California Code, Civil Code - CIV § 1954.08

(a) “Harm-reduction” means a set of strategies, policies, and practices aimed at mitigating the negative social and physical consequences associated with various human behaviors, including, but not limited to, substance use, and that do not rely on punitive measures to gain program compliance.

(b) “Motel or hotel” means any hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn, or other similar transient lodging establishment.

(c) “Self-exit” means when a shelter program participant voluntarily leaves a shelter program, including for a reason unknown to the shelter program operator, and does not return to the site or make reasonable contact with the shelter program operator within 72 hours of leaving. The shelter program operator shall contact hospitals, jails, and any other relevant sites to make a good faith effort to determine the location of the individual and if their exit from the program was voluntary.

(d) “Shelter program” means a city-, county-, continuum of care-, state-, or federally funded shelter, interim housing, motel voucher, or emergency shelter program in which the city, county, continuum of care, state, or federal governmental entity retains an oversight and accountability role in ensuring compliance with program regulations and proper program administration.

(e) “Shelter program administrator” means a city, county, or continuum of care entity that retains an oversight role in ensuring compliance with program regulations and proper program administration.

(f) “Shelter program operator” means a service provider agency that is contracting with a shelter program administrator to carry out the operations of the shelter program. A “shelter program operator” may include community-based service providers as well as public government agencies carrying out program operations.

(g) “Shelter program participant” means an occupant of a motel, hotel, or other shelter site whose occupancy is solely due to their participation in a shelter program.

(h) “Trauma-informed” means a set of practices that promote safety, empowerment, and healing in recognition that program participants may have experienced trauma that informs their experiences and responses.