California Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC § 51232

To implement the purposes of this division, the agency shall develop or require housing sponsors to develop, pursuant to regulations of the agency, resident selection plans. Resident selection plans for housing developments financed by mortgage loans from the agency, which shall provide that preference be given to households displaced by a housing development, public action, or natural disaster. Such plans shall include criteria for resident selection, which shall establish income limits for residents, and may include a counseling program designed to promote the financial success of the housing development or the health, safety, and welfare of residents of the housing development. The agency may make participation in such a counseling program a condition or precondition of occupancy of a housing development. The agency may develop or require housing sponsors to develop, pursuant to regulations of the agency, resident selection plans for large urban revitalization programs which recognize a need to attract a full range of income groups for housing developments in central-city areas.