Cal. Corp. Code § 14075

(a) A corporation may, in an area affected by a state of emergency within the state and declared a disaster by the President of the United States, or by the Administrator of the United States Small Business Administration, or by the United States Secretary of Agriculture or declared to be in a state of emergency by the Governor of California, provide loan guarantees from funds allocated in Section 14037.5 to small businesses, small farms, nurseries, and agriculture-related enterprises that have suffered actual physical damage or significant economic injury as a result of the disaster.
(b) The agency may adopt regulations to implement the loan guarantee program authorized by this section. The agency may adopt these regulations as emergency regulations in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of the Government Code, and for purposes of that chapter, including Section 11349.6 of the Government Code, the adoption of the regulations shall be considered by the Office of Administrative Law to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and general welfare. Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code, the regulations shall be repealed within 180 days after their effective date unless the agency complies with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of the Government Code, as provided in subdivision (e) of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code.
(c) Allocations pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be for extraordinary emergency or disaster response operations costs incurred by the agency.