Cal. Code Regs. tit. 25 § 7062

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 7062 - Special Allocation for Native American Communities

Pursuant to the requirements of 24 CFR, Part 1, the Department finds that there are within the State of California, communities principally comprised of low-income Native Americans not recognized as Indian Tribes as defined in Section 102(a)(17) of the Act (the Act defines Indian Tribes as any Indian tribe, band, group, and nation ... of the United States, which is considered an eligible recipient under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638), or under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-512)). The Department also finds that these communities have, in previous years, received the benefits of the Act primarily through the Department's successful submittal of applications on their behalf. The Department further finds that its inability to continue to apply on behalf of this minority population, caused by the legal constraints of the 1981 amendments to the Act, and the legal ineligibility of these groups to apply on their own behalf for federally- or State-administered CDBG funds, will have the effect of depriving this minority group from participating in the State CDBG Program unless there are some affirmative measures to ensure its participation.

(a) Pursuant to the requirements and authority of 24 CFR 1.4(c)(6)(ii) and by the direction of the State Legislature, the Department shall set aside an amount equal to one and one quarter percent (1.25%) of the total State CDBG funds to be granted to eligible applicants for identifiable geographic areas within eligible cities and counties comprised of high concentrations of Native Americans not recognized as Indian Tribes as defined in Section 102(a)(17) of the Act. For the purpose of this section, identifiable geographic areas comprised of high concentrations of Native Americans means identifiable geographic areas comprised of no less than fifty one percent (51%) Native Americans not recognized as an Indian Tribe by the Act. An identifiable geographic area may be defined by locally accepted social, historical, physical, political, or past programmatic boundaries.

(b) An application for this set aside may be in addition to another application submitted by an eligible city or county pursuant to Section 7060(b)(1)-(5). Applications submitted under this section will be independently evaluated and ranked against other applications for this special allocation without regard to the rating of an application submitted pursuant to another section of this subchapter.

(c) An application submitted pursuant to this section shall be in the form prescribed for applications in Section 7070 and shall comply in all other respects with this subchapter. CDBG funds utilized within the identifiable geographic areas must principally benefit residents in the targeted income groups without regard to race, religion, national origin, or sex. In the event all the set aside funds are not awarded in a funding cycle, the Department shall award the remaining funds to the highest ranked unfunded applications submitted under Section 7072.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 25, § 7062

1. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 1-19-84; effective upon filing pursuant to Government Code Section 11346.2(d) (Register 84, No. 3).
2. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 2-22-85; effective upon filing pursuant to Government Code Section 11346.2(d) (Register 85, No. 9).
3. Amendment of section heading, first paragraph and subsection (a) filed 8-13-2012; operative 8-13-2012 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2012, No. 33).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 50406(h) and 50406(n), Health and Safety Code; and 24 CFR 570.489(b). Reference: Sections 50406, 50407 and 50831, Health and Safety Code; Public Law 93-638 (25 U.S.C. 450(b)); Public Law 92-512 ( 31 U.S.C. 1227(4)); 42 U.S.C. 5306(d)(2); and 24 CFR 570.489.