Long Beach Health Department leads childhood lead-poisoning prevention, enforcing California Health and Safety Code 17920.10 and federal RRP rules in homes built before 1978.
Long Beach has its own city Health Department, rare among California cities, which runs the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. Under California Health and Safety Code section 17920.10, deteriorated lead-based paint in pre-1978 housing is a substandard condition triggering abatement orders. Federal EPA Renovation Repair and Painting (RRP) rules require certified contractors for any disturbance over six square feet interior or twenty exterior in target housing. The Health Department investigates childhood blood-lead reports above five micrograms per deciliter and issues compliance orders. Property owners must disclose known lead hazards under federal Title X before sale or lease.
Substandard lead-paint conditions allow Health Department citations starting at $100 per day under HSC 17995, plus federal EPA penalties up to $40,000 per RRP violation and tenant civil suits for childhood lead exposure damages.
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