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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.