California § 50710 - The Director of Housing and Community Development may contract with school distri

§ 50710. The Director of Housing and Community Development may contract with school distri

The Director of Housing and Community Development may contract with school districts, housing authorities, health agencies, and other appropriate local public and private nonprofit agencies, for the procurement, or construction of housing or shelter and to obtain services for migratory agricultural workers in the fields of education and sanitation, to obtain day care services for the children of those workers, and the director may adopt regulations as the director deems necessary in order to provide that housing service. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, contracts made pursuant to this chapter are deemed to be for local assistance. Notwithstanding any other law, the director may provide for advance payments of up to 20 percent of annual operating costs of the migrant farm labor center to contractors, provided that the contractors do not have outstanding advance balances from the prior contract periods.