ORDINANCE NO. 10165 (NEW SERIES)

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SAN DIEGO COUNTYADMINISTRATIVE CODE RELATING TOTHE SAN DIEGO COUNTY GENERAL RELIEF PROGRAM

The Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego ordains as follows:

Section 1. Section 257.3 is hereby amended to the San Diego County Administrative Code Article XV-C to read as follows:

SEC. 257.3.RESTRICTIONS

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 257, the General Relief Program shall not be used to provide assistance to any individual who—

(a) is not eligible for aid as a result of any federal or state time or other limitation on cash aid or assistance until all of the children of the individual on whose behalf aid was received, whether or not currently living in the home with the individual, are 18 years of age or older; or

(b) is receiving aid on behalf of an eligible child, but who is either ineligible for aid or whose needs are not otherwise taken into account in determining the amount of aid to the family due to the imposition of a sanction or penalty.

Section 2. Section 257.4 is hereby added to the San Diego County Administrative Code Article XV-C to read as follows:

SEC. 257.4.MAXIMUM FAMILY GRANT CHILDREN

Children who are members of a CalWORKs Assistance Unit but are not receiving a grant from the CalWORKs case due to the Maximum Family Grant rule shall be aided under this section as long as the following conditions are met:

(a) all other General Relief eligibility criteria (including income and property) are met; and

(b) the CalWORKs case is a zero-grant case; and

(c) the children have received the age-appropriate immunizations as defined by the Centers for Disease Control; and

(c) the children, if 6 years of age or older, are attending school regularly as defined by the CalWORKs Program.

Section 3. Section 264 is hereby amended to the San Diego County Administrative Code Article XV-C to read as follows:

SEC. 264.REPORTING INDIGENT ALIENS

Whenever any application for General Relief is approved on behalf of any alien who is or has been a recipient of General Relief during the three-year sponsorship period, the Director shall report such facts and the sponsor’s information to the Citizenship and Immigration Services of the United States Department of Homeland Security and request that further investigation and action be taken by that office.

Section 4. Section 265.5 is hereby removed from the San Diego County Administrative Code Article XV-C.

Section 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its adoption. Before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage it shall be published once with the names of the members voting for and against the same in the San Diego Commerce, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of San Diego.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego this 13th day of September, 2011.