Terms Used In California Codes > Government Code > Title 7 > Division 1 > Chapter 12 - Housing Crisis Act of 2019

• Adjournment sine die: The end of a legislative session "without day." These adjournments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual or the two-year session of legislature.
• affected city: includes the electorate of an affected county or city exercising its local initiative or referendum power, whether that power is derived from the California Constitution, statute, or the charter or ordinances of the affected county or city. See California Government Code 66300
• Affected county: means a census-designated place, based on the 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-year Estimates, that is wholly located within the boundaries of an urbanized area, as designated by the United States Census Bureau. See California Government Code 66300
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• concurrently: means the action is approved at the same meeting of the legislative body. See California Government Code 66300
• County: includes "city and county. See California Corporations Code 14
• Department: means the Department of Housing and Community Development. See California Government Code 66300
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• eligible parcel: means a parcel that meets all of the following criteria:

  California Government Code 66300

• executed: when used with respect to the documents filed pursuant to this code or pursuant to regulations adopted under this code, and presented to the Secretary of State, include a document bearing a signature under subdivision (a). See California Corporations Code 17.1
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• person: includes any individual, partnership, firm, association, or corporation. See California Business and Professions Code 17506
• Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
• predominantly agricultural county: means a county that meets both of the following, as determined by the most recent California Farmland Conversion Report produced by the Department of Conservation:

  California Government Code 66300

• Process: includes a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings of either a civil or criminal nature. See California Government Code 22
• reducing the intensity of land use: includes , but is not limited to, reductions to height, density, or floor area ratio, new or increased open space or lot size requirements, new or increased setback requirements, minimum frontage requirements, or maximum lot coverage limitations, or any other action that would individually or cumulatively reduce the site's residential development capacity. See California Government Code 66300
• sale: shall include a gift made with the hope or expectation of monetary compensation. See California Business and Professions Code 17510.1
• School building: as used in this article shall be limited to any physical structure capable of being occupied by pupils, but shall exclude, (a) any bleacher or grandstand with less than six rows of seats, (b) any building which is used exclusively for warehouse, storage, garage, or districtwide administrative office purposes, into which pupils are not required to enter, and buildings utilized by adult schools for off-campus, voluntary adult education courses or registered apprentice courses, (c) any swimming pool, or (d) any yard or lighting poles or flagpoles or playground equipment which does not exceed 35 feet in height. See California Education Code 17368
• solicitation for charitable purposes: means any request, plea, entreaty, demand, or invitation, or attempt thereof, to give money or property, in connection with which any of the following applies:

  California Business and Professions Code 17510.2

• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Education Code 77
• Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.