§ 50400 The Department of Housing and Community Development is hereby …
§ 50400.5 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, or any other …
§ 50401 The department shall be administered by an executive officer known as …
§ 50402 The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 …
§ 50403 The Governor shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the director, …
§ 50404 The work of the department shall be divided into the following three …
§ 50405 Each division shall be in the charge of a chief, under the direction …
§ 50405.2 The Division of Codes and Standards shall be divided into two …
§ 50405.5 (a) Effective January 1, 2024, the department shall submit to …
§ 50406 For the purposes of this division, the department has all of the …
§ 50406.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the department may …
§ 50406.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department …
§ 50406.7 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall reduce …
§ 50406.8 Notwithstanding any other law, the department may expend any funds it …
§ 50406.9 The department may do any of the following in administering federally …
§ 50407 The department is the principal state department responsible for …
§ 50407.5 Notwithstanding the transfer of the department from the Business, …
§ 50408 (a) On or before December 31 of each year, the department shall …
§ 50408.1 (a) The department shall develop and publish in the annual …
§ 50408.5 (a) (1) On or before December 1, 2023, the department shall …
§ 50409 Except where the department is specifically vested by this part or by …

Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 31 > Part 2 > Chapter 1 - Organization of the Department and General Powers

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Persons and families of low or moderate income: includes very low income households, as defined in Section 50105, extremely low income households, as defined in Section 50106, and lower income households as defined in Section 50079. See California Health and Safety Code 50093
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.