SECTIONS 18470-18478 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 18470-18478

18470. The direct administration of this chapter shall be carried
out by the boards of supervisors of the several counties, directly or
through their authorized agents. The administration shall be
supervised by the department.

18471. The department shall:
(a) Establish minimum and maximum standards for the amount and
form of relief, on a budgetary basis, as provided in Sections 18472,
18473, and 18474.
(b) Establish standards of eligibility for relief, which shall be
of uniform application throughout the state.
(c) Make investigations in relation to the administration of
relief.
(d) Secure information and make reports thereon.

18472. The department shall from time to time fix for each county
maximum and minimum relief case budgets within the range of which the
board of supervisors may establish its own policies.
All budgets and standards shall be based upon need and minimum
budgets shall be sufficient to maintain the recipient and his
dependents in accordance with minimum living requirements as provided
in Section 18473.

18473. In determining and redetermining budgets and standards, the
department may give consideration to living costs and may establish
budgets and standards varying in monetary worth or amount, but
providing a standard of living compatible with decency and health.

18474. Relief may be granted in cash or in kind, but relief may be
granted in kind only after the method has been approved by the
department.

18475. All income received by a person or family, regardless of
source, shall be considered in determining the amount of relief to be
provided.

18476. In administering any funds appropriated or made available to
the department for disbursement through the counties for relief
purposes, the department shall:
(a) Require as a condition for receiving such grants-in-aid that
the county shall bear the proportion of the total expense of
furnishing relief required to be paid by the county under Section
18521.
(b) Establish rules and regulations, not in conflict with law,
defining and controlling the conditions under which state aid may be
granted or refused.
(c) Terminate any grants-in-aid to any county if the laws
providing such grants, or the minimum standards prescribed by the
department, are not complied with by the county or its officers or
employees.

18477. If any county fails to comply with the provisions of this
chapter or the rules and regulations or orders of the department for
the administration of relief by the county under this chapter, the
director of the department shall formally notify the county of the
particular respects in which it fails to comply with the law or the
rules and regulations of the department, and of the changes which are
necessary to effect full compliance. The county shall be allowed a
reasonable time to effect compliance; if it fails to do so within
such reasonable time, it shall be ordered to appear before the
director to show cause, if it has any, for its failure to comply with
the law or the rules and regulations of the department.
If a county is charged by the director with failure to comply with
the law or the rules and regulations of the department, the county
may demand a public hearing before the director. If a hearing is
demanded, the director shall hold it promptly.
If the director finds that a county has failed to comply with the
law or the rules and regulations of the department, and is unwilling
or unable to make the changes necessary to effect full compliance,
the director may withhold financial assistance for the direct and
administrative costs of relief, or either, until the county complies.

18478. The department may operate the relief administration in any
county after the denial of financial assistance to the county in
accordance with the provisions of Section 18477, and the county
proportion of the costs thereof shall be charged against the county
and shall be a proper charge against the county. The department shall
certify to the county auditor any amounts so charged against the
county, the county auditor shall include in his state settlement
report rendered to the Controller in the months of January and June
the amounts so certified and due under the provisions of this
section, and the county treasurer, at the time of the settlement with
the state in such months, shall pay to the State Treasurer, upon the
order of the Controller, the amounts due under the provisions of
this section.