{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"50400","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 50400","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 31. HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE [50000. - 54949.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-31"},{"name":"PART 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [50400. - 50899.7.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-31/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Organization of the Department and General Powers [50400. - 50410.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-31/part-2/chapter-1"}],"history":"Repealed (in Sec. 76) and added by Stats. 2026, Ch. 28, Sec. 77.   (SB 170)   Effective June 29, 2026.   Operative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.","effective":"2026-06-29","html":"<p>(a) The Department of Housing and Community Development is hereby continued in existence in the California Housing and Homelessness Agency.</p><p>(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.</p>","text":"(a) The Department of Housing and Community Development is hereby continued in existence in the California Housing and Homelessness Agency. (b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.","otherVersions":[{"effective":"2026-06-29","history":"Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 28, Sec. 76.   (SB 170)   Effective June 29, 2026.   Inoperative July 1, 2026, by its own provisions.\\n   Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.   See later operative version added by Sec. 77 of Stats. 2026, Ch. 28.","state":"not in force on 2026-09-28","html":"<p>(a) The Department of Housing and Community Development is hereby continued in existence in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.</p><p>(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.</p>"}],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/organization-of-the-department-and-general-powers-50400","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}