For purposes of this chapter:
(a) “City” means a city or a city and county. For purposes of this chapter, a city may be organized either under the general laws of this state or under a charter adopted pursuant to Section 3 of Article XI of the California Constitution.
(b) “County” means a county, including a county organized under a charter adopted pursuant to Section 3 of Article XI of the California Constitution, or a city and county.
(c) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
(d) “Eligible household” has the same meaning as defined in Section 501(k)(3) of Subtitle A of Title V of Division N of the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).
(e) “Federally recognized tribe” means an Indian tribe, as described in Section 501(k)(2)(C) of Subtitle A of Title V of Division N of the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).
(f) “Funding target” means an allocation goal within a reservation pool to guide outreach and disbursement of funds to achieve the program’s policy goals within a geographic reservation pool.
(g) “Grantee” means a locality or a federally recognized tribe that participates in a rental assistance program pursuant to this chapter.
(h) “Locality” means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county, or a city and county, including a charter city and county.
(i) “Program” means the process for awarding funds for state rental assistance pursuant to this chapter, as provided in Section 50897.2 or 50897.3, as applicable.
(j) “Program implementer” means the contracted vendor selected to administer emergency rental assistance under the program pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 50897.3.
(k) “Prospective rent payment” means a rent payment eligible for financial assistance pursuant to Section 501(c)(2)(A) of Subtitle A of Title V of Division N of the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).
(l) “Rental arrears” means rental arrears eligible for financial assistance pursuant to Section 501(c)(2)(A) of Subtitle A of Title V of Division N of the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).
(m) “Reservation pool” means the amount of program funds set aside for a select geographic area.
(n) “State reservation table” means the methodology of distributing the state’s portion of funding received from Subtitle A of Title V of Division N of the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) and allocated among the following components:
(1) No more than 10 percent for state administration.
(2) One hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) total set aside for smaller counties with a population less than 200,000, allocated based on proportional share of population from the 2019 federal census data.
(3) The remainder of the state allocation distributed to eligible localities with a population 200,000 or greater, based on their proportional share of population from the 2019 federal census data.
(o) “Utilities” means utilities and home energy costs eligible for financial assistance pursuant to Section 501(c)(2)(A) of Subtitle A of Title V of Division N of the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 2, Sec. 24. (SB 91) Effective January 29, 2021.)