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IV. THE RELOCATION PROGRAM The Developer's Relocation Program is designed to minimize hardship, be responsive to unique Project circumstances, emphasize maintaining personal contact with all affected individuals, consistently apply all regulatory criteria to formulate eligibility and benefit determinations and conform to all applicable requirements. The relocation program to be implemented by the Developer will conform with the standards and provisions of the State of California Relocation Assistance Law, Government Cade, Section 7260, et. seq., the California Code of Regulations, Title 25, Chapter 6, as amended 7anuary 1, 1998, the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 {URA), as amended, and the implementing regulations of Handbook 1378 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as appropriate. PERMANENT DISPLACEMENTS The Developer has retained Overland, Pacific & Cutler, Inc. (OPC}, a multi-lingual consulting firm, to administer the Relocation Program for the permanent displacees. OPC has worked on more than 2,900 public acquisition and relocation projects over the past 28 years. Experienced Developer staff will monitor the performance of OPC and be responsible to approve or disapprove OPC recommendations concerning eligibility and benefit determinations and interpretations of Developer's policy. Eligible individuals, who need to permanently move from their existing home, will receive relocation assistance. The relocation program consists of two principal constituents: advisory assistance and financial assistance (Relocation Benefits). A. ADVISORY ASSISTANCE Advisory assistance services are intended to: • inform displacees about the relocation program • help in the process of fording appropriate replacement accommodations • facilitate claims processing • maintain a communication link with the Developer • coordinate the involvement of outside service providers To follow through on the advisory assistance component of the relocation program and assure that the Developer meets its obligations under the law, OPC staff will perform the fallowing functions: Distribute appropriate written information concerning the Developer's relocation program;