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SANK'-j0. A QU I N Environmental Health Department <br /> i COUNTY Jasjit Kang, RENS, Director <br /> Greatness grows here. MuniappaNaidu,REHS,Assistant Director <br /> PROGRAM COORDINATORS <br /> RECEIVED Robert McClellon,REHS <br /> Jeff Carruesco,REHS, RDI <br /> Willy Ng, REHS <br /> Shih,REHS <br /> JAN 2 5 2023 Michtelle Henry,REHS <br /> Elena Manzo, REHS <br /> November 28, 2022 F'N IRONNIENTA LIIV'AI'I_ll <br /> fp--Ofl 1-6�-3 <br /> MEMORANDUM vv� <br /> TO Employee Housing Dairy Exemption Facility Owners <br /> FROM: Jeff Wang, Lead Senior REHS, Housing Programs <br /> Environmental Health Department <br /> SUBJECT: Annual Review/Self-Assessment for Dairy Permit Exempt Facilities <br /> The San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department (EHD) is the local agency designated by the <br /> California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to implement the Employee <br /> Housing Program pursuant to the California Health and Safety Code, Employee Housing Act. The local <br /> program is responsible for ensuring that all employee housing accommodations meet the minimum State <br /> requirements established for use, maintenance, occupancy, and safety. <br /> Beginning in 2000, the EHD granted exemptions from the Employee Housing Permit to Operate <br /> requirements to employee housing facilities (housing for five or more employees or agricultural workers) <br /> located at dairy farms. EHD records show that your facility was one of these exempted facilities. <br /> As a result of a recent review of our local Employee Housing Program, HCD provided clarification that an <br /> annual review of all Dairy Exempt Employee Housing Facilities needed to be conducted by the EHD. The <br /> annual review is the mechanism used to determine if a facility continues to qualify for exemption status by <br /> meeting the minimum State requirements for use, maintenance, occupancy, and safety for the housing <br /> accommodations. <br /> In order to perform this annual review with minimal impact to local dairies, we have opted to use a self- <br /> assessment program in lieu of an on-site inspection by EHD staff. This self-assessment program will allow <br /> owners and operators to perform the inspection themselves, to identify problems and make corrections, <br /> and to report this information to the EHD. The EHD will evaluate this information to comply with the <br /> required State annual review. Failure to return the required self-assessment documents to the EHD could <br /> result in loss of dairy exempt status. <br /> Please complete the enclosed Self-Audit Housing Checklist, one for each separate housing unit, <br /> to document the condition of each housing unit during the inspection, and mail back to the <br /> Environmental Health Department by March 1, 2023. <br /> For more information on the minimum State requirements for employee housing, the Employee Housing <br /> Facility Inspection Information Booklet is available upon request. <br /> EHD staff are available to provide any assistance you may need to participate in this program. For further <br /> information, please contact Jeff Wong, Lead Senior REHS, at (209) 468-0335 or jwong((�sjgov.or <br /> 1868 E. Hazelton Avenue I Stockton, California 95205 1 T 209 468-3420 1 F 209 464-0138 1 www.sjgov.org/ehd <br />