Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000 - 18999.98]
( Division 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784. ) PART 5. COUNTY AID AND RELIEF TO INDIGENTS [17000 - 17613.4]
( Part 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784. ) CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [17000 - 17030.1]
( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784. ) 17000.
Every county and every city and county shall relieve and support all incompetent, poor, indigent persons, and those incapacitated by age, disease, or accident, lawfully resident therein, when such persons are not supported and relieved by their relatives or friends, by their own means, or by state hospitals or other state or private institutions.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)