{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-17000","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 17000","heading":"","body":"Every county and every city and county shall relieve and support all incompetent, poor, indigent persons, and those incapacitated by age, disease, or accident, lawfully resident therein, when such persons are not supported and relieved by their relatives or friends, by their own means, or by state hospitals or other state or private institutions.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000. - 18999.98.]","PART 5. COUNTY AID AND RELIEF TO INDIGENTS [17000. - 17613.4.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [17000. - 17030.1.]"],"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":"5a8f160b16d72a65d12e5c055bab362e2f98b7f2eb6a44b23f57fda20495cebf","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-16996.2","next":"us-ca/wic-17000.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}