Chapter 3. Appointment, Compensation, And Removal Of Commissioners of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 24. >> Part 1.7. >> Chapter 3.

(a) When the legislative body adopts an ordinance declaring the need for a commission, the mayor or chairman of the board of supervisors or similar official, with the approval of the legislative body, shall appoint the number of resident electors of the community as commissioners as the legislative body prescribe by ordinance. The legislative body by ordinance may increase or decrease the number of commissioners. The legislative body, except as otherwise expressly provided in subdivision (b), shall establish and provide for the terms, and removal of the commissioners. The legislative body shall provide procedures for appointment or election of the officers of the commission.
  (b) Two of the commissioners shall be tenants of the housing authority if the housing authority has tenants. One such tenant commissioner shall be over the age of 62 years if the housing authority has tenants of such age. If the housing authority does not have tenants, the legislative body shall, by ordinance, provide for appointment to the commission of two tenants of the housing authority within one year after the housing authority first does have tenants. The term of any tenant commissioner appointed pursuant to this subdivision shall be two years from the date of appointment. If a tenant commissioner ceases to be a tenant of the housing authority, he shall be disqualified from serving as a commissioner and another tenant of the housing authority shall be appointed to serve the remainder of the unexpired term. A tenant commissioner shall have all the powers, duties, privileges, and immunities of any other commissioner.
  (c) Upon the appointment and qualification of a majority of the commissioners, the commission shall be vested with all the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the members of the redevelopment agency and, if the legislative body so elects, the commissioners of the housing authority. Members of the redevelopment agency and commissioners of a housing authority which has been placed under the jurisdiction of the commission shall have no powers, duties, and responsibilities as long as the commission functions.

(a) Commissioners shall receive their actual and necessary expenses, including traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. The legislative body may also provide for other compensation pursuant to either subdivision (b) or (c).
  (b) If the ordinance of the legislative body declaring the need for a commission to function within the community declares that need only with respect to a redevelopment agency, the compensation provided by the legislative body shall not exceed seventy-five dollars ($75) for each commissioner for each meeting of the commission attended by that commissioner. No commissioner shall receive compensation for attending more than two meetings of the commission in any calendar month.
  (c) If the ordinance of the legislative body declaring the need for a commission to function within the community declares that need with respect to a redevelopment agency and a housing authority, the compensation provided by the legislative body shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for each commissioner for each meeting of the commission attended by that commissioner. No commissioner shall receive compensation for attending more than two meetings of the commission in any calendar month.

A commissioner, unless the legislative body is the commission, may not be an elective officer or an employee of the community, but may be a member, commissioner, or employee of any other agency or authority in the community.