Health & Saf. Code, § 52000 · Chapter 1. Legislative Findings and Declarations
Health & Saf. Code, § 52000
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The Legislature finds and declares that the subject of housing is of vital importance to the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of this state, for the following reasons:
(a) Decent housing is an essential motivating force in helping people achieve self-fulfillment in a free and democratic society.
(b) Unsanitary, unsafe, overcrowded, or congested dwelling accommodations constitute conditions which cause an increase in and spread of, disease and crime.
(c) A healthy housing market is one in which residents of this state have a choice of housing opportunities and one in which the housing consumer may effectively choose within the free marketplace.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1069.
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