Cal. GOV § 8878.20
This is the official text of Cal. GOV § 8878.20, part of California’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of state and local government, including public employment and public records.
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(a) Of the proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter, eighty million dollars ($80,000,000) shall be deposited in a special account in the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund and shall be used by the department, in accordance with the criteria and priorities now or hereafter established by statute, to make deferred payment loans to increase the ability of unreinforced masonry multifamily residential structures to withstand earthquakes. To be eligible for a loan funded pursuant to this section, not less than 70 percent of the tenants shall be households specified in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) Prior to making commitments under this program for loans in a particular local agency’s jurisdiction, the department shall determine that the local agency has completed an inventory of the unreinforced masonry structures within its jurisdiction and has adopted a mitigation ordinance pursuant to Section 8875.2 or Section 19163 of the Health and Safety Code. The local agency shall establish criteria, terms, and conditions to identify eligible rental housing developments. Only structures identified as potentially hazardous buildings by a local agency, in accordance with criteria of Section 8875, shall be eligible for the loans.
(c) All seismic safety rehabilitation improvements made with loans funded pursuant to this section shall be in accordance with a plan developed for the structure by a civil engineer or architect.
(d) Loans made pursuant to this section shall constitute liens in favor of the department. Payments of the principal of, and interest on, the loans shall be deposited in the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund.
(b) Prior to making commitments under this program for loans in a particular local agency’s jurisdiction, the department shall determine that the local agency has completed an inventory of the unreinforced masonry structures within its jurisdiction and has adopted a mitigation ordinance pursuant to Section 8875.2 or Section 19163 of the Health and Safety Code. The local agency shall establish criteria, terms, and conditions to identify eligible rental housing developments. Only structures identified as potentially hazardous buildings by a local agency, in accordance with criteria of Section 8875, shall be eligible for the loans.
(c) All seismic safety rehabilitation improvements made with loans funded pursuant to this section shall be in accordance with a plan developed for the structure by a civil engineer or architect.
(d) Loans made pursuant to this section shall constitute liens in favor of the department. Payments of the principal of, and interest on, the loans shall be deposited in the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund.
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