Section 53703 Of Article 3. Federal Aid From California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 3.
53703
. A county or city may do all acts necessary to participate in
all programs authorized by a federal housing act, including the
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 or any
other federal program whereby federal funds are granted to the county
or city or any of its residents for purposes of health, education,
welfare, public safety, law enforcement activities which have not
been preempted by state law, prevention or reduction of crime,
rehabilitation of persons convicted of crime or juvenile offenders,
public works or community improvement, including, without limitation
thereto, contracting and cooperating with the federal government, the
state and its agencies, other local public agencies and private
persons and corporations, and may make any expenditure of county or
city funds required for such participation.
A county or city may, through its officers and employees, also
provide any or all necessary services to any housing authority with
regard to which the governing body of the county or city has made a
declaration of necessity pursuant to Article 2, Chapter 1, Part 2,
Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code.
Where the authority to perform any act or service is delegated to
a city or county by this section, the city or county may perform such
act or service by means of a contract with an independent
contractor, which independent contractor may be a public or private
agency or private person.
This section shall not be construed to operate as a grant of
authority in compliance with any federal act or program requiring the
adoption of specific enabling legislation nor shall it be construed
to supersede any such legislation.