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a) Round of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program is hereby established for the purpose of creating and implementing regionally coordinated plans that organize and deploy the full array of homelessness programs and resources comprehensively and effectively. (

b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the council shall distribute the following amounts in accordance with this chapter:

(1) One billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) in the 2023–24 fiscal year for implementation of the program.

(2) All amounts reallocated by

Chapter 6 (commencing with

Section 50216) for expenditure under this chapter.

(3) Such further amounts as the Legislature may appropriate to the program in the future. (c)

(1) The council shall administer all aspects of the program in accordance with

Section 50231.

(2) No more than percent of the total allocation for each round of funding shall be used to cover the council’s costs of administration of this chapter, including state operations expenditures and activities in support of statewide capacity building for recipients, including providing ongoing training and technical assistance, measuring data and performance, conducting research, and evaluation of funding service delivery demonstration projects. (

A) The council may utilize any unused funds from moneys set aside for program administration to augment existing allocation categories using existing allocation methodologies. (

B) Any unused funds from moneys set aside for program administration remaining by the expenditure deadline for the given appropriation shall be rolled over into the next round of appropriated funding, or will revert back to the General Fund. (

d) Contracts entered into or amended shall be exempt from all of the following:

(1) Chapter 6 (commencing with

Section 14825) of

Part 5.5 of Division of Title of the Government Code.

(2) The personal services contracting requirements of

Article 4 (commencing with

Section 19130) of

Chapter of Part of Division of Title of the Government Code.

(3) Part 2 (commencing with

Section 10100) of Division of the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual.

(4) Notwithstanding

Section of the Government Code, from review or approval of any division of the Department of Technology, upon approval from the Department of Finance.

(5) From the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services. (

e) The council shall approve or deny an application, and the determination of the amount of funding to be provided shall be final. (

f) If the applicant identifies substantive errors or omissions in their required data submissions, the council may, at its sole discretion, allow jurisdictions to modify or resubmit their data and, if applicable, may allow applicants to modify their data accordingly. (

g) The council shall maintain and make available to the public on its internet website records of the following:

(1) The number of applications for program funding received by the council.

(2) The number of applications for program funding denied by the council.

(3) The name of each recipient of program funds.

(4) Each applicant receiving funds pursuant to this

chapter who shall provide a list of all awards to subrecipients.

(5) Annual reports filed by recipients pursuant to Sections 50221, 50222, and 50223. (

h) In administering this chapter, the council shall not be subject to the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with

Section 11340) of Part of Division of Title of the Government Code).