common space that allow for direct services and support services that maximize the residents’ potential for independent living and which is occupied by elderly or handicapped persons or households, as defined in Sections 50067 and 50072. Direct services and support services which are provided or made available shall relate to the nutritional, social, recreational, housekeeping, and personal needs of the residents and shall be provided or made available at a level necessary to assist the residents to function independently.
“Direct services,” as used in this section, means meals, housekeeping services, transportation services, and planned recreational and social activities which shall be provided to the residents directly by the management of the congregate housing.
“Support services,” as used in this section, means social services, day-care services, and in-home services which the management of the congregate housing shall assist the residents in obtaining, at the request of the residents.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1249, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 31 - HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE › PART 1 - STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 50063.

50063. “Construction loan” means a short-term loan secured by real property, made for development costs incurred in construction or rehabilitation of a housing development or residential structure.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 312, Sec. 4. Effective June 28, 1982.)