Cal. GOV § 57384 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 5 / Chapter 4 / Section 57384
Section 57384
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), whenever a city has been incorporated from territory formerly unincorporated, the board of supervisors shall continue to furnish, without additional charge, to the area incorporated all services furnished to the area prior to the incorporation. Those services shall be furnished for the remainder of the fiscal year during which the incorporation became effective or until the city council requests discontinuance of the services, whichever occurs first.

(b) This subdivision applies only to incorporations for which the petition or resolution of application for incorporation is filed with the commission on or after January 1, 1987. Prior to the commission adopting a resolution making determinations, the board of supervisors may request that the city reimburse the county for the net cost of services provided pursuant to subdivision (a). The commission shall impose this requirement as a term and condition of its resolution. The city shall be obligated to reimburse the county within five years of the effective date of the incorporation or for a period in excess of five years, if the board of supervisors agrees to a longer period. As used in this subdivision, “net cost of services” means the total direct and indirect expense to the county of providing services, as determined pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 56810, adjusted by any subsequent change in the California Consumer Price Index, less any revenues which the county retains that were generated from the formerly unincorporated territory during the period of time the services are furnished pursuant to subdivision (a). This subdivision applies only to those services which are to be assumed by the city.

(c) At the request of the city council, the board of supervisors, by resolution, may determine to furnish, without charge, to the area incorporated all or a portion of services furnished to the area prior to the incorporation for an additional period of time after the end of the fiscal year during which the incorporation became effective. The additional period of time after the end of the fiscal year during which the incorporation became effective for which the board of supervisors determines to provide services, without charge, and the specific services to be provided shall be specifically stated in the resolution adopted by the board of supervisors.
Cal. GOV § 53595.30 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 53595.30
Section 53595.30
Status: in_force

(a) All moneys received pursuant to this article and pledged to the payment of any class, series, or issue of debt instruments, whether as tax increment revenues or from any other source, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this article. Until the funds are applied as provided by this article, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the moneys may be invested in obligations or securities authorized by resolutions of the legislative body of the local agency authorizing the issuance of debt instruments.

(b) Any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, the moneys are deposited shall act as trustee of the moneys and shall hold and apply the moneys for the purpose of this article, subject to any regulations of the local agency adopted pursuant to this article and the indenture securing the bonds.
Cal. CIV § 1954.50 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 2.7 / Section 1954.50
Section 1954.50
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act.
Cal. GOV § 53971.3 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 16 / Section 53971.3
Section 53971.3
Status: in_force

As used in this article, “police protection services” includes county criminal justice facilities, which shall be limited to, jails, detention facilities, and juvenile halls. The cost of providing police protection services includes the cost of constructing, reconstructing, expanding, or improving county criminal justice facilities, and any necessary debt service associated therewith.
Cal. GOV § 53098 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 5.5 / Section 53098
Section 53098
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, review, certification, and approval of any and all provisions of the San Francisco Bay Regional Environmental Management Plan, and any subsequent revision or amendments thereto by the Association of Bay Area Governments, shall be subject to the requirements of this article.
Cal. GOV § 53200.3 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 53200.3
Section 53200.3
Status: in_force

For the limited purpose of the application of this article, judges of the superior and municipal courts and the officers and attachés of said courts whose salaries are paid either in whole or in part from the salary fund of the county are county employees and shall be subject to the same or similar obligations and be granted the same or similar employee benefits as are now required or granted to employees of the county in which the court of said judge, officer, or attaché is located.
Cal. GOV § 56861 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 56861
Section 56861
Status: in_force

(a) Within 10 days after receiving a proposal to form a subsidiary district, the executive officer shall notify by certified mail the district or districts which are the subject of the proposal.

(b) Within 35 days after receiving the notice from the executive officer, the board of directors of the subject district or districts may do either of the following:

(1) Adopt a resolution consenting to the subsidiary district proposal, with or without requesting additional terms and conditions.

(2) Adopt a resolution of intention to file an alternative proposal to the subsidiary district proposal.

(c) Any resolution adopted under paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (b) shall immediately be filed with the executive officer.
Cal. GOV § 57075 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 4 / Chapter 4 / Section 57075
Section 57075
Status: in_force

Where a change of organization or reorganization consists solely of annexations, detachments, the exercise of new or different functions or class of services or the divestiture of the power to provide particular functions or class of services within all or part of the jurisdictional boundaries of a special district, or any combination of those proposals, the commission, not more than 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing, shall make a finding regarding the value of written protests filed and not withdrawn, and take the action set forth in either subdivision (a) of Section 57091, in the case of registered voter districts or cities, or subdivision (b) of Section 57091, in the case of landowner-voter districts.
Cal. GOV § 50570 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 10 / Section 50570
Section 50570
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 54222 and 54223, a local agency, or any department, agency or authority thereof may lease, sell or grant or otherwise transfer any real property, including air rights owned, held or controlled by it and found to be in excess of foreseeable needs under this article, to any housing corporation, limited dividend corporation or nonprofit corporation, upon such terms and conditions as any other provisions of law notwithstanding the local agency may deem to be best suited to the development of the parcel for housing available to persons and families of low or moderate income at affordable housing cost, as defined by Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code. The deed or other instrument of conveyance shall provide that whenever the ownership of the land or the mortgagor corporation is no longer composed of a majority of the nonprofit or limited dividend sponsors, title to the land shall revert to the local agency. The deed or other instrument of conveyance shall also contain a recital that the grantor local agency or department, agency or authority thereof has made the finding required by this section and such recital shall be conclusive in favor of purchasers or encumbrancers for value.
Cal. GOV § 54660 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 11 / Section 54660
Section 54660
Status: in_force

A local agency may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds to redeem or retire bonds issued by it upon the terms, at the times, and in the manner which its legislative body determines.
Cal. GOV § 54410 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 54410
Section 54410
Status: in_force

In determining the amount of bonds to be issued, the legislative body may include:

(a) All costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the acquisition, construction, improving or financing of the enterprise.

(b) All engineering, inspection, legal and fiscal agent’s fees, costs of the bond election and of the issuance of said revenue bonds, bond reserve funds and working capital and bond interest estimated to accrue during the construction period and for a period of not to exceed twelve months after completion of construction.
Cal. GOV § 52031 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 52031
Section 52031
Status: in_force

(a)  The governing bodies of any two or more cities or counties or any combination thereof may by agreement create an area energy authority. Each governing body that is a party to such an agreement shall appoint two persons as commissioners of the authority, and the governing bodies shall jointly appoint one commissioner at large, and, upon appointment of all required commissioners, the area energy authority shall be authorized to exercise all of the powers which a community energy authority is authorized to exercise.

(b) Commissioners appointed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall serve at the pleasure of the governing bodies which appointed them.

(c) A majority of the commissioners of an area energy authority constitutes a quorum for the purpose of conducting business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes. Action may be taken by the area energy authority upon a vote of a majority of the commissioners.

(d) The commissioners shall select a chairperson from their number.
Cal. CIV § 1940 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1940
Section 1940
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter shall apply to all persons who hire dwelling units located within this state including tenants, lessees, boarders, lodgers, and others, however denominated.

(b) The term “persons who hire” shall not include a person who maintains either of the following:

(1) Transient occupancy in a hotel, motel, residence club, or other facility when the transient occupancy is or would be subject to tax under Section 7280 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. The term “persons who hire” shall not include a person to whom this paragraph pertains if the person has not made valid payment for all room and other related charges owing as of the last day on which his or her occupancy is or would be subject to tax under Section 7280 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(2) Occupancy at a hotel or motel where the innkeeper retains a right of access to and control of the dwelling unit and the hotel or motel provides or offers all of the following services to all of the residents:

(A) Facilities for the safeguarding of personal property pursuant to Section 1860.

(B) Central telephone service subject to tariffs covering the same filed with the California Public Utilities Commission.

(C) Maid, mail, and room services.

(D) Occupancy for periods of less than seven days.

(E) Food service provided by a food establishment, as defined in Section 113780 of the Health and Safety Code, located on or adjacent to the premises of the hotel or motel and owned or operated by the innkeeper or owned or operated by a person or entity pursuant to a lease or similar relationship with the innkeeper or person or entity affiliated with the innkeeper.

(c) “Dwelling unit” means a structure or the part of a structure that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by one person who maintains a household or by two or more persons who maintain a common household.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the application of any provision of this chapter to tenancy in a dwelling unit unless the provision is so limited by its specific terms.
Cal. GOV § 50485 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 6.5 / Section 50485
Section 50485
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Airport Approaches Zoning Law.”
Cal. GOV § 54203 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 54203
Section 54203
Status: in_force

If the local agency is a city, a county, or a city and county, the policies provided for in Section 54202 shall be adopted by ordinance in the manner provided by law or by charter, as the case may be.
Cal. GOV § 54718 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.4 / Article 4 / Section 54718
Section 54718
Status: in_force

(a) The legislative body may provide for the collection of the assessment or any installment of an assessment, in the same manner, and subject to the same penalties and priority of lien as, other charges and taxes fixed and collected by, or on behalf of the local agency, except that if, for the first year the assessment is levied the real property on which the assessment is levied has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of county taxes would become delinquent, the confirmed assessment shall not result in a lien against the real property but shall be transferred to the unsecured roll.

(b) If the assessments are collected by the county, the county may deduct its reasonable costs incurred for the service before remittal of the balance to the local agency’s treasury.

(c) In the case of an assessment levied pursuant to Section 54710.3, the legislative body shall provide for the collection of the assessment in any year only if the legislative body determines that the levy is necessary because of a redemption fund deficiency.
Cal. CIV § 1925 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 1925
Section 1925
Status: in_force

Hiring is a contract by which one gives to another the temporary possession and use of property, other than money, for reward, and the latter agrees to return the same to the former at a future time.
Cal. PEN § 4600 — California Code / Code pen / Part 3 / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / Section 4600
Section 4600
Status: in_force

(a) Every person who willfully and intentionally breaks down, pulls down, or otherwise destroys or injures any jail, prison, or any public property in any jail or prison, is punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), and by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, except that where the damage or injury to any city, city and county, or county jail property or prison property is determined to be nine hundred fifty dollars ($950) or less, that person is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) In any case in which a person is convicted of violating this section, the court may order the defendant to make restitution to the public entity that owns the property damaged by the defendant. The court shall specify in the order that the public entity that owns the property damaged by the defendant shall not enforce the order until the defendant satisfies all outstanding fines, penalties, assessments, restitution fines, and restitution orders.
Cal. GOV § 55810 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 55810
Section 55810
Status: in_force

The bonds may be sold as the authority determines by resolution, and the bonds may be sold at a price above or below par, whether by negotiated or public sale.
Cal. GOV § 51933 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 51933
Section 51933
Status: in_force

After performing their duties, the election officers shall deliver the ballots, tally sheets, and returns to the clerk of the county.
Cal. GOV § 53608 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 53608
Section 53608
Status: in_force

The legislative body of a local agency may deposit for safekeeping with a federal or state association (as defined by Section 5102 of the Financial Code), a trust company or a state or national bank located within this state or with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco or any branch thereof within this state, or with any Federal Reserve bank or with any state or national bank located in any city designated as a reserve city by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the bonds, notes, bills, debentures, obligations, certificates of indebtedness, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness in which the money of the local agency is invested pursuant to this article or pursuant to other legislative authority. The local agency shall take from such financial institution a receipt for securities so deposited. The authority of the legislative body to deposit for safekeeping may be delegated by the legislative body to the treasurer of the local agency; the treasurer shall not be responsible for securities delivered to and receipted for by a financial institution until they are withdrawn from the financial institution by the treasurer.
Cal. GOV § 54952.2 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Section 54952.2
Section 54952.2
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this chapter, “meeting” means any congregation of a majority of the members of a legislative body at the same time and location, including teleconference location as permitted by Section 54953, to hear, discuss, deliberate, or take action on any item that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body.

(b) (1) A majority of the members of a legislative body shall not, outside a meeting authorized by this chapter, use a series of communications of any kind, directly or through intermediaries, to discuss, deliberate, or take action on any item of business that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not be construed as preventing an employee or official of a local agency, from engaging in separate conversations or communications outside of a meeting authorized by this chapter with members of a legislative body in order to answer questions or provide information regarding a matter that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the local agency, if that person does not communicate to members of the legislative body the comments or position of any other member or members of the legislative body.

(3) (A) Paragraph (1) shall not be construed as preventing a member of the legislative body from engaging in separate conversations or communications on an internet-based social media platform to answer questions, provide information to the public, or to solicit information from the public regarding a matter that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body provided that a majority of the members of the legislative body do not use the internet-based social media platform to discuss among themselves business of a specific nature that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body. A member of the legislative body shall not respond directly to any communication on an internet-based social media platform regarding a matter that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body that is made, posted, or shared by any other member of the legislative body.

(B) For purposes of this paragraph, all of the following definitions shall apply:

(i) “Discuss among themselves” means communications made, posted, or shared on an internet-based social media platform between members of a legislative body, including comments or use of digital icons that express reactions to communications made by other members of the legislative body.

(ii) “Internet-based social media platform” means an online service that is open and accessible to the public.

(iii) “Open and accessible to the public” means that members of the general public have the ability to access and participate, free of charge, in the social media platform without the approval by the social media platform or a person or entity other than the social media platform, including any forum and chatroom, and cannot be blocked from doing so, except when the internet-based social media platform determines that an individual violated its protocols or rules.

(c) Nothing in this section shall impose the requirements of this chapter upon any of the following:

(1) Individual contacts or conversations between a member of a legislative body and any other person that do not violate subdivision (b).

(2) The attendance of a majority of the members of a legislative body at a conference or similar gathering open to the public that involves a discussion of issues of general interest to the public or to public agencies of the type represented by the legislative body, provided that a majority of the members do not discuss among themselves, other than as part of the scheduled program, business of a specified nature that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the local agency. Nothing in this paragraph is intended to allow members of the public free admission to a conference or similar gathering at which the organizers have required other participants or registrants to pay fees or charges as a condition of attendance.

(3) The attendance of a majority of the members of a legislative body at an open and publicized meeting organized to address a topic of local community concern by a person or organization other than the local agency, provided that a majority of the members do not discuss among themselves, other than as part of the scheduled program, business of a specific nature that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body of the local agency.

(4) The attendance of a majority of the members of a legislative body at an open and noticed meeting of another body of the local agency, or at an open and noticed meeting of a legislative body of another local agency, provided that a majority of the members do not discuss among themselves, other than as part of the scheduled meeting, business of a specific nature that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body of the local agency.

(5) The attendance of a majority of the members of a legislative body at a purely social or ceremonial occasion, provided that a majority of the members do not discuss among themselves business of a specific nature that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body of the local agency.

(6) The attendance of a majority of the members of a legislative body at an open and noticed meeting of a standing committee of that body, provided that the members of the legislative body who are not members of the standing committee attend only as observers.
Cal. GOV § 50244 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 50244
Section 50244
Status: in_force

The superintendent shall keep an account of the cost of abatement on each separate parcel of land where the work is done by him. He shall submit to the legislative body for confirmation an itemized written report showing such cost.
Cal. GOV § 53851 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 7.6 / Section 53851
Section 53851
Status: in_force

The powers conferred by this article are in addition to and an alternative to any power conferred by any other law for borrowing by a local agency and any amount borrowed hereunder shall not be considered in any limitation on the amount which may be borrowed by any such local agency under any other law.
Cal. GOV § 56429 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 56429
Section 56429
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 56425, 56427, and 56428, a petition for removal of territory from a sphere of influence determination may be brought pursuant to this section by landowners within the redevelopment project area referenced in subdivision (e) of Section 33492.41 of the Health and Safety Code, if, at the time the petition is submitted, the area for which the petition is being requested meets all of the following requirements:

(1) Is unincorporated territory.

(2) Contains at least 100 acres.

(3) Is surrounded or substantially surrounded by incorporated territory.

(4) Contains at least 100 acres zoned for commercial or industrial uses or is designated on the applicable county general plan for commercial or industrial uses.

(b) On receipt of a petition signed by landowners owning at least 25 percent of the assessed value of the land within the affected territory, the commission shall hear and consider oral or written testimony.

(c) The petition shall be placed on the agenda of the commission in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 56428.

(d) The executive officer shall give notice of the hearing in accordance with Section 56427.

(e) From the date of filing of the petition to the conclusion of the hearing, the commission shall accept written positions from any owner of land in the unincorporated territory that is seeking removal from a city’s sphere of influence.

(f) The petition to remove territory from a city’s sphere of influence shall be granted and given immediate effect if the commission finds that written positions filed in favor of the petition and not withdrawn prior to the conclusion of the hearing represent landowners owning 50 percent or more of the assessed value of the land within the affected territory.

(g) No removal of territory from a city’s sphere of influence that is proposed by petition and adopted pursuant to this section shall be repealed or amended except by the petition and adoption procedure provided in subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive. In all other respects, a removal of territory from a city’s sphere of influence proposed by petition and adopted pursuant to this section shall have the same force and effect as any amendment to or removal of territory from a city’s sphere of influence approved by the commission. No territory removed from a city’s sphere of influence pursuant to this section shall be annexed to that city, unless the territory is subsequently added to the sphere of influence of the city pursuant to the petition and adoption procedure provided in this section.

(h) Pursuant to Section 56383, the commission may establish a schedule of fees for the costs of carrying out this section.

(i) All proper expenses incurred in connection with removal of territory from a city’s sphere of influence pursuant to this section shall be paid by the proponents.
Cal. GOV § 53732 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 53732
Section 53732
Status: in_force

In making a levy, the legislative body shall not exceed any limitation upon its right to impose taxes prescribed by law except as authorized by law.
Cal. GOV § 56053 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 56053
Section 56053
Status: in_force

“Legislative body” means the governing board of a city, county, or district.
Cal. CCP § 411.20 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 411.20
Section 411.20
Status: in_force

(a) If the clerk accepts for filing a complaint or other first paper, or any subsequent filing, and payment is made by check which is later returned without payment, the clerk shall, by mail, notify the party who tendered the check that (1) the check has been returned without payment, (2) the administrative charge specified in subdivision (g) has been imposed to reimburse the court for the costs of processing the returned check and providing the notice specified in this subdivision, and (3) the party has 20 days from the date of mailing of the notice within which to pay the filing fee and the administrative charge, except as provided in subdivision (e). The notice also shall state that the administrative charge and the filing fee shall be paid in cash, by certified check, or by other means specified by the court, but not by traveler’s check or personal check. If the person who tendered the check is not a party to the action or proposed action, but only is acting on behalf of a party, the clerk shall notify not only the person who tendered the check, but also the party or that party’s attorney if the party is represented. The clerk’s certificate as to the mailing of notice pursuant to this section establishes a rebuttable presumption that the fees were not paid. This presumption is a presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence.

(b) The clerk shall void the filing if the party who tendered a returned check or on whose behalf a returned check was tendered has not paid the full amount of the fee and the administrative charge by a means specified in subdivision (a) within 20 days of the date on which the notice required by subdivision (a) was mailed. Any filing voided by this section can be disposed of immediately after the 20 days have elapsed without preserving a copy in the court records, notwithstanding Section 68152 of the Government Code.

(c) If an adverse party files a response to a complaint, paper or filing referred to in subdivision (a), together with a filing fee, and the original filing is voided pursuant to subdivision (b), the responsive filing is not required and shall be voided. The court shall, by mail, provide notice to the parties or their attorneys that the initial paper and the response have been voided. The responding party’s filing fee shall be refunded upon request, provided that the request for a refund is made within 20 days from the date on which the notice was mailed. Upon receipt of the request, the court shall refund the responding party’s filing fee without imposing any administrative charge. A refund under this subdivision is available if the adverse party has filed only a responsive pleading, but not if the party has also filed a cross-complaint or other first paper seeking affirmative relief for which there is a filing fee.

(d) If an adverse party, or a person acting on behalf of the adverse party, tenders a check for a required filing fee that is later returned without payment, the procedures in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall apply.

(e) If any trial or other hearing is scheduled to be heard prior to the expiration of the 20-day period provided for in subdivision (a), the fee shall be paid prior to the trial or hearing. Failure of the party to pay the fee prior to the trial or hearing date shall cause the court to void the filing and proceed as if it had not been filed.

(f) If the clerk performs a service or issues any document for which a fee is required and payment is made by check which is later returned without payment, the court may order further proceedings suspended as to the party for whom the check was tendered. If the court so orders, the clerk shall, by mail, notify the party who tendered the check that proceedings have been suspended until the receipt of payment of the required fee and the administrative charge specified in subdivision (g), by cash cashier’s check, or other means specified by the court, but not by personal check or traveler’s check. If the person who tendered the check is not a party to the action or proposed action, but only is acting on behalf of a party, the clerk shall notify not only the person who tendered the check, but also the party or that party’s attorney if the party is represented. The clerk’s certificate as to the mailing of notice pursuant to this section establishes a rebuttable presumption that the fees were not paid. This presumption is a presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence.

(g) The clerk shall impose an administrative charge for providing notice that a check submitted for a filing fee has been returned without payment and for all related administrative, clerical, and other costs incurred under this section. The administrative charge shall, in each instance, be either twenty-five dollars ($25) or a reasonable amount that does not exceed the actual cost incurred by the court, as determined by the court. The notices provided by the court under subdivisions (a) and (f) shall state the specific amount of the administrative charge that shall be paid to the court. Each administrative charge collected shall be distributed to the court that incurred the charge as described in Section 68085.1 of the Government Code.
Cal. GOV § 51141 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.7 / Article 5 / Section 51141
Section 51141
Status: in_force

A copy of the certification of rezoning together with the map and assessor’s parcel numbers for the rezoned land shall be recorded by the city or county in the recorder’s office in the same manner as deeds are recorded, and commencing on the lien date next following the effective date of the new zone, such land shall be assessed on the same basis as real property is assessed generally in that county. The assessor may require a description of the portion of the property rezoned as provided in Section 456 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
Cal. GOV § 53841.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 7.5 / Section 53841.5
Section 53841.5
Status: in_force

Proceeds of sales or funds set aside for the repayment of any notes issued pursuant to this article shall not be invested for a term that exceeds the term of the notes.
Cal. GOV § 55821 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 55821
Section 55821
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
Cal. GOV § 53398.3 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.9 / Article 1 / Section 53398.3
Section 53398.3
Status: in_force

(a) A district may finance (1) the purchase, construction, expansion, improvement, seismic retrofit, or rehabilitation of any real or other tangible property with an estimated useful life of 15 years or longer that satisfies the requirements of subdivision (b), (2) the planning and design work that is directly related to the purchase, construction, expansion, or rehabilitation of that property, and (3) the costs described in Sections 53398.5 and 53398.31. A district may only finance the purchase of facilities for which construction has been completed, as determined by the legislative body. The facilities need not be physically located within the boundaries of the district. A district may not finance routine maintenance, repair work, or the costs of ongoing operation or providing services of any kind.

(b) The district shall finance only public capital facilities that provide significant benefits to the area of the border development zone, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Highways, interchanges, ramps and bridges, major and minor arterial streets, major and minor collector streets, parking facilities, and transit facilities. Phased road widening projects shall also be permitted.

(2) Sewage collection, pumping, treatment and water reclamation plants and interceptor pipes.

(3) Facilities for the collection and treatment of water for urban uses.

(4) Flood control levees and dams, retention basins, and drainage facilities.

(5) Child care facilities.

(6) Libraries.

(7) Parks, recreational facilities, and open space.

(8) Facilities for the transfer and disposal of solid waste, including transfer stations and vehicles.

(9) Public safety facilities.

(c) Any district that constructs dwelling units shall set aside not less than 20 percent of those units to increase and improve the community’s supply of low- and moderate-income housing available at an affordable housing cost, as defined by Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code, to persons and families of low and moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.

(d) A district may also finance the purchase of sewage treatment capacity that provides significant benefits to the area of the border development zone. The facility providing the sewage treatment capacity need not be physically located within the boundaries of the district.
Cal. GOV § 54238.3 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 8.5 / Section 54238.3
Section 54238.3
Status: in_force

(a) This article shall apply only to surplus residential properties which were acquired for a state project, for which at least 20 dwelling units were acquired and owned by the state on January 1, 1980, or on the date the properties were declared to be surplus, whichever date occurs later. For the purpose of this section, a freeway route and its interchanges shall be considered one state project. Except for State Highway Route 7 in Los Angeles County, this article shall not apply to freeway routes rescinded on or after January 1, 1984.

(b) Any person who is displaced from any dwelling located on such residential property that is also located within the right-of-way of a freeway route or its interchanges for which the property was declared surplus on or after January 1, 1984, and who occupied that dwelling for at least 90 days prior to the date the property was declared surplus, shall be eligible to receive the relocation advisory assistance provided by Section 7261, the relocation benefits provided by paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) or subdivision (b) of Section 7262, the payments authorized by subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 7264, and the right for review of decision as provided by Section 7266 if the person is forced to relocate from the dwelling, as a direct result of the state agency’s disposal of the excess real property, within 90 days of the recordation of the deed from the state agency to a new owner.

(c) Whenever a state surplus residential property disposal project, as described in subdivision (b), includes 50 or more dwelling units, a Relocation Liaison shall be appointed by the Secretary of Transportation. The term of the appointment shall be of sufficient duration for the Relocation Liaison to fulfill the assignment, not to exceed 180 days, and shall begin on the date that the property is declared to be surplus. The Relocation Liaison shall have the following assigned duties and responsibilities:

(1) Meet with the eligible persons and explain to them the benefits defined in subdivision (b).

(2) In conjunction with the state agency, assist in obtaining replacement housing for eligible persons.

(3) Assist eligible persons in completing and processing claims for benefits.

The state agency which is disposing of the surplus residential property shall be responsible for underwriting all reasonable costs as determined by the secretary associated with the operation of the Relocation Liaison’s office necessary to perform all duties assigned to it.
Cal. GOV § 53060.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 53060.1
Section 53060.1
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section, to provide a uniform limit on the retirement benefits for the members of the legislative bodies of all political subdivisions of the state, including charter cities and charter counties. The Legislature finds and declares that uneven, conflicting, and inconsistent retirement benefits for legislative bodies distort the statewide system of intergovernmental finance. The Legislature further finds and declares that the inequities caused by these problems extend beyond the boundaries of individual public agencies.

Therefore, the Legislature finds and declares that these problems are not merely municipal affairs or matters of local interest and that they are truly matters of statewide concern that require the direct attention of the state government. In providing a uniform limit on the retirement benefits for the legislative bodies of all political subdivisions of the state, the Legislature has provided a solution to a statewide problem that is greater than local in its effect.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the retirement benefits of any member of a legislative body of any city, including a charter city, county, including a charter county, city and county, special district, school district, or any other political subdivision of the state shall be no greater than that received by nonsafety employees of that public agency. In the case of agencies with different benefit structures, the benefits of members of the legislative body shall not be greater than the most generous schedule of benefits being received by any category of nonsafety employees.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, members of the legislative body of a city, including a charter city, county, including a charter county, city and county, special district, school district, or any other political subdivision of the state shall not be eligible to accrue multiple retirement benefits greater than the most generous schedule of benefits being received by any category of nonsafety employees from two or more public agencies for concurrent service except in the case of a member who serves as a regular full-time employee in a separate public agency.

(d) This section shall be applicable to any member of a legislative body whose first service commences on and after January 1, 1995.
Cal. GOV § 51003 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 51003
Section 51003
Status: in_force

In counties having three or more superior judges, the presiding judge may assign three or more judges to sit at the hearing in the proceeding, whether initiated by the county or a city in the county.
Cal. CIV § 1947.8 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1947.8
Section 1947.8
Status: in_force

(a) If an ordinance or charter controls or establishes a system of controls on the price at which residential rental units may be offered for rent or lease and requires the registration of rents, the ordinance or charter, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, shall provide for the establishment and certification of permissible rent levels for the registered rental units, and any changes thereafter to those rent levels, by the local agency as provided in this section.

(b) If the ordinance, charter, or regulation is in effect on January 1, 1987, the ordinance, charter, or regulation shall provide for the establishment and certification of permissible rent levels on or before January 1, 1988, including completion of all appeals and administrative proceedings connected therewith. After July 1, 1990, no local agency may maintain any action to recover excess rent against any property owner who has registered the unit with the local agency within the time limits set forth in this section if the initial certification of permissible rent levels affecting that particular property has not been completed, unless the delay is willfully and intentionally caused by the property owner or is a result of court proceedings or further administrative proceedings ordered by a court. If the ordinance, charter, or regulation is adopted on or after January 1, 1987, the ordinance, charter, or regulation shall provide for the establishment and certification of permissible rent levels within one year after it is adopted, including completion of all appeals and administrative proceedings connected therewith. Upon the request of the landlord or the tenant, the local agency shall provide the landlord and the tenant with a certificate or other documentation reflecting the permissible rent levels of the rental unit. A landlord may request a certificate of permissible rent levels for rental units that have a base rent established, but are vacant and not exempt from registration under this section. The landlord or the tenant may appeal the determination of the permissible rent levels reflected in the certificate. The permissible rent levels reflected in the certificate or other documentation shall, in the absence of intentional misrepresentation or fraud, be binding and conclusive upon the local agency unless the determination of the permissible rent levels is being appealed.

(c) After the establishment and certification of permissible rent levels under subdivision (b), the local agency shall, upon the request of the landlord or the tenant, provide the landlord and the tenant with a certificate of the permissible rent levels of the rental unit. The certificate shall be issued within five business days from the date of request by the landlord or the tenant. The permissible rent levels reflected in the certificate shall, in the absence of intentional misrepresentation or fraud, be binding and conclusive upon the local agency unless the determination of the permissible rent levels is being appealed. The landlord or the tenant may appeal the determination of the permissible rent levels reflected in the certificate. Any appeal of a determination of permissible rent levels as reflected in the certificate, other than an appeal made pursuant to subdivision (b), shall be filed with the local agency within 15 days from issuance of the certificate. The local agency shall notify, in writing, the landlord and the tenant of its decision within 60 days following the filing of the appeal.

(d) The local agency may charge the person to whom a certificate is issued a fee in the amount necessary to cover the reasonable costs incurred by the local agency in issuing the certificate.

(e) The absence of a certification of permissible rent levels shall not impair, restrict, abridge, or otherwise interfere with either of the following:

(1) A judicial or administrative hearing.

(2) Any matter in connection with a conveyance of an interest in property.

(f) The record of permissible rent levels is a public record for purposes of the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).

(g) Any notice specifying the rents applicable to residential rental units that is given by an owner to a public entity or tenant in order to comply with Chapter 12.75 (commencing with Section 7060) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code shall not be considered a registration of rents for purposes of this section.

(h) “Local agency,” as used in this section, means the public entity responsible for the implementation of the ordinance, charter, or regulation.

(i) Nothing in this section shall be construed:

(1) To grant to any public entity any power that it does not possess independent of this section to control or establish a system of control on the price at which accommodations may be offered for rent or lease, or to diminish any power of this type that the public entity may possess, except as specifically provided in this section.

(2) On and after January 1, 2016, to apply to tenancies commencing on or after January 1, 1999, for which the owner of residential property may establish the initial rent under Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 1954.50). However, for a tenancy that commenced on or after January 1, 1999, if a property owner has provided the local agency with the tenancy’s initial rent in compliance with that agency’s registration requirements in a writing signed under penalty of perjury, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the statement of the initial rent is correct.
Cal. GOV § 54205 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 54205
Section 54205
Status: in_force

Any local agency may request the Department of General Services to make purchases of materials, equipment, or supplies on its behalf in accordance with Section 10298 of the Public Contract Code.
Cal. GOV § 50333 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 50333
Section 50333
Status: in_force

Whether governed under general laws or charter, a local agency may donate and grant to the State real property which it owns within its boundaries as a site for public buildings and grounds. A local agency may acquire such real property by purchase or eminent domain proceedings in the name of the local agency. The title to such property may be taken in the name of the State or of the local agency and thereafter conveyed to the State. A local agency may expend its funds, incur indebtedness, and issue bonds for the acquisition of such sites.
Cal. GOV § 50142 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 50142
Section 50142
Status: in_force

The word “person” as used in this article in reference to a person liable to pay a charge includes districts formed for the purpose of constructing or maintaining sewers. Charges imposed on such districts pursuant to this article shall be included in assessments levied for district purposes and in any bonds which may be issued by such districts.
Cal. GOV § 56375.3 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 56375.3
Section 56375.3
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to those powers enumerated in Section 56375, a commission shall approve, after notice and hearing, the change of organization or reorganization of a city, and waive protest proceedings pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 57000) entirely, if all of the following are true:

(1) The change of organization or reorganization is initiated on or after January 1, 2000.

(2) The change of organization or reorganization is proposed by resolution adopted by the affected city.

(3) The commission finds that the territory contained in the change of organization or reorganization proposal meets all of the requirements set forth in subdivision (b).

(b) Subdivision (a) applies to territory that meets all of the following requirements:

(1) It does not exceed 150 acres in area, and that area constitutes the entire island.

(2) The territory constitutes an entire unincorporated island located within the limits of a city, or constitutes a reorganization containing a number of individual unincorporated islands.

(3) It is surrounded in either of the following ways:

(A) Surrounded, or substantially surrounded, by the city to which annexation is proposed or by the city and a county boundary or the Pacific Ocean.

(B) Surrounded by the city to which annexation is proposed and adjacent cities.

(4) It is substantially developed or developing. The finding required by this paragraph shall be based upon one or more factors, including, but not limited to, any of the following factors:

(A) The availability of public utility services.

(B) The presence of public improvements.

(C) The presence of physical improvements upon the parcel or parcels within the area.

(5) It is not prime agricultural land, as defined by Section 56064.

(6) It will benefit from the change of organization or reorganization or is receiving benefits from the annexing city.

(7) This subdivision does not apply to any unincorporated island within a city that is a gated community where services are currently provided by a community services district.

(8) Notwithstanding any other law, at the option of either the city or the county, a separate property tax transfer agreement may be agreed to between a city and a county pursuant to Section 99 of the Revenue and Taxation Code regarding an annexation subject to this subdivision without affecting any existing master tax sharing agreement between the city and county.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, this subdivision shall not apply to all or any part of that portion of the development project area referenced in subdivision (e) of Section 33492.41 of the Health and Safety Code that as of January 1, 2000, meets all of the following requirements:

(1) Is unincorporated territory.

(2) Contains at least 100 acres.

(3) Is surrounded or substantially surrounded by incorporated territory.

(4) Contains at least 100 acres zoned for commercial or industrial uses or is designated on the applicable county general plan for commercial or industrial uses.

(d) The Legislature finds and declares that the powers set forth in subdivision (a) for territory that meets all the specifications in subdivision (b) are consistent with the intent of promoting orderly growth and development pursuant to Section 56001 and facilitate the annexation of disadvantaged unincorporated communities, as defined in Section 56033.5.
Cal. GOV § 51238.2 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 2.5 / Section 51238.2
Section 51238.2
Status: in_force

Mineral extraction that is unable to meet the principles of Section 51238.1 may nevertheless be approved as compatible use if the board or council is able to document that (a) the underlying contractual commitment to preserve prime agricultural land, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 51201, or (b) the underlying contractual commitment to preserve land that is not prime agricultural land for open-space use, as defined in subdivision (o) of Section 51201, will not be significantly impaired.

Conditions imposed on mineral extraction as a compatible use of contracted land shall include compliance with the reclamation standards adopted by the Mining and Geology Board pursuant to Section 2773 of the Public Resources Code, including the applicable performance standards for prime agricultural land and other agricultural land, and no exception to these standards may be permitted.

For purposes of this section, “contracted land” means all land under a single contract for which an applicant seeks a compatible use permit.
Cal. GOV § 54346.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 54346.1
Section 54346.1
Status: in_force

The local agency may enter into a written contract with a privately owned public utility rendering other than gas or electric service, that the charges for any sewer enterprise or service shall be collected together with and not separately from the charges of said privately owned public utility for any other utility service rendered by it, and that all charges shall be billed upon the same bill and collected as one item.
Cal. GOV § 50610 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 3 / Section 50610
Section 50610
Status: in_force

The legislative body shall have complete charge, supervision and control of all open areas maintained pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The legislative body may appoint an advisory board composed of five property owners within a district, which advisory board may make recommendations to the legislative body with respect to the maintenance and operation of the open areas. Members of the board shall serve without compensation and shall hold office for a term of three years from the date of their appointment.
Cal. GOV § 53395.3.2 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.8 / Article 1 / Section 53395.3.2
Section 53395.3.2
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the projects authorized by Section 53395.3, any infrastructure financing district may finance public capital facilities or projects that include broadband. A district that finances public capital facilities or projects that include broadband may transfer the management and operation of any broadband facilities that were financed to a local agency that is authorized to provide broadband Internet access service, and that local agency when providing that service shall comply with the requirements of Article 12 (commencing with Section 53167) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5.

(b) For purposes of this section, “broadband” means communications network facilities that enable high-speed Internet access.
Cal. GOV § 53729 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 3.7 / Section 53729
Section 53729
Status: in_force

This Article may only be amended by vote of the electorate of the State of California.
Cal. GOV § 54252 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 10 / Section 54252
Section 54252
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with Section 10013 of the Public Utilities Code, prior to signing a proposed franchise, license, or service agreement with a local agency, a privatizer shall apply to the commission for a determination that the proposed privatization project is not a public utility within the meaning of Section 216 of the Public Utilities Code and is therefore exempt from commission regulation. The application shall include such information as the commission requires to make this determination, as well as any information needed to comply with subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 10013 of the Public Utilities Code.

(b) A local agency may contract with the commission for any technical assistance deemed necessary to comply with Section 10013 of the Public Utilities Code and shall reimburse the commission for estimated reasonable costs. The local agency may charge the privatizer a fee to pay these costs.
Cal. GOV § 56824.10 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 1.5 / Section 56824.10
Section 56824.10
Status: in_force

Commission proceedings for the exercise of new or different functions or classes of services or divestiture of the power to provide particular functions or classes of services, within all or part of the jurisdictional boundaries of a special district, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 56654, may be initiated by a resolution of application in accordance with this article.
Cal. GOV § 50845 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 50845
Section 50845
Status: in_force

Upon proper vouchers, payments pursuant to this chapter shall be made quarterly from the police relief and pension fund and monthly from the firemen’s relief and pension fund.
Cal. GOV § 54301.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 54301.1
Section 54301.1
Status: in_force

This chapter is intended to provide to any local agency heretofore or hereafter created or authorized to be created an alternate method of financing any enterprise (as said term is hereinafter defined), unless the issuance of bonds as defined in Section 54313 is specifically prohibited to such local agency by the Constitution of the State of California or by the law or charter pursuant to which such local agency is organized and operates.
Cal. GOV § 53207 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 53207
Section 53207
Status: in_force

This article does not require an officer or employee of a local agency to accept or join in any plan of health and welfare benefits or to authorize deductions from their wages or salaries for any portion of the costs thereof.
Cal. GOV § 57052 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 4 / Chapter 3 / Section 57052
Section 57052
Status: in_force

Upon conclusion of the protest hearing, the commission shall determine the value of written protests filed and not withdrawn. The value of written protests shall be determined in the same manner prescribed in Sections 56704, 56707, 56708, and 56710 for determining the sufficiency of petitions filed with the commission.
Cal. CIV § 1940.4 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1940.4
Section 1940.4
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a landlord shall not prohibit a tenant from posting or displaying political signs relating to any of the following:

(1) An election or legislative vote, including an election of a candidate to public office.

(2) The initiative, referendum, or recall process.

(3) Issues that are before a public commission, public board, or elected local body for a vote.

(b) Political signs may be posted or displayed in the window or on the door of the premises leased by the tenant in a multifamily dwelling, or from the yard, window, door, balcony, or outside wall of the premises leased by a tenant of a single-family dwelling.

(c) A landlord may prohibit a tenant from posting or displaying political signs in the following circumstances:

(1) The political sign is more than six square feet in size.

(2) The posting or displaying would violate a local, state, or federal law.

(3) The posting or displaying would violate a lawful provision in a common interest development governing a document that satisfies the criteria of Section 1353.6.

(d) A tenant shall post and remove political signs in compliance with the time limits set by the ordinance for the jurisdiction where the premises are located. A tenant shall be solely responsible for any violation of a local ordinance. If no local ordinance exists or if the local ordinance does not include a time limit for posting and removing political signs on private property, the landlord may establish a reasonable time period for the posting and removal of political signs. A reasonable time period for this purpose shall begin at least 90 days prior to the date of the election or vote to which the sign relates and end at least 15 days following the date of the election or vote.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any changes in the terms of a tenancy that are made to implement the provisions of this section and are noticed pursuant to Section 827 shall not be deemed to cause a diminution in housing services, and may be enforced in accordance with Section 1161 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Cal. GOV § 54232 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 54232
Section 54232
Status: in_force

Land retained or transferred for public park and recreational purposes pursuant to Section 54231 shall be developed within 10 years, and shall be used for at least 25 years, following such retention or transfer for such purposes in accordance with the general plan for the city or county in which the land is located. Otherwise, the land shall be sold by the local agency, and the funds received from the sale shall be used for highway purposes. If the land originally had been transferred for such purposes, it shall revert to the original acquiring local agency for such sale.
Cal. GOV § 54419 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 54419
Section 54419
Status: in_force

The sale price of all bonds sold shall include the interest accrued to the date of delivery of and payment for the bonds.
Cal. GOV § 53154 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 53154
Section 53154
Status: in_force

The expense of an emergency response shall be a charge against the person liable for expenses under this article. The charge constitutes a debt of that person and is collectible by the public agency incurring those costs in the same manner as in the case of an obligation under a contract, expressed or implied, except that liability for the expenses provided for in this article shall not be insurable and no insurance policy shall provide or pay for the expenses.
Cal. GOV § 53398.40 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.9 / Article 4 / Section 53398.40
Section 53398.40
Status: in_force

The legislative body may, by majority vote, initiate proceedings to issue bonds pursuant to this chapter by adopting a resolution stating its intent to issue the bonds.
Cal. GOV § 56877 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 56877
Section 56877
Status: in_force

When a change of organization or a reorganization includes the annexation of inhabited territory to a district and the assessed value of land within the territory equals one-half or more of the assessed value of land within the district, or the number of registered voters residing within the territory equals one-half or more of the number of registered voters residing within the district, the commission may determine as a condition of the proposal that the change of organization or reorganization shall also be subject to confirmation by the voters in an election to be called, held, and conducted within the territory of the district to which annexation is proposed.
Cal. GOV § 53217.10 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1.5 / Section 53217.10
Section 53217.10
Status: in_force

(a) On or after January 1, 2003, a member who is credited with less than the number of years of service required for vesting shall have the right to elect to leave accumulated contributions on deposit in the local agency’s retirement fund. Failure to make an election to withdraw accumulated contributions shall be deemed an election to leave accumulated contributions on deposit in the retirement fund.

(b) An election to allow accumulated contributions to remain in the retirement fund may be revoked by the member at any time except: (1) while the member is employed in service in a position in which the member is not excluded from membership in the local system retirement fund with respect to that service; (2) while the member is in service as a member of public retirement system supported, in whole or in part, by state funds; or (3) while the member is in service, entered within six months after discontinuing county service, as a member of a reciprocal retirement system. All accumulated contributions contributed up to the time of revocation may then be withdrawn.

(c) A member whose membership continues under this section is subject to the same age, service, and disability requirements as apply to other members for service or disability retirement. After the qualification of the member for retirement by reason of age, which shall be the lowest age applicable to any membership category in which the member has credited service, disability, the member shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance based upon the amount of the member’s accumulated contributions and service standing to the member’s credit at the time of retirement and on the employer contributions held for the member and calculated in the same manner as for other members.

(d) Service, solely for purposes of meeting minimum service qualifications for service or disability retirement, shall also include service credited as an employee of a reciprocal system when the member retires concurrently from all reciprocal retirement systems. A member whose combined service from all reciprocal retirement systems does not meet the minimum service qualifications may not receive a service or disability retirement from this system.

(e) For purposes of this section, “accumulated contributions” means the sum of all member contributions standing to the credit of a member’s individual account, and interest thereon.

(f) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to recognize that the state has a compelling interest in ensuring that its public agencies recruit and retain the highest caliber of public employees by allowing local public employees to retain the service credit that they earned through their service as local public employees in order to encourage them to return to public employment and continue to serve the public.
Cal. CIV § 1934.5 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 1934.5
Section 1934.5
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1934, the hiring of accommodations from month to month in a nursing or convalescent home shall be terminated by the death of the patient by or for whom the hiring was made. The hirer or his heir, legatee, or personal representative shall not be liable for any rent due for such accommodations under the hiring agreement beyond that rent due for the date on which such patient died. No advance payment of rent made by the hirer shall be subject to the claim of, or retention by, the nursing or convalescent home and shall be returned to the heir, legatee, or personal representative no later than two weeks after such patient has died. Any provision in the hiring agreement by which the hirer agrees to modify or waive any of his rights under this section shall be void as contrary to public policy.

The provisions of this section shall be applicable to all hiring agreements executed on or after January 1, 1979.
Cal. GOV § 54615 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 9 / Section 54615
Section 54615
Status: in_force

The local agency may also make contributions, for any of the purposes specified in this article, of any of the funds referred to in Section 54478.
Cal. CIV § 1965 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 4.5 / Section 1965
Section 1965
Status: in_force

(a) A residential landlord shall not refuse to surrender, to a residential tenant or to a residential tenant’s duly authorized representative, any personal property not owned by the landlord which has been left on the premises after the tenant has vacated the residential premises and the return of which has been requested by the tenant or by the authorized representative of the tenant if all of the following occur:

(1) The tenant requests, in writing, within 18 days of vacating the premises, the surrender of the personal property and the request includes a description of the personal property held by the landlord and specifies the mailing address of the tenant.

(2) The landlord or the landlord’s agent has control or possession of the tenant’s personal property at the time the request is received.

(3) The tenant, prior to the surrender of the personal property by the landlord and upon written demand by the landlord, tenders payment of all reasonable costs associated with the landlord’s removal and storage of the personal property. The landlord’s demand for payment of reasonable costs associated with the removal and storage of personal property shall be in writing and shall either be mailed to the tenant at the address provided by the tenant pursuant to paragraph (1) or shall be personally presented to the tenant or to the tenant’s authorized representative, within five days after the actual receipt of the tenant’s request for surrender of the personal property, unless the property is returned first. The demand shall itemize all charges, specifying the nature and amount of each item of cost.

(4) The tenant agrees to claim and remove the personal property at a reasonable time mutually agreed upon by the landlord and tenant but not later than 72 hours after the tender provided for under paragraph (3).

(b) For the purposes of this chapter, “reasonable costs associated with the landlord’s removal and storage of the personal property” shall include, but not be limited to, each of the following:

(1) Reasonable costs actually incurred, or the reasonable value of labor actually provided, or both, in removing the personal property from its original location to the place of storage, including disassembly and transportation.

(2) Reasonable storage costs actually incurred, which shall not exceed the fair rental value of the space reasonably required for the storage of the personal property.

(c) This chapter shall not apply when disposition of the personal property has been initiated or completed pursuant to the procedure set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1980) or the occupancy is one defined by subdivision (b) of Section 1940.

(d) A landlord who complies with this chapter shall not be liable to any person with respect to that person’s personal property that is given to another person. In the event of conflicting demands, the first timely request for surrender of personal property received by the landlord shall prevail.

(e) Any landlord who retains personal property in violation of this chapter shall be liable to the tenant in a civil action for all the following:

(1) Actual damages not to exceed the value of the personal property, if the personal property is not surrendered by the later of either of the following: (A) within a reasonable time after the tenant’s request for surrender of the personal property, or (B) if the landlord has demanded payment of reasonable costs associated with removal and storage and the tenant has complied with the requirements set forth in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subdivision (a), whichever is later. Three days is presumed to be a reasonable time in the absence of evidence to the contrary.

(2) An amount not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each bad faith violation of this section. In determining the amount of the award, the court shall consider proof of matters as justice may require.

(3) The court may award reasonable attorney’s fees and cost to the prevailing party.

(f) The remedy provided by this chapter is not exclusive and shall not preclude either the landlord or the tenant from pursuing any other remedy provided by law.
Cal. GOV § 53060.8 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 53060.8
Section 53060.8
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:

(1) The purpose of this section is to enhance the accuracy, comprehensiveness, and consistency of demographic data concerning employees who are descendants of persons enslaved and emancipated in the United States, also known as American Freedmen, enabling more effective policy planning and resource allocation at and between local and state levels.

(2) This section emphasizes the importance of safeguarding individual privacy and ensuring the secure handling of collected data in accordance with relevant privacy laws and regulations.

(b) On or after January 1, 2027, a city, including a charter city, county, or city and county, when collecting demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of persons hired for employment by a city, county, or city and county, shall include additional collection categories and tabulations for Black or African American groups as described in Section 8310.6.
Cal. GOV § 57150 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 4 / Chapter 6 / Section 57150
Section 57150
Status: in_force

All proper expenses incurred in conducting elections for a change of organization or reorganization pursuant to this chapter shall be paid, unless otherwise provided by agreement between the commission and the proponents, as follows:

(a) In the case of annexation or detachment proceedings, by the local agency to or from which territory is annexed, or from which territory is detached, or was proposed to be annexed or detached.

(b) In the case of incorporation or formation proceedings, by the newly incorporated city or the newly formed district, if successful, or by the county within which the proposed city or district is located, if the incorporation or formation proceedings are terminated. In the case of a separate election for city officers held following the election for incorporation pursuant to Section 56724, by the newly incorporated city.

(c) In the case of disincorporation or dissolution proceedings, from the remaining assets of the disincorporated city or dissolved district or by the city proposed to be disincorporated or the district proposed to be dissolved if disincorporation or dissolution proceedings are terminated.

(d) In the case of consolidation proceedings, by the successor city or district or by the local agencies proposed to be consolidated, to be paid by those local agencies in proportion to their respective assessed values, if proceedings are terminated.

(e) In the case of a reorganization, by either of the following:

(1) If the reorganization is ordered, by the subject local agencies or successor local agencies, as the case may be, for any of the changes of organization specified in subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, that may be included in the particular reorganization, to be paid by those local agencies in proportion to their assessed value.

(2) If the reorganization proceedings are terminated or the proposal is defeated, by the county or counties within which the subject local agency is located.
Cal. GOV § 53237 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 2.4.5 / Section 53237
Section 53237
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Local agency” means a city, county, city and county, charter city, charter county, charter city and county, or special district.

(b) “Local agency official” means any member of a local agency legislative body and any elected local agency official.
Cal. GOV § 50721 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 2 / Section 50721
Section 50721
Status: in_force

An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to make all needful and necessary repairs, renewals and replacements to any improvements and to keep them at all times in good repair, working order and condition.
Cal. GOV § 50604 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 2 / Section 50604
Section 50604
Status: in_force

If the boundaries are changed, objections or protests made by owners of land excluded by the change shall not be counted in computing a majority protest, but written objections or protests to the things proposed to be done as an entirety made by owners of the remaining assessable land in the district, including assessable land added by a change, and filed with the clerk not later than the time set for hearing objections to the proposed change, shall be included in computing a majority protest.
Cal. GOV § 53395.13 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.8 / Article 2 / Section 53395.13
Section 53395.13
Status: in_force

After adopting the resolution pursuant to Section 53395.10, the legislative body shall designate and direct the city or county engineer or other appropriate official to prepare an infrastructure plan pursuant to Section 53395.14.
Cal. GOV § 50993 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4.6 / Section 50993
Section 50993
Status: in_force

(a) Upon request by the local agency, each short-term rental facilitator shall report, in the form and manner prescribed by the local agency, the physical address, including nine-digit ZIP Code, of each short-term rental during the reporting period.

(b) If the information provided by the short-term rental facilitator pursuant to subdivision (a) is not sufficient for the local agency to identify a specific short-term rental at the provided address, the local agency may request the following:

(1) The assessor parcel number of each short-term rental.

(2) The URL associated with the specific short-term rental listing.

(3) Information exclusively related to the identification of an accessory dwelling unit, guest house, or single unit of a timeshare or multifamily housing project located at a single address, which is located at the address or assessor parcel number requested.

(c) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the reporting period in subdivision (a) may be no more frequently than in intervals of every 3 months within a 12-month period.

(d) The reporting period in subdivision (a) may be monthly if a local agency requires remittance of transient occupancy tax monthly.

(e) A local agency may make the failure of a short-term rental facilitator to report the information required by this section subject to an administrative fine or penalty pursuant to Section 53069.4.
Cal. GOV § 54202 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 54202
Section 54202
Status: in_force

Every local agency shall adopt policies and procedures, including bidding regulations, governing purchases of supplies and equipment by the local agency. Purchases of supplies and equipment by the local agency shall be in accordance with said duly adopted policies and in accordance with all provisions of law governing same. No policy, procedure, or regulation shall be adopted which is inconsistent or in conflict with statute.
Cal. GOV § 50308 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 50308
Section 50308
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Sections 50300 to 50307, inclusive, a local agency may sell leased property, being used for nonagricultural purposes, at public auction under appropriate laws, rules, and charter provisions applying to that local agency, provided that the person or lessee having rights under Section 50305 has submitted to the local public agency, at least 30 days prior to the date of the public auction, a written request that the leased property be sold at such public auction.
Cal. GOV § 55052 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 55052
Section 55052
Status: in_force

The advertisement shall be published for at least ten days in one or more newspapers published in the local agency. If there is no such newspaper it shall be published in one or more newspapers published in the county in which the local agency is situated.
Cal. GOV § 57077 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 4 / Chapter 4 / Section 57077
Section 57077
Status: in_force

If a change of organization consists of an incorporation, disincorporation, or consolidation of two or more cities, or if a reorganization includes an incorporation, disincorporation, or consolidation of two or more cities, the commission shall order the change of organization or reorganization subject to confirmation of the voters. A protest proceeding shall not be conducted.
Cal. GOV § 53814 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 6.5 / Section 53814
Section 53814
Status: in_force

All money received by the board from whatever source derived, shall be transmitted by the board at least once in every calendar month to the county treasurer, and shall be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the public buildings construction fund, which fund shall be created for the purpose hereinafter provided. There shall be maintained within the fund three separate accounts for each series of certificates covering all the public buildings authorized, under this article:

(a) A construction account.

(b) A revenue account.

(c) A sinking fund account.

There shall be deposited to the credit of the respective series in the construction account the proceeds from the sale of each series of certificates authorized under the provisions of this article. The money in each such account shall be expended, for the purposes authorized by this article, or as provided in the resolution, for the acquisition and construction of the public buildings, and in addition, for the payment of all costs and expenses of, and incident to, the issuance and sale of certificates and the payment of interest due or to become due on the certificates during the period of actual construction, and for such further period as may be specified in the resolution for the issuance of the certificates, not exceeding six months after the period of construction.

There shall be deposited to the credit of the respective series in the revenue account all revenues, rentals, or receipts received from the operation of each series of public buildings acquired, constructed, or operated by the board under the provisions of this article, and all other money received by the board from whatever source derived, the disposition of which is not otherwise provided by this article.

The money in each revenue account shall be expended for the payment of the costs of operation and maintenance of the public buildings authorized by this article, including administrative expenses of the board, and for such other purposes as may be provided in the resolution, subject to any restrictions provided by law or by the resolution.

All money in each revenue account, shall be set aside at regular intervals as provided in the resolution in separate sinking fund accounts for each series of certificates, which are pledged to and charged with the payment of:

(a) The interest upon such certificates as the interest falls due.

(b) The principal of the certificates as it falls due.

(c) Any redemption value upon certificates.

The use and disposition of the sinking fund account is subject to the regulations provided in the resolution. Each separate sinking fund account is an account for the benefit of each of the respective series of the certificates issued, without distinction or priority of one over another, except as to series. Subject to the provisions of the resolution, any money in the sinking fund account of each series in excess of the amount equal to one year’s interest on all certificates of that series then outstanding may be applied to the purchase or redemption of certificates of such series. All certificates purchased or redeemed shall be canceled and shall not be issued again.
Cal. GOV § 51299 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Section 51299
Section 51299
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide cities and counties with opportunities to adaptively reuse existing buildings, such as office buildings, in order to facilitate their conversion to housing and mixed uses.
Cal. GOV § 54237 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 8.5 / Section 54237
Section 54237
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 11011.1, an agency of the state disposing of surplus residential property shall do so in accordance with the following priorities and procedures:

(1) First, all single-family residences presently occupied by their former owners shall be offered to those former owners at the appraised fair market value.

(2) Second, all single-family residences shall be offered, pursuant to this article, to their present occupants who have occupied the property for two years or more and who are persons and families of low or moderate income.

(3) Third, all single-family residences shall be offered, pursuant to this article, to their present occupants who have occupied the property for five years or more and whose household income does not exceed 150 percent of the area median income.

(4) Fourth, a single-family residence shall not be offered, pursuant to this article, to present occupants who are not the former owners of the property if the present occupants have had an ownership interest in real property in the last three years.

(b) Single-family residences offered to their present occupants pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a) shall be offered to those present occupants at an affordable price. The price shall not be less than the price paid by the agency for original acquisition, unless the acquisition price was greater than the current fair market value, and shall not be greater than fair market value. When a single-family residence is offered to present occupants at a price that is less than fair market value, the selling agency shall impose terms, conditions, and restrictions to ensure that the housing will remain available to persons and families of low or moderate income and households with incomes no greater than the incomes of the present occupants in proportion to the area median income. The Department of Housing and Community Development shall provide to the selling agency recommendations of standards and criteria for these prices, terms, conditions, and restrictions. The selling agency shall provide repairs required by lenders and government housing assistance programs, or, at the option of the agency, provide the present occupants with a replacement dwelling pursuant to Section 54237.5.

(c) If single-family residences are offered to their present occupants pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), the occupants shall certify their income and assets to the selling agency. When a single-family residence is offered to present occupants at a price that is less than fair market value, the selling agency may verify the certifications, in accordance with procedures used for verification of incomes of purchasers and occupants of housing financed by the California Housing Finance Agency and with regulations adopted for the verification of assets by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The income and asset limitations and term of residency requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a) shall not apply to sales that are described as mitigation measures in an environmental study prepared pursuant to the Public Resources Code, if the study was initiated before this measure was enacted.

(d) (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), all other surplus residential properties and all properties described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision (a) that are not purchased by the former owners or the present occupants shall be then offered as follows:

(A) Except as required by subparagraph (B), the property shall be offered to a housing-related private or public entity at a reasonable price, which is best suited to economically feasible use of the property as decent, safe, and sanitary housing at affordable rents and affordable prices for persons and families of low or moderate income, on the condition that the purchasing entity shall cause the property to be rehabilitated and used as follows:

(i) If the housing-related entity is a public entity, the entity shall dedicate profits realized from a subsequent sale, as specified in subdivision (b) of Section 54237.7, to the construction of affordable housing within the Cities of Pasadena, South Pasadena, Alhambra, La Cañada Flintridge, and the 90032 postal ZIP Code.

(ii) If the entity is a private housing-related entity or a housing-related public entity, the entity shall cause the property to be developed as limited equity cooperative housing with first right of occupancy to present occupants, except that where the development of cooperative or cooperatives is not feasible, the purchasing entity shall cause the property to be used for low- and moderate-income rental or owner-occupied housing, with first right of occupancy to the present tenants. The price of the property in no case shall be less than the price paid by the entity for original acquisition unless the acquisition price was greater than current fair market value and shall not be greater than fair market value. Subject to the foregoing, it shall be set at the level necessary to provide housing at affordable rents and affordable prices for present tenants and persons and families of low or moderate income. When residential property is offered at a price that is less than fair market value, the selling agency shall impose terms, conditions, and restrictions that will ensure that the housing will remain available to persons and families of low or moderate income. The Department of Housing and Community Development shall provide to the selling agency recommendations of standards and criteria for prices, terms, conditions, and restrictions.

(B) (i) If the property is a historic home, the property shall be offered first to a housing-related public entity subject to clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) or to a nonprofit private entity dedicated to rehabilitating and maintaining the historic home for public and community access and use subject to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A).

(ii) For purposes of this subdivision, “historic home” means single-family surplus residential property that is listed on, or for which an application has been filed for listing on, at least one of the following by January 1, 2015:

(I) The California Register of Historical Resources, as established pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 5020) of Chapter 1 of Division 5 of the Public Resources Code.

(II) The National Register of Historic Places, as established pursuant to Chapter 3021 of Title 54 of the United States Code.

(III) The National Register of Historic Places, as previously established pursuant to the federal National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. Sec. 300101 et seq.).

(2) This subdivision shall not apply to properties offered for sale pursuant to Section 54239.1, 54239.5, or 54239.6.

(e) A surplus residential property not sold pursuant to subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, or Section 54239.1, 54239.5, or 54239.6, as applicable, shall then be sold at fair market value, with priority given first to purchasers who are present tenants in good standing with all rent obligations current and paid in full, second to former tenants who were in good standing at the time they vacated the premises, with priority given to the most recent tenants first, and then to purchasers who will be owner occupants. The selling agency may commence the sale of property that former tenants may possess a right to purchase as provided by this subdivision 30 days after the selling agency has done both of the following:

(1) Posted information regarding the sale under this subdivision on the selling agency’s internet website.

(2) Made a good faith effort to provide written notice, by first-class mail, to the last known address of each former tenant.

(f) (1) Tenants in good standing of nonresidential properties shall be given priority to purchase, at fair market value, the property they rent, lease, or otherwise legally occupy.

(2) (A) A tenant in good standing of a nonresidential property shall be given priority to purchase, at the lesser of fair market value or value in use, if the tenant is a city or a nonprofit organization qualified as exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(B) The Department of Transportation shall not sell a nonresidential property to a tenant described in subparagraph (A) at a value below the minimum sales price, as defined by Section 1476 of Title 21 of the California Code of Regulations as that regulation read on July 1, 2019.

(C) If a nonresidential property is offered at a price that is less than fair market value, the selling agency shall impose appropriate terms, conditions, and restrictions.

(D) As used in this paragraph, “value in use” means the value of a nonresidential property assuming a specific use, that may or may not be the property’s highest and best use on the effective date of the property’s appraisal.
Cal. GOV § 55022 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 55022
Section 55022
Status: in_force

The resolution shall be accompanied by a written request that permission be granted to the local agency to construct and maintain the conduits described in the resolution.
Cal. PEN § 4700.1 — California Code / Code pen / Part 3 / Title 5 / Chapter 5 / Section 4700.1
Section 4700.1
Status: in_force

For any trial or hearing referred to in Section 4750, the sheriff of the county where such trial or hearing is had and the person in charge of the prison may agree that the county shall transport prisoners in a state prison to and from such prison. Upon such agreement, the county, and not the Department of Corrections, shall perform the transportation referred to in this section.
Cal. GOV § 56658 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 56658
Section 56658
Status: in_force

(a) Any petitioner or legislative body desiring to initiate proceedings shall submit an application to the executive officer of the principal county.

(b) (1) Immediately after receiving an application and before issuing a certificate of filing, the executive officer shall give mailed notice that the application has been received to each affected local agency, the county committee on school district organization, and each school superintendent whose school district overlies the affected territory. The notice shall generally describe the application and the affected territory. The executive officer shall not be required to give notice pursuant to this subdivision if a local agency has already given notice pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 56654.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that an application for incorporation or disincorporation shall be processed in a timely manner. With regard to an application that includes an incorporation or disincorporation, the executive officer shall immediately notify all affected local agencies and any applicable state agencies by mail and request the affected agencies to submit the required data to the commission within a reasonable timeframe established by the executive officer. Each affected agency shall respond to the executive officer within 15 days acknowledging receipt of the request. Each affected local agency and the officers and departments thereof shall submit the required data to the executive officer within the timelines established by the executive officer. Each affected state agency and the officers and departments thereof shall submit the required data to the executive officer within the timelines agreed upon by the executive officer and the affected state departments.

(3) If a special district is, or as a result of a proposal will be, located in more than one county, the executive officer of the principal county shall immediately give the executive officer of each other affected county mailed notice that the application has been received. The notice shall generally describe the proposal and the affected territory.

(c) Except when a commission is the lead agency pursuant to Section 21067 of the Public Resources Code, the executive officer shall determine within 30 days of receiving an application whether the application is complete and acceptable for filing or whether the application is incomplete.

(d) (1) If applicable, the executive officer shall not accept for filing an application for a change of organization or reorganization and issue a certificate of filing pursuant to subdivision (f) and an application shall not be deemed accepted for filing pursuant to subdivision (e) if an agreement for the exchange of property tax revenues has not been adopted pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) or subdivision (d) of Section 99 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(2) The executive officer shall not accept an application for filing and issue a certificate of filing for at least 20 days after giving the mailed notice required by subdivision (b). The executive officer shall not be required to comply with this subdivision in the case of an application which meets the requirements of Section 56662 or in the case of an application for which a local agency has already given notice pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 56654.

(e) If the appropriate fees have been paid, an application shall be deemed accepted for filing if no determination has been made by the executive officer within the 30-day period. An executive officer shall accept for filing, and file, any application submitted in the form prescribed by the commission and containing all of the information and data required pursuant to Section 56652.

(f) When an application is accepted for filing, the executive officer shall immediately issue a certificate of filing to the applicant. A certificate of filing shall be in the form prescribed by the executive officer and shall specify the date upon which the proposal shall be heard by the commission. From the date of issuance of a certificate of filing, or the date upon which an application is deemed to have been accepted, whichever is earlier, an application shall be deemed filed pursuant to this division.

(g) If an application is determined not to be complete, the executive officer shall immediately transmit that determination to the applicant specifying those parts of the application which are incomplete and the manner in which they can be made complete.

(h) Following the issuance of the certificate of filing, the executive officer shall proceed to set the proposal for hearing and give published notice thereof as provided in this part. The date of the hearing shall be not more than 90 days after issuance of the certificate of filing or after the application is deemed to have been accepted, whichever is earlier. Notwithstanding Section 56106, the date for conducting the hearing, as determined pursuant to this subdivision, is mandatory.
Cal. GOV § 56055 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 56055
Section 56055
Status: in_force

“Member district” means any district which is included, in whole or in part, within another district, a metropolitan water district, or any of the entities enumerated in Section 56036.6, all or any part of the first-mentioned district being entitled, under the provisions of the principal act of the second-mentioned district or entity, to receive or be furnished with any governmental or proprietary service or commodity by the second-mentioned district or entity.
Cal. GOV § 57500 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 5 / Chapter 8 / Section 57500
Section 57500
Status: in_force

On and after the effective date of a consolidation, the consolidated district succeeds to all of the powers, rights, duties, obligations, functions, and properties of all predecessor districts which have been united or joined into the consolidated district. The territory of a consolidated district, all inhabitants within that territory, and all persons entitled to vote by reason of residing or owning land within the territory are subject to the jurisdiction of the consolidated district and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, have the same rights and duties as if the consolidated district had been originally formed under the principal act.
Cal. GOV § 55634 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 55634
Section 55634
Status: in_force

All the privileges and immunities from liability, exemptions from laws and rules, and all pension, relief, disability, workmen’s compensation and all other benefits granted the fire or police force of any local agency performing its functions within the territorial limits of such local agency shall extend and apply to such fire or police force performing its function within the territorial limits of any other local agency, and while traveling to and from such other local agency under and by virtue of any contract with such other local agency entered into under the provisions of this article.
Cal. CCP § 410.70 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 410.70
Section 410.70
Status: in_force

In an action against two or more persons who are jointly, jointly and severally, or severally liable on a contract, the court in which the action is pending has jurisdiction to proceed against such of the defendants as are served as if they were the only defendants.
Cal. GOV § 53243.2 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 2.6 / Section 53243.2
Section 53243.2
Status: in_force

On or after January 1, 2012, any contract of employment between an employee and a local agency employer shall include a provision which provides that, regardless of the term of the contract, if the contract is terminated, any cash settlement related to the termination that an employee may receive from the local agency shall be fully reimbursed to the local agency if the employee is convicted of a crime involving an abuse of his or her office or position.
Cal. GOV § 53395.16 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.8 / Article 2 / Section 53395.16
Section 53395.16
Status: in_force

The designated official shall consult with each affected taxing entity, and, at the request of any affected taxing entity, shall meet with representatives of an affected taxing entity. Any affected taxing entity may suggest revisions to the plan.
Cal. CIV § 1946.1 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1946.1
Section 1946.1
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 1946, a hiring of residential real property or commercial real property by a qualified commercial tenant for a term not specified by the parties, is deemed to be renewed as stated in Section 1945, at the end of the term implied by law unless one of the parties gives written notice to the other of the party’s intention to terminate the tenancy, as provided in this section.

(b) An owner of a residential dwelling or commercial real property hired by a qualified commercial tenant giving notice pursuant to this section shall give notice at least 60 days prior to the proposed date of termination. A tenant giving notice pursuant to this section shall give notice for a period at least as long as the term of the periodic tenancy prior to the proposed date of termination.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), an owner of a residential dwelling or commercial real property hired by a qualified commercial tenant giving notice pursuant to this section shall give notice at least 30 days prior to the proposed date of termination if a tenant or resident has resided in the dwelling or occupied the property for less than one year.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), an owner of a residential dwelling giving notice pursuant to this section shall give notice at least 30 days prior to the proposed date of termination if all of the following apply:

(1) The dwelling or unit is alienable separate from the title to any other dwelling unit.

(2) The owner has contracted to sell the dwelling or unit to a bona fide purchaser for value, and has established an escrow with a title insurer or an underwritten title company, as defined in Sections 12340.4 and 12340.5 of the Insurance Code, respectively, a licensed escrow agent, as defined in Sections 17004 and 17200 of the Financial Code, or a licensed real estate broker, as defined in Section 10131 of the Business and Professions Code.

(3) The purchaser is a natural person or persons.

(4) The notice is given no more than 120 days after the escrow has been established.

(5) Notice was not previously given to the tenant pursuant to this section.

(6) The purchaser in good faith intends to reside in the property for at least one full year after the termination of the tenancy.

(e) After an owner has given notice of the owner’s intention to terminate the tenancy pursuant to this section, a tenant may also give notice of the tenant’s intention to terminate the tenancy pursuant to this section, provided that the tenant’s notice is for a period at least as long as the term of the periodic tenancy and the proposed date of termination occurs before the owner’s proposed date of termination.

(f) The notices required by this section shall be given in the manner prescribed in Section 1162 of the Code of Civil Procedure or by sending a copy by certified or registered mail.

(g) This section may not be construed to affect the authority of a public entity that otherwise exists to regulate or monitor the basis for eviction.

(h) A notice given by an owner pursuant to this section shall contain, in substantially the same form, the following:

“State law permits former tenants to reclaim abandoned personal property left at the former address of the tenant, subject to certain conditions. You may or may not be able to reclaim property without incurring additional costs, depending on the cost of storing the property and the length of time before it is reclaimed. In general, these costs will be lower the sooner you contact your former landlord after being notified that property belonging to you was left behind after you moved out.”

(i) A landlord or its agent shall not charge a tenant a fee for serving, posting, or otherwise delivering any notice, as described in this section.

(j) A landlord of a commercial real property shall include in the notice required by this section information on the provisions of this section.

(k) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Commercial real property” means all real property in this state, except dwelling units subject to this chapter, mobilehomes as defined in Section 798.3, and recreational vehicles as defined in Section 799.29.

(2) “Microenterprise” has the same meaning as that term is defined in subdivision (a) of Section 18000 of the Business and Professions Code.

(3) “Nonprofit organization” means any private, nonprofit organization that qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

(4) “Qualified commercial tenant” means a tenant of commercial real property that meets both of the following requirements:

(A) The tenant is a microenterprise, a restaurant with fewer than 10 employees, or a nonprofit organization with fewer than 20 employees.

(B) (i) Subject to clause (ii), the tenant has provided the landlord, within the previous 12 months, a written notice that the tenant is a qualified commercial tenant and a self-attestation regarding the number of employees, at such time the protections under this section come into place.

(ii) Unless the tenancy is from week to week, month to month, or other period less than a month, the tenant provided the notice and self-attestation described in clause (i) before or upon execution of the lease, and annually thereafter, at such time the protections under this section come into place.
Cal. GOV § 53073 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 53073
Section 53073
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding anything in the law to the contrary, the governing body of any public district may convey, upon such terms and conditions as it determines to be in the public interest, any surplus real property, together with any building thereon, owned by the district which has been determined by the governing body to be of general historical interest within the area of the district, to an association or society the purpose of which is to research and promote the area’s historical heritage or to preserve property of historical interest and which is a nonprofit corporation formed under the laws of this state. Any such conveyance shall contain a condition to the effect that the historical nature of the property be restored, preserved, or both, for the benefit of the citizens of the area, and that title will revert to the district in the event that the association or society conveys the property in question to any person or entity which is not a nonprofit corporation involved with preserving and researching the history of the area.
Cal. GOV § 50717 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 2 / Section 50717
Section 50717
Status: in_force

The board may enter into indentures providing for the aggregate principal amount, date, or dates, maturities, interest rate, denominations, form, registration transfer and interchange of such bonds and coupons, and the terms and conditions upon which the same shall be executed, issued, secured, sold, paid, redeemed, funded and refunded. Reference on the face of the bonds to such indenture by its date of adoption, or the apparent date on the face thereof, is sufficient to incorporate all of the provisions thereof and of this chapter into the body of the bonds and their appurtenant coupons. Each taker and subsequent holder of the bonds or coupons, whether the coupons are attached to or detached from the bonds, has recourse to all of the provisions of the indenture and of this chapter, and is bound thereby.
Cal. GOV § 53345.3 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 5 / Section 53345.3
Section 53345.3
Status: in_force

The amount of the proposed bonded indebtedness may include all costs and estimated costs incidental to, or connected with, the accomplishment of the purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, including, but not limited to, the estimated costs of construction or acquisition of buildings, or both; acquisition of land, rights-of-way, water, sewer, or other capacity or connection fees; lease payments for school facilities, satisfaction of contractual obligations relating to expenses or the advancement of funds for expenses existing at the time the bonds are issued pursuant to this chapter; architectural, engineering, inspection, legal, fiscal, and financial consultant fees; bond and other reserve funds; discount fees; interest on any bonds of the district estimated to be due and payable within two years of issuance of the bonds; election costs; and all costs of issuance of the bonds, including, but not limited to, fees for bond counsel, costs of obtaining credit ratings, bond insurance premiums, fees for letters of credit, and other credit enhancement costs, and printing costs. Bonds may not be issued pursuant to this chapter to fund any of the services specified in Section 53313; however, bonds may be issued to fund capital facilities to be used in providing these services.
Cal. GOV § 56037.2 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 56037.2
Section 56037.2
Status: in_force

“Divestiture of power” means the termination of the power and authority to provide particular functions or classes of services within all or part of the jurisdictional boundaries of a special district.
Cal. CIV § 1698 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 3 / Section 1698
Section 1698
Status: in_force

(a) A contract in writing may be modified by a contract in writing.

(b) A contract in writing may be modified by an oral agreement to the extent that the oral agreement is executed by the parties.

(c) Unless the contract otherwise expressly provides, a contract in writing may be modified by an oral agreement supported by new consideration. The statute of frauds (Section 1624) is required to be satisfied if the contract as modified is within its provisions.

(d) Nothing in this section precludes in an appropriate case the application of rules of law concerning estoppel, oral novation and substitution of a new agreement, rescission of a written contract by an oral agreement, waiver of a provision of a written contract, or oral independent collateral contracts.
Cal. GOV § 57148 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 4 / Chapter 6 / Section 57148
Section 57148
Status: in_force

(a) The elections official shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the proposal to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on the question.

The ballot pamphlet shall contain all of the following information in the order prescribed:

(1) The impartial analysis of the proposition prepared by the commission.

(2) One argument for the proposal, if any.

(3) One rebuttal to the argument for the proposal, if any.

(4) One argument against the proposal, if any.

(5) One rebuttal to the argument against the proposal, if any.

A copy of the complete text of the proposition shall be made available by the elections official, to any voter upon request.

(b) The elections official shall mail a ballot pamphlet to each voter entitled to vote in the election at least 10 days prior to the date of the election. The ballot pamphlet is “official matter” within the meaning of Section 13303 of the Elections Code.
Cal. GOV § 50666.2 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 50666.2
Section 50666.2
Status: in_force

The revenues and any interest earned on the revenues constitute a trust fund for the security and payment of the interest on and principal of the bonds.
Cal. GOV § 50992 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4.6 / Section 50992
Section 50992
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter, a person is related to another person if both persons are related to each other pursuant to Section 267(b) of Title 26 of the United States Code, as that section was amended by Public Law 114-113, and the regulations thereunder.
Cal. GOV § 50063 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 3.1 / Section 50063
Section 50063
Status: in_force

After approval of the report, either as filed or as modified, the legislative body shall adopt a resolution of intention. The resolution shall do all of the following:

(a) Declare the intention of the legislative body to order the formation of a district, to levy and collect assessments, and, if desired, to issue bonds or notes, to provide for the long-term maintenance of natural habitat pursuant to this article.

(b) Generally describe the improvements.

(c) Refer to the proposed district by its distinctive designation and indicate the general location of the district.

(d) Refer to the report on file with the clerk of the local agency for a full and detailed description of the improvements, the boundaries of the district, any bonds or notes to be issued, any provisions for the long-term maintenance of natural habitat, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the district.

(e) Give notice of, and fix a time and place for, a hearing by the legislative body on, among other things, the question of the formation of the district and the levy of the proposed assessment. The notice, protest, and hearing procedures shall comply with Section 53753.
Cal. GOV § 53108.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 53108.1
Section 53108.1
Status: in_force

“Incremental costs”, as used in this article, mean any costs necessary for the establishment of a system required by this article and recommended for reimbursement by the advisory committee established by Section 53115.1 other than costs for (1) a basic system, (2) a basic system with telephone central office identification, or (3) a system employing automatic call routing, which are reasonable, necessary and unique for the planning and efficient implementation of a local agency’s 911 system.
Cal. GOV § 53704 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 53704
Section 53704
Status: in_force

A city, county or city and county which has entered into and operated a federal grant program pursuant to the authority contained within Section 53703 may continue the operation of such program for a period not exceeding two years from the termination of any federal grant or authority for such program. The board of supervisors or city council may appropriate funds for such programs and may do all acts necessary to continue the program in operation.
Cal. GOV § 54701.6 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.3 / Article 2 / Section 54701.6
Section 54701.6
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the legislative body may award contracts for the construction of housing for employees by negotiation or following the receipt of competitive bids after notice inviting such bids.
Cal. GOV § 51177 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.8 / Section 51177
Section 51177
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(a) “Defensible space” means the area adjacent to a structure or dwelling where wildfire prevention or protection practices are implemented to provide defense from an approaching wildfire or to minimize the spread of a structure fire to wildlands or surrounding areas.

(b) “Director” means the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection.

(c) “Fuel” means any combustible material, including petroleum-based products, cultivated landscape plants, grasses, and weeds, and wildland vegetation.

(d) “Fuel management” means the act or practice of controlling flammability and reducing resistance to control of fuels through mechanical, chemical, biological, or manual means or by fire, in support of land management objectives.

(e) “Local agency” means a city, county, city and county, or district responsible for fire protection within a very high fire hazard severity zone.

(f) “Single specimen tree” means any live tree that stands alone in the landscape so as to be clear of buildings, structures, combustible vegetation, or other trees, and that does not form a means of rapidly transmitting fire from the vegetation to an occupied dwelling or structure or from an occupied dwelling or structure to vegetation.

(g) “State responsibility areas” means those areas identified pursuant to Section 4102 of the Public Resources Code.

(h) “Vegetation” means all plants, including trees, shrubs, grass, and perennial or annual plants.

(i) “Very high fire hazard severity zone” means an area designated as a very high fire hazard severity zone by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 51178 that is not a state responsibility area.

(j) “Wildfire” means an unplanned, unwanted wildland fire, including unauthorized human-caused fires, escaped wildland fire use events, escaped prescribed fire projects, and all other wildland fires where the objective is to extinguish the fire.
Cal. GOV § 53055.2 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 3.5 / Section 53055.2
Section 53055.2
Status: in_force

After the customer service standards established pursuant to Section 53055 have been in effect for one year, each cable television operator and video provider shall report annually on the performance of that cable television operator or video provider with regard to meeting its customer service standards. This report shall be included in the annual notice required by Section 53055.1.
Cal. GOV § 52011 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 52011
Section 52011
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, this invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
Cal. GOV § 56335 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Section 56335
Section 56335
Status: in_force

In each county containing two or more cities, regular and alternate city members to the commission shall be appointed by the city selection committee organized in the county pursuant to and in the manner provided in Article 11 (commencing with Section 50270) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1. Regular members of the commission shall be appointed by the city selection committee pursuant to Sections 56325, 56326, and 56327.

The city selection committee shall appoint one alternate member to the commission in the same manner as it appoints a regular member. If one of the regular city members is absent from a commission meeting, or disqualifies himself or herself from participating in a meeting, the alternate member may serve and vote in place of that regular city member for that meeting.

Except in the case of a member appointed pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 56326 or subdivision (b) of Section 56327, a city selection committee, may, at the time it appoints a member or alternate, provide that the member or alternate is disqualified from voting on proposals affecting the city which the member or alternate represents.

If the office of a regular city member becomes vacant, the alternate member may serve and vote in place of the former regular city member until the appointment and qualification of a regular city member to fill the vacancy.
Cal. GOV § 51130 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.7 / Article 4 / Section 51130
Section 51130
Status: in_force

The purpose of this article is to provide relief from zoning as timberland production pursuant to this chapter only when the continued use of land in the timberland production zone is neither necessary nor desirable to accomplish the purposes of Section 3(j) of Article XIII of the Constitution and of this chapter.
Cal. CIV § 1993.06 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 5.5 / Section 1993.06
Section 1993.06
Status: in_force

The personal property described in the notice shall either be left on the vacated premises or be stored by the landlord in a place of safekeeping until the landlord either releases the property pursuant to Section 1987 or disposes of the property pursuant to Section 1993.07. The landlord shall exercise reasonable care in storing the property, but he or she is not liable to the tenant or any other owner for any loss not caused by his or her deliberate or negligent act.
Cal. CIV § 1954.206 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 2.5 / Section 1954.206
Section 1954.206
Status: in_force

(a) Submeters shall be read within three days of the same point in each billing cycle.

(b) Payments shall be due at the same point in each billing cycle. A tenant may agree in writing to receive a bill electronically. A tenant may rescind authorization for electronic delivery of bills at any time. The landlord shall have 30 days to comply with any change in how a tenant requests to receive a bill. A tenant shall not be required to pay a bill electronically.

(c) A bill shall include and separately set forth the following information:

(1) The submeter reading for the beginning date and ending date of the billing cycle, the dates read, and the indicated consumption as determined by subtracting the amount of the beginning date submeter reading from the amount of the ending date submeter reading. If the unit of measure is in something other than gallons, the indicated consumption shall be expressed in gallons.

(2) The amounts charged pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1954.205.

(3) The rate or rates charged for the volumetric charge per unit of measure.

(4) The amount, if any, due from the previous month’s bill.

(5) The amount, if any, due from bills prior to the previous month’s bill.

(6) The late fee, if any, imposed on amounts specified in paragraph (4) or (5).

(7) The total amount due for the billing period.

(8) The due date for the payment.

(9) If a late fee is charged by the landlord, a statement of when the late fees would apply.

(10) The procedure to contact the landlord or billing agent with questions or concerns regarding the bill. Upon request of the tenant, the landlord or billing agent shall respond in writing to any questions or disputes from the tenant. If a billing agent is used, the name of the billing agent shall be disclosed. The tenant shall be provided a mailing address, email address, and telephone number, which shall be either a toll-free or a local number, and the time of regular telephone hours for contact regarding billing inquiries.

(11) A statement that the landlord or billing agent is not the water purveyor that includes the name of the local water purveyor providing the water service to the master meter.

(12) A mailing address, an email address, and a toll-free telephone number or a local telephone number for the tenant to use to contact the landlord, or an agent of the landlord, to report any leaks, drips, water fixtures that do not shut off properly, including, but not limited to, a toilet, or other problems with the water system, including, but not limited to, problems with water-saving devices.

(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (4) and (5) of subdivision (c), a separate bill may be provided for past due amounts if past due amounts are not included on the current month’s bill.
Cal. GOV § 53806 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 6.5 / Section 53806
Section 53806
Status: in_force

The certificates shall be authorized by resolutions of the board, and shall bear such dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding 25 years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates agreed upon between the board and the investing agency, not exceeding 6 percent per year, payable semiannually, be in such denominations and in such form, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, and subject to such terms of redemption at such prices not exceeding 106 percent of the principal amount as the resolutions provide.
Cal. PEN § 73 — California Code / Code pen / Part 1 / Title 5 / Section 73
Section 73
Status: in_force

Every person who gives or offers any gratuity or reward, in consideration that he or any other person shall be appointed to any public office, or shall be permitted to exercise or discharge the duties thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Cal. GOV § 56047 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 56047
Section 56047
Status: in_force

“Initiate” or “initiation” means the issuance of a certificate of filing by the executive officer.
Cal. GOV § 50804 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 50804
Section 50804
Status: in_force

“Member” means a person duly appointed or selected and sworn as a member of the regularly constituted police department if the local agency has established a police relief and pension fund pursuant to this chapter.
Cal. GOV § 50911 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 50911
Section 50911
Status: in_force

At the time of each annual tax levy, the legislative body shall direct the payment into the police relief and pension fund of the following amounts:

(a) Not less than 5 nor more than 10 percent of all money received from licenses for the keeping of places where spirituous, malt, or other intoxicating liquors are sold.

(b) One-half of all money received from taxes or dog licenses.

(c) All money received from fines paid by the members of the police force for violation of the regulations of the department.

(d) All proceeds of sales of unclaimed property.

(e) Not less than one-fourth nor more than one-half of all money received from licenses from pawnbrokers, billiardhall keepers, second-hand dealers, and junk stores.

(f) All money from fines for carrying concealed weapons.

(g) Twenty-five percent of fines paid for violation of the ordinances of the local agency.

(h) All rewards paid to members of the police force, other than those excepted by the chief of police.
Cal. CCP § 415.30 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 415.30
Section 415.30
Status: in_force

(a) A summons may be served by mail as provided in this section. A copy of the summons and of the complaint shall be mailed (by first-class mail or airmail, postage prepaid) to the person to be served, together with two copies of the notice and acknowledgment provided for in subdivision (b) and a return envelope, postage prepaid, addressed to the sender.

(b) The notice specified in subdivision (a) shall be in substantially the following form:

(Title of court and cause, with action number, to be inserted by the sender prior to mailing)

NOTICE

To: (Here state the name of the person to be served.)

This summons is served pursuant to Section 415.30 of the California Code of Civil Procedure. Failure to complete this form and return it to the sender within 20 days may subject you (or the party on whose behalf you are being served) to liability for the payment of any expenses incurred in serving a summons upon you in any other manner permitted by law. If you are served on behalf of a corporation, unincorporated association (including a partnership), or other entity, this form must be signed in the name of such entity by you or by a person authorized to receive service of process on behalf of such entity. In all other cases, this form must be signed by you personally or by a person authorized by you to acknowledge receipt of summons. Section 415.30 provides that this summons is deemed served on the date of execution of an acknowledgment of receipt of summons.

Signature of sender

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT OF SUMMONS

This acknowledges receipt on (insert date) of a copy of the summons and of the complaint at (insert address).

Date:   (Date this acknowledgement is executed)

Signature of person acknowledging receipt, with title if
acknowledgment is made on behalf of another person

(c) Service of a summons pursuant to this section is deemed complete on the date a written acknowledgement of receipt of summons is executed, if such acknowledgement thereafter is returned to the sender.

(d) If the person to whom a copy of the summons and of the complaint are mailed pursuant to this section fails to complete and return the acknowledgement form set forth in subdivision (b) within 20 days from the date of such mailing, the party to whom the summons was mailed shall be liable for reasonable expenses thereafter incurred in serving or attempting to serve the party by another method permitted by this chapter, and, except for good cause shown, the court in which the action is pending, upon motion, with or without notice, shall award the party such expenses whether or not he is otherwise entitled to recover his costs in the action.

(e) A notice or acknowledgment of receipt in form approved by the Judicial Council is deemed to comply with this section.
Cal. GOV § 53397.6 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.8 / Article 4 / Section 53397.6
Section 53397.6
Status: in_force

(a) The bonds may be issued if two-thirds of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor of issuing the bonds.

(b) If the voters approve the issuance of the bonds as provided by subdivision (a), the legislative body shall proceed with the issuance of the bonds by adopting a resolution which shall provide for all of the following:

(1) The issuance of the bonds in one or more series.

(2) The principal amount of the bonds, which shall be consistent with the amount specified in subdivision (b) of Section 53397.2.

(3) The date the bonds will bear.

(4) The date of maturity of the bonds.

(5) The denomination of the bonds.

(6) The form of the bonds.

(7) The manner of execution of the bonds.

(8) The medium of payment in which the bonds are payable.

(9) The place or manner of payment and any requirements for registration of the bonds.

(10) The terms of call or redemption, with or without premium.
Cal. GOV § 53398.21 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.9 / Article 2 / Section 53398.21
Section 53398.21
Status: in_force

The legislative body may submit a proposition to establish or change the appropriations limit, as defined by subdivision (h) of Section 8 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution, of a district to the qualified electors of a district. The proposition establishing or changing the appropriations limit shall become effective if approved by the qualified electors voting on the proposition and shall be adjusted for changes in the cost of living and changes in populations, as defined by subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 7901, except that the change in population may be estimated by the legislative body in the absence of an estimate by the Department of Finance, and in accordance with Section 1 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution. For purposes of adjusting for changes in population, the population of the district shall be deemed to be at least one person during each calendar year.
Cal. GOV § 54221 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 54221
Section 54221
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) (1) “Local agency” means every city, whether organized under general law or by charter, county, city and county, district, including school, sewer, water, utility, and local and regional park districts of any kind or class, joint powers authority, successor agency to a former redevelopment agency, housing authority, or other political subdivision of this state and any instrumentality thereof that is empowered to acquire and hold real property.

(2) The Legislature finds and declares that the term “district” as used in this article includes all districts within the state, including, but not limited to, all special districts, sewer, water, utility, and local and regional park districts, and any other political subdivision of this state that is a district, and therefore the changes in paragraph (1) made by the act adding this paragraph that specify that the provisions of this article apply to all districts, including school, sewer, water, utility, and local and regional park districts of any kind or class, are declaratory of, and not a change in, existing law.

(b) (1) “Surplus land” means land owned in fee simple by any local agency for which the local agency’s governing body takes formal action in a regular public meeting declaring that the land is surplus and is not necessary for the agency’s use. Land shall be declared either “surplus land” or “exempt surplus land,” as supported by written findings, before a local agency may take any action to dispose of it consistent with an agency’s policies or procedures. A local agency, on an annual basis, may declare multiple parcels as “surplus land” or “exempt surplus land.”

(2) “Surplus land” includes land held in the Community Redevelopment Property Trust Fund pursuant to Section 34191.4 of the Health and Safety Code and land that has been designated in the long-range property management plan approved by the Department of Finance pursuant to Section 34191.5 of the Health and Safety Code, either for sale or for future development, but does not include any specific disposal of land to an identified entity described in the plan.

(3) Nothing in this article prevents a local agency from obtaining fair market value for the disposition of surplus land consistent with Section 54226.

(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a local agency is not required to make a declaration at a public meeting for land that is “exempt surplus land” pursuant to subparagraph (A), (B), (E), (K), (L), or (Q) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) if the local agency identifies the land in a notice that is published and available for public comment, including notice to the entities identified in subdivision (a) of Section 54222, at least 30 days before the exemption takes effect.

(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), “agency’s use” shall include, but not be limited to, land that is being used, or is planned to be used pursuant to a written plan adopted by the local agency’s governing board, for agency work or operations, including, but not limited to, utility sites, property owned by a port that is used to support logistics uses, watershed property, land being used for conservation purposes, land for demonstration, exhibition, or educational purposes related to greenhouse gas emissions, sites for broadband equipment or wireless facilities, and buffer sites near sensitive governmental uses, including, but not limited to, waste disposal sites, and wastewater treatment plants. “Agency’s use” by a local agency that is a district shall also include land disposed for uses described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2).

(2) (A) “Agency’s use” shall not include commercial or industrial uses or activities, including nongovernmental retail, entertainment, or office development. Property disposed of for the sole purpose of investment or generation of revenue shall not be considered necessary for the agency’s use.

(B) In the case of a local agency that is a district, excepting those whose primary mission or purpose is to supply the public with a transportation system, “agency’s use” may include commercial or industrial uses or activities, including nongovernmental retail, entertainment, or office development or be for the sole purpose of investment or generation of revenue if the agency’s governing body takes action in a public meeting declaring that the use of the site will do one of the following:

(i) Directly further the express purpose of agency work or operations.

(ii) Be expressly authorized by a statute governing the local agency, provided the district complies with Section 54233.5 if applicable.

(d) (1) “Dispose” means either of the following:

(A) The sale of the surplus land.

(B) The entering of a lease for surplus land, which is for a term longer than 15 years, inclusive of any extension or renewal options included in the terms of the initial lease, entered into on or after January 1, 2024.

(2) “Dispose” shall not mean either of the following:

(A) The entering of a lease for surplus land, which is for a term of 15 years or less, inclusive of any extension or renewal options included in the terms of the initial lease.

(B) The entering of a lease for surplus land on which no development or demolition will occur, regardless of the term of the lease.

(e) “Open-space purposes” means the use of land for public recreation, enjoyment of scenic beauty, or conservation or use of natural resources.

(f) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), “exempt surplus land” means any of the following:

(A) Surplus land that is transferred pursuant to Section 25539.4 or 37364.

(B) Surplus land that is less than one-half acre in area and is not contiguous to land owned by a state or local agency that is used for open-space or low- and moderate-income housing purposes.

(C) Surplus land that a local agency is exchanging for another property necessary for the agency’s use. “Property” may include easements necessary for the agency’s use.

(D) Surplus land that a local agency is transferring to another local, state, or federal agency, or to a third-party intermediary for future dedication for the receiving agency’s use, or to a federally recognized California Indian tribe. If the surplus land is transferred to a third-party intermediary, the receiving agency’s use must be contained in a legally binding agreement at the time of transfer to the third-party intermediary.

(E) Surplus land that is a former street, right-of-way, or easement, and is conveyed to an owner of an adjacent property.

(F) (i) Surplus land that is to be developed for a housing development, which may have ancillary commercial ground floor uses, that restricts 100 percent of the residential units to persons and families of low or moderate income, with at least 75 percent of the residential units restricted to lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, with an affordable sales price or an affordable rent, as defined in Section 50052.5 or 50053 of the Health and Safety Code, for 55 years for rental housing, 45 years for ownership housing, and 50 years for rental or ownership housing located on tribal trust lands, unless a local ordinance or a federal, state, or local grant, tax credit, or other project financing requires a longer period of affordability, and in no event shall the maximum affordable sales price or rent level be higher than 20 percent below the median market rents or sales prices for the neighborhood in which the site is located.

(ii) The requirements of clause (i) shall be contained in a covenant or restriction recorded against the surplus land at the time of sale that shall run with the land and be enforceable against any owner who violates the covenant or restriction and each successor in interest who continues the violation.

(G) (i) Surplus land that is subject to a local agency’s open, competitive solicitation or that is put to open, competitive bid by a local agency, provided that all entities identified in subdivision (a) of Section 54222 will be invited to participate in the process, for a housing or a mixed-use development that is more than one acre and less than 10 acres in area, consisting of either a single parcel, or two or more adjacent or non-adjacent parcels combined, that includes not less than 300 residential units, and that restricts at least 25 percent of the residential units to lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, with an affordable sales price or an affordable rent, as defined in Sections 50052.5 and 50053 of the Health and Safety Code, for 55 years for rental housing, 45 years for ownership housing, and 50 years for rental or ownership housing located on tribal trust lands, unless a local ordinance or a federal, state, or local grant, tax credit, or other project financing requires a longer period of affordability.

(ii) The requirements of clause (i) shall be contained in a covenant or restriction recorded against the surplus land at the time of sale that shall run with the land and be enforceable against any owner who violates the covenant or restriction and each successor in interest who continues the violation.

(H) (i) Surplus land totaling 10 or more acres, consisting of either a single parcel, or two or more adjacent or non-adjacent parcels combined for disposition to one or more buyers pursuant to a plan or ordinance adopted by the legislative body of the local agency, or a state statute. That surplus land shall be subject to a local agency’s open, competitive solicitation process or put out to open, competitive bid by a local agency, provided that all entities identified in subdivision (a) of Section 54222 will be invited to participate in the process for a housing or mixed-use development.

(ii) The aggregate development shall include the greater of the following:

(I) Not less than 300 residential units.

(II) A number of residential units equal to 10 times the number of acres of the surplus land or 10,000 residential units, whichever is less.

(iii) At least 25 percent of the residential units shall be restricted to lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, with an affordable sales price or an affordable rent pursuant to Sections 50052.5 and 50053 of the Health and Safety Code, for a minimum of 55 years for rental housing, 45 years for ownership housing, and 50 years for rental or ownership housing located on tribal trust lands, unless a local ordinance or a federal, state, or local grant, tax credit, or other project financing requires a longer period of affordability.

(iv) If nonresidential development is included in the development pursuant to this subparagraph, at least 25 percent of the total planned units affordable to lower income households shall be made available for lease or sale and permitted for use and occupancy before or at the same time with every 25 percent of nonresidential development made available for lease or sale and permitted for use and occupancy.

(v) A violation of this subparagraph is subject to the penalties described in Section 54230.5. Those penalties are in addition to any remedy a court may order for violation of this subparagraph. A local agency shall only dispose of land pursuant to this subparagraph through a disposition and development agreement that includes an indemnification clause that provides that if an action occurs after disposition violates this subparagraph, the person or entity that acquired the property shall be liable for the penalties.

(vi) The requirements of clauses (i) to (v), inclusive, shall be contained in a covenant or restriction recorded against the surplus land at the time of sale that shall run with the land and be enforceable against any owner who violates the covenant or restriction and each successor in interest who continues the violation.

(I) A mixed-use development, which may include more than one publicly owned parcel, that meets all of the following conditions:

(i) The development restricts at least 25 percent of the residential units to lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, with an affordable sales price or an affordable rent, as defined in Sections 50052.5 and 50053 of the Health and Safety Code, for 55 years for rental housing, 45 years for ownership housing, and 50 years for rental or ownership housing located on tribal trust lands, unless a local ordinance or a federal, state, or local grant, tax credit, or other project financing requires a longer period of affordability.

(ii) At least 50 percent of the square footage of the new construction associated with the development is designated for residential use.

(iii) The development is not located in an urbanized area, as defined in Section 21094.5 of the Public Resources Code.

(J) (i) Surplus land that is subject to a valid legal restriction that is not imposed by the local agency and that makes housing prohibited, unless there is a feasible method to satisfactorily mitigate or avoid the prohibition on the site. A declaration of exemption pursuant to this subparagraph shall be supported by documentary evidence establishing the valid legal restriction. For the purposes of this section, “documentary evidence” includes, but is not limited to, a contract, agreement, deed restriction, statute, regulation, or other writing that documents the valid legal restriction.

(ii) Valid legal restrictions include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(I) Existing constraints under ownership rights or contractual rights or obligations that prevent the use of the property for housing, if the rights or obligations were agreed to prior to September 30, 2019.

(II) Conservation or other easements or encumbrances that prevent housing development.

(III) Existing leases, or other contractual obligations or restrictions, if the terms were agreed to prior to September 30, 2019.

(IV) Restrictions imposed by the source of funding that a local agency used to purchase a property, provided that both of the following requirements are met:

(ia) The restrictions limit the use of those funds to purposes other than housing.

(ib) The proposed disposal of surplus land meets a use consistent with that purpose.

(iii) Valid legal restrictions that would make housing prohibited do not include either of the following:

(I) An existing nonresidential land use designation on the surplus land.

(II) Covenants, restrictions, or other conditions on the property rendered void and unenforceable by any other law, including, but not limited to, Section 714.6 of the Civil Code.

(iv) Feasible methods to mitigate or avoid a valid legal restriction on the site do not include a requirement that the local agency acquire additional property rights or property interests belonging to third parties.

(K) Surplus land that was granted by the state in trust to a local agency or that was acquired by the local agency for trust purposes by purchase or exchange, and for which disposal of the land is authorized or required subject to conditions established by statute.

(L) Land that is subject to either of the following, unless compliance with this article is expressly required:

(i) Section 17515, 81192, 81397, 81399, 81420, or 81422 of the Education Code.

(ii) Part 14 (commencing with Section 53570) of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code.

(M) Surplus land that is a former military base that was conveyed by the federal government to a local agency, and is subject to Article 8 (commencing with Section 33492.125) of Chapter 4.5 of Part 1 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code, provided that all of the following conditions are met:

(i) The former military base has an aggregate area greater than five acres, is expected to include a mix of residential and nonresidential uses, and is expected to include no fewer than 1,400 residential units upon completion of development or redevelopment of the former military base.

(ii) The affordability requirements for residential units shall be governed by a settlement agreement entered into prior to September 1, 2020. Furthermore, at least 25 percent of the initial 1,400 residential units developed shall be restricted to lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, with an affordable sales price or an affordable rent, as defined in Sections 50052.5 and 50053 of the Health and Safety Code, for 55 years for rental housing, 45 years for ownership housing, and 50 years for rental or ownership housing located on tribal trust lands, unless a local ordinance or a federal, state, or local grant, tax credit, or other project financing requires a longer period of affordability.

(iii) Before disposition of the surplus land, the agency adopts written findings that the land is exempt surplus land pursuant to this subparagraph.

(iv) Before disposition of the surplus land, the recipient has negotiated a project labor agreement consistent with the local agency’s project stabilization agreement resolution, as adopted on February 2, 2021, and any succeeding ordinance, resolution, or policy, regardless of the length of the agreement between the local agency and the recipient.

(v) The agency includes in the annual report required by paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65400 the status of development of residential units on the former military base, including the total number of residential units that have been permitted and what percentage of those residential units are restricted for persons and families of low or moderate income, or lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code.

A violation of this subparagraph is subject to the penalties described in Section 54230.5. Those penalties are in addition to any remedy a court may order for violation of this subparagraph or the settlement agreement.

(N) Real property that is used by a district for an agency’s use expressly authorized in subdivision (c).

(O) Land that has been transferred before June 30, 2019, by the state to a local agency pursuant to Section 32667 of the Streets and Highways Code and has a minimum planned residential density of at least 100 dwelling units per acre, and includes 100 or more residential units that are restricted to persons and families of low or moderate income, with an affordable sales price or an affordable rent, as defined in Sections 50052.5 and 50053 of the Health and Safety Code, for 55 years for rental housing, 45 years for ownership housing, and 50 years for rental or ownership housing located on tribal trust lands, unless a local ordinance or a federal, state, or local grant, tax credit, or other project financing requires a longer period of affordability. For purposes of this subparagraph, not more than 20 percent of the affordable units may be restricted to persons and families of moderate income and at least 80 percent of the affordable units must be restricted to lower income households as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code.

(P) (i) Land that meets the following conditions:

(I) Land that is subject to a sectional planning area document that meets both of the following:

(ia) The sectional planning area was adopted prior to January 1, 2019.

(ib) The sectional planning area document is consistent with county and city general plans applicable to the land.

(II) The land identified in the adopted sectional planning area document was dedicated prior to January 1, 2019.

(III) On January 1, 2019, the parcels on the land met at least one of the following conditions:

(ia) The land was subject to an irrevocable offer of dedication of fee interest requiring the land to be used for a specified purpose.

(ib) The land was acquired through a land exchange subject to a land offer agreement that grants the land’s original owner the right to repurchase the land acquired by the local agency pursuant to the agreement if the land will not be developed in a manner consistent with the agreement.

(ic) The land was subject to a grant deed specifying that the property shall be used for educational uses and limiting other types of uses allowed on the property.

(IV) At least 25 percent of the units are dedicated to lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, at an affordable rent, as defined by Section 50053 of the Health and Safety Code, or an affordable housing cost, as defined by Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code, and subject to a recorded deed restriction for a period of 55 years for rental units and 45 years for owner-occupied units, unless a local ordinance or a federal, state, or local grant, tax credit, or other project financing requires a longer period of affordability.

(V) The land is developed at an average density of at least 10 units per acre, calculated with respect to the entire sectional planning area.

(VI) No more than 25 percent of the nonresidential square footage identified in the sectional planning area document receives its first certificate of occupancy before at least 25 percent of the residential square footage identified in the sectional planning area document has received its first certificate of occupancy.

(VII) No more than 50 percent of the nonresidential square footage identified in the sectional planning area document receives its first certificate of occupancy before at least 50 percent of the residential square footage identified in the sectional planning area document has received its first certificate of occupancy.

(VIII) No more than 75 percent of the nonresidential square footage identified in the sectional planning area document shall receive its first certificate of occupancy before at least 75 percent of the residential square footage identified in the sectional planning area document has received its first certificate of occupancy.

(ii) The local agency includes in the annual report required by paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65400 the status of development, including the total square footage of the residential and nonresidential development, the number of residential units that have been permitted, and what percentage of those residential units are restricted for persons and families of low or moderate income, or lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code.

(iii) The Department of Housing and Community Development may request additional information from the agency regarding land disposed of pursuant to this subparagraph.

(iv) At least 30 days prior to disposing of land declared “exempt surplus land,” a local agency shall provide the Department of Housing and Community Development a written notification of its declaration and findings in a form prescribed by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Within 30 days of receipt of the written notification and findings, the department shall notify the local agency if the department has determined that the local agency is in violation of this article. A local agency that fails to submit the written notification and findings shall be liable for a civil penalty pursuant to this subparagraph. A local agency shall not be liable for the civil penalty if the Department of Housing and Community Development does not notify the agency that the agency is in violation of this article within 30 days of receiving the written notification and findings. Once the department determines that the declarations and findings comply with subclauses (I) to (IV), inclusive, of clause (i), the local agency may proceed with disposal of land pursuant to this subparagraph. This clause is declaratory of, and not a change in, existing law.

(v) If the local agency disposes of land in violation of this subparagraph, the local agency shall be liable for a civil penalty calculated as follows:

(I) For a first violation, 30 percent of the greater of the final sale price or the fair market value of the land at the time of disposition.

(II) For a second or subsequent violation, 50 percent of the greater of the final sale price or the fair market value of the land at the time of disposition.

(III) For purposes of this subparagraph, fair market value shall be determined by an independent appraisal of the land.

(IV) An action to enforce this subparagraph may be brought by any of the following:

(ia) An entity identified in subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, of Section 54222.

(ib) A person who would have been eligible to apply for residency in affordable housing had the agency not violated this section.

(ic) A housing organization, as that term is defined in Section 65589.5.

(id) A beneficially interested person or entity.

(ie) The Department of Housing and Community Development.

(V) A penalty assessed pursuant to this subparagraph shall, except as otherwise provided, be deposited into a local housing trust fund. The local agency may elect to instead deposit the penalty moneys into the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund or the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund. Penalties shall not be paid out of funds already dedicated to affordable housing, including, but not limited to, Low and Moderate Income Housing Asset Funds, funds dedicated to housing for very low, low-, and moderate-income households, and federal HOME Investment Partnerships Program and Community Development Block Grant Program funds. The local agency shall commit and expend the penalty moneys deposited into the local housing trust fund within five years of deposit for the sole purpose of financing newly constructed housing units that are affordable to extremely low, very low, or low-income households.

(VI) Five years after deposit of the penalty moneys into the local housing trust fund, if the funds have not been expended, the funds shall revert to the state and be deposited in the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund or the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund for the sole purpose of financing newly constructed housing units located in the same jurisdiction as the surplus land and that are affordable to extremely low, very low, or low-income households. Expenditure of any penalty moneys deposited into the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund or the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund pursuant to this subdivision shall be subject to appropriation by the Legislature.

(vi) For purposes of this subparagraph, the following definitions apply:

(I) “Sectional planning area” means an area composed of identifiable planning units, within which common services and facilities, a strong internal unity, and an integrated pattern of land use, circulation, and townscape planning are readily achievable.

(II) “Sectional planning area document” means a document or plan that sets forth, at minimum, a site utilization plan of the sectional planning area and development standards for each land use area and designation.

(vii) This subparagraph shall become inoperative on January 1, 2034.

(Q) Land that is owned by a California public-use airport on which residential uses are prohibited pursuant to Federal Aviation Administration Order 5190.6B, Airport Compliance Program, Chapter 20 -- Compatible Land Use and Airspace Protection.

(R) Land that is transferred to a community land trust, and all of the following conditions are met:

(i) The property is being or will be developed or rehabilitated as any of the following:

(I) An owner-occupied single-family dwelling.

(II) An owner-occupied unit in a multifamily dwelling.

(III) A member-occupied unit in a limited equity housing cooperative.

(IV) A rental housing development.

(ii) Improvements on the property are or will be available for use and ownership or for rent by qualified persons, as defined in paragraph (6) of subdivision (c) of Section 214.18 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(iii) (I) A deed restriction or other instrument, requiring a contract or contracts serving as an enforceable restriction on the sale or resale value of owner-occupied units or on the affordability of rental units is recorded on or before the lien date following the acquisition of the property by the community land trust.

(II) For the purpose of this clause, the following definitions apply:

(ia) “A contract or contracts serving as an enforceable restriction on the sale or resale value of owner-occupied units” means a contract described in paragraph (11) of subdivision (a) of Section 402.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(ib) “A contract or contracts serving as an enforceable restriction on the affordability of rental units” means an enforceable and verifiable agreement with a public agency, a recorded deed restriction, or other legal document described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 214 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(iv) A copy of the deed restriction or other instrument shall be provided to the assessor.

(S) (i) For local agencies whose primary mission or purpose is to supply the public with a transportation system, surplus land that is developed for commercial or industrial uses or activities, including nongovernmental retail, entertainment, or office development or for the sole purpose of investment or generation of revenue, if the agency meets all of the following conditions:

(I) The agency has an adopted land use plan or policy that designates at least 50 percent of the gross acreage covered by the adopted land use plan or policy for residential purposes. The adopted land use plan or policy shall also require the development of at least 300 residential units, or at least 10 residential units per gross acre, averaged across all land covered by the land use plan or policy, whichever is greater.

(II) The agency has an adopted land use plan or policy that requires at least 25 percent of all residential units to be developed on the parcels covered by the adopted land use plan or policy made available to lower income households, as defined in Section 50079 of the Health and Safety Code, at an affordable sales price or rented at an affordable rent, as defined in Sections 50052.5 and 50053 of the Health and Safety Code, for 55 years for rental housing and 45 years for ownership housing, unless a local ordinance or the terms of a federal, state, or local grant, tax credit, or other project financing requires a longer period of affordability. These terms shall be included in the land use plan or policy and dictate that they will be contained in a covenant or restriction recorded against the surplus land at the time of disposition that shall run with the land and be enforceable against any owner or lessee who violates the covenant or restriction and each successor in interest who continues the violation.

(III) Land disposed of for residential purposes shall issue a competitive request for proposals subject to the local agency’s open, competitive solicitation process or put out to open, competitive bid by the local agency, provided that all entities identified in subdivision (a) of Section 54222 are invited to participate.

(IV) Prior to entering into an agreement to dispose of a parcel for nonresidential development on land designated for the purposes authorized pursuant to this subparagraph in an agency’s adopted land use plan or policy, the agency, since January 1, 2020, must have entered into an agreement to dispose of a minimum of 25 percent of the land designated for affordable housing pursuant to subclause (II).

(ii) The agency may exempt at one time all parcels covered by the adopted land use plan or policy pursuant to this subparagraph.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a written notice of the availability of surplus land for open-space purposes shall be sent to the entities described in subdivision (b) of Section 54222 before disposing of the surplus land, provided the land does not meet the criteria in subparagraph (H) of paragraph (1), if the land is any of the following:

(A) Within a coastal zone.

(B) Adjacent to a historical unit of the State Parks System.

(C) Listed on, or determined by the State Office of Historic Preservation to be eligible for, the National Register of Historic Places.

(D) Within the Lake Tahoe region as defined in Section 66905.5.

(g) “Persons and families of low or moderate income” has the same meaning as provided in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.
Cal. GOV § 54034 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 54034
Section 54034
Status: in_force

In the manner other public property is leased or sublet, a local agency may lease or sublet any such property for the purpose of operating or authorizing the operation of a parking station for the parking of automobiles by the public.

It may also grant franchises authorizing such use of the property for parking by the public.
Cal. GOV § 52009 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 52009
Section 52009
Status: in_force

“Energy project” means any project within the city’s or county’s boundaries that directly or indirectly involves a substantial use of energy in its operation, except that this part does not apply to any work or project undertaken within the city or county by a privately owned public utility to maintain or extend service to its customers or subscribers.
Cal. GOV § 53717 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 3.6 / Section 53717
Section 53717
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution and Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1, and consistent with Article 3.7 (commencing with Section 53720), any city, county, city or county, or library district may impose special taxes for the purpose of providing public library facilities and services as described in Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 18010) of Part 11 of the Education Code.

(b) As used in this section, “special taxes” means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the city, county, city and county, or library district.
Cal. GOV § 53639 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 53639
Section 53639
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 53682, the depository shall bear the expenses of transportation of money to and from the depository. If, pursuant to a contract between the treasurer and the depository, the depository is not required to bear the expense of transportation of money to and from the depository, the treasurer shall secure those transportation services by separate agreement or contract.

(b) (1) A separate agreement or contract for transportation services includes an agreement to procure bank courier or armored car transport services and a contract for the pickup and transportation of moneys received by the treasurer or any other department requiring secure transportation.

(2) The terms of a separate agreement or contract for transportation services may include, but are not limited to, a specification of costs, frequency of pickup, locations of pickup, and any other transportation services that are necessary for the conduct of the treasurer’s office.
Cal. GOV § 51296 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 51296
Section 51296
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that it is desirable to expand options available to landowners for the preservation of agricultural land. It is therefore the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to encourage the creation of longer term voluntary enforceable restrictions within agricultural preserves.
Cal. GOV § 52102 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 52102
Section 52102
Status: in_force

Within its area of operation, an authority may do all of the following:

(a) Exercise all powers and authority related to energy projects designated by the governing body and deemed to be necessary and appropriate to carry out the responsibilities of the authority, including, but not limited to, assistance in planning energy projects and uses to encourage energy conservation in new and existing construction and to minimize future energy price increases.

(b) Coordinate or provide energy programs and services to the community, particularly to persons of low and moderate income and to smaller businesses.

(c) Apply for, accept, and utilize any available funds appropriate to the authority’s activities from federal, state, county, special district, or private sources.
Cal. GOV § 53373.3 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.7 / Article 2 / Section 53373.3
Section 53373.3
Status: in_force

A district shall not be created with boundaries that overlap the boundaries of any project area established within the boundaries of a redevelopment agency created pursuant to Part 1 (commencing with Section 33000) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code. A project area shall not be created with boundaries that overlap the boundaries of a district.
Cal. GOV § 52107 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 52107
Section 52107
Status: in_force

All energy projects shall be consistent with all state, regional, and local planning, zoning, sanitary, safety, and building laws, ordinances, and regulations applicable to the jurisdiction in which the project is located.
Cal. GOV § 53630.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 53630.1
Section 53630.1
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds that the solvency and creditworthiness of each individual local agency can impact the solvency and creditworthiness of the state and other local agencies within the state. Therefore, to protect the solvency and creditworthiness of the state and all of its political subdivisions, the Legislature hereby declares that the deposit and investment of public funds by local officials and local agencies is an issue of statewide concern.
Cal. GOV § 54244 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 54244
Section 54244
Status: in_force

Section 54241 shall not apply to any public leaseback which is executed prior to the effective date of Section 54241.
Cal. GOV § 50876 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 50876
Section 50876
Status: in_force

The board may at any time summon before it a member retired for disability and require examination of his fitness for duty.
Cal. GOV § 56001 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 56001
Section 56001
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to encourage orderly growth and development which are essential to the social, fiscal, and economic well-being of the state. The Legislature recognizes that the logical formation and determination of local agency boundaries is an important factor in promoting orderly development and in balancing that development with sometimes competing state interests of discouraging urban sprawl, preserving open-space and prime agricultural lands, and efficiently extending government services. The Legislature also recognizes that providing housing for persons and families of all incomes is an important factor in promoting orderly development. Therefore, the Legislature further finds and declares that this policy should be effected by the logical formation and modification of the boundaries of local agencies, with a preference granted to accommodating additional growth within, or through the expansion of, the boundaries of those local agencies which can best accommodate and provide necessary governmental services and housing for persons and families of all incomes in the most efficient manner feasible.

The Legislature recognizes that urban population densities and intensive residential, commercial, and industrial development necessitate a broad spectrum and high level of community services and controls. The Legislature also recognizes that when areas become urbanized to the extent that they need the full range of community services, priorities are required to be established regarding the type and levels of services that the residents of an urban community need and desire; that community service priorities be established by weighing the total community service needs against the total financial resources available for securing community services; and that those community service priorities are required to reflect local circumstances, conditions, and limited financial resources. The Legislature finds and declares that a single multipurpose governmental agency is accountable for community service needs and financial resources and, therefore, may be the best mechanism for establishing community service priorities especially in urban areas. Nonetheless, the Legislature recognizes the critical role of many limited purpose agencies, especially in rural communities. The Legislature also finds that, whether governmental services are proposed to be provided by a single-purpose agency, several agencies, or a multipurpose agency, responsibility should be given to the agency or agencies that can best provide government services.
Cal. GOV § 56000 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 56000
Section 56000
Status: in_force

This division shall be known and may be cited as the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000.
Cal. GOV § 50508 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 50508
Section 50508
Status: in_force

The time for receiving bids shall not be fixed until the first regular meeting of the legislative body after the expiration of 15 days following the adoption of the resolution ordering the property to be leased.
Cal. GOV § 51250 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 51250
Section 51250
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of this section is to identify certain structures that constitute material breaches of contract under this chapter and to provide an alternate remedy to a contract cancellation petition by the landowner. Accordingly, this remedy is in addition to any other available remedies for breach of contract. Except as expressly provided in this section, this section is not intended to change the existing land use decisionmaking and enforcement authority of cities and counties including the authority conferred upon them by this chapter to administer agricultural preserves and contracts.

(b) For purposes of this section, a breach is material if, on a parcel under contract, both of the following conditions are met:

(1) A commercial, industrial, or residential building is constructed that is not allowed by this chapter or the contract, local uniform rules or ordinances consistent with the provisions of this chapter, and that is not related to an agricultural use or compatible use.

(2) The total area of all of the building or buildings likely causing the breach exceeds 2,500 square feet for either of the following:

(A) All property subject to any contract or all contiguous property subject to a contract or contracts owned by the same landowner or landowners on January 1, 2004.

(B) All property subject to a contract entered into after January 1, 2004, covering property not subject to a contract on January 1, 2004.

For purposes of this subdivision any additional parcels not specified in the legal description that accompanied the contract, as it existed prior to January 1, 2003, including any parcel created or recognized within an existing contract by subdivision, deed, partition, or, pursuant to Section 66499.35, by certificate of compliance, shall not increase the limitation of this subdivision.

(c) The department shall notify the city or county if the department discovers a possible breach.

(d) The city or county shall, upon notification by the department or upon discovery by the city or county of a possible material breach, determine if there is a valid contract and if it is likely that the breach is material. In its investigation, the city or county shall endeavor to contact the landowner or his or her representative to learn the landowner’s explanation of the facts and circumstances related to the possible material breach.

(e) Within 10 days of determining whether it is likely that a material breach exists, the city or county shall notify the landowner and the department by certified mail, return receipt requested. This notice shall include the reasons for the determination and a copy of the contract. If either the landowner or the department objects to the preliminary determination of the city or county, the board or council shall schedule a public hearing as provided in subdivision (g).

(f) Within 60 days of receiving notice that it is likely a material breach, the landowner or his or her representative may notify the city or the county that the landowner intends to eliminate the conditions that resulted in the material breach within 60 days. If the landowner eliminates the conditions that resulted in the material breach within 60 days, the city or county shall take no further action under this section with respect to the building at issue. If the landowner notifies the city or county of the intention to eliminate the conditions but fails to do so, the city or county shall proceed with the hearing required in subdivision (g).

(g) The city or county shall schedule a hearing no more than 120 days after the notice is provided to the landowner and the department, as required in subdivision (e). The city or county shall give notice of the public hearing by certified mail, return receipt requested to the landowner and the department at least 30 days prior to the hearing. The city or county shall give notice of the public hearing by first-class mail to every owner of land under contract, any portion of which is situated within one mile of the exterior boundary of the contracted parcel on which the likely material breach exists. The city or county shall also give published notice pursuant to Section 6061. The notice shall include the date, time, and place of the public hearing. Not less than five days before the hearing, the department may request that the city or county provide the department, at the department’s expense, a recorded transcript of the hearing not more than 30 days after the hearing.

(h) At the public hearing, the city or county shall consider any oral or written testimony and then determine whether a material breach exists. The city or county shall support its determination with findings, made on the record and based on substantial evidence, that the property does or does not meet the conditions specified in subdivision (b).

(i) If the city or county determines that a material breach exists, the city or county shall do one of the following:

(1) Order the landowner to eliminate the conditions that resulted in the material breach within 60 days.

(2) Assess the monetary penalty pursuant to subdivision (j) and terminate the contract on that portion of the contracted parcel that has been made incompatible by the material breach.

If the landowner disagrees with the determination, he or she may pursue any other legal remedy that is available.

(j) The monetary penalty shall be 25 percent of the unrestricted fair market value of the land rendered incompatible by the breach, plus 25 percent of the value of the incompatible building and any related improvements on the contracted land. The basis for the valuation of the penalty shall be an independent appraisal of the current unrestricted fair market value of the property that is subject to the contract and affected by the incompatible use or uses, and a valuation of any buildings and any related improvements within the area affected by the incompatible use or uses. If the city or county determines that equity would permit a lesser penalty, the city or county, the landowner, and the department may negotiate a reduction in the penalty based on the factors specified in subdivision (k), but a reduction in the penalty may not exceed one-half of the penalty. If negotiations are to be held, the city or county shall provide the department 15 days’ notice before the first negotiation. If the department chooses not to be a negotiator or fails to send a negotiator, the city or county and the landowner may negotiate the penalty.

(k) In determining the amount of a lesser penalty, the negotiators shall consider:

(1) The nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the material breach.

(2) Whether the landowner’s actions were willful, knowing, or negligent with respect to the material breach.

(3) The landowner’s culpability in contributing to the material breach and whether the actions of prior landowners subject to the contract contributed to the material breach.

(4) Whether the actions of the city or county contributed to the material breach.

(5) Whether the landowner notified the city or county that the landowner would eliminate the conditions that resulted in the material breach within 30 days, but failed to do so.

(6) The willingness of the landowner to rapidly resolve the issue of the material breach.

(7) Any other mitigating or aggravating factors that justice may require.

(l) If the landowner is ordered to eliminate the conditions that resulted in the material breach pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (i) but the landowner fails to do so within the time specified by the city or county, the city or county may abate the material breach as a public nuisance pursuant to any applicable provisions of law.

(m) If the city or county terminates the contract pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (i), the city or county shall record a notice of termination following the procedures of Section 51283.4.

(n) The assessment of a monetary penalty pursuant to subdivision (i) shall be secured by a lien payable to the county treasurer of the county within which the property is located, in the amount assessed pursuant to subdivision (j) or (k). Once properly recorded and indexed, the lien shall have the force, effect, and priority of a judgment lien. The lien document shall provide both of the following:

(1) The name of the real property owner of record and shall contain either the legal description or the assessor’s parcel number of the real property to which the lien attaches.

(2) A direct telephone number and address that interested parties may contact to determine the final amount of any applicable assessments and penalties owing on the lien pursuant to this section.

(o) If the lien is not paid within 60 days of recording, simple interest shall accrue on the unpaid penalty at the rate of 10 percent per year, and shall continue to accrue until the penalty is paid, prior to all other claims except those with superior status under federal or state law.

(p) Upon payment of the lien, the city or county shall record a release of lien and a certificate of contract termination by breach with the county recorder for the land rendered incompatible by the breach.

(q) The city or county may deduct from any funds received pursuant to this chapter the amount of the actual costs of administering this section and shall transmit the balance of the funds by the county treasurer to the Controller for deposit in the Soil Conservation Fund.

(r) (1) The department may carry out the responsibilities of a city or county under this section if any of the following occurs:

(A) The city or county fails to determine whether there is a material breach within 210 days of the discovery of the breach.

(B) The city or county fails to complete the requirements of this section within 180 days of the determination that a material breach exists.

(2) The city or county may request in writing to the department, the department’s approval for an extension of time for the city or county to act and the reasons for the extension. Approval may not be unreasonably withheld by the department.

(3) The department shall notify the city or county 30 days prior to its exercise of any responsibility under this subdivision.

(4) This section shall not be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of the Resources Agency under Section 16146 or 16147.

(s) (1) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(A) A building constructed prior to January 1, 2004, or a building for which a permit was issued by a city or county prior to January 1, 2004.

(B) A building that was not a material breach at the time of construction but became a material breach because of a change in law or ordinance.

(C) A building owned by the state.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), this section does not apply when a board or council cancels a contract pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 51280), or a city terminates a contract pursuant to Section 51243.5, or when a public agency, as defined by subdivision (a) of Section 51291, acquires land subject to contract by, or in lieu of, eminent domain pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 51290) unless either of the following occurs:

(A) The action terminating the contract is rescinded.

(B) A court determines that the cancellation or termination was not properly executed pursuant to this chapter, or that the land continues to be subject to the contract.

(3) On the motion of any party with standing to bring an action for breach, any court hearing an action challenging the termination of a contract entered into under this chapter shall consolidate any action for breach, including the remedies for material breach available pursuant to this section.

(4) Paragraph (2) shall not be applicable for a cancellation or termination occurring after January 1, 2004, unless the affected landowner provides to the administering board or council and to the department, within 30 days after the cancellation or termination, a notarized statement, in a form acceptable to the department, signed under penalty of perjury and filed with the county recorder, acknowledging that the breach provisions of this section may apply if any of the following conditions are met:

(A) The action by the local government is rescinded.

(B) A court permanently enjoins, voids, or rescinds the cancellation or termination.

(C) For any other reason, the land continues to be subject to the contract.

(5) Paragraph (2) does not apply for a cancellation or termination occurring before January 1, 2004, unless the landowner provides the statement required in paragraph (4) prior to the approval of a building permit necessary for the construction of a commercial, industrial, or residential building.

(t) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage cities and counties, in consultation with contracting landowners and the department, to review existing Williamson Act enforcement programs and consider any additions or improvements that would make local enforcement more effective, equitable, or widely acceptable to the affected landowners. Cities and counties are also encouraged to include enforcement provisions within the terms of the contracts, with the consent of contracting landowners.

(u) The department and the city or county may agree to extend any deadline to act under this section, upon the request of the city and county, and the written approval of the director of the department.

(v) In order to promote the reasonable and equitable resolution of a potential material breach, if a potential material breach involves extenuating circumstances, the city or county and the landowner may agree to request that the department meet and confer with them for the purpose of developing a resolution of the potential material breach. If the department agrees to meet and confer with the landowner and city or county, the time requirements specified in this section shall be tolled. The resolution may include remedies authorized by law or not prohibited by law that are agreed to by the landowner, city or county, and department. If the resolution resolves all outstanding issues under this section, the city or county shall terminate all proceedings pursuant to this section upon execution by the landowner, city or county, and department. The agreement executing the resolution shall be recorded in the county in which the affected parcel is located.

(w) A city or county shall not cancel a contract pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 51280) to resolve a material breach except pursuant to this section.
Cal. GOV § 56079.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 56079.5
Section 56079.5
Status: in_force

“Uninhabited territory” means territory within which there reside fewer than 12 registered voters. The number of registered voters, as determined by the elections officer, shall be established as of the date a certificate of filing is issued by the executive officer.
Cal. GOV § 50067 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 3.1 / Section 50067
Section 50067
Status: in_force

(a) If no majority protest exists pursuant to Section 53753, the legislative body may adopt a resolution ordering the improvements and the formation of the district and confirming the diagram and assessment, either as originally proposed by the legislative body or as changed by it. Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), the adoption of the resolution shall constitute the levy of an assessment for the fiscal year referred to in the assessment.

(b) If bonds or notes are to be issued pursuant to Section 50068, the adoption of the resolution shall constitute the levy of an assessment for a principal amount which may be collected in annual installments. The clerk shall record a notice and map describing the assessment pursuant to Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 3100) of the Streets and Highways Code.

(c) If the district will finance a long-term natural habitat maintenance program, the adoption of the resolution constitutes the levy of a series of annual assessments for each of several years to pay the costs of maintaining natural habitat pursuant to Section 50060.5. The clerk shall record a notice and map describing the assessments pursuant to Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 3100) of the Streets and Highways Code.
Cal. GOV § 51232 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 2.5 / Section 51232
Section 51232
Status: in_force

In the event any proposal to disestablish or to alter the boundary of an agricultural preserve will remove land under contract from such a preserve, notice of the proposed alteration or disestablishment and the date of the hearing shall be furnished by the board or council to the owner of the land by certified mail directed to him at his latest address known to the board or council. Such notice shall also be published pursuant to Section 6061 and shall be furnished by first-class mail to each owner of land under contract, any portion of which is situated within one mile of the exterior boundary of the land to be removed from the preserve.
Cal. GOV § 53758.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 4.6.5 / Section 53758.5
Section 53758.5
Status: in_force

(a) If a court determines that a fee or charge for a property-related service, including water, sewer, and refuse collection, violates Section 6 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution, then the local agency shall, in the next procedure to impose or increase the fee or charge, credit the amount of the fee or charge attributable to the violation against the amount of the revenues required to provide the property-related service unless a refund is explicitly provided for by statute.

(b) This section does not apply to claims related to billing errors.
Cal. GOV § 53533 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 7 / Section 53533
Section 53533
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 53531 or any other provision of law establishing limitations on the rate of interest of any indebtedness or obligation of a city, county, or city and county the rate of interest on any indebtedness or obligation thereof which is payable to the federal government or any agency or instrumentality thereof or any indebtedness or obligation guaranteed by the federal government or any instrumentality thereof may be at a rate higher than the limitations established in any other law if such rate is the rate established by the federal government or any instrumentality thereof. Any such indebtedness or obligation shall be in such form and denomination, have such maturity, and be subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the federal government or agency or instrumentality thereof.
Cal. GOV § 50281.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 50281.1
Section 50281.1
Status: in_force

The legislative body entering into a contract described in this article may require that the property owner, as a condition to entering into the contract, pay a fee that shall not exceed the reasonable cost of providing the service pursuant to this article for which the fee is charged.
Cal. GOV § 51929.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 51929.5
Section 51929.5
Status: in_force

Upon the ballots used at the election within each of the other cities proposed to be reorganized and consolidated with the County of Sacramento shall also be printed the words as a separate question or proposition: “If the proposed Charter of the City-County of Sacramento is adopted as the governing law of the City-County of Sacramento, shall the City of ____ retain its local governmental structure?”