California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 1 - Organization of the Department and General Powers

• Section 50400.
  The Department of Housing and Community Development is hereby continued in existence in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 147,...
• Section 50400.5.
  Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, or any other provision of law, any money contained in the Rural Predevelopment Loan Fund created pursuant to...
• Section 50401.
  The department shall be administered by an executive officer known as the Director of Housing and Community Development. The director shall be appointed by the...
• Section 50402.
  The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the...
• Section 50403.
  The Governor shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the director, a deputy director. The deputy director shall hold office at the pleasure of the director...
• Section 50404.
  The work of the department shall be divided into the following three divisions:(a) The Division of Codes and Standards.(b) The Division of Housing Policy Development.(c) The Division of...
• Section 50405.
  Each division shall be in the charge of a chief, under the direction of the director. The chiefs shall be appointed, upon recommendation by the...
• Section 50405.2.
  The Division of Codes and Standards shall be divided into two sections, the Housing Standards Section and the Manufactured Housing Section. Each section shall be...
• Section 50406.
  For the purposes of this division, the department has all of the following powers:(a)  To sue and be sued in its own name. (b)  To...
• Section 50406.2.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the department may enter into long-term contracts or agreements for not more than 30 years for the purpose...
• Section 50406.5.
  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may make advance payments to eligible borrowers and grantees under any loan or grant programs for...
• Section 50406.7.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department is authorized to reduce the interest rate on any loan issued by the department to a rental housing development...
• Section 50407.
  The department is the principal state department responsible for coordinating federal-state relationships in housing and community development, except for housing finance. The department is the...
• Section 50407.5.
  Notwithstanding the transfer of the department from the Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency to the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, the department, the Department...
• Section 50408.
  (a) On or before December 31 of each year, the department shall submit an annual report to the Governor and both houses of the Legislature on...
• Section 50409.
  Except where the department is specifically vested by this part or by any other provision of law with the authority to adopt rules and regulations,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018