Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 18304

A county may establish a program for reducing the incidence of domestic violence in the county by establishing or funding domestic violence shelter-based programs that meet the requirements of this chapter. Geographically adjacent counties may combine their respective domestic violence shelter-based programs special funds in order to establish one or more domestic violence shelter-based programs meeting the requirements of this chapter, in order to provide services to the clients of each county that combines its funds with another county. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 857, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2007.)