Section 8252.
8252. The Office of Special Services may accept and expend grants, gifts and legacies of money, and with the consent of the Department of Finance, may accept, manage, and expend grants, gifts, and legacies of other properties in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 918.)
Section 8255.
8255. For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Council” means the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, formerly known as the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council established pursuant to Section 8257. (b) “Core components of Housing First” means all of the following: (1) Tenant screening and selection practices that promote accepting applicants regardless of their sobriety or use of substances, […]
Section 8256.
8256. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), agencies and departments administering state programs created on or after July 1, 2017, shall collaborate with the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to adopt guidelines and regulations to incorporate core components of Housing First. (b) By July 1, 2019, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), agencies and […]
Section 8257.
8257. (a) The Governor shall create an Interagency Council on Homelessness. (b) The council shall have all of the following goals: (1) To oversee implementation of this chapter. (2) To identify mainstream resources, benefits, and services that can be accessed to prevent and end homelessness in California. (3) To create partnerships among state agencies and departments, local government agencies, participants […]
Section 8257.1.
8257.1. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to obtain trustworthy information to connect funding allocated to prevent and end homelessness with established sheltering and housing resources and to provide state agencies with accurate information to allow for more accurate forecasting to target future investments. To advance these goals, the coordinating council shall, upon appropriation […]
Section 8257.2.
8257.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of designing, collecting data for, and approving the assessment described in Section 8257.1, a state agency that has a member on the coordinating council shall, within 60 days of a request for data pertaining to that state agency, provide to the council, or the entity conducting the assessment, […]
Section 8161.
8161. (a) The Franchise Tax Board shall, as soon as possible, make a one-time payment in the applicable amount to each qualified recipient. A qualified recipient shall not receive more than one payment of the applicable amount. The payments may be made in the form and manner determined by the Franchise Tax Board. (b) For purposes of […]
Section 8259.
8259. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Runaway and homeless youth are young people 12 to 24 years of age, inclusive, who have the least access to essential opportunities and supports. (b) The prevalence of runaways and homelessness among youth is staggering. Studies suggest that between 1.6 and 2.8 million youth up to 24 years […]
Section 8162.
8162. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Better for Families Tax Refund Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, an amount necessary for the Franchise Tax Board to make the payments required under this chapter is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, from the Better for Families Tax Refund […]
Section 8260.
8260. The following definitions apply for purposes of this chapter: (a) “Act” means the Homeless Youth Act of 2018 enacted by this chapter. (b) “Continuum of care” has the same meaning as defined in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (c) “Council” means the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, formerly known as the […]