The Sacramento County Department of Social Services is hereby
abolished.
(SCC 43 § 1, 1971; SCC
668 § 2, 1986; SCC 0869 § 2,
1992)
There is hereby created the Sacramento County Department of
Human Assistance.
(SCC 668 § 2, 1986; SCC
0869 § 3, 1992)
The Department of Human Assistance shall be vested with such
powers, functions, duties and responsibilities with respect to the
provision of public assistance, employment services, veterans services,
homeless programs, child development centers and other brief services
and programs, as authorized by County Charter, ordinance or other
law.
(SCC 0869 § 3, 1992; SCC
0994 § 1, 1995; SCC 1618 § 2,
2018)
The position of Director of the Department of Human Assistance
is hereby created. The Director shall be appointed by the County Executive,
subject to the approval of the Board of Supervisors, and shall be
subject to removal by the County Executive in accordance with the
provisions of the County Charter.
(SCC 0869 § 3, 1992)
The Director of the Department of Human Assistance shall have
and exercise the following duties and responsibilities:
1. Planning,
developing, managing and operating the Department of Human Assistance;
2. Serving
as the appointing authority for all Department personnel, except as
provided by Charter, ordinance or other law;
3. Performing
such other duties as are prescribed from time to time by the County
Executive and/or the Board of Supervisors.
(SCC 0869 § 3, 1992)