Section 50905 Of Chapter 1. Organization From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 31. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1.
50905
. (a) An officer or employee of the agency shall not be
employed by, hold any paid official relation to, or have any
financial interest in, any housing sponsor or any affordable housing
financed or assisted under this part, provided that this prohibition
shall not apply to a member of the board of directors who is not an
employee of the agency. Real property to which a member of the board
or employee of the agency holds legal title or in which the person
has any financial interest shall not be purchased by the agency or
sold by the member of the board or employee of the agency to a
housing sponsor for affordable housing to be financed under this
part.
Any violation of this section shall be a conflict of interest that
shall be grounds for disqualification of the member from the board
or employee of the agency from his or her employment with the board
or agency.
(b) Except as provided by subdivision (c), the following actions
shall be voidable in the discretion of the agency:
(1) Any purchase by the agency of real property in which a member
of the board or employee of the agency has legal title or a financial
interest.
(2) Any commitment by the agency to provide financial assistance
to a housing sponsor in which a member of the board or employee of
the agency is employed, holds any official relation, or has any
financial interest.
(3) Any commitment by the agency to provide financial assistance
to a housing sponsor to which real property has been or is
transferred for affordable housing to be financed under this part, if
a member of the board or employee of the agency has or has had legal
title or any financial interest in the real property.
(c) Any commitment by the agency to provide financial assistance
under the circumstances specified in paragraph (2) or (3) of
subdivision (b) shall not be voidable following release of the funds.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section and
Section 50904, any conflict of interest by a member of the board or
employee of the agency shall not affect the validity of any bonds or
insurance issued pursuant to this division.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an agency
employee or board member may, if not acting as an investor and if
otherwise eligible, participate in owner-occupied single-family
financing and insurance programs operated by the agency.