Cal. WIC § 8257.05
This is the official text of Cal. WIC § 8257.05, part of California’s Welfare and Institutions Code — governs public social services, juvenile justice, and mental health/developmental disability services.
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Official statutory text
For the purposes of this chapter, the California Interagency Council on Homelessness has all of the following powers:
(a) To sue and be sued in its own name.
(b) To have an official seal and to alter it at its pleasure.
(c) To make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers and functions.
(d) To provide advice, technical information, and consultative and technical services as provided in this chapter.
(e) To enter into agreements or other transactions with any governmental agency.
(f) To appear on its own behalf before boards, commissions, departments, or other agencies of local, state, or federal government.
(g) To establish any regional offices necessary to effectuate the council’s purposes and functions.
(h) To provide bilingual staff in connection with services of the council and make available council publications in a language other than English when necessary to effectively serve groups for which the services or publications are made available.
(i) To do any and all things necessary to carry out its purposes and exercise the powers expressly granted by this chapter.
(a) To sue and be sued in its own name.
(b) To have an official seal and to alter it at its pleasure.
(c) To make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers and functions.
(d) To provide advice, technical information, and consultative and technical services as provided in this chapter.
(e) To enter into agreements or other transactions with any governmental agency.
(f) To appear on its own behalf before boards, commissions, departments, or other agencies of local, state, or federal government.
(g) To establish any regional offices necessary to effectuate the council’s purposes and functions.
(h) To provide bilingual staff in connection with services of the council and make available council publications in a language other than English when necessary to effectively serve groups for which the services or publications are made available.
(i) To do any and all things necessary to carry out its purposes and exercise the powers expressly granted by this chapter.
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