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<br /> <br />The matters set forth herein are regulatory mandates, and are adopted in accordance with <br />the authorities set forth below: <br /> <br /> <br />Quasi-legislative regulations … have the dignity of statutes … [and]… delegation of <br />legislative authority includes the power to elaborate the meaning of key statutory <br />terms… <br /> <br />Ramirez v. Yosemite Water Co., 20 Cal. 4th 785, 800 (1999) <br /> <br /> <br />In consultation with stakeholders, the California Department of Housing and Community <br />Development (Department) may adopt Guidelines to implement this section, including <br />determining allocation methodologies. Any guideline, rule, policy, or standard of general <br />application employed by the Department in implementing this chapter shall not be subject <br />to the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with <br />Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Gov. Code). <br /> <br />NOTE: Authority Cited: Health and Safety Code section 50470, subdivision (d). <br /> <br />The Department reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to suspend or amend the <br />provisions of these Guidelines, including, but not limited to, grant award amounts. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />45