“Targeted area”, for the purposes of Part 6 (commencing with Section 52500), means a census tract as designated by the United States Secretary of Commerce, in which 70 percent or more of the families have an income which is 80 percent or less of the statewide median family income, or is an area of economic distress as determined by the policy committee based on the criteria for establishing such areas contained in the second Section 6a. 103A-1 (b) (3) of Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations (See 46 FR 4315, dated July 1, 1981).
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Section 50104.6, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=50104.6..