CA Health & Safety Code Section 17009

“Labor supply employee housing,” as used in this part, means any place, area, or piece of land where housing is provided for five or more employees or prospective employees of another by any individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation that, for a fee or in-kind payment, employs persons to render personal services for, or under the direction of, a third person, or that recruits, solicits, supplies, or hires persons on behalf of an employer, and that, for a fee or in-kind payment, provides in connection therewith one or more of the following services:

(a)

Furnishes board, lodging, or transportation for such employees or prospective employees.

(b)

Supervises, times, checks, counts, weighs, or otherwise directs or measures the work of such employees.

(c)

Disburses wage payments to such employees.