California Code of Regulations › Title 25 - Housing and Community Development › Division 1 - Housing and Community Development › Chapter 7 - Department of Housing and Community Development Programs › Subchapter 2 - State Community Development Block Grant Program › Article 1 - General › Section 7054 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Act" means Title I of the Housing and Community
						Development Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq., as amended.
"Activity" means any single eligible undertaking carried
						out as part of an applicant's program under the State CDBG Program.
"Applicant" means any eligible city or county that
						applies for funds pursuant to this subchapter as set forth in Section
						7060.
"CFR" is the acronym used for the Code of Federal
						Regulations.
"Chief executive officer" of a unit of local government
						means the mayor of a city, the chairman of a county board of supervisors, or
						the official designated pursuant to law by the governing body of the unit of
						general local government who has the primary responsibility for the conduct of
						that unit's governmental affairs.
"CDBG" means the Community Development Block Grant
						program as created by the Act.
"Community Development Block Grant Funds," "CDBG Funds,"
						or "Grant Funds" means any funds allocated by a grant agreement pursuant to
						this subchapter or previously funded to nonentitlement jurisdictions by HUD
						pursuant to their authority under the Act.
"Department" means the State of California Department of
						Housing and Community Development.
"Director" means the Director of the Department.
"Economic Development Allocation" means the funds set
						aside each year for economic development pursuant to Health and Safety Code
						Section 50827 and Section 7062.1.
"Economic Development", and "ED" for the purpose of these
						regulations, means providing grants to non-entitlement jurisdictions to conduct
						CDBG eligible activities as defined in 42 USC 5305.
"Federal regulations" means the federal regulations
						governing the State administration of the Community Development Block Grant
						nonentitlement funds set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 24,
						Part 570, Subchapter C, Subpart I, commencing with Section 570.480.
"Funding" means financial assistance provided in whole or
						in part for any eligible activity.
"Funding Cycle" means the annual period of time during
						which HUD makes funds available to the State for distribution to local
						governments pursuant to the Act, and includes the period of time during which
						the Department solicits applications and makes grant awards.
"General" means all activities, other than Economic
						Development activities, eligible under 42 USC 5305 and 24 CFR 570.482.
						"General" as defined here can also refer to "Community Development".
"Grant Agreement" means the contractual arrangement
						between the State and the Grantee which sets forth the terms and conditions by
						which State CDBG funds are utilized.
"Grantee" means a unit of general local government which
						has been awarded funds provided pursuant to this subchapter to carry out a
						program.
"Household" means persons occupying a housing unit as the
						place of residence.
"Housing Element" means the part of a city or county's
						General Plan as required by Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of
						Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code.
"HUD" means the United States Department of Housing and
						Urban Development.
"Infrastructure" means the physical systems such as
						roads, sidewalks, streetlights, water and sewer facilities which are necessary
						to provide basic community services.
"Lowest Targeted Income Group" means persons and
						households with incomes less than 50 percent of the latest HUD estimated area
						median family income who are intended to be beneficiaries of the State CDBG
						Program.
"Microenterprise" means a commercial enterprise that has
						five or fewer employees, one or more of whom owns the enterprise.
"NOFA" is the acronym used for Notice of Funding
						Availability. The NOFA is the document used by the Department to announce that
						CDBG funds are available and applications may be submitted.
"Overpaying" means households which are paying more than
						30% of their gross household income for housing costs, including utilities.
						Data used to document overpaying includes the percentage of renters who pay
						more than 30% of household income for gross rent, including utilities, and the
						percentage of homeowners who pay more than 30% of household income for selected
						housing costs, including utilities, based on the latest available U.S. Census
						data.
"Over-the-Counter" or "OTC" means an allocation of
						Economic Development funds designated for large business assistance or
						infrastructure in support of business projects.
"OMB" means the federal Office of Management and
						Budget.
"Permanent job" means a full-time or full-time equivalent
						job created or retained by an activity funded under the Economic Development
						Allocation which is directly related to the expansion or retention of a
						business. To be considered "full-time" a job must provide at least 1,750 hours
						per year. Part-time jobs that provide at least 875 hours per year of employment
						may be aggregated to arrive at a full-time equivalent job of at least 1,750
						hours per year.
"Poverty Persons" means individuals whose incomes are
						below the poverty level based on the latest available U.S. Census data.
"Program" means all of the activities funded in whole or
						in part included in an application which are funded under this
						subchapter.
"State" means the State of California.
"Targeted Income Group" or "TIG" means persons or
						households with low to moderate income (Low/Mod) as defined in 42 USC
						5302(a)(20). "TIG" as defined here can also be referred to as "Low/Mod".
The following definitions are described in Section
						7078(d)(10)
"3rd Party Documentation"
"Activity Specific Operator Experience"
"Age of Housing"
"All Funding in Place"
"Condition of Approval for PIHNC"
"Cooperation/Compliance in Clearing Audit or Monitoring
						Findings"
"Experienced In-House Staff"
"Extent of the Solution"
"Homeownership Rate"
"In-House Organizational Capacity"
"Low-Mod Percentage"
"Market Analysis"
"Operator Experience / Program Readiness"
"Overcrowding"
"Poverty Percentage"
"Project Approval Status"
"Program Description"
"Program Guidelines"
"Program Operator Qualifications"
"Program Operator's Status"
"Ready to Start"
"Regional Housing Needs Assessment / RHNA Data"
"Rental Vacancy Rate"
"Reporting Points"
"Seriousness of Health and Safety Threat"
"Severity of the Problem"
"Site Control"
"Site Control of Facility for Program"
"Site Control of Land for Project"
"Timely Clearance of Special Conditions"
"Unemployment "
"Waiting List of Pre-Screened
						Applicants"
1.
						Amendment filed 1-19-84; effective upon filing pursuant to Government Code
						Section 11346.2(d) (Register 84, No. 3).
2. Amendment filed 2-22-85;
						effective upon filing pursuant to Government Code Section 11346.2(d) (Register
						85, No. 9).
3. Amendment filed 3-4-87; effective upon filing
						pursuant to Government Code Section 11346.2(d) (Register 87, No.
						10).
4. Amendment adding definitions for "CFR," "Economic
						Development Allocation," "Federal regulations," "Microenterprise" and
						"Permanent job," amendment of "Targeted Income Group," and amendment of NOTE
						filed 11-8-95; operative 11-8-95 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d)
						(Register 96, No. 48).
5. Amendment filed 8-13-2012; operative
						8-13-2012 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2012, No.
						33).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 50406(h) and 50406(n),
						  Health and Safety Code; and 24 CFR 570.489(b). Reference: Section 65580 et
						  seq., Government Code; Sections 50406, 50407 and 50827, Health and Safety Code;
						  25 California Administrative Code 6008(c)(5), 42 U.S.C. 5301, et seq.; and 24
						  CFR, Part 570, Subpart I.