50213.5.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the sum of two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) is hereby continuously appropriated from the General Fund to the agency to be used to provide grants to administrative entities.(b) The agency shall allocate annually, from the moneys appropriated to it by subdivision (a), the following amounts to administrative entities according to the following groupings based on homeless population:
(1) To administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count of over 20,000 persons, forty million dollars ($40,000,000).
(2) To administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count between 4,000 and 19,999 persons, sixty million dollars ($60,000,000).
(3) To administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count between 2,500 and 3,999 persons, thirty million dollars ($30,000,000).
(4) To administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count between 1,800 and 2,499 persons, forty-eight million dollars ($48,000,000).
(5) To administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count between 1,500 and 1,799 persons, eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000).
(6) To administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count between 1,000 and 1,499 persons, thirty-two million dollars ($32,000,000).
(7) To administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count between 750 and 999 persons, twelve million dollars ($12,000,000).
(8) To administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count between 250 and 749 persons, seven million dollars ($7,000,000).
(9) To administrative entities with a homeless point-in-time count of less than 250 persons, two million dollars ($2,000,000).
(10) The agency shall set aside funds for each administrative entity grouping with the funds available for each grouping to be divided equally among administrative entities within that grouping.
(11) Up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be available for the agency to administer the program.
(c) Applications for the first round of awards shall be submitted to the agency on or before December 31 of the year preceding the year for which an administrative entity seeks funding under this section. The agency shall verify whether each funding request meets the minimum criteria established by this chapter and make awards on a continuous basis based on that criteria, but no later than January 31 of
the year for which the administrative entity seeks funding under this section.
(d) (1) If, after the first round of awards pursuant to subdivision (c), not all funds have been claimed by all administrative entities, the agency shall set aside any remaining funds for a second round of awards.
(2) Applications for the second round of awards shall be submitted to the agency on or before April 30 of the year for which an administrative entity seeks funding under this section. The agency shall verify whether each funding request meets the minimum criteria established by this chapter and make awards on a continuous basis based on that criteria, but no later than May 31 of the year for which the administrative entity seeks funding under this
section. Any qualifying administrative entity may apply for funds available in the second round of awards.
(e) If, after the second round of awards pursuant to subdivision (d), not all funds have been claimed by all administrative entities, the remaining unencumbered balance of funding available for the year shall revert to the General Fund.