CHAPTER 5. Administration and Enforcement

Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1844.

§§ 17960–17992 · 62 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Enforcement Agencies §§ 17960–17967 · 11 sections

   • § 17960 The building department of every city or county shall enforce within its jurisdiction all the provisions published in the State Building Standards Code, the…
   • § 17960.1 (a) The governing body of a local agency may authorize its enforcement agency to contract with or employ a private entity or persons on a temporary basis to…
   • § 17960.3 (a) (1) Upon an application for a residential building permit being deemed complete pursuant to Section 65913.3 of the Government Code, a city or county shall…
   • § 17960.5 The building standards for residential buildings in Chapter 2-53 of Part 2, and Chapter 4-10 of Part 4, of Title 24 of the California Administrative Code…
   • § 17960.10 The building department, housing department, or health department enforcing any of the provisions of this part may develop a list of public or publicly funded…
   • § 17961 (a) The housing or building department or, if there is no building department acting pursuant to this section, the health department of every city, county, or…
   • § 17962 The chief of any city or any county fire department or district providing fire protection services, and their authorized representatives, shall enforce in…
   • § 17964 By charter, ordinance, or resolution, a city, county, or city and county may designate and charge a department organized to carry out the purposes of this…
   • § 17965 Where there is no local enforcement agency charged with the enforcement of this part pursuant to Section 17964, and to the extent that enforcement…
   • § 17966 Cities or counties or fire protection districts may contract with the department for assistance by the department in the enforcement of the applicable…
   • § 17967 The department may examine the records of the various city, city and county, or county departments charged with the enforcement of building standards published…
2. ARTICLE 2. Inspection §§ 17970–17972 · 6 sections

   • § 17970 Any officer, employee, or agent of an enforcement agency may enter and inspect any building or premises whenever necessary to secure compliance with, or…
   • § 17970.3 (a) This section shall only apply to both of the following: (1) A new residential construction of a building that contains at least 1 unit, but no more than 10…
   • § 17970.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a city or county that receives a complaint from a tenant, resident, or occupant, or an agent of a tenant,…
   • § 17970.7 (a) By January 1, 2025, local enforcement agencies shall develop policies and procedures for inspecting a building with multiple units if an inspector or code…
   • § 17971 The owner, or authorized agent of any owner, of any building or premises may enter the building or premises whenever necessary to carry out any instructions,…
   • § 17972 No person authorized by this article to enter buildings shall enter any dwelling between the hours of 6 o'clock p.m. of any day and 8 o'clock a.m. of the…
3. ARTICLE 2.2. Exterior Elevated Elements: Inspections. § 17973 · 1 section

   • § 17973 (a) Exterior elevated elements that include load-bearing components in all buildings containing three or more multifamily dwelling units shall be inspected.…
4. ARTICLE 2.3. Inspection of Homeless Shelters §§ 17974–17974.6 · 8 sections

   • § 17974 For purposes of this article: (a) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development. (b) (1) “Homeless shelter” means any of the…
   • § 17974.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a city or county that receives a complaint from an occupant of a homeless shelter, or an agent of an…
   • § 17974.1.5 (a) A homeless shelter shall prominently display at the shelter information about an occupant’s rights and the process for reporting a complaint alleging a…
   • § 17974.2 (a) The owner or operator of a homeless shelter shall be responsible for the correction of any violations for which a notice of violation has been given under…
   • § 17974.3 (a) The requirements of this article shall not be construed to impose a mandatory duty pursuant to Section 815.6 of the Government Code, and shall not be…
   • § 17974.4 (a) In addition to the penalties authorized under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 17995), an owner or operator of a homeless shelter who fails to meet the…
   • § 17974.5 (a) Each city and each county shall submit a report annually to the department and the state agency by April 1 of each year that includes all of the following…
   • § 17974.6 The Legislature finds and declares that this article addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5…
5. ARTICLE 2.5. Tenant Relocation Assistance §§ 17975–17975.10 · 11 sections

   • § 17975 (a) Any tenant who is displaced or subject to displacement from a residential rental unit as a result of an order to vacate or an order requiring the vacation…
   • § 17975.1 (a) The relocation benefits required by this article shall be paid by the owner or designated agent to the tenant within 10 days after the date that the order…
   • § 17975.2 The relocation payment shall be made available by the owner or designated agent to the tenant in each residential unit and shall be a sum equal to two months…
   • § 17975.3 (a) Any owner or designated agent who does not make timely payment as specified in Section 17975.1 shall be liable to the tenant for an amount equal to 11/2…
   • § 17975.4 (a) No relocation benefits pursuant to this article shall be payable to any tenant who has caused or substantially contributed to the condition giving rise to…
   • § 17975.5 (a) If the owner or designated agent fails, neglects, or refuses to pay relocation payments to a displaced tenant or a tenant subject to displacement, except…
   • § 17975.6 Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 17975.1 and subdivision (a) of Section 17975.5, if there are fewer than 10 days between the first posting and…
   • § 17975.7 The remedies under this article are cumulative and in addition to any other remedies available under federal, state, or local law.
   • § 17975.8 Any order by a local agency that requires a tenant’s displacement and is issued to an owner, designated agent, or tenant, shall be accompanied by a summary of…
   • § 17975.9 While it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to provide an expedient means by which to provide relocation funds to tenants, nothing in…
   • § 17975.10 When seeking reimbursement under an optional local program intended to advance relocation payments to displaced tenants when the owner fails, neglects, or…
6. ARTICLE 3. Actions and Proceedings §§ 17980–17992 · 25 sections

   • § 17980 (a) If a building is constructed, altered, converted, or maintained in violation of any provision of, or in violation of any order or notice that gives a…
   • § 17980.1 (a) If a building is identified by a city, city and county, or county pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 19160) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division…
   • § 17980.2 (a) If the enforcement agency, in accordance with Section 17980.1, shall desire that the receiver obtain a lien for costs incurred in connection therewith in…
   • § 17980.3 (a) Any receiver appointed pursuant to this section shall have all of the powers and duties conferred by this section, and Sections 17980.1 and 17980.2, and…
   • § 17980.4 (a) Whenever the enforcement agency sues for the expenses involved in the execution of any order, it may join in the same suit and claim any civil remedy for…
   • § 17980.5 The local enforcement agency may establish and maintain a special fund for the purpose of implementing Sections 17980.1 to 17980.4, inclusive.
   • § 17980.6 If any building is maintained in a manner that violates any provisions of this part, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code…
   • § 17980.7 If the owner fails to comply within a reasonable time with the terms of the order or notice issued pursuant to Section 17980.6, the following provisions shall…
   • § 17980.8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a determination that an unsafe or substandard condition exists in any building, or upon the lot upon which it is…
   • § 17980.9 Notwithstanding Section 17980, whenever the enforcement agency inspects any vacant single-family dwelling within the City of Los Angeles or the City of San…
   • § 17980.10 (a) An enforcement agency that properly declares any dwelling a nuisance and, using the notice requirements and procedures specified in Subchapter 1…
   • § 17980.11 If an enforcement agency has recorded with a county recorder any notice of substandard or untenantable conditions issued pursuant to this part for a…
   • § 17980.12 (a) (1) An enforcement agency, until January 1, 2030, that issues to an owner of an accessory dwelling unit described in subparagraph (A) or (B) below, a…
   • § 17981 An enforcement agency which institutes any action or proceeding pursuant to this article may, by verified complaint setting forth the facts, apply to the…
   • § 17982 If any notice or order issued by an enforcement agency is not complied with within a reasonable time as specified in such notice or order the enforcement…
   • § 17983 The superior court may make any order for which application is made pursuant to this article.
   • § 17984 Neither an enforcement agency, any of its officers, nor any city or county for which an enforcement agency may act, is liable for costs in any action or…
   • § 17985 (a) Any enforcement agency which institutes an action or proceeding pursuant to this article shall record a notice of the pendency of the action or proceeding…
   • § 17986 The county recorder with whom a notice of pendency of action or proceeding is filed shall record and index it in the name of each person to be specified in a…
   • § 17987 Any notice of pendency of action or proceeding may be vacated upon the order of a judge of the court in which the action or proceeding is pending. A certified…
   • § 17988 In any action or proceeding brought pursuant to this article, service of summons is sufficient if served in the manner provided in the Code of Civil Procedure.
   • § 17989 Except under conditions immediately affecting health or safety, every notice or order issued pursuant to this part shall be served five days before the time…
   • § 17990 The time to file a written pleading in response to a summons in an action brought pursuant to this article is 10 days.
   • § 17991 (a) The sale or other transfer of property to a third party shall not render moot an administrative or judicial action or proceeding pursuant to this article,…
   • § 17992 Any person who obtains an ownership interest in any property after a notice of pendency of an action or proceeding was recorded with respect to the property…