Gov. Code, § 16367.7

Whenever the Department of Economic Opportunity does not allocate Energy Crisis Intervention Program funds on schedule to a community-based organization or community action agency and the organization or agency finds it necessary to obtain a loan in order to cover its program costs, the department shall pay any interest charges on the loan out of the funds budgeted for the administration of the department, unless the failure to allocate is due to an incomplete application or report and the department promptly gives notice of this fact to the organization or agency.

Any interest payable by the department pursuant to this section shall be paid by the Controller to the organization or agency from available funds in the department’s budget. If any interest charge is paid by the department pursuant to this section, the department shall report this fact to the Legislature and describe what actions are being taken to prevent additional payments of interest charges.