Cal. Health & Safety Code § 50239

(a) Round 6 of the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program is hereby established.
(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department shall make available the following amounts in accordance with this article:
1. (1) One billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) in the 2024–25 fiscal year for implementation of the program.
2. (2) Further amounts as the Legislature may appropriate to the program in the future.
(c)
1. (1) The department shall administer all aspects of the program in accordance with this article.
2. (2) No more than 5 percent of the total allocation for each round of funding shall be used to cover the department’s costs of administration of this article, 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.
  1. (A) The department may utilize any unused funds from moneys set aside for program administration to augment existing allocation categories using existing allocation methodologies.
  2. (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. (1) Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
2. (2) The personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
3. (3) Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual.
4. (4) Notwithstanding Section 11546 of the Government Code, from review or approval of any division of the Department of Technology, upon approval from the Department of Finance.
5. (5) From the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.
(e) The department 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 department 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 department shall maintain and make available to the public on its internet website records of all of the following:
1. (1) The number of applications for program funding received by the department.
2. (2) The number of applications for program funding denied by the department.
3. (3) The name of each recipient of program funds.
4. (4) Each applicant receiving funds pursuant to this article who shall provide a list of all awards to subrecipients.
5. (5) Annual reports filed by recipients pursuant to Sections 50221, 50222, and 50223.
(h) In administering this article, the department shall not be subject to the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).