California Health and Safety Code 50238 – Funding shall be distributed, upon appropriation of the Legislature, …
Funding shall be distributed, upon appropriation of the Legislature, as follows:
(a) For 2023-24 fiscal year funding, one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be made available to cities, counties, and continuums of care that are eligible for round 5 consistent with the formula funding distribution provided by this chapter and upon approval of their regionally coordinated homelessness action plan pursuant to the requirements of round 5 provided pursuant to this chapter.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 50238
- 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
- County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
- 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.
- 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.
(b) (1) For 2024-25 fiscal year funding, two hundred sixty million dollars ($260,000,000) shall be made available to cities, counties, and continuums of care that are eligible for round 5, who shall be eligible, separately, for supplemental program funding pursuant to this section consistent with the formula funding distribution provided by this chapter upon satisfying all of the following, as applicable:
(A) The city, county, or continuum of care has an approved regionally coordinated homelessness action plan pursuant to this chapter.
(B) The city or county demonstrates it has a compliant housing element as defined in § 65589.9 of the Government Code.
(2) A city or county shall not receive funding provided pursuant to this subdivision until it has satisfied subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1).
(c) The council shall award supplemental program funding available pursuant to subdivision (b) upon the jurisdiction receiving its round 5 base allocation award.
(d) On or before November 1, 2024, the council shall make an application available for supplemental program funding pursuant to subdivision (c).
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 40, Sec. 17. (AB 129) Effective July 10, 2023.)