Cal. Health and Safety Code § 50008

The Legislature finds and declares that a significantly growing percentage of newly formed households are unable to achieve homeownership under existing conditions, and that preservation and enhancement of opportunities for homeownership are beneficial to the well-being and prosperity of the people of the state and contribute materially to social and economic balance and to the stability of California’s communities and of the state as a whole. The Legislature also finds and declares that the problem of housing affordability facing the first-time home buyer presents serious implications for housing market activity and for economic growth in California since the first-time home buyer is critical to a healthy market for all Californians, as all Californians are materially inhibited in seeking needed adjustments to their housing needs if potential first-time home buyers cannot enter the market; and that the ability of California to generate activity to produce new jobs is limited by the lack of affordable housing with affordable financing for the persons who would fill such jobs. It is, therefore, necessary to implement a program incorporating the elements of this division, added by the chapter of the Statutes of 1982 which enacted this section, and the provisions enacted by that chapter shall be liberally construed to effect their purposes.