2005 California Health and Safety Code Sections 57050 Article 1. Legislative Declarations

57050.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) The failure to properly repair and maintain commercial and
industrial facilities or structures can pose a threat to public
health or safety or to the environment that can be prevented through
expeditious and coordinated agency action.
   (b) There is an urgent need to implement repair or maintenance
projects, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 57051 as quickly
and as effectively as possible to avoid potential threats to public
health or safety or to the environment.
   (c) It is the intent of this division to provide, at the request
of a responsible party, a mechanism that can ensure that the permits
required to carry out necessary repair or maintenance projects at
commercial or industrial facilities or structures will be issued in
an expeditious, timely, and coordinated manner and will be consistent
with one another.