Health and Safety Code section 50250

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)

“Additional funding round moneys” means moneys appropriated for the program in or after fiscal year 2022–23.

(b)

“Agency” means the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.

(c)

“Applicant” means a continuum of care or local jurisdiction

(d)

“Continuum of care” has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(e)

(1)Subject to paragraph (2), ”council,” unless context requires otherwise, means the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, previously known as the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council created pursuant to Section 8257 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(2)

Unless context requires otherwise, “council,” with respect to the administration of this chapter on or after the effective date of the act adding this paragraph, means the department.

(f)

“County” includes, but is not limited to, a city and county.

(g)

“Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.

(h)

“Funding round 1 moneys” means moneys appropriated for the program in fiscal year 2021–22.

(i)

“Homeless” has the same meaning as in Section 578.3 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(j)

“Local jurisdiction” means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county.

(k)

“Program” means the Encampment Resolution Funding program established pursuant to this chapter.
(l)“Recipient” means an applicant that receives grant funds from the council for the purposes of the program.

(m)

“State right-of-way” means real property held in title by the State of California.

Source: Section 50250, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=50250.­ (updated Jul. 2, 2024; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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