Section 50714 Of Chapter 8.5. Special Housing Program For Migratory Workers From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 31. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 8.5.
50714
. (a) The San Diego County Farmworker Housing Account is
hereby established, to be administered by the Department of Housing
and Community Development, through its Office of Migrant Services
pursuant to the authority granted in Sections 50406 and 50710, to
assist in the financing, development, and operation of up to 500
family housing units for year-round use by migrant or nonmigrant farm
labor employees and their families. The sponsor shall seek federal,
state, and local financial and in-kind assistance in the development
of this housing, but the lack of that assistance shall not be a
prerequisite for obtaining financing under this section for the
development and operation of family housing units.
(b) The department shall ensure that the housing is operated on
the same basis as other state-financed housing assisted pursuant to
this chapter, except that there shall be no limitation set on the
term of tenancy if the project is operated for nonmigrant
farmworkers.
(c) The department shall award funds pursuant to this section to
project sponsors who demonstrate that they are capable of effectively
serving the housing needs of migrant or other farmworkers in San
Diego County. The year-round use required by subdivision (a) for
migrant centers may be interrupted as necessary to close the housing
for maintenance purposes and to allow new migrant farmworker families
to obtain housing. The project sponsor shall also demonstrate his or
her capability of ensuring the project's fiscal integrity and
maintaining the project in a decent, safe, and sanitary manner for at
least 25 years.
(d) The department shall use funds appropriated by the Legislature
for purposes of this section. The appropriated funds may be used for
the costs permitted by, or pursuant to, subdivisions (b) to (e),
inclusive, of Section 50712.5. For purposes of soliciting and
awarding funds pursuant to this section, the department is not
required to promulgate regulations.
(e) To be eligible for funding, a project sponsor shall make a
contribution to the housing assisted under this section. However, if
the housing sponsor can demonstrate that it does not have the
capability to make that contribution, no contribution shall be
required. A contribution, for purposes of this subdivision, may be in
the form of a writedown of land costs, fee waiver, direct equivalent
financial contribution, or any other incentives of financial value.
(f) The department shall accept proposals from project sponsors
commencing November 15, 1989, and until all funds reappropriated for
the purpose of this section are awarded. The department shall award
grants to project sponsors commencing September 1, 1990.