{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-50212","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 50212","heading":"","body":"(a) In order to be eligible for program funds, an administrative entity shall demonstrate the following:\n(1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the jurisdiction or jurisdictions that the administrative entity represents for which funding is requested have, at the time of the award, declared a shelter crisis pursuant to Chapter 7.8 (commencing with Section 8698) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code.\n(2) The applicants within the administrative entity have collaborated in its application, and have committed to future collaboration, with other city, county, or nonprofit partners. Recipients may submit a regional plan.\n(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), an administrative entity representing cities and counties included in the three groupings with the lowest three homeless point-in-time count thresholds pursuant to Section 50213 may submit a waiver for the requirement for a declaration of a shelter crisis, as required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (a). Upon approval by the agency during a given round of awards, a city, county, or city that is also a county shall be eligible to receive program funds through the administrative entity.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 31. HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE [50000. - 54949.]","PART 1. STATE HOUSING POLICY AND GENERAL PROVISIONS [50000. - 50300.]","CHAPTER 5. Homeless Emergency Aid Program [50210. - 50215.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"c8313e10d3c72a05561701ff813e139e697579759b5debb64ae0bcbab2979e8c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-50211","next":"us-ca/hsc-50213"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}