Cal. Health and Safety Code § 51058

(a) The agency may renegotiate, refinance, foreclose, or contract for the foreclosure of, any mortgage in default and may waive any default or consent to the modification of the terms of any mortgage. With respect to housing developments, the agency shall require that mortgage servicing and foreclosure practices, including forbearance and recasting of mortgages in default, conform to agency policies or resolutions. (b) The agency may commence any action to protect or enforce any right conferred upon it by any law, mortgage, contract, or other agreement and may bid for and purchase property sold in satisfaction thereof at any foreclosure or other sale or may otherwise acquire and take possession of that property. Subject to any agreement with bondholders, the agency may operate, manage, lease, dispose of, and otherwise deal with that property in such manner as may be necessary to protect the interest of the agency and the holders of its bonds.