Behavioral health continuum infrastructure program
Cal. WIC § 5960.31
California Statutes
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a) Notwithstanding any other law, projects funded pursuant to paragraph (3) or (4) of subdivision (
b) of
Section 5965.04 shall be a use by right and shall be subject to the streamlined, ministerial review process and filing requirement, pursuant to subdivisions (
b) and (
d) of
Section 50675.1.5 of the Health and Safety Code, and not subject to a conditional use permit, discretionary permit, or to any other discretionary reviews or approvals, if it meets the criteria of paragraph (1) or (2) and complies with subdivisions (
b) and (c).
(1) The project is a behavioral health treatment and residential setting, including, but not limited to, children’s residential crisis programs, peer respite, children’s and adult substance use disorder residential programs, recovery housing, short-term residential therapeutic program, and social rehabilitation program, and shall be located in a zone where residential, office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use. (2) (
A) The project is a real estate asset, as described in
Section 5960.05, except for those described in paragraph (1), or in subparagraph (
A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (
a) of
Section 5831, that is funded pursuant to
Section 5967.01, and shall be located in a zone where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use. (
B) This paragraph shall not be construed to limit the discretion of local jurisdictions to permit real estate assets in a zone not expressly provided in this paragraph. (
b) Projects, as applicable, pursuant to this
section shall comply with the core components of Housing First, as defined under subdivision (
b) of
Section 8255, and may include recovery housing, as defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. (
c) Projects pursuant to this
section shall meet the labor standards contained in Sections 65912.130 and 65912.131 of the Government Code. (
d) For purposes of this section, “use by right” means a development project that satisfies both of the following conditions:
(1) The development project does not require a conditional use permit, planned unit development permit, or other discretionary local government review.
(2) The development project is not a “project” for purposes of Division 13 (commencing with