{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-5116","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 5116","heading":"","body":"(a) Pursuant to the policy stated in Section 5115, a state-authorized, certified, or licensed family care home, foster home, or group home serving six or fewer persons with mental health disorders or other disabilities or dependent and neglected children, shall be considered a residential use of property for the purposes of zoning if the homes provide care on a 24-hour-a-day basis.\n(b) These homes shall be a permitted use in all residential zones, including, but not limited to, residential zones for single-family dwellings.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES [5000. - 5987.]","PART 1. THE LANTERMAN-PETRIS-SHORT ACT [5000. - 5550.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [5000. - 5122.]"],"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":"f2e82b6d6a57d76dc5923d214353607fce738d1952b88c24fa44fb33d9605d04","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-5115","next":"us-ca/wic-5117"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}