CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 34 PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT LAW
SECTION 1. No low rent housing project shall hereafter be
developed, constructed, or acquired in any manner by any state public
body until, a majority of the qualified electors of the city, town
or county, as the case may be, in which it is proposed to develop,
construct, or acquire the same, voting upon such issue, approve such
project by voting in favor thereof at an election to be held for that
purpose, or at any general or special election.
For the purposes of this Article the term "low rent housing
project" shall mean any development composed of urban or rural
dwellings, apartments or other living accommodations for persons of
low income, financed in whole or in part by the Federal Government or
a state public body or to which the Federal Government or a state
public body extends assistance by supplying all or part of the labor,
by guaranteeing the payment of liens, or otherwise. For the
purposes of this Article only there shall be excluded from the term
"low rent housing project" any such project where there shall be in
existence on the effective date hereof, a contract for financial
assistance between any state public body and the Federal Government
in respect to such project.
For the purposes of this Article only "persons of low income"
shall mean persons or families who lack the amount of income which is
necessary (as determined by the state public body developing,
constructing, or acquiring the housing project) to enable them,
without financial assistance, to live in decent, safe and sanitary
dwellings, without overcrowding.
For the purposes of this Article the term "state public body"
shall mean this State, or any city, city and county, county,
district, authority, agency, or any other subdivision or public body
of this State.
For the purposes of this Article the term "Federal Government"
shall mean the United States of America, or any agency or
instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of
America.
Section 2. The provisions of this Article shall be self-executing
but legislation not in conflict herewith may be enacted to facilitate
its operation.
Section 3. If any portion, section or clause of this article, or
the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall for any
reason be declared unconstitutional or held invalid, the remainder of
this Article, or the application of such portion, section or clause
to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.
Section 4. The provisions of this Article shall supersede all
provisions of this Constitution and laws enacted thereunder in
conflict therewith.
