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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.4 - Oil Spill Response and Contingency Planning › ARTICLE 10 - Environmental Enhancement Fund › Section 8670.71.

8670.71. (a) The administrator shall fund only those projects approved by the Environmental Enhancement Committee.
(b) For purposes of this article, an enhancement project is a project that acquires habitat for preservation, or improves habitat quality and ecosystem function above baseline conditions, and that meets all of the following requirements:
(1) Is located within or immediately adjacent to waters of the state, as defined in Section 8670.3.
(2) Has measurable outcomes within a predetermined timeframe.
(3) Is designed to acquire, restore, or improve habitat or restore ecosystem function, or both, to benefit fish and wildlife.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 35, Sec. 59. (SB 861) Effective June 20, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.4 - Oil Spill Response and Contingency Planning › ARTICLE 10 - Environmental Enhancement Fund › Section 8670.72.

8670.72. (a) The Environmental Enhancement Committee is hereby created. The committee shall consist of the following members:
(1) The administrator.
(2) A public member, to be appointed by the administrator, who shall be an officer or elected leader of a statewide nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is the protection and/or enhancement of natural resources.
(3) The executive officer of the State Coastal Conservancy, or his or her designee.
(b) The Environmental Enhancement Committee shall establish a process for the solicitation, submittal, review, and selection of environmental enhancement projects. Selection criteria shall be developed to ensure that projects meet the intent of this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 796, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.4 - Oil Spill Response and Contingency Planning › ARTICLE 10 - Environmental Enhancement Fund › Section 8670.73.

8670.73. (a) The Environmental Enhancement Grant Program is hereby established. Project proposals shall be solicited when adequate funds have accumulated in the Environmental Enhancement Fund to cover the cost of an appropriate project or projects.
(b) Grants shall be awarded to nonprofit organizations, cities, counties, cities and counties, districts, state agencies, and departments; and, to the extent permitted by federal law, to federal agencies on a competitive basis using the selection process established by the Environmental Enhancement Committee. The selection criteria will be enumerated in all requests for proposals distributed to potential applicants. The administrator may grant funds for those projects that are selected by the Environmental Enhancement Committee and that meet the requirements of this article. State departments and agencies receiving grants under this section for environmental enhancement projects, shall, to the maximum extent feasible, utilize the services of the California Conservation Corps in accordance with Section 14315 of the Public Resources Code.
(c) Grant recipients shall use the grant award to fund only the project described in the recipient’s application.
(d) Grant recipients shall not use the grant funds to shift money to or otherwise cover costs of an existing or proposed project or activity not included in the application.
(e) Any grant funds allocated to a project that exceed the actual cost of completing the project as outlined in the recipient’s application shall be returned to the Environmental Enhancement Fund, and shall not be used by the grant recipient for any other purpose.
(f) If a member of the Environmental Enhancement Committee, or a member of his or her immediate family, is employed by a grant applicant, the employer of a grant applicant, or a consultant or independent contractor employed by the grant applicant, the committee member shall make that disclosure to the other members of the committee and shall not participate or make recommendations on the grant proposal of that applicant.
(g) For habitat acquisition, the Environmental Enhancement Committee shall be subject to the same provisions as prescribed in Section 31116 of the Public Resources Code.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 796, Sec. 39.5. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 8680.

8680. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Disaster Assistance Act.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 3.3. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 8680.1.

8680.1. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 290.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 8680.2.

8680.2. “Local agency” means any city, city and county, county, county office of education, community college district, school district, or special district.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 33, Sec. 1. Effective December 1, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 8680.3.

8680.3. “Disaster” means a fire, flood, storm, tidal wave, earthquake, terrorism, epidemic, or other similar public calamity that the Governor determines presents a threat to public safety.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 461, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 8680.4.

8680.4. “Project” means the repair or restoration, or both, other than normal maintenance, or the replacement of, real property of a local agency used for essential governmental services, including, but not limited to, buildings, levees, flood control works, channels, irrigation works, streets, roads, bridges, highways, and other public works, that are damaged or destroyed by a disaster. “Project” also includes those activities and expenses allowed under subdivisions (a), (c), (d), and (e) of Section 8685. Except as provided in Section 8686.3, the completion of all or part of a project prior to application for funds pursuant to this chapter shall not disqualify the project or any part thereof.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 3.4. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 8680.5.

8680.5. “Project application” means the written application made by a local agency to the director for state financial assistance, which shall include all damage to public real property that resulted from a disaster within the total jurisdiction of the local agency making application and other activities and expenses as allowed in Section 8685.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 3.5. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 8680.7.

8680.7. “Director” means the Director of Emergency Services.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 185. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 8680.8.

8680.8. “State agency” means the Department of Transportation, the Department of Water Resources, the Department of General Services, the Department of Health, the Department of Finance, or other state agency or office including, but not limited to, the University of California. The Department of Transportation’s area of responsibility concerns streets, roads, bridge and mass transit repairs. The Department of Water Resources’ area of responsibility concerns dams, levees, flood control works, channels, irrigation works, and other similar projects. The Department of General Services’ area of responsibility concerns buildings, sewer, water systems, and district road and access facility construction, alteration, repair and improvement thereof, and all other projects. The director shall assign applications to the appropriate agencies for investigation.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 24, Sec. 4. Effective November 7, 1989.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 8680.9.

8680.9. “Local emergency” means a condition of extreme peril to persons or property proclaimed as such by the governing body of the local agency affected, in accordance with Section 8630.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 822, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 8682.

8682. The director shall administer this chapter. The director may delegate any power or duty vested in him or her under this chapter to a state agency or to any other officer or employee of the Office of Emergency Services.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 186. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 8682.2.

8682.2. To the extent that funds are allocated therefor, a state agency, when requested by the director, shall render services and perform duties within its area of responsibility when considered necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 187. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 8682.6.

8682.6. The project proposal executed between a local agency and the director pursuant to Section 8685.6 shall contain a provision under which the local agency agrees to hold the state harmless from damages due to the work for which funds are allocated.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 188. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 8682.8.

8682.8. When certified by the director, claims of local agencies for payment shall be presented to the Controller for payment out of funds made available therefor. The director may request the Controller to audit any claim to ensure that funds were expended in accordance with the requirements and purposes of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 189. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 8682.9.

8682.9. The director shall adopt regulations, as necessary, to govern the administration of the disaster assistance program authorized by this chapter in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3). These regulations shall include specific project eligibility requirements, a procedure for local governments to request the implementation of programs under this chapter, and a method for evaluating these requests by the Office of Emergency Services.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 190. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 3 - Allocations to State Agencies › Section 8683.

8683. (a)  Whenever funds are available for purposes of this chapter, the director shall make allocations from the funds available in the amounts that he or she determines to be necessary to state agencies for expenditure for making the investigations, estimates, and reports required by this chapter. Those allocations may also be made to provide for preliminary investigations, estimates, reports, training of state agency personnel, or to reimburse the state agencies for expenditures made in anticipation of actual applications by local agencies. Allocations may also be made for the purpose of making any investigations, estimates, and reports that may be necessary to enable local agencies to obtain federal aid for disaster relief purposes, regardless of whether or not that aid is available for projects that are eligible for state allocations pursuant to this chapter. The director may make allocations to any state agency or office from those funds, or other funds available therefor, in the amounts that are necessary to administer this chapter.
(b) When a proclamation of a state of emergency has been issued by the Governor under the California Emergency Services Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550)) and funds are available for purposes of this chapter, the director may make allocations from the funds available in the amounts that the director determines necessary to state agencies for expenditures incurred performing extraordinary emergency measures. An allocation pursuant to this subdivision is at the discretion of the director, but an allocation shall not reimburse either of the following:
(1) Employee costs related to emergency work activities.
(2) Any permanent repairs to the agency’s own facilities.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 3, Sec. 2. (SB 104) Effective March 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8685.

8685. From any moneys appropriated for that purpose, and subject to the conditions specified in this article, the director shall allocate funds to meet the cost of any one or more projects as defined in Section 8680.4. Applications by school districts shall be submitted to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for review and approval, in accordance with instructions or regulations developed by the Office of Emergency Services, prior to the allocation of funds by the director.
Moneys appropriated for the purposes of this chapter may be used to provide financial assistance for the following local agency and state costs:
(a) Local agency personnel costs, equipment costs, and the cost of supplies and materials used during disaster response activities, incurred as a result of a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor, excluding the normal hourly wage costs of employees engaged in emergency work activities.
(b) To repair, restore, reconstruct, or replace facilities belonging to local agencies damaged as a result of disasters as defined in Section 8680.3. Mitigation measures performed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8686.4 shall qualify for funding pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Matching fund assistance for cost sharing required under federal disaster assistance programs, as otherwise eligible under this act.
(d) Indirect administrative costs and any other assistance deemed necessary by the director.
(e) Necessary and required site preparation costs for mobilehomes, travel trailers, and other manufactured housing units provided and operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 191. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8685.2.

8685.2. An allocation may be made to a local agency for a project when, within 10 days after the actual occurrence of a disaster, the local agency has proclaimed a local emergency and that proclamation is acceptable to the director or upon the order of the Governor when a state of emergency proclamation has been issued, and if the Legislature has appropriated money for allocation for purposes of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 192. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8685.4.

8685.4. A local agency shall make application to the director for state financial assistance within 60 days after the date of the proclamation of a local emergency. The director may extend the time for this filing only under unusual circumstances. No financial aid shall be provided until a state agency, upon the request of the director, has first investigated and reported upon the proposed work, has estimated the cost of the work, and has filed its report with the director within 60 days from the date the local agency made application, unless the director extends the time because of unusual circumstances. The estimate of cost of the work may include expenditures made by the local agency for the work prior to the making of the estimate. If the reporting state agency fails to report its findings within the 60-day period, and time is not extended by the director, the director may complete the investigation and recover a proportionate amount allocated to the state agency for the balance of the investigation. “Unusual circumstances,” as used above, are unavoidable delays that result from recurrence of a disaster, prolonged severe weather within a one-year period, or other conditions beyond the control of the applicant. Delays resulting from administrative procedures are not unusual circumstances which warrant extensions of time.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 193. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8685.6.

8685.6. No money shall be allocated for a project until the local agency has indicated in writing its acceptance of the project proposal and the cost-sharing related thereto in such form as the director prescribes. The project proposal shall provide for the performance of the work by the local agency, or by the state agency in whose area of responsibility such work falls, if the local agency and such state agency determine that the work should be performed by the state agency. The project proposal shall also provide for the methods of handling the funds allocated and the matching funds provided by the local agency. It shall also contain such other provisions as are deemed necessary to assure completion of the work included in the project and the proper expenditure of funds as provided herein.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 194. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8685.7.

8685.7. Any work performed by a state agency at the request of a local agency shall be agreed upon in writing and be subject to the State Contract Act. Work performed by a local agency shall be subject to the law governing the performance of that work by the local agency and applicable state and federal laws or regulations. Neither the state nor any officer or employee thereof shall have any responsibility in connection with any work performed by a local agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1123, Sec. 5. Effective September 30, 1989.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8685.8.

8685.8. Under procedures to be prescribed by the director, a local agency may receive an advance of funds to initiate a project. Such advances shall be limited to not more than 90 percent of the estimated state’s share of the project, as determined pursuant to Section 8686.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 195. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8685.9.

8685.9. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including Section 8686, for any eligible project, the state share shall not exceed 75 percent of total state eligible costs unless the local agency is located within a city, county, or city and county that has adopted a local hazard mitigation plan in accordance with the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-390) as part of the safety element of its general plan adopted pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 65302. In that situation, the Legislature may provide for a state share of local costs that exceeds 75 percent of total state eligible costs.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 739, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8686.1.

8686.1. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 8686, the state share shall be up to 100 percent of total state eligible costs connected with the Middle River levee break in San Joaquin County that occurred in June 2004.
(b) For the disaster that the Legislature has designated in subdivision (a), the state shall assume the increased share specified in subdivision (a) if the Federal Emergency Management Agency or another applicable federal agency has approved the federal share of costs.
(c) The state shall make no allocation for any project application resulting in a state share of less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) under this section.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 778, Sec. 1. Effective September 25, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8686.2.

8686.2. When the United States or any agency thereof is to provide disaster relief funds for any portion of the cost of a project, the amount so provided shall be deducted from the cost of the project in determining the amount to be allocated by the state and the amount to be contributed by the local agency under Section 8686. It shall not be required that the disaster relief funds to be provided from federal sources shall be paid into the State Treasury, but the secretary shall, if state funds are available, authorize the work to be commenced when the director has received assurance, adequate in his or her opinion, that the federal disaster relief matching funds will be made available for expenditure for the work, or for payment to the state for performance thereof.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 196. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8686.3.

8686.3. Local agencies shall undertake to recover maximum federal participation in funding projects. No funds allocated under this chapter shall be used to supplant federal funds otherwise available in the absence of state financial relief. State contributions for such projects as determined by Section 8686 will be reduced by an amount equal to the amount local agencies would have recovered from federal disaster relief sources if they had applied for that funding and had executed the eligible projects in conformity with federal requirements. When a local agency applies for federal disaster relief funds, the director shall inform the agency of available state funds.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 197. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8686.4.

8686.4. (a) Whenever the local agency and the director determine for projects that the general public and state interest will be better served by replacing a damaged or destroyed facility with a facility that will more adequately serve the present and future public needs than would be accomplished merely by repairing or restoring the damaged or destroyed facility, the director shall authorize the replacement, including, in the case of a public building, an increase in the square footage of the building replaced, but the cost of the betterment of the facility, to the extent that it exceeds the cost of repairing or restoring the damaged or destroyed facility, shall be borne and contributed by the local agency, and the excess cost shall be excluded in determining the amount to be allocated by the state. The state contribution shall not exceed the net cost of restoring each facility on the basis of the design of the facility as it existed immediately prior to the disaster in conformity with current codes, specifications, and standards.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), when the director determines there are mitigation measures that are cost effective and that substantially reduce the risk of future damage, hardship, loss, or suffering in any area where a state of emergency has been proclaimed by the Governor, the director may authorize the implementation of those measures.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 198. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8686.8.

8686.8. If the director determines that a local agency is financially unable to meet the matching requirements set forth in Section 8686, or unable to provide funds for replacement of a facility pursuant to Section 8686.4, the director may, if that loan would not result in a violation of Section 18 of Article XVI of the California Constitution and out of any state money made available for purposes of this chapter, lend funds, for the completion of a project or projects. The local agency shall be required by the director to make its contribution by means of deferred payments. The deferred payments shall be made in the amounts and at the times provided by the agreement executed in connection with the application, but in any event providing full repayment within 10 years, and shall include a charge to be fixed by the director in an amount estimated by him or her to equal the revenue that the state would have derived by investing the total amounts loaned at the interest rate prevailing for legal state investments as of the date of the loan.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 199. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8687.

8687. Deferred payments made by a local agency pursuant to Section 8686.8 shall be made by the agency:
(a) Out of the current revenues of the local agency.
(b) If the current revenues of a city, county, or city and county, prove insufficient to enable the agency to meet the payments, the director may order the State Controller to withhold from the local agency funds that the local agency would be entitled from the state, including, as to street and highway projects as defined by Sections 590 and 592 of the Vehicle Code, from the Motor Vehicle License Fee Fund to the extent necessary to meet the deficiency.
Those sums shall be credited to the funds in the State Treasury from which the loans were made.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 200. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8687.2.

8687.2. Notwithstanding Section 8686, whenever the director determines that a local agency to which funds are proposed to be allocated for a public facilities project is financially unable to meet the matching requirements set forth in Section 8686 due to exhaustion of its financial resources because of disaster expenditures, the provisions of Section 8686 may be suspended, and the director may allocate funds to pay all of the cost of the project or that portion of the cost which the director determines is necessary to accomplish the project, taking into consideration the financial ability of the local agency to meet the matching requirements of Section 8686 and the public benefit of the proposed work, less any money provided by the United States or any agency thereof for any portion of the cost of the project.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 201. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8687.4.

8687.4. Whenever the director determines that a local agency which would otherwise be eligible for funds under the formula of Section 8686 is unable to finance a project due to exhaustion of its financial resources because of disaster expenditures, the director may allocate funds to pay such portion of the cost of the project as the director determines is necessary to accomplish the projects.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 202. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8687.6.

8687.6. If the local agency, under Section 8687.4, is a county, the amount contributed by the county shall not be reduced to less than an amount of money equal to the amount allocated to the county for the fiscal year prior to the disaster proclamation pursuant to Section 2110.5 of the Streets and Highways Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 822, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8687.7.

8687.7. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Agency” or “office” means the Office of Emergency Services.
(2) “Community” means a geographic area impacted by an emergency proclaimed by the Governor that includes the jurisdiction of one or more local agencies.
(3) “Community recovery partners” means local, state, and federal agencies, private nonprofit organizations, nongovernmental agencies, faith-based organizations, and other private entities.
(b) The office may establish a model process that would be made available to assist a community in recovering from an emergency proclaimed by the Governor. The model process may include the following:
(1) The role of the office in the community recovery process.
(2) Procedures for the office to have representation onsite as soon as practicable after the Governor proclaims a state of emergency.
(3) The role of the office to facilitate the use of temporary services, including, but not limited to, direct assistance to individuals, families, and businesses, crisis counseling, disaster unemployment assistance, food and clothing vouchers, communications systems, replacement of personal identification documents, provision of potable water, housing, farm service assistance, tax relief, insurance, and legal services.
(4) The role of the office to facilitate the establishment of temporary structures, including local assistance centers, showers and bathroom facilities, and temporary administrative offices.
(5) Measures to encourage the participation of nongovernmental organizations in the community recovery process to supplement recovery activities undertaken by federal or local agencies.
(6) The office may refer the model process to the standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) Advisory Board, or any other advisory board it deems appropriate, for review and modifications.
(7) It is the intent of the Legislature that the model process assists and complements local procedures. The model process should allow the office to offer additional assistance when that assistance is needed but not available through local agencies.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 203. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8687.8.

8687.8. If the local agency, under Section 8687.4, is a county, the director, in determining whether the county’s financial resources are exhausted, shall ascertain whether the county has levied, during the then current year (the year of the disaster), the maximum property tax for highway purposes authorized by Section 1550 of the Streets and Highways Code in the road district in which the work is proposed, and if such tax is being levied at less than the maximum rate authorized by Section 1550, the amount to be allocated by the director under this section shall be reduced by an amount equivalent to the difference between the revenue derived from the property tax being levied for highway purposes in such road district and the revenue which would have been derived from such tax at the maximum rate authorized by Section 1550. In determining if a county has levied sufficient taxes, amounts to be received from other taxes levied by that county and used for road purposes shall be included.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 290.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 4 - Allocations to Local Agencies › Section 8687.9.

8687.9. Funding and financial assistance provided to local governments in response to an emergency, as that term is used in Section 8558, is not subject to the eligibility restrictions of Section 1782 of the Labor Code.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 2, Sec. 4. (AB 92) Effective March 27, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 5 - Funds › Section 8690.25.

8690.25. The Disaster Assistance Fund, referred to as “fund” in this article, is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury. This fund and its subsidiary account, the Earthquake Emergency Investigations Account, are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, for purposes of this act.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 461, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 5 - Funds › Section 8690.45.

8690.45. The Controller shall establish the following special account in the Disaster Assistance Fund.
The Earthquake Emergency Investigations Account, into which shall be paid all moneys appropriated by the Legislature to the Seismic Safety Commission for allocation for the purpose of enabling immediate investigation of damaging earthquakes. Allocations may be made by the commission to assist organizations that have incurred expenses in the course of conducting earthquake investigations. Allocations may be made to cover the following expenses:
(a) Travel, meals, and lodging.
(b) Publishing of findings.
(c) Contractor assistance in the investigation.
(d) Other expenses that the commission may allow as necessary to assist the investigation.
The unpredictable nature of earthquakes necessitates immediate access to funds for investigative purposes. For this reason, notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds in the Earthquake Emergency Investigations Account shall be available for expenditure without regard to fiscal years.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 461, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 5 - Funds › Section 8690.5.

8690.5. Income from investment of moneys in the fund and all payments by local agencies in reimbursement of moneys disbursed from the fund, including deferred payments with charges, and all other moneys deposited therein pursuant to law, shall be available for expenditure, transfer and allocation pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 290.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 5 - Funds › Section 8690.7.

8690.7. Any county which distributed funds to other local agencies pursuant to Chapter 16 of the Statutes of 1986 shall not be held financially liable for those funds or responsible for any collection of those funds.
This section shall not preclude the state or any county from collecting funds distributed pursuant to Chapter 16 of the Statutes of 1986 from local agencies.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1197, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.5 - California Disaster Assistance Act › ARTICLE 6 - Nonprofit Organizations › Section 8692.

8692. (a) If a state of emergency is proclaimed, an eligible private nonprofit organization may receive state assistance for distribution of supplies and other disaster or emergency assistance activities resulting in extraordinary cost.
(b) A private nonprofit organization is eligible for assistance under this section if it is eligible for disaster assistance under the federal Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 5121).
(c) An organization is not eligible for assistance under this section if it employs religious content in the provision of emergency assistance.
(d)  Any grant of assistance under this section shall comply with Section 4 of Article I and Section 5 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, state and federal civil rights laws, and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution in regard to the funding of religious organizations and activities. These legal constraints include prohibitions on the discrimination against beneficiaries and staff based on protected categories, on the use of public funds for proselytizing of religious doctrine, religious instruction, or worship, and on the use of other religious means to accomplish programmatic goals.
(e) The Office of Emergency Services shall adopt regulations to implement this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 204. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.6 - Economic Disaster Act of 1984 › Section 8695.

8695. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Farr Economic Disaster Act of 1984.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 18, Sec. 1.5. Effective March 26, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.6 - Economic Disaster Act of 1984 › Section 8695.5.

8695.5. The Legislature finds and declares that the disaster response of state agencies does not adequately focus on the economic impact of a natural disaster on the business community.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1410, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.6 - Economic Disaster Act of 1984 › Section 8696.

8696. It is the purpose of this chapter to institutionalize the planning and response of state agencies to disasters in order to reduce economic hardship stemming from these disasters to business.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1410, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.6 - Economic Disaster Act of 1984 › Section 8696.5.

8696.5. As used in this chapter, the term “disaster” means those conditions specified in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 8558 if the estimated damage exceeds three billion dollars ($3,000,000,000) or the Governor orders the Director of Emergency Services to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 205. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.6 - Economic Disaster Act of 1984 › Section 8697.

8697. (a) Upon the completion of the emergency phase and the immediate recovery phase of a disaster, appropriate state agencies shall take actions to provide continuity of effort conducive to long-range economic recovery.
(b) The Director of Emergency Services shall invoke the assignments made pursuant to Section 8595, specifying the emergency functions of each agency or department.
(c) The Director of Emergency Services may make assignments to assist local agencies in implementing Chapter 12.4 (commencing with Section 8877.1).
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 206. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.6 - Economic Disaster Act of 1984 › Section 8697.5.

8697.5. The Director of Emergency Services, in executing the purposes of this chapter, shall establish appropriate task forces or emergency teams to include concerned elements of federal, state, and local governments and the private sector.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 207. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 7.8 - Shelter Crisis › Section 8698.

8698. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Political subdivision” includes the state, any city, city and county, county, special district, or school district or public agency authorized by law.
(b) “Governing body” means the following:
(1) The Governor for the state.
(2) The legislative body for a city or city and county.
(3) The board of supervisors for a county.
(4) The governing board or board of trustees for a district or other public agency.
(5) An official designated by ordinance or resolution adopted by a governing body, as defined in paragraph (2), (3), or (4).
(c) “Public facility” means any facility of a political subdivision including parks, schools, and vacant or underutilized facilities which are owned, operated, leased, or maintained, or any combination thereof, by the political subdivision through money derived by taxation or assessment.
(d) “Declaration of a shelter crisis” means the duly proclaimed existence of a situation in which a significant number of persons are without the ability to obtain shelter, resulting in a threat to their health and safety.
(e) “Emergency bridge housing community” means any new or existing facilities, including, but not limited to, housing in temporary structures, including, but not limited to, emergency sleeping cabins consistent with the requirements of subdivision (h) of Section 8698.3 that are reserved for homeless persons and families, together with community support facilities, including, but not limited to, showers and bathrooms adequate to serve the anticipated number of residents all of which may be located on property leased or owned by a political subdivision. An emergency bridge housing community shall include supportive and self-sufficiency development services, have the ultimate goal of moving homeless persons to permanent housing as quickly as reasonably possible, and limit rents and service fees to an ability-to-pay formula reasonably consistent with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s requirements for subsidized housing for low-income persons.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 691, Sec. 1. (AB 2176) Effective January 1, 2017.)