Cal. GOV § 53395.81 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.8 / Article 1 / Section 53395.81
Section 53395.81
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall apply only to a special waterfront district.

(b) A special waterfront district may be created as a waterfront district pursuant to, and shall be subject to, all applicable requirements of Sections 53395.3 and 53395.8, except as provided in this section.

(c) (1) The special waterfront district ERAF share produced in a Port America’s Cup district with a special waterfront district enhanced financing plan shall be used only to finance the following:

(A) Construction of the port’s maritime facilities at Pier 27.

(B) Planning and design work that is directly related to the port’s maritime facilities at Pier 27.

(C) Planning, design, and acquisition and construction of improvements to publicly owned waterfront lands held by trustee agencies, such as the National Park Service, the California State Parks, and departments of San Francisco, and used as public spectator viewing sites for America’s Cup-related events, including portions of the San Francisco Bay Trail under the jurisdiction of those trustee agencies. Any improvements authorized under this subparagraph shall not be required to be in the district.

(D) Future installations of shoreside power facilities on port maritime facilities.

(2) A special waterfront district enhanced financing plan for a Port America’s Cup district shall provide that the proceeds of special waterfront district ERAF-secured debt are restricted for use to finance directly, reimburse the port for its costs related to, or refinance other debt incurred in, the construction of the port’s maritime facilities at Pier 27, including public access and public open-space improvements, and for any other purposes for which the ERAF share can be used, subject to the set-aside requirements of paragraph (3).

(3) Twenty percent in the aggregate of the special waterfront district ERAF share allocated to a Port America’s Cup district under this section shall be set aside to finance costs of planning, design, acquisition, and construction of improvements to waterfront lands owned by federal, state, or local trustee agencies, such as the National Park Service or the California State Parks as provided in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1). Any improvements authorized under this paragraph are not required to be located in the district.

(4) The 20 percent set-aside requirements applicable to a special waterfront district set forth in paragraph (3) are in lieu of the set-aside requirement set forth in clause (ii) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (g) of Section 53395.8.

(5) All improvements authorized by this section in a Port America’s Cup district shall be deemed to be public facilities of communitywide significance, which provide significant benefits to an area larger than the area of the district.

(d) If any portion of the 20-percent set-aside funds described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) is allocated to a federal or state trustee agency, both of the following shall apply:

(1) The special waterfront district enhanced financing plan for the Port America’s Cup district shall specify the portion of the 20-percent set-aside funds described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) that is allocated to any federal or state trustee agency. However, the trustee agency’s proposed use of the 20-percent set-aside funds does not need to be described in the special waterfront district enhanced financing plan pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (g) of Section 53395.8.

(2) San Francisco shall direct the county tax collector to pay the 20-percent set-aside funds allocated to the federal or state trustee agency directly to such trustee agency.

(e) (1) Before adopting the resolution authorizing the first debt issuance by a Port America’s Cup district with a special waterfront district enhanced financing plan authorized by this section, the board of supervisors shall submit a fiscal analysis to the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank for review and approval.

(2) The bank may circulate the fiscal analysis to other state agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Finance, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Office of Planning and Research, and solicit their comments and recommendations. After considering the comments and recommendations of other state agencies, if any, the bank shall take one of the following actions:

(A) Approve the fiscal analysis if the bank makes the finding required pursuant to paragraph (4).

(B) Return the fiscal analysis to the board of supervisors with specific recommendations for changes that would allow the bank to approve the fiscal analysis.

(3) The bank shall have 90 days from the receipt of the fiscal analysis to act pursuant to this subdivision. If the bank does not act within 90 days, the fiscal analysis shall be deemed approved.

(4) For bank approval, the fiscal analysis shall demonstrate to the bank’s reasonable satisfaction a reasonable probability that the economic activity proposed to occur as a result of hosting the America’s Cup event in California would result in an amount of revenue to the General Fund with a net present value that is greater than the net present value of the amount of property tax increment revenues that would be diverted from ERAF over the term of the Port America’s Cup district, taking into consideration all pertinent data. In reviewing the board’s fiscal analysis, the bank shall consider only those General Fund revenues that would occur because of economic activity proposed to occur as a result of hosting the America’s Cup event in California. The bank shall not consider those General Fund revenues that would have occurred if the America’s Cup event were not held in California.

(5) The legislative body shall reimburse the bank for the reasonable cost of the review and approval of the fiscal analysis.

(f) The county tax collector shall allocate and pay to a special waterfront district the portion of taxes required to be allocated pursuant to an approved special waterfront district enhanced financing plan. If the plan allocates 100 percent of the incremental tax revenue of San Francisco that is available under applicable law to be allocated to the special waterfront district, then the special waterfront district shall not make a payment to ERAF, but if the plan allocates less than 100 percent of the incremental tax revenue of San Francisco that is available under applicable law to be allocated to a special waterfront district then the special waterfront district shall pay a proportionate share of incremental tax revenue into ERAF. The special waterfront district shall file a statement of indebtedness and a reconciliation statement annually in the same manner as described in subdivision (i) of Section 53395.8. It is the intent of this subdivision that any special waterfront district shall be deemed to be a district formed pursuant to subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (g) of Section 53395.8 for purposes of allocation and payment of taxes by the county tax collector as set forth in subdivision (i) of Section 53395.8.

(g) This section implements and fulfills the intent of Article 2 (commencing with Section 53395.10) and of Article XIII B and is consistent with the conclusion of California courts that tax increment revenues are not “proceeds of taxes” for purposes of the latter. The allocation and payment to a special waterfront district of the special waterfront district ERAF share for the purpose of paying principal of, or interest on, loans, advances, or indebtedness incurred for facilities or the cost of acquisition and construction of facilities under this section shall not be deemed the receipt by the special waterfront district of proceeds of taxes levied by or on behalf of the special waterfront district within the meaning or for the purposes of Article XIII B of the California Constitution, nor shall this portion of taxes be deemed the receipt of proceeds of taxes by, or an appropriation subject to limitation of, any other public body within the meaning or for purposes of Article XIII B of the California Constitution or any statutory provision enacted in implementation of Article XIII B. The allocation and payment to a special waterfront district of this portion of taxes shall not be deemed the appropriation by a special waterfront district of proceeds of taxes levied by or on behalf of a district within the meaning or for purposes of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.

(h) For purposes of this section, the meanings set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 53395.8 shall apply as appropriate, and the following terms have the following meanings, except as otherwise provided:

(1) “Port America’s Cup district” means a special waterfront district in the City and County of San Francisco that includes one or more of Seawall Lot 330, Pier 19, Pier 23, and Pier 29.

(2) “Special waterfront district” means a waterfront district in San Francisco that may comprise some or all of the America’s Cup venues or potential venues.

(3) “Special waterfront district enhanced financing plan” means an infrastructure financing plan for a special waterfront district that contains a provision substantially similar to that authorized for a Pier 70 district under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (g) of Section 55395.8, with only those changes deemed necessary by the legislative body of the special waterfront district to implement the financing of the improvements described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c).

(4) “Special waterfront district ERAF-secured debt” means debt incurred in accordance with a special waterfront district enhanced financing plan that is secured by and will be repaid from the special waterfront district ERAF share. For a Port America’s Cup district, special waterfront district ERAF-secured debt includes the portion of any debt that is payable from the special waterfront district ERAF share as long as the same percentage of debt proceeds will be used for the purposes authorized by paragraph (2) of subdivision (c).

(5) (A) “Special waterfront ERAF share” means the county ERAF portion of incremental tax revenue committed, as applicable, to a special waterfront district under a special waterfront district enhanced financing plan.

(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the maximum amount of the county ERAF portion of incremental tax revenues committed to a special waterfront district under this section shall not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) in any fiscal year.
Cal. GOV § 56876 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 56876
Section 56876
Status: in_force

In any order approving a proposal for an annexation to, or detachment from, a district, the commission may determine that any election called upon the question of confirming an order for the annexation or detachment shall be called, held, and conducted upon that question under either of the following conditions:

(a) Only within the territory ordered to be annexed or detached.

(b) Both within the territory ordered to be annexed or detached and within all or any part of the district which is outside of the territory.
Cal. GOV § 51190 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.9 / Article 1 / Section 51190
Section 51190
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “City” means any city or city and county.

(b) “Landowner” includes a lessee or trustee, if the expiration of the lease or trust occurs at a time later than the expiration of the restriction of the use of the land to photovoltaic solar facilities or any extension of the restriction.

(c) “Solar-use easement” means any right or interest acquired by a county, or city in perpetuity, for a term of years, or annually self-renewing as provided in Section 51191.2, in a parcel or parcels determined by the Department of Conservation pursuant to Section 51191 to be eligible, where the deed or other instrument granting the right or interest imposes restrictions that, through limitation of future use, will effectively restrict the use of the land to photovoltaic solar facilities for the purpose of providing for the collection and distribution of solar energy for the generation of electricity, and any other incidental or subordinate agricultural, open-space uses, or other alternative renewable energy facilities. A solar-use easement shall not permit any land located in the easement to be used for any other use allowed in commercial, industrial, or residential zones. A solar-use easement shall contain a covenant with the county, or city running with the land, either in perpetuity or for a term of years, that the landowner shall not construct or permit the construction of improvements except those for which the right is expressly reserved in the instrument provided that those reservations would not be inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter and which would not be incompatible with the sole use of the property for solar photovoltaic facilities.
Cal. GOV § 51181 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.8 / Section 51181
Section 51181
Status: in_force

The State Fire Marshal shall periodically review the areas in the state identified as very high fire hazard severity zones pursuant to this chapter, and as necessary, shall make recommendations relative to very high fire hazard severity zones. This review shall coincide with the review of state responsibility area lands every five years and, when possible, fall within the time frames for each county’s general plan update. Any revision of areas included in a very high fire hazard severity zone shall be made in accordance with Sections 51178 and 51179.
Cal. GOV § 53460 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 53460
Section 53460
Status: in_force

As used in this article:

(a) “Local agency” means county, city, irrigation district, reclamation district, school district, sanitary district, or other municipal or public corporation.

(b) “Bond” includes warrant or other evidence of indebtedness.
Cal. GOV § 57078 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 4 / Chapter 4 / Section 57078
Section 57078
Status: in_force

In the case of any reorganization or change of organization, a majority protest shall be deemed to exist and the proposed change of organization or reorganization shall be terminated if the commission finds that written protests filed and not withdrawn prior to the conclusion of the hearing represent any of the following:

(a) In the case of uninhabited territory, landowners owning 50 percent or more of the assessed value of the land within the territory.

(b) In the case of inhabited territory, 50 percent or more of the voters residing in the territory.

(c) In the case of a landowner-voter district, 50 percent or more of the voting power of the voters entitled to vote as a result of owning land within the district.
Cal. GOV § 53465 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 53465
Section 53465
Status: in_force

Each bond and attached coupon so issued shall state upon its face:

(a) The number and denomination of the bond for which it is issued.

(b) That it is issued in the place of the bond claimed to have been lost or destroyed.

(c) That it is issued as a duplicate.

(d) That only one is to be paid.
Cal. GOV § 56834 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 56834
Section 56834
Status: in_force

From time to time during the course of study upon a proposed plan of reorganization, the commission may do any of the following:

(a) Extend the time for completion and submission of the report and recommendation of a reorganization committee.

(b) Change the scope of the study by the addition or deletion of territory or subject districts, except that the authority granted to a commission under this subdivision shall not apply to a change of organization or reorganization as described in subdivision (a) of Section 56853.

(c) Authorize the committee to develop, study, report, and make recommendations upon alternative plans of reorganization.
Cal. GOV § 53725 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 3.7 / Section 53725
Section 53725
Status: in_force

(a) Except as permitted in Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, no local government or district may impose any ad valorem taxes on real property. No local government or district may impose any transaction tax or sales tax on the sale of real property within the city, county or district.

(b) Taxes permitted by Subdivision (b) of Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution shall not be subject to the vote requirements prescribed by this Article.
Cal. GOV § 53230 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 53230
Section 53230
Status: in_force

The legislative body of a county, city, municipal corporation, political subdivision, public district, or other public agency of the State may provide for the purchase of United States savings bonds or similar United States obligations by salary or wage deductions for officers and employees making written requests for the deductions and purchases.
Cal. GOV § 50951 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4.5 / Article 1 / Section 50951
Section 50951
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter establishes the Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award System and may be cited as the Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act.

(b) Notwithstanding any other contrary law, enrollment for an award shall not be construed as a retirement, the receipt of an award shall not be construed as the receipt of a retirement allowance or benefit, and service credited under the Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award System shall not be construed as service credited to a retirement system for purposes of duplicating service credit or benefits in other public retirement systems.
Cal. CIV § 1694.8 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 2.2 / Section 1694.8
Section 1694.8
Status: in_force

Every weight loss contract shall contain language providing that:

(a) If by reason of death or disability the buyer is unable to receive all services for which the buyer has contracted, the buyer and the buyer’s estate may elect to be relieved of the obligation to make payments for services other than those received before death or the onset of disability, except as provided in paragraph (3).

(1) If the buyer has prepaid any amount for services, so much of the amount prepaid that is allocable to services that the buyer has not received shall be promptly refunded to the buyer or his or her representative.

(2) “Disability” means a condition which precludes the buyer from physically using the services specified in the contract during the term of disability and the condition is verified in writing by a physician designated and remunerated by the buyer. The written verification of the physician shall be presented to the seller.

(3) If the physician determines that the duration of the disability will be less than six months, the seller may extend the term of the contract for a period of six months at no additional charge to the buyer in lieu of cancellation.

(b) If the buyer relocates his or her primary residence further than 50 miles from the weight loss center and is unable to transfer the contract to a comparable facility, the buyer may elect to be relieved of the obligation to make payment for services other than those received prior to that relocation, and if the buyer has prepaid any amount for weight loss services, so much of the amount prepaid that is allocable to services that the buyer has not received shall be promptly refunded to the buyer. A buyer who elects to be relieved of further obligation pursuant to this subdivision may be charged a predetermined fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) or, if more than half the life of the contract has expired, a predetermined fee not to exceed fifty dollars ($50).
Cal. GOV § 50491 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 50491
Section 50491
Status: in_force

The legislative body shall lease the property upon receipt of a petition signed by the owners of at least 51 percent of the property lying in the assessment district created for the purpose of acquiring the property, and who have paid or are paying special assessment taxes or assessments for the purchase of the property.
Cal. GOV § 54344 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 54344
Section 54344
Status: in_force

A local agency may prescribe, revise, and collect charges for the services, facilities, or water furnished by the enterprise.
Cal. CIV § 1928 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 1928
Section 1928
Status: in_force

The hirer of a thing must use ordinary care for its preservation in safety and in good condition.
Cal. GOV § 56383.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 56383.5
Section 56383.5
Status: in_force

(a) The commission may require, as a condition for processing a change of organization or reorganization, a sphere amendment or a sphere update, or any other action or determination requested from the commission, that the applicant agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the commission, its agents, officers, and employees from any claim, action, or proceeding against the commission, its agents, officers, or employees to attack, set aside, void, or annul an approval by the commission.

(b) (1) An agreement to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall require the commission to promptly notify the applicant of any claim, action, or proceeding to attack, set aside, void, or annul an approval by the commission and shall require the commission to cooperate fully in the defense.

(2) An applicant who is a party to an agreement to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be responsible to defend, indemnify, or hold harmless if the commission fails to notify the applicant or cooperate fully in the defense pursuant to paragraph (1).

(c) An applicant who is a party to an agreement to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be required to pay or perform any settlement relating to the agreement, unless the applicant approves the settlement.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the commission from participating in the defense of any claim, action, or proceeding to attack, set aside, void or annul an approval by the commission if both of the following conditions are met:

(1) The commission bears its own attorney’s fees and costs of the claim, action, or proceeding.

(2) The commission defends the claim, action, or proceeding in good faith.
Cal. GOV § 51939.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 51939.1
Section 51939.1
Status: in_force

The provisions of Sections 51940 through 51947, inclusive, shall not apply to any of the other cities which has voted, pursuant to Section 51929.5, to retain its existing local governmental structure, or to any districts such as special assessment districts created by and governed by the legislative bodies of such other cities; provided, however, that the Charter of the City-County of Sacramento shall have effect throughout the entire county with respect to county government powers and jurisdiction.
Cal. GOV § 53135 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 53135
Section 53135
Status: in_force

State agencies administering federal block grant programs shall prepare audit plans based on audit plan guidelines developed no later than December 1, 1982, by the agencies listed in Section 12430.

The audit plan guidelines shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for the contractor to obtain independent federally mandated audits of block grant funds, preaudit conditions, and compliance indicators. The departmental audit plans shall give preference to utilization of existing audit relationships where consistent with federal independence standards.

State agencies shall prepare their audit plans for review and approval by the agencies listed in Section 12430 in a timely fashion and contract provisions shall be incorporated into all existing contracts no later than February 1, 1983. Plans shall be adopted annually each fiscal year thereafter no later than October 1.
Cal. GOV § 51236 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 2.5 / Section 51236
Section 51236
Status: in_force

The effect of removal of land under contract from an agricultural preserve shall be the equivalent of notice of nonrenewal by the city or county removing the land from the agricultural preserve and such city or county shall, at least 60 days prior to the next renewal date following the removal, serve a notice of nonrenewal as provided in Section 51245. Such notice of nonrenewal shall be recorded as provided in Section 51248.
Cal. CIV § 1939.29 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 1.5 / Section 1939.29
Section 1939.29
Status: in_force

A waiver of any of the provisions of this chapter, except for Sections 1939.21, 1939.35, and 1939.37, shall be void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy.
Cal. GOV § 50666.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 50666.1
Section 50666.1
Status: in_force

The payment of interest on and principal of the bonds and any premiums upon the redemption of any thereof are secured by an exclusive pledge, charge, and lien upon all of the revenues.
Cal. GOV § 53395.23 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.8 / Article 2 / Section 53395.23
Section 53395.23
Status: in_force

After the canvass of returns of any election pursuant to Section 53395.20, the legislative body may, by ordinance, adopt the infrastructure financing plan and create the district with full force and effect of law, if two-thirds of the votes upon the question of creating the district are in favor of creating the district.
Cal. GOV § 56035 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 56035
Section 56035
Status: in_force

“Dissolution” means the disincorporation, extinguishment, or termination of the existence of a district and the cessation of all its corporate powers, except as the commission may otherwise provide pursuant to Section 56886 or for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the district.
Cal. GOV § 50920 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 50920
Section 50920
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the term “peace officer” means a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, or deputy marshal of a county or city and county, or a marshal or police officer of a city or town, employed and compensated as such, whether the members are volunteer, partly paid, or fully paid, except those whose principal duties are clerical, such as stenographers, telephone operators, and other workers not engaged in law enforcement operations, or the protection or preservation of life or property, and not under suspension or otherwise lacking in good standing.
Cal. GOV § 51008 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 51008
Section 51008
Status: in_force

The court shall make a finding and render its judgment determining, defining, and establishing the location of the boundary line. After the judgment becomes final the court shall cause a certified copy of the judgment to be filed at once with the Secretary of State.
Cal. GOV § 53345.8 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 5 / Section 53345.8
Section 53345.8
Status: in_force

(a) The legislative body may sell bonds pursuant to this chapter only if it determines prior to the award of sale of bonds that the value of the real property that would be subject to the special tax to pay debt service on the bonds will be at least three times the principal amount of the sum of the following:

(1) The principal amount of the bonds to be sold.

(2) The principal amount of all other bonds outstanding that are secured by a special tax levied pursuant to this chapter on property within the community facilities district or a special assessment levied on property within the community facilities district. The legislative body shall estimate the principal amount of these other bonds that are secured by property within the district by assuming that the maximum allowable tax or assessment applicable to each parcel of property within the district will be levied until the date of maximum maturity of the bonds. Any determination made pursuant to this subdivision shall be based upon the full cash value as shown on the ad valorem assessment roll or upon an appraisal of the subject property made in a manner consistent with the policies adopted pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 53312.7 by a state certified real estate appraiser, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 11340 of the Business and Professions Code. The Treasurer may recommend definitions, standards, and assumptions to be used for these appraisals. These definitions, standards, and assumptions are advisory only, and the definitions, standards, and assumptions to be applied to appraisals will be those adopted by the local agency pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 53312.7.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a), if the legislative body selling the bonds finds and determines that the proposed bonds do not present any unusual credit risk due to the availability of credit enhancements, or because a sufficient portion of the principal amount of a bond issue has been deposited in a self-financing and self-liquidating escrow account under conditions such that it cannot be withdrawn until the value of real property subject to special taxes has increased sufficiently so that the requirements of subdivision (a) will be met or for other reasons specified by the legislative body, the provisions of subdivision (a) may be disregarded.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a), if the legislative body selling the bonds finds and determines by a vote of not less than four-fifths of all of its members that the proposed bond issue should proceed for specified public policy reasons, the provisions of subdivision (a) may be disregarded.

A finding and determination by the legislative body pursuant to this subdivision shall be final and conclusive upon all persons in the absence of actual fraud, and neither the legislative body nor the district shall have any liability of any kind whatsoever out of, or in connection with, any finding and determination.
Cal. GOV § 50729 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 2 / Section 50729
Section 50729
Status: in_force

An indenture may include a clause requiring, specifying or limiting the kind, amount and character of insurance to be maintained by the board on any improvement, or any part thereof, and the use and disposition of the proceeds of any such insurance thereafter collected.
Cal. GOV § 53330.3 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 3 / Section 53330.3
Section 53330.3
Status: in_force

Under no circumstances shall any buyer or prospective buyer of any completed structure for which a certificate of occupancy for private residential use has been issued which is located within any district formed pursuant to this chapter be asked, required, or otherwise induced to waive any right to petition or to take any other action authorized pursuant to this article. No contract, agreement, or covenant shall be binding with respect to such a waiver.
Cal. GOV § 50925 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 6 / Section 50925
Section 50925
Status: in_force

As used in this article the term “firefighter” shall be deemed to include only a member of a fire department of cities, counties, cities and counties, districts or other public or municipal corporations or political subdivisions, whether the members are volunteer, partly paid, or fully paid, excepting those whose principal duties are clerical, such as stenographers, telephone operators and other workers not engaged in fire-suppression or rescue operations or the protection or preservation of life or property. These firefighters shall be regularly employed, or in the case of a volunteer, shall be regularly enrolled as such.
Cal. GOV § 56824.12 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 1.5 / Section 56824.12
Section 56824.12
Status: in_force

(a) A proposal by a special district to provide a new or different function or class 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, shall be made by the adoption of a resolution of application by the legislative body of the special district and shall include all of the matters specified for a petition in Section 56700, except paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 56700, and be submitted with a plan for services prepared pursuant to Section 56653. The plan for services for purposes of this article shall also include all of the following information:

(1) The total estimated cost to provide the new or different function or class of services within the special district’s jurisdictional boundaries.

(2) The estimated cost of the new or different function or class of services to customers within the special district’s jurisdictional boundaries. The estimated costs may be identified by customer class.

(3) An identification of existing providers, if any, of the new or different function or class of services proposed to be provided and the potential fiscal impact to the customers of those existing providers.

(4) A written summary of whether the new or different function or class 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, will involve the activation or divestiture of the power to provide a particular service or services, service function or functions, or class of service or services.

(5) A plan for financing the establishment of the new or different function or class of services within the special district’s jurisdictional boundaries.

(6) Alternatives for the establishment of the new or different functions or class of services within the special district’s jurisdictional boundaries.

(b) The clerk of the legislative body adopting a resolution of application shall file a certified copy of that resolution with the executive officer. Except as provided in subdivision (c), the commission shall process resolutions of application adopted pursuant to this article in accordance with Section 56824.14.

(c) (1) Prior to submitting a resolution of application pursuant to this article to the commission, the legislative body of the special district shall conduct a public hearing on the resolution. Notice of the hearing shall be published pursuant to Sections 56153 and 56154.

(2) Any affected local agency, affected county, or any interested person who wishes to appear at the hearing shall be given an opportunity to provide oral or written testimony on the resolution.
Cal. GOV § 50025 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 50025
Section 50025
Status: in_force

By resolution, a legislative body may withdraw from the association at any time.
Cal. GOV § 54956.9 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Section 54956.9
Section 54956.9
Status: in_force

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a legislative body of a local agency, based on advice of its legal counsel, from holding a closed session to confer with, or receive advice from, its legal counsel regarding pending litigation when discussion in open session concerning those matters would prejudice the position of the local agency in the litigation.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, all expressions of the lawyer-client privilege other than those provided in this section are hereby abrogated. This section is the exclusive expression of the lawyer-client privilege for purposes of conducting closed-session meetings pursuant to this chapter.

(c) For purposes of this section, “litigation” includes any adjudicatory proceeding, including eminent domain, before a court, administrative body exercising its adjudicatory authority, hearing officer, or arbitrator.

(d) For purposes of this section, litigation shall be considered pending when any of the following circumstances exist:

(1) Litigation, to which the local agency is a party, has been initiated formally.

(2) A point has been reached where, in the opinion of the legislative body of the local agency on the advice of its legal counsel, based on existing facts and circumstances, there is a significant exposure to litigation against the local agency.

(3) Based on existing facts and circumstances, the legislative body of the local agency is meeting only to decide whether a closed session is authorized pursuant to paragraph (2).

(4) Based on existing facts and circumstances, the legislative body of the local agency has decided to initiate or is deciding whether to initiate litigation.

(e) For purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (d), “existing facts and circumstances” shall consist only of one of the following:

(1) Facts and circumstances that might result in litigation against the local agency but which the local agency believes are not yet known to a potential plaintiff or plaintiffs, which facts and circumstances need not be disclosed.

(2) Facts and circumstances, including, but not limited to, an accident, disaster, incident, or transactional occurrence that might result in litigation against the agency and that are known to a potential plaintiff or plaintiffs, which facts or circumstances shall be publicly stated on the agenda or announced.

(3) The receipt of a claim pursuant to the Government Claims Act (Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code) or some other written communication from a potential plaintiff threatening litigation, which claim or communication shall be available for public inspection pursuant to Section 54957.5.

(4) A statement made by a person in an open and public meeting threatening litigation on a specific matter within the responsibility of the legislative body.

(5) A statement threatening litigation made by a person outside an open and public meeting on a specific matter within the responsibility of the legislative body so long as the official or employee of the local agency receiving knowledge of the threat makes a contemporaneous or other record of the statement prior to the meeting, which record shall be available for public inspection pursuant to Section 54957.5. The records so created need not identify the alleged victim of unlawful or tortious sexual conduct or anyone making the threat on their behalf, or identify a public employee who is the alleged perpetrator of any unlawful or tortious conduct upon which a threat of litigation is based, unless the identity of the person has been publicly disclosed.

(f) Nothing in this section shall require disclosure of written communications that are privileged and not subject to disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1).

(g) Prior to holding a closed session pursuant to this section, the legislative body of the local agency shall state on the agenda or publicly announce the paragraph of subdivision (d) that authorizes the closed session. If the session is closed pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d), the body shall state the title of or otherwise specifically identify the litigation to be discussed, unless the body states that to do so would jeopardize the agency’s ability to effectuate service of process upon one or more unserved parties, or that to do so would jeopardize its ability to conclude existing settlement negotiations to its advantage.

(h) A local agency shall be considered to be a “party” or to have a “significant exposure to litigation” if an officer or employee of the local agency is a party or has significant exposure to litigation concerning prior or prospective activities or alleged activities during the course and scope of that office or employment, including litigation in which it is an issue whether an activity is outside the course and scope of the office or employment.
Cal. CIV § 1954.14 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 2 / Section 1954.14
Section 1954.14
Status: in_force

(a) The clerk shall transmit a copy of each temporary restraining order or injunction or modification or termination thereof, granted under this chapter, by the close of the business day on which the order was granted, to the law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over the program site. Each law enforcement agency may make available information as to the existence and current status of these orders to law enforcement officers responding to the scene of reported abuse or program misconduct.

(b) Any willful disobedience of any temporary restraining order or injunction granted under this section shall be a misdemeanor pursuant to Section 166 of the Penal Code.

(c) If a participant is found in contempt of a court order issued pursuant to this section, the court may, in addition to any other punishment, modify the order to exclude the participant from the program site.
Cal. GOV § 51053 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.5 / Section 51053
Section 51053
Status: in_force

The execution and acceptance of an instrument described in subdivision (a) of Section 51051 shall constitute a dedication to the public of the open-space character of the lands for the term specified. Any such easement and covenant shall run for a term of not less than 20 years.
Cal. GOV § 56073 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 56073
Section 56073
Status: in_force

“Reorganization” means two or more changes of organization contained within a single proposal.
Cal. GOV § 50530 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 8 / Section 50530
Section 50530
Status: in_force

As used in this article, “public square” means any area or open space showing on a map or plat of a city, town, or village which has been filed or recorded in the office of the county clerk or county recorder of any county for more than fifty years and which is designated on the map or plat as a “square” or by other similar designation when no other words or insignia appear upon the map or plat showing the purposes for which the square may have been dedicated and when no deed, offer of dedication or other instrument appears of record in the office of the county recorder showing or indicating the purposes for which the same may have been dedicated.
Cal. GOV § 52181 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 52181
Section 52181
Status: in_force

The property of an authority is exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the state or any city, county, or political subdivision of the state. In lieu of these taxes or special assessments the authority may agree to make payments to any city, county, or political subdivision of the state for services, improvements, or facilities furnished by the city, county, or political subdivision for the benefit of an energy project owned by the authority.
Cal. GOV § 53216.6 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1.5 / Section 53216.6
Section 53216.6
Status: in_force

The assets of the pension trust are trust funds and shall be held for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to participants in the pension or retirement system and their beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the system.

The legislative body, trust, or other body authorized to make investments for a pension trust, shall discharge its duties with respect to investing the assets of the pension trust.

(a) Solely in the interest of, and for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to, participants and their beneficiaries, minimizing employer contributions thereto, and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the trust.

(b) With the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with these matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims.

(c) Shall diversify the investments of the trust so as to minimize the risk of loss and to maximize the rate of return, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so.
Cal. GOV § 56881 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 56881
Section 56881
Status: in_force

The resolution making determinations shall also do all of the following:

(a) Make any of the findings or determinations authorized or required pursuant to Section 56375.

(b) For any proposal initiated by the commission pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 56375, make both of the following determinations:

(1) Public service costs of a proposal that the commission is authorizing are likely to be less than or substantially similar to the costs of alternative means of providing the service.

(2) A change of organization or reorganization that is authorized by the commission promotes public access and accountability for community services needs and financial resources.

(c) If applicable, assign a distinctive short-term designation to the affected territory and a description of the territory.

(d) Initiate protest proceedings pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 57000) in compliance with the resolution.
Cal. GOV § 50032 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 50032
Section 50032
Status: in_force

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish minimum crowd safety standards to guide local authorities when permitting large outdoor events throughout the state.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the minimum crowd safety standards, as established pursuant to this section, inform the event permitting processes administered by cities, counties, and local public safety agencies to ensure public health and safety at large outdoor events by outlining best practices for the permitting process.

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

(1) “Large outdoor event” means an organized outdoor event that is held in a nonpermanent venue featuring performances on one or more stages that has an estimated attendance level of more than 10,000 participants per day.

(2) “Local authority” means any city, including a charter city, county, including a charter county, city and county, including a charter city and county, or any applicable local public agency, including a local fire, police, or sheriff’s department.

(3) “Nonpermanent venue” means a location not designed to host concerts or festivals on a regular basis, such as a green field or parking lot, that may erect temporary structures for a concert or festival, including, but not limited to, stages, seating, security barriers, or concession services and other event tents.

(4) “Promoter” means an individual, association, corporation, partnership, or other organization that arranges, holds, organizes, or otherwise conducts a large outdoor event.

(d) (1) A local authority shall adopt the minimum crowd safety standards set forth in subdivision (e).

(2) A local authority that has preexisting special events protocols that substantially address crowd safety in accordance with the minimum standards set forth in subdivision (e) is exempt from this section.

(e) (1) Under the direction and at the discretion of local authorities, a promoter that seeks to hold a large outdoor event shall prepare an event operations plan that addresses all potential risks of the event. The plan shall include all of the following:

(A) Event overview.

(B) Site plan, to scale, depicting the event perimeter, all structures onsite, points of ingress and egress, including emergency exits, and crowd circulation areas.

(C) Festival management structure.

(D) Incident command post operations.

(E) Security plan.

(F) Crowd management for ingress, venue circulation, egress, and front-of-stage management.

(G) Medical plan.

(H) Emergency action plan that includes, but is not limited to, response to a severe weather natural disaster, a person presenting a substantial threat, response to injury, an emergency show stop procedure, and communications plans for both internal and public-facing communication.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the event is a performance that by its nature places the performers at risk, including, but not limited to, rodeos and monster truck rallies, the event operations plan need not address that risk.

(f) A local authority may approve a large outdoor event upon satisfactory review of the event operations plan, as described in subdivision (e).

(g) A local authority may charge the promoter a fee, which may not exceed the reasonable costs to the local authority for the review and approval of the event operations plan.

(h) This section does not apply to the permitting of any of the following types of events:

(1) An event held at a fair that has adopted the Department of Food and Agriculture’s “Contract Policy and Recommended Best Practices for Contracting by California Fairs.”

(2) An event regulated pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 27200) of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6 of the Penal Code.

(3) An event that is part of an annual fair within the network of California fairs, as described in Division 3 (commencing with Section 3001) of the Food and Agricultural Code, if the primary purpose of the event is to exhibit or promote the state’s agriculture, livestock, or industrial or natural resources through exhibits, vendors, or other educational programming.

(4) This section does not prevent or otherwise limit the ability of a local authority to adopt additional or more stringent requirements applicable to large outdoor events than the requirements of this section.
Cal. GOV § 54647 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 10 / Section 54647
Section 54647
Status: in_force

The delay or omission of any bondholder or his trustee to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default does not impair the right or power and is not a waiver of the default or acquiescence in it.
Cal. GOV § 51191.4 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.9 / Article 2 / Section 51191.4
Section 51191.4
Status: in_force

No deed or other instrument described in subdivision (c) of Section 51190 shall be effective until it has been accepted or approved by resolution of the governing body of the county or city and its acceptance endorsed thereon.
Cal. GOV § 50665.9 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 50665.9
Section 50665.9
Status: in_force

A proposition to be submitted to the voters of a local agency for approval of the issuance of limited obligation bonds shall state that the bonds are limited obligation bonds to be paid solely from pledged revenue, and shall specify the source and amount of the pledged revenue.
Cal. GOV § 53369.24 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.6 / Article 2 / Section 53369.24
Section 53369.24
Status: in_force

After the canvass of returns of any election conducted pursuant to Section 53369.20, the legislative body shall take no further action with respect to the proposed infrastructure revitalization financing district for one year from the date of the election if the question of creating the district fails to receive approval of two-thirds of the votes cast upon the question.
Cal. GOV § 55705 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 55705
Section 55705
Status: in_force

The apportionment of revenue pursuant to this article shall be on such terms as the parties may agree pursuant to a contract signed by the individuals authorized by the resolution of each legislative body of a local agency which is a party thereto.
Cal. GOV § 56036 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 56036
Section 56036
Status: in_force

(a) “District” or “special district” are synonymous and mean an agency of the state, formed pursuant to general law or special act, for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries and in areas outside district boundaries when authorized by the commission pursuant to Section 56133.

(b) “District” or “special district” includes a county service area, but excludes all of the following:

(1) The state.

(2) A county.

(3) A city.

(4) A school district or a community college district.

(5) An assessment district or special assessment district.

(6) An improvement district.

(7) A community facilities district formed pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5).

(8) A permanent road division formed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 1160) of Chapter 4 of Division 2 of the Streets and Highways Code.

(9) An air pollution control district or an air quality maintenance district.

(10) A zone of any special district.
Cal. GOV § 50075 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 3.5 / Section 50075
Section 50075
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature to provide all cities, counties, and districts with the authority to impose special taxes, pursuant to the provisions of Article XIII A of the California Constitution.
Cal. GOV § 54666 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 11.5 / Section 54666
Section 54666
Status: in_force

The principal of, and interest on, such notes may be paid from the revenues of the enterprise. If such notes, or any portion thereof, or the interest thereon, have not been previously paid, they shall be paid from the proceeds of the next sale of bonds in anticipation of which the notes were issued. If any of the principal of such notes is paid from the revenues of the enterprise rather than the proceeds of the sale of bonds, the amount of bonds the local agency is authorized to thereafter issue shall be reduced by the amount so paid from the revenues of the enterprise. The total amount of such notes or renewals thereof issued and outstanding shall not exceed the total amount of the unsold bonds.
Cal. GOV § 50068 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 3.1 / Section 50068
Section 50068
Status: in_force

(a) The legislative body may, by resolution, determine and declare that bonds shall be issued to finance the estimated cost of the proposed improvements described in Section 50060.5, other than the costs of maintenance and servicing, under either the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000), S.& H.C.) or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500), S.& H.C.). Either Part 5 (commencing with Section 6400) of Division 7 or Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code, as the case may be, shall govern all proceedings relating to the issuance of those bonds. The pertinent provisions of that division which apply to the legislative body of a city shall also apply to the legislative body of a district formed pursuant to this article. Alternatively, the legislative body may determine and declare that notes shall be issued for the same purposes for which bonds may be issued. The maximum term to maturity of any notes issued shall not exceed 10 years.

(b) The resolution shall generally describe the proposed improvements specified in Section 50060.5, set forth the estimated cost thereof, specify the number of annual installments and the fiscal years during which they are to be collected, and fix or determine the maximum amount of each annual installment necessary to retire the bonds or notes. The amount of debt service to retire the bonds shall not exceed the amount of revenue estimated to be raised from assessments over 30 years. The amount of debt service to retire the notes shall not exceed the amount of revenue to be raised from the assessments over 10 years.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, assessments levied to pay the principal of, and interest on, any bond or note issued pursuant to this section, shall not be reduced or terminated if doing so would interfere with the timely retirement of the debt.
Cal. GOV § 51200 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 51200
Section 51200
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the California Land Conservation Act of 1965 or as the Williamson Act.
Cal. GOV § 53395.85 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.8 / Article 1 / Section 53395.85
Section 53395.85
Status: in_force

If a city or county that is a member of the Orangeline Development Authority establishes an infrastructure financing district pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of providing funding for public transit facilities, that city or county may provide some or all of this funding to the Orangeline Development Authority for the purposes of furthering public transit facilities within the jurisdiction of the authority, including facilities related to magnetic levitation.
Cal. GOV § 50485.14 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 6.5 / Section 50485.14
Section 50485.14
Status: in_force

Neither this article nor anything expressed in it is intended to be or is to be construed as a denial of the power of local governing bodies and agencies to provide for zoning regulations pursuant to Article XI, Section 11, of the Constitution.
Cal. GOV § 50668.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 50668.1
Section 50668.1
Status: in_force

The legislative body may provide for any other acts and things necessary, convenient, or desirable to secure the bonds or tending to make them more marketable.
Cal. GOV § 51297.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 7 / Section 51297.1
Section 51297.1
Status: in_force

All of the provisions of Article 6 (commencing with Section 51290) shall apply to farmland security zones created pursuant to this article except as specifically provided in this article.
Cal. GOV § 56134 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 56134
Section 56134
Status: in_force

(a) (1) For the purposes of this section, “fire protection contract” means a contract or agreement for the exercise of new or extended fire protection services outside a public agency’s jurisdictional boundaries, as authorized by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 55600) of Part 2 of Division 2 of Title 5 of this code or by Article 4 (commencing with Section 4141) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, except those contracts entered into pursuant to Sections 4143 and 4144 of the Public Resources Code, that does either of the following:

(A) Transfers responsibility for providing services in more than 25 percent of the area within the jurisdictional boundaries of any public agency affected by the contract or agreement.

(B) Changes the employment status of more than 25 percent of the employees of any public agency affected by the contract or agreement.

(2) A contract or agreement for the exercise of new or extended fire protection services outside a public agency’s jurisdictional boundaries, as authorized by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 55600) of Part 2 of Division 2 of Title 5 of this code or Article 4 (commencing with Section 4141) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, except those contracts entered into pursuant to Sections 4143 and 4144 of the Public Resources Code, that, in combination with other contracts or agreements, would produce the results described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) shall be deemed a fire protection contract for the purposes of this section.

(3) For the purposes of this section, “jurisdictional boundaries” shall include the territory or lands protected pursuant to a fire protection contract entered into on or before December 31, 2015. An extension of a fire protection contract entered into on or before December 31, 2015, that would produce the results described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) shall be deemed a fire protection contract for the purposes of this section.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 56133, a public agency may provide new or extended services pursuant to a fire protection contract only if it first requests and receives written approval from the commission in the affected county pursuant to the requirements of this section.

(c) A request by a public agency for commission approval of new or extended services provided pursuant to a fire protection contract shall be made by the adoption of a resolution of application as follows:

(1) In the case of a public agency that is not a state agency, the application shall be initiated by the adoption of a resolution of application by the legislative body of the public agency proposing to provide new or extended services outside the public agency’s current jurisdictional boundaries.

(2) In the case of a public agency that is a state agency, the application shall be initiated by the director of the state agency proposing to provide new or extended services outside the agency’s current jurisdictional boundaries and be approved by the Director of Finance.

(3) In the case of a public agency that is a local agency currently under contract with a state agency for the provision of fire protection services and proposing to provide new or extended services by the expansion of the existing contract or agreement, the application shall be initiated by the public agency that is a local agency and be approved by the Director of Finance.

(d) The legislative body of a public agency or the director of a state agency shall not submit a resolution of application pursuant to this section unless both of the following occur:

(1) The public agency does either of the following:

(A) Obtains and submits with the resolution a written agreement validated and executed by each affected public agency and recognized employee organization that represents firefighters of the existing and proposed service providers consenting to the proposed fire protection contract.

(B) Provides, at least 30 days prior to the hearing held pursuant to paragraph (2), written notice to each affected public agency and recognized employee organization that represents firefighters of the existing and proposed service providers of the proposed fire protection contract and submits a copy of each written notice with the resolution of application. The notice shall, at minimum, include a full copy of the proposed contract.

(2) The public agency conducts an open and public hearing on the resolution, conducted pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5) or the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2), as applicable.

(e) A resolution of application submitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted with a plan which shall include all of the following information:

(1) The total estimated cost to provide the new or extended fire protection services in the affected territory.

(2) The estimated cost of the new or extended fire protection services to customers in the affected territory.

(3) An identification of existing service providers, if any, of the new or extended services proposed to be provided and the potential fiscal impact to the customers of those existing providers.

(4) A plan for financing the exercise of the new or extended fire protection services in the affected territory.

(5) Alternatives for the exercise of the new or extended fire protection services in the affected territory.

(6) An enumeration and description of the new or extended fire protection services proposed to be extended to the affected territory.

(7) The level and range of new or extended fire protection services.

(8) An indication of when the new or extended fire protection services can feasibly be extended to the affected territory.

(9) An indication of any improvements or upgrades to structures, roads, sewer or water facilities, or other conditions the public agency would impose or require within the affected territory if the fire protection contract is completed.

(10) A determination, supported by documentation, that the proposed fire protection contract meets the criteria established pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), as applicable, of subdivision (a).

(f) The applicant shall cause to be prepared by contract an independent fiscal analysis to be submitted with the application pursuant to this section. The analysis shall review and document all of the following:

(1) A thorough review of the plan for services submitted by the public agency pursuant to subdivision (e).

(2) How the costs of the existing service provider compare to the costs of services provided in service areas with similar populations and of similar geographic size that provide a similar level and range of services and make a reasonable determination of the costs expected to be borne by the public agency providing new or extended fire protection services.

(3) Any other information and analysis needed to support the findings required by subdivision (j).

(g) The clerk of the legislative body of a public agency or the director of a state agency adopting a resolution of application pursuant to this section shall file a certified copy of the resolution with the executive officer.

(h) (1) The executive officer, within 30 days of receipt of a public agency’s request for approval of a fire protection contract, shall determine whether the request is complete and acceptable for filing or whether the request is incomplete. If a request does not comply with the requirements of subdivision (d), the executive officer shall determine that the request is incomplete. If a request is determined incomplete, the executive officer shall immediately transmit that determination to the requester, specifying those parts of the request that are incomplete and the manner in which they can be made complete. When the request is deemed complete, the executive officer shall place the request on the agenda of the next commission meeting for which adequate notice can be given but not more than 90 days from the date that the request is deemed complete.

(2) The commission shall approve, disapprove, or approve with conditions the contract for new or extended services following the hearing at the commission meeting, as provided in paragraph (1). If the contract is disapproved or approved with conditions, the applicant may request reconsideration, citing the reasons for reconsideration.

(i) (1) The commission shall not approve an application for approval of a fire protection contract unless the commission determines that the public agency will have sufficient revenues to carry out the exercise of the new or extended fire protection services outside its jurisdictional boundaries, except as specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The commission may approve an application for approval of a fire protection contract where the commission has determined that the public agency will not have sufficient revenue to provide the proposed new or different functions or class of services, if the commission conditions its approval on the concurrent approval of sufficient revenue sources pursuant to Section 56886. In approving a proposal, the commission shall provide that, if the revenue sources pursuant to Section 56886 are not approved, the authority of the public agency to provide new or extended fire protection services shall not be exercised.

(j) The commission shall not approve an application for approval of a fire protection contract unless the commission determines, based on the entire record, all of the following:

(1) The proposed exercise of new or extended fire protection services outside a public agency’s jurisdictional boundaries is consistent with the intent of this division, including, but not limited to, the policies of Sections 56001 and 56300.

(2) The commission has reviewed the fiscal analysis prepared pursuant to subdivision (f).

(3) The commission has reviewed any testimony presented at the public hearing.

(4) The proposed affected territory is expected to receive revenues sufficient to provide public services and facilities and a reasonable reserve during the three fiscal years following the effective date of the contract or agreement between the public agencies to provide the new or extended fire protection services.

(k) At least 21 days prior to the date of the hearing, the executive officer shall give mailed notice of that hearing to each affected local agency or affected county, and to any interested party who has filed a written request for notice with the executive officer. In addition, at least 21 days prior to the date of that hearing, the executive officer shall cause notice of the hearing to be published in accordance with Section 56153 in a newspaper of general circulation that is circulated within the territory affected by the proposal proposed to be adopted and shall post the notice of the hearing on the commission’s Internet Web site.

(l) The commission may continue from time to time any hearing called pursuant to this section. The commission shall hear and consider oral or written testimony presented by any affected local agency, affected county, or any interested person who appears at any hearing called and held pursuant to this section.

(m) This section shall not be construed to abrogate a public agency’s obligations under the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1).
Cal. GOV § 53792 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 6 / Section 53792
Section 53792
Status: in_force

By a four-fifths vote of all the members at any regular or special meeting, the legislative body of a city, county, or district may act on behalf of the city, county, or district in exercising the powers conferred by this article.
Cal. GOV § 51507 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 51507
Section 51507
Status: in_force

When a city transfers the duties of assessing and collecting taxes, all duties performed by the city assessor other than the assessing of the city property shall be transferred to, and performed by, the city clerk or such other officer as the city by ordinance determines, and all duties performed by the city tax collector other than the collection of taxes shall be transferred to, and be performed by, the city marshal or chief of police, or such other officer as the city by ordinance determines.
Cal. GOV § 51014.3 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 5.5 / Section 51014.3
Section 51014.3
Status: in_force

(a) Each pipeline operator shall notify the State Fire Marshal and the local fire department having fire suppression responsibilities at least three working days prior to conducting a hydrostatic test which is required by this chapter. The notification shall include all of the following information:

(1) The name, address, and telephone number of the pipeline operator.

(2) The specific location of the pipeline section to be tested and the location of the test equipment.

(3) The date and time the test is to be conducted.

(4) An invitation and a telephone number for local fire departments to call for further information on what they should do in the event of a leak during testing.

(5) The test medium.

(6) The name and telephone number of the independent testing firm or person responsible for certification of the test results.

(b) The State Fire Marshal may observe tests conducted pursuant to this chapter.
Cal. GOV § 53986 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 17 / Section 53986
Section 53986
Status: in_force

The local agency shall give written notice of the adoption of the plan, and submit copies for delivery, to those state agencies which may be affected as determined by the State Clearinghouse in the Office of Planning and Research.
Cal. CCP § 415.47 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 415.47
Section 415.47
Status: in_force

(a) Where the lessee has given the lessor written notice of the lessee’s intent not to abandon leased real property as provided in Section 1951.3 of the Civil Code, the summons in an action for unlawful detainer of the real property may be served on the lessee by certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the lessee at the address stated in the lessee’s notice of intent not to abandon if such summons is deposited in the mail within 60 days from the date the lessee’s notice of intent not to abandon is received by the lessor. Service in this manner is deemed completed on the 10th day after such mailing.

(b) Where the lessee has given the lessor written notice of the lessee’s intent not to abandon leased real property as provided in Section 1951.3 of the Civil Code, but failed to include in such notice an address at which the lessee may be served by certified mail in any action for unlawful detainer of the real property, the summons in an action for unlawful detainer of the real property may be served on the lessee by certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the lessee at (1) the same address or addresses to which the lessor’s notice of belief of abandonment was addressed if that notice was given by mail or (2) the address of the real property if the lessor’s notice of belief of abandonment was personally served on the lessee. Service may not be made pursuant to this subdivision unless the summons is deposited in the mail within 60 days from the date the lessee’s notice of intent not to abandon is received by the lessor. Service in the manner authorized by this subdivision is deemed completed on the 10th day after such mailing.

(c) This section provides an alternative method of service on the lessee and does not preclude service in any other manner authorized by this chapter.
Cal. GOV § 57382 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 5 / Chapter 4 / Section 57382
Section 57382
Status: in_force

All officers, boards, and persons holding any property in trust for any city use shall convey that property to the city or officer entitled to the property.
Cal. GOV § 53067 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 53067
Section 53067
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:

(1) That trees and other woody plants respond in specific and predictable ways to pruning and other maintenance practices.

(2) That careful scientific studies indicate that arboriculture practices including, but not limited to, “topping” are often misunderstood and misapplied.

(3) That the results of the 1988 California urban forestry survey prepared by Plant Science and Research for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Urban Forestry Program summarizes that an estimated 5.9 million street trees are managed by California cities of which approximately 30 percent of the cities and 20 counties do not have tree ordinances of any kind. That in 1988 an estimated one hundred nine million dollars ($109,000,000) statewide was spent on municipal tree maintenance, less than 1 percent of most city and county budgets, with an average of sixteen dollars and 82 cents ($16.82) per street and park tree per year and an average of four dollars and 68 cents ($4.68) per resident per year. California’s city governments support urban forestry. Support for tree programs is highest in communities where citizens are involved.

Conclusions of the urban forestry survey state that most cities need an aggressive tree planting program to maintain tree densities at current levels, to keep pace with urban growth, increase species diversity, maintain the health and vigor of their trees, and put more effort into long-term master planning of urban forests. To derive the maximum ecological benefit from the urban forest, the current trend towards planting smaller trees will need to be reversed. Counties lag far behind cities in urban forestry efforts. Most tree programs need to put greater emphasis on educating the public on the benefits the urban forest provides. A healthy flourishing urban forest cannot be developed and maintained without foresight, proper care, and good management.

(4) That the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Guidelines for Developing and Evaluating Tree Ordinances 1991 publications states that an ordinance shall be developed for the purpose of prohibiting topping of public and private trees. Topping is the practice of cutting back large diameter branches of a mature tree to stubs and is a particularly destructive pruning practice. It is stressful to mature trees, and may result in reduced vigor, decline, or even death of trees. In addition, new branches that form below the cuts are only weakly attached to the tree and are in danger of splitting out. Topped trees require constant maintenance to prevent this from happening and it is often impossible to restore the structure of the tree crown after topping. Unfortunately many people believe that topping is a proper way to prune a tree, and this destructive practice is prevalent in some communities.

(5) That in an effort to promote practices that encourage the preservation of tree structure, and public safety and health, these standards developed through careful scientific studies by leading industry consultants, United States Department of Forestry scientists, and professors of horticulture and plant pathology, are recognized standards by the Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, University of California Co-operative Extension Farm advisers, the National Arborist Association, the International Society of Arboriculture, American Forestry Association, and numerous tree planting and preservation organizations throughout the state and nation.

(6) That those standards are working guidelines, recognizing that trees are individually unique in form and structure and that their pruning or maintenance needs may not always fit strict rules.

(7) That the International Society of Arboriculture founded in 1924 with over 21 chapters throughout the world publishes the monthly Journal of Arboriculture which is devoted to the dissemination of knowledge in the science and art of growing and maintaining shade and ornamental trees. The Journal of Arboriculture, March 1988, Volume 14, No. 3, page 76, states that properly trimmed trees not only require less manhours on their next cycle but some may not even need trimming. This conclusion was based on a study performed at Delmarva Power in Maryland during the 1982–84 trim cycles. Results indicate a 25 percent reduction in work force and a 7.4 percent reduction in costs in the first three years.

(8) That the use of proper tree maintenance techniques benefits the public because of reduced costs, reduced hazards, reduced public liability, protection from premature decline or death (conserving energy reducing carbon dioxide and ozone, absorbing particulate matter, producing more oxygen by increasing canopy spread, reduction in wind speed, reducing noise pollution, increasing real property values, enhancing visual and aesthetic qualities that attract visitors and businesses, serve as a source of community image and pride by providing maximum shade and canopy cover). As canopy cover increases the public benefits increase.

(9) (A) The Legislature’s findings recognize that topping of trees is a widespread misunderstood consumer request and this form of pruning detracts from public benefits including, but not limited to, safety and property values, and causes premature decline, death, disease, insects, woodrot, and increased maintenance costs. These findings also recognize that a great number of personnel performing maintenance on trees unknowingly and unintentionally produce irreversible harm.

(B) The Legislature finds that nonregulated commercial tree service firms that advertise topping are widespread among commercial advertising including the yellow pages, but not limited to newspaper advertising, and that millions of dollars have been spent topping trees including publicly owned trees.

(C) The Legislature finds that modern techniques utilized by certified arborists through scientific study and continued education are of value and benefit to the citizens of California and to all who care for our resources.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection through Sections 4799.06 to 4799.12, inclusive, of the Public Resources Code, shall to the extent possible, furnish to every public agency, including the state, but not limited to, a city and county, school district, or community college district copies of these publications as listed: Western Chapter International Society of Arboriculture Pruning Standards, California Department of Parks and Recreation specifications for pruning trees, and National Arborist Association Standards of pruning shade trees.
Cal. GOV § 50836 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 50836
Section 50836
Status: in_force

A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum and may transact business.
Cal. GOV § 56764 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 56764
Section 56764
Status: in_force

A petition for the incorporation of a city shall be signed by either of the following:

(a) Not less than 25 percent of the registered voters residing in the area to be incorporated, as determined by the commission pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 56375.

(b) Not less than 25 percent of the number of owners of land within the territory proposed to be incorporated who also own not less than 25 percent of the assessed value of land within the territory proposed to be incorporated, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll of the county.
Cal. GOV § 53167 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 12 / Section 53167
Section 53167
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Broadband internet access service” means a mass-market retail service provided by a local agency in California by wire or radio that provides the capability to transmit data to and receive data from all or substantially all internet endpoints, including any capabilities that are incidental to and enable the operation of the communications service, but excluding dial-up internet access service. “Broadband internet access service” also encompasses any service provided by a local agency in California that provides a functional equivalent of that service or that is used to evade the protections set forth in this article.

(b) “Edge provider” means any individual or entity that provides any content, application, or service over the internet, and any individual or entity that provides a device used for accessing any content, application, or service over the internet to an end user.

(c) “End user” means any individual or entity in California that uses a broadband internet access service that is provided by a local agency.

(d) “Fixed broadband internet access service” means any broadband internet access service that serves end users primarily at fixed endpoints using stationary equipment. Fixed broadband internet access service includes fixed wireless services, including fixed unlicensed wireless services, and fixed satellite services.

(e) “Local agency” means any agency of local government authorized by any other law to provide broadband internet access service, including the following:

(1) A city.

(2) A county, including a county service area.

(3) A community services district.

(4) A public utility district.

(5) A municipal utility district.

(6) A joint powers authority.

(7) A local educational agency, as defined in Section 47640 of the Education Code.

(8) A sovereign tribal government.

(9) An electrical cooperative, as defined in Section 2776 of the Public Utilities Code.

(10) A metropolitan planning organization.

(11) A regional transportation planning authority.

(f) “Mobile broadband internet access service” means any broadband internet access service that serves end users primarily using mobile stations.

(g) “Network management practice” means a practice that has a primarily technical network management justification, but does not include other business practices.

(h) “Paid prioritization” means the management of a broadband provider’s network to directly or indirectly favor some traffic over other traffic, including through the use of techniques such as traffic shaping, prioritization, resource reservation, or other forms of preferential traffic management, that either:

(1) Is in exchange for consideration, monetary or otherwise, from a third party.

(2) Done to benefit an affiliated entity.

(i) “Reasonable network management” means a network management practice that is primarily used for and tailored to achieving a legitimate network management purpose, taking into account the particular network architecture and technology of the broadband internet access service.
Cal. GOV § 51230.2 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 2.5 / Section 51230.2
Section 51230.2
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in Section 51238, and notwithstanding Section 51222 or 66474.4, a landowner may subdivide land that is currently designated as an agricultural preserve if all of the following apply:

(1) The parcel to be sold or leased is no more than five acres.

(2) The parcel shall be sold or leased to a nonprofit organization, a city, a county, a housing authority, or a state agency. A lessee that is a nonprofit organization shall not sublease that parcel without the written consent of the landowner.

(3) The parcel to be sold or leased shall be subject to a deed restriction that limits the use of the parcel to agricultural laborer housing facilities for not less than 30 years. That deed restriction shall also require that parcel to be merged with the parcel from which it was subdivided when the parcel ceases to be used for agricultural laborer housing.

(4) There is a written agreement between the parties to the sale or lease and their successors to operate the parcel to be sold or leased under joint management of the parties, subject to the terms and conditions and for the duration of the contract executed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 51240).

(5) The parcel to be sold or leased is (A) within a city or (B) in an unincorporated territory or sphere of influence that is contiguous to one or more parcels that are already zoned residential, commercial, or industrial and developed with existing residential, commercial, or industrial uses.

(b) The agricultural labor housing project shall be designed to abate, to the extent practicable, impacts on adjacent landowners’ agricultural husbandry practices. The final plan for the housing shall include an addendum that explains what features will be included to meet this goal.

(c) A subdivision of land pursuant to this section shall not affect any contract executed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 51240). The parcel to be sold or leased shall remain subject to that contract.
Cal. CCP § 1212 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 3 / Title 5 / Section 1212
Section 1212
Status: in_force

When the contempt is not committed in the immediate view and presence of the court or judge, a warrant of attachment may be issued to bring the person charged to answer, or, without a previous arrest, a warrant of commitment may, upon notice, or upon an order to show cause, be granted; and no warrant of commitment can be issued without such previous attachment to answer, or such notice or order to show cause.
Cal. GOV § 54350 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 54350
Section 54350
Status: in_force

A local agency has police power over any enterprise acquired, constructed, or improved pursuant to this chapter and may make and enforce all necessary regulations to protect the public health in the operation and maintenance of the enterprise.
Cal. GOV § 53098.2 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 5.5 / Section 53098.2
Section 53098.2
Status: in_force

(a) In the event that an appropriate state agency finds that the Environmental Management Plan, or portion thereof, does not satisfy an applicable environmental protection standard required by federal law, or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the state agency shall return such plan, or portion thereof, to the Association of Bay Area Governments for appropriate revision in order to bring such plan into compliance with such standard. Upon completion of the revision, the Association of Bay Area Governments shall submit such plan to the state agency.

(b) In the event that an appropriate state agency finds that the Environmental Management Plan, or portion thereof, after being revised as provided in subdivision (a), continues to not satisfy an applicable environmental protection standard required pursuant to federal law, it shall resubmit the plan or portion thereof to the Association of Bay Area Governments for further revision. A state agency may continue to resubmit the Environmental Management Plan, or portion thereof, for further revision if it determines that the revised plan, or portion thereof, does not satisfy applicable federal environmental protection standards.
Cal. GOV § 54703.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.4 / Article 1 / Section 54703.5
Section 54703.5
Status: in_force

An assessment levied pursuant to this chapter is not subject to the Special Assessment Investigation, Limitation and Majority Protest Act of 1931 (Division 4 (commencing with Section 2800) of the Streets and Highways Code).
Cal. GOV § 53083 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 53083
Section 53083
Status: in_force

(a) On and after January 1, 2014, each local agency shall, before approving any economic development subsidy within its jurisdiction, provide all of the following information in written form available to the public, and through its Internet Web site, if applicable:

(1) The name and address of all corporations or any other business entities, except for sole proprietorships, that are the beneficiary of the economic development subsidy, if applicable.

(2) The start and end dates and schedule, if applicable, for the economic development subsidy.

(3) A description of the economic development subsidy, including the estimated total amount of the expenditure of public funds by, or of revenue lost to, the local agency as a result of the economic development subsidy.

(4) A statement of the public purposes for the economic development subsidy.

(5) Projected tax revenue to the local agency as a result of the economic development subsidy.

(6) Estimated number of jobs created by the economic development subsidy, broken down by full-time, part-time, and temporary positions.

(b) Before granting an economic development subsidy, each local agency shall provide public notice and a hearing regarding the economic development subsidy. A public hearing and notice under this subdivision is not required if a hearing and notice regarding the economic development subsidy is otherwise required by law.

(c) The information required to be provided in subdivision (a) shall remain available to the public under existing state and federal law and be posted on the local agency’s Internet Web site, if applicable, for the entire term of the economic development subsidy.

(d) The local agency, within the term of the economic development subsidy but not later than five years after the action granting an economic development subsidy, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (g), shall issue a report for each economic development subsidy. The report shall contain the information described in subdivision (a). The local agency shall make the report available to the public and through its Internet Web site, if applicable. The report shall also contain the following information, if applicable:

(1) The name and address of all corporations or any other business entities, except for sole proprietorships, that are the beneficiary of the economic development subsidy, if applicable.

(2) The start and end dates and schedule for the economic development subsidy.

(3) A description of the economic development subsidy, including the estimated total amount of the expenditure of public funds by, or of revenue lost to, the local agency as a result of the economic development subsidy.

(4) The net tax revenue accruing to the local agency as a result of the economic development subsidy.

(5) The net number of jobs created by the economic development subsidy, broken down by full-time, part-time, and temporary positions.

(e) (1) The local agency, within the term of the economic development subsidy but no later than five years after the action granting an economic development subsidy, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (g), shall hold a public hearing to consider any written or oral comments on the information contained in the report prepared pursuant to subdivision (d).

(2) For an economic development subsidy, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (g), with a term of 10 years or more, the local agency shall hold a public hearing at the conclusion of each economic development subsidy that shall contain the information described in subdivision (d), in written form available to the public, and through its Internet Web site, if applicable.

(f) Each public hearing required by this section shall be consolidated with a local agency’s regularly scheduled hearing.

(g) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) “Economic development subsidy” means any expenditure of public funds or loss of revenue to a local agency in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more, for the purpose of stimulating economic development within the jurisdiction of a local agency, including, but not limited to, bonds, grants, loans, loan guarantees, enterprise zone or empowerment zone incentives, fee waivers, land price subsidies, matching funds, tax abatements, tax exemptions, and tax credits. “Economic development subsidy” shall not include expenditures of public funds by, or loss of revenue to, the local agency for the purpose of providing housing affordable to persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.

(2) “Local agency” means a city, including a charter city, county, or city and county.
Cal. GOV § 53641 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 53641
Section 53641
Status: in_force

When money is deposited in a depository, the treasurer or other authorized official shall take and preserve a receipt, certificate of deposit, or other evidence of the deposit as he or she requires.
Cal. GOV § 50662 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 50662
Section 50662
Status: in_force

When a local agency is authorized by charter to issue bonds payable solely from revenues of a municipal utility or a special fund, in negotiable form, the local agency may issue the bonds and any coupons for interest thereon in negotiable form, and they are negotiable instruments for all purposes.
Cal. GOV § 54427 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 54427
Section 54427
Status: in_force

Bonds of the same issue shall be equally secured by a pledge, charge, and lien upon the revenues of the enterprise and all other funds specified in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, without priority for number, date of bonds, of sale, of execution, or of delivery pursuant to this chapter and the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds; except that any local agency may authorize the issuance of bonds of different series and may provide that the bonds in any series shall, to the extent and in the manner prescribed in the resolution, be subordinated and be junior in standing, with respect to the payment of principal and interest and the security thereof, to such other bonds as may be specified in the resolution.
Cal. GOV § 51928 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 51928
Section 51928
Status: in_force

The notice shall:

(a) State distinctly the proposition or propositions to be submitted.

(b) State the names of the cities and the county proposed to be consolidated in a reorganized government.

(c) State the date of the election.

(d) Instruct the electors how to vote in the election.

(e) Designate the voting precincts and places at which polls will be open.
Cal. GOV § 54954 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Section 54954
Section 54954
Status: in_force

(a) Each legislative body of a local agency, except for advisory committees or standing committees, shall provide, by ordinance, resolution, bylaws, or by whatever other rule is required for the conduct of business by that body, the time and place for holding regular meetings. Meetings of advisory committees or standing committees, for which an agenda is posted at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 54954.2, shall be considered for purposes of this chapter as regular meetings of the legislative body.

(b) Regular and special meetings of the legislative body shall be held within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction, except to do any of the following:

(1) Comply with state or federal law or court order, or attend a judicial or administrative proceeding to which the local agency is a party.

(2) Inspect real or personal property which cannot be conveniently brought within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction provided that the topic of the meeting is limited to items directly related to the real or personal property.

(3) Participate in meetings or discussions of multiagency significance that are outside the boundaries of a local agency’s jurisdiction. However, any meeting or discussion held pursuant to this subdivision shall take place within the jurisdiction of one of the participating local agencies and be noticed by all participating agencies as provided for in this chapter.

(4) Meet in the closest meeting facility if the local agency has no meeting facility within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction, or at the principal office of the local agency if that office is located outside the territory over which the agency exercises jurisdiction.

(5) Meet outside their immediate jurisdiction with elected or appointed officials of the United States or the State of California when a local meeting would be impractical, solely to discuss a legislative or regulatory issue affecting the local agency and over which the federal or state officials have jurisdiction.

(6) Meet outside their immediate jurisdiction if the meeting takes place in or nearby a facility owned by the agency, provided that the topic of the meeting is limited to items directly related to the facility.

(7) Visit the office of the local agency’s legal counsel for a closed session on pending litigation held pursuant to Section 54956.9, when to do so would reduce legal fees or costs.

(c) Meetings of the governing board of a school district shall be held within the district, except under the circumstances enumerated in subdivision (b), or to do any of the following:

(1) Attend a conference on nonadversarial collective bargaining techniques.

(2) Interview members of the public residing in another district with reference to the trustees’ potential employment of an applicant for the position of the superintendent of the district.

(3) Interview a potential employee from another district.

(d) Meetings of a joint powers authority shall occur within the territory of at least one of its member agencies, or as provided in subdivision (b). However, a joint powers authority which has members throughout the state may meet at any facility in the state which complies with the requirements of Section 54961.

(e) If, by reason of fire, flood, earthquake, or other emergency, it shall be unsafe to meet in the place designated, the meetings shall be held for the duration of the emergency at the place designated by the presiding officer of the legislative body or his or her designee in a notice to the local media that have requested notice pursuant to Section 54956, by the most rapid means of communication available at the time.
Cal. GOV § 51256.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 51256.1
Section 51256.1
Status: in_force

No agreement entered into pursuant to Section 51256 shall take effect until it is approved by the Secretary of Resources. The secretary may approve the agreement if he or she finds that the findings of the board or council, as required by Sections 51256 and 51282, are supported by substantial evidence, and that the proposed agricultural conservation easement is consistent with the eligibility criteria set forth in Section 10251 of the Public Resources Code and will make a beneficial contribution to the conservation of agricultural land in its area. The secretary shall not approve the agreement if an agricultural conservation easement has been purchased with funds from the Agricultural Land Stewardship Program Fund, established pursuant to Section 10230 of the Public Resources Code, on the same land proposed to be placed under an agricultural conservation easement pursuant to this section.
Cal. GOV § 51113.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.7 / Article 2 / Section 51113.5
Section 51113.5
Status: in_force

(a) After March 1, 1977, an owner with timberlands in a timberland production zone pursuant to Section 51112 or 51113 may petition the board or council to add to his or her timberland production lands that meet the criteria of subdivisions (f) and (g) of Section 51104 and that are contiguous to the timberland already zoned as timberland production. Section 51113 shall not apply to these lands.

(b) In the event of land exchanges with, or acquisitions from, a public agency in which the size of an owner’s parcel or parcels zoned as timberland production pursuant to Section 51112 or 51113 is reduced, the timberland production shall not be removed from the parcel except pursuant to Section 51121 and except for a cause other than the smaller parcel size.
Cal. GOV § 50115 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 50115
Section 50115
Status: in_force

Unless another provision of law requires a longer retention period, the clerk of the legislative body may destroy or otherwise dispose of any paper or document filed with or submitted to the legislative body more than one year previously, unless the legislative body determines that there is a need for its retention. In determining whether there is a need for retaining a paper or document, consideration shall be given to such factors as future public need, the effect of statutes of limitation, and historical significance.
Cal. GOV § 51117 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.7 / Article 2 / Section 51117
Section 51117
Status: in_force

When land is zoned as timberland production or subsequently rezoned from a timberland production zone and after exhaustion of appeals, a notice of timberland production zone status, together with a map and assessor’s parcel numbers describing such land, shall be filed for record by the city or county in the recorder’s office. The notice and map shall become a part of the official records of the county recorder upon its acceptance by him for filing. The filing for record of a notice of timberland production, together with a map and assessor’s parcel numbers describing the land, shall impart constructive notice thereof.
Cal. GOV § 50471 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 50471
Section 50471
Status: in_force

All or any portion of land acquired by a governmental agency for airport purposes may be used for park or recreation purposes until actually needed for airport development.
Cal. CIV § 1941.3 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1941.3
Section 1941.3
Status: in_force

(a) On and after July 1, 1998, the landlord, or his or her agent, of a building intended for human habitation shall do all of the following:

(1) Install and maintain an operable dead bolt lock on each main swinging entry door of a dwelling unit. The dead bolt lock shall be installed in conformance with the manufacturer’s specifications and shall comply with applicable state and local codes including, but not limited to, those provisions relating to fire and life safety and accessibility for the disabled. When in the locked position, the bolt shall extend a minimum of13/16 of an inch in length beyond the strike edge of the door and protrude into the doorjamb.

This section shall not apply to horizontal sliding doors. Existing dead bolts of at least one-half inch in length shall satisfy the requirements of this section. Existing locks with a thumb-turn deadlock that have a strike plate attached to the doorjamb and a latch bolt that is held in a vertical position by a guard bolt, a plunger, or an auxiliary mechanism shall also satisfy the requirements of this section. These locks, however, shall be replaced with a dead bolt at least 13/16 of an inch in length the first time after July 1, 1998, that the lock requires repair or replacement.

Existing doors which cannot be equipped with dead bolt locks shall satisfy the requirements of this section if the door is equipped with a metal strap affixed horizontally across the midsection of the door with a dead bolt which extends 13/16 of an inch in length beyond the strike edge of the door and protrudes into the doorjamb. Locks and security devices other than those described herein which are inspected and approved by an appropriate state or local government agency as providing adequate security shall satisfy the requirements of this section.

(2) Install and maintain operable window security or locking devices for windows that are designed to be opened. Louvered windows, casement windows, and all windows more than 12 feet vertically or six feet horizontally from the ground, a roof, or any other platform are excluded from this subdivision.

(3) Install locking mechanisms that comply with applicable fire and safety codes on the exterior doors that provide ingress or egress to common areas with access to dwelling units in multifamily developments. This paragraph does not require the installation of a door or gate where none exists on January 1, 1998.

(b) The tenant shall be responsible for notifying the owner or his or her authorized agent when the tenant becomes aware of an inoperable dead bolt lock or window security or locking device in the dwelling unit. The landlord, or his or her authorized agent, shall not be liable for a violation of subdivision (a) unless he or she fails to correct the violation within a reasonable time after he or she either has actual notice of a deficiency or receives notice of a deficiency.

(c) On and after July 1, 1998, the rights and remedies of tenant for a violation of this section by the landlord shall include those available pursuant to Sections 1942, 1942.4, and 1942.5, an action for breach of contract, and an action for injunctive relief pursuant to Section 526 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Additionally, in an unlawful detainer action, after a default in the payment of rent, a tenant may raise the violation of this section as an affirmative defense and shall have a right to the remedies provided by Section 1174.2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(d) A violation of this section shall not broaden, limit, or otherwise affect the duty of care owed by a landlord pursuant to existing law, including any duty that may exist pursuant to Section 1714. The delayed applicability of the requirements of subdivision (a) shall not affect a landlord’s duty to maintain the premises in safe condition.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any authority of any public entity that may otherwise exist to impose any additional security requirements upon a landlord.

(f) This section shall not apply to any building which has been designated as historically significant by an appropriate local, state, or federal governmental jurisdiction.

(g) Subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not apply to any building intended for human habitation which is managed, directly or indirectly, and controlled by the Department of Transportation. This exemption shall not be construed to affect the duty of the Department of Transportation to maintain the premises of these buildings in a safe condition or abrogate any express or implied statement or promise of the Department of Transportation to provide secure premises. Additionally, this exemption shall not apply to residential dwellings acquired prior to July 1, 1997, by the Department of Transportation to complete construction of state highway routes 710 and 238 and related interchanges.
Cal. CIV § 1688 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1688
Section 1688
Status: in_force

A contract is extinguished by its rescission.
Cal. GOV § 50712 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 1 / Section 50712
Section 50712
Status: in_force

The board may insure against public liability or property damage in connection with any project. It may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of any revenue bonds for the carrying of such or any other insurance in such amount and of such character as may be specified and for the payment of the premiums thereon.
Cal. GOV § 53069.85 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 53069.85
Section 53069.85
Status: in_force

The legislative body of a city, county, or district may include or cause to be included in contracts for public projects a provision establishing the time within which the whole or any specified portion of the work contemplated shall be completed. The legislative body may provide that for each day completion is delayed beyond the specified time, the contractor shall forfeit and pay to the agency involved a specified sum of money, which may be deducted from any payments due or to become due to the contractor. The sum so specified is valid as liquidated damages unless manifestly unreasonable under the circumstances existing at the time the contract was made. A contract for such a project may also provide for the payment of extra compensation to the contractor, as a bonus for completion prior to the specified time. These provisions, if used, shall be included in the specifications upon which proposals or bids are received, which specifications shall clearly set forth the liquidated damages provisions.

For purposes of this section, “public project” shall include the erection, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any structure, building, road, railway, or other improvement, and the procurement of any other goods or services that are manufactured specifically, designed specifically, or produced specifically, pursuant to a contract with a public agency.
Cal. GOV § 53369.45 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.6 / Article 4 / Section 53369.45
Section 53369.45
Status: in_force

If any proposition submitted to the voters pursuant to this chapter is defeated by the voters, the legislative body shall not submit, or cause to be submitted, a similar proposition to the voters for at least one year after the first election.
Cal. GOV § 54700 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 13 / Section 54700
Section 54700
Status: in_force

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the chapter, or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this chapter, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, be held invalid.
Cal. GOV § 56810 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 56810
Section 56810
Status: in_force

(a) (1) If the proposal includes the incorporation of a city, as defined in Section 56043, the commission shall determine the amount of property tax revenue to be exchanged by the affected local agency pursuant to this section and Section 56815.

(2) If the proposal includes the formation of a district, as defined in Section 2215 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and if the applicant is seeking a share of the 1 percent ad valorem property taxes, the commission shall determine the amount of property tax to be exchanged by the affected local agency pursuant to this section.

(b) The commission shall notify the county auditor of the proposal and the services which the new jurisdiction proposes to assume within the area, and identify for the auditor the existing service providers within the area subject to the proposal.

(c) If the proposal would not transfer all of an affected agency’s service responsibilities to the proposed city or district, the commission and the county auditor shall do all of the following:

(1) The county auditor shall determine the proportion that the amount of property tax revenue derived by each affected local agency pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 93 of the Revenue and Taxation Code bears to the total amount of revenue from all sources, available for general purposes, received by each affected local agency in the prior fiscal year. For purposes of making this determination and the determination required by paragraph (3), “total amount of revenue from all sources available for general purposes” means the total amount of revenue which an affected local agency may use on a discretionary basis for any purpose and does not include any of the following:

(A) Revenue which, by statute, is required to be used for a specific purpose.

(B) Revenue from fees, charges, or assessments which are levied to specifically offset the cost of particular services and do not exceed the cost reasonably borne in providing these services.

(C) Revenue received from the federal government which is required to be used for a specific purpose.

(2) The commission shall determine, based on information submitted by each affected local agency, an amount equal to the total net cost to each affected local agency during the prior fiscal year of providing those services which the new jurisdiction will assume within the area subject to the proposal. For purposes of this paragraph, “total net cost” means the total direct and indirect costs that were funded by general purpose revenues of the affected local agency and excludes any portion of the total cost that was funded by any revenues of that agency that are specified in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1).

(3) The commission shall multiply the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (2) for each affected local agency by the corresponding proportion determined pursuant to paragraph (1) to derive the amount of property tax revenue used to provide services by each affected local agency during the prior fiscal year within the area subject to the proposal. The county auditor shall adjust the amount described in the previous sentence by the annual tax increment according to the procedures set forth in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of Part 0.5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, to the fiscal year in which the new city or district receives its initial allocation of property taxes.

(4) For purposes of this subdivision, in any county in which, prior to the adoption of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, and continuing thereafter, a separate fund or funds were established consisting of revenues derived from the unincorporated area of the county and from which fund or funds services rendered in the unincorporated area have been paid, the amount of property tax revenues derived pursuant to paragraph (3), may, at the discretion of the commission, be transferred to the proposed city over a period not to exceed 12 fiscal years following its incorporation. In determining whether the transfer of the amount of property tax revenues determined pursuant to paragraph (3) shall occur entirely within the fiscal year immediately following the incorporation of the proposed city or shall be phased in over a period not to exceed 12 full fiscal years following the incorporation, the commission shall consider each of the following:

(A) The total amount of revenue from all sources available to the proposed city.

(B) The fiscal impact of the proposed transfer on the transferring agency.

(C) Any other relevant facts which interested parties to the exchange may present to the commission in written form.

The decision of the commission shall be supported by written findings setting forth the basis for its decision.

(d) If the proposal would transfer all of an affected agency’s service responsibilities to the proposed city or district, the commission shall request the auditor to determine the property tax revenue generated for the affected service providers by tax rate area, or portion thereof, and transmit that information to the commission.

(e) The executive officer shall notify the auditor of the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) or subdivision (d), as the case may be, and, where applicable, the period of time within which and the procedure by which the transfer of property tax revenues will be effected pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (c), at the time the executive officer records a certificate of completion pursuant to Section 57203 for any proposal described in subdivision (a), and the auditor shall transfer that amount to the new jurisdiction.

(f) The amendments to this section enacted during the 1985–86 Regular Session of the Legislature shall apply to any proposal described in subdivision (a) for which a certificate of completion is recorded with the county recorder on or after January 1, 1987.

(g) For purposes of this section, “prior fiscal year” means the most recent fiscal year for which data on actual direct and indirect costs and revenues needed to perform the calculations required by this section are available preceding the issuance of the certificate of filing.

(h) An action brought by a city or district to contest any determinations of the county auditor or the commission with regard to the amount of property tax revenue to be exchanged by the affected local agency pursuant to this section shall be commenced within three years of the effective date of the city’s incorporation or the district’s formation. These actions may be brought by any city that incorporated or by any district that formed on or after January 1, 1986.

(i) This section applies to any city that incorporated or district that formed on or after January 1, 1986.

(j) The calculations and procedures specified in this section shall be made prior to and shall be incorporated into the calculations specified in Section 56815.
Cal. GOV § 50665.8 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 50665.8
Section 50665.8
Status: in_force

The proposition for incurring a bonded debt shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the local agency at an election held for that purpose. The election may be consolidated with any other election of the local agency.
Cal. GOV § 53116 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 53116
Section 53116
Status: in_force

The Attorney General may, on behalf of the office or on his or her own initiative, commence judicial proceedings to enforce compliance by any public agency or public utility providing telephone service with the provisions of this article.
Cal. GOV § 53075.61 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 53075.61
Section 53075.61
Status: in_force

A transportation inspector, authorized by a local government to cite any person for operating as a taxicab without a valid taxicab certificate, license, or permit required by any ordinance, may impound and retain possession of any vehicle used in a violation of the ordinance.

If the vehicle is seized from a person who is not the owner of the vehicle, the impounding authority shall immediately give notice to the owner by first-class mail.

The vehicle shall immediately be returned to the owner without cost to the owner if the infraction or violation is not prosecuted or is dismissed, the owner is found not guilty of the offense, or it is determined that the vehicle was used in violation of the ordinance without the knowledge and consent of the owner. Otherwise, the vehicle shall be returned to the owner upon payment of any fine ordered by the court. After the expiration of six weeks from the final disposition of the criminal case, the impounding authority may deal with the vehicle as lost or abandoned property under Section 1411 of the Penal Code.

At any time, a person may make a motion in superior court for the immediate return of a vehicle on the ground that there was no probable cause to seize it or that there is some other good cause, as determined by the court, for the return of the vehicle. A proceeding under this paragraph is a limited civil case.

No officer or employee, however, shall impound any vehicle owned or operated by a nonprofit organization exempt from taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code which serves youth or senior citizens and provides transportation incidental to its programs or services.
Cal. GOV § 56377 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 56377
Section 56377
Status: in_force

In reviewing and approving or disapproving proposals which could reasonably be expected to induce, facilitate, or lead to the conversion of existing open-space lands to uses other than open-space uses, the commission shall consider all of the following policies and priorities:

(a) Development or use of land for other than open-space uses shall be guided away from existing prime agricultural lands in open-space use toward areas containing nonprime agricultural lands, unless that action would not promote the planned, orderly, efficient development of an area.

(b) Development of existing vacant or nonprime agricultural lands for urban uses within the existing jurisdiction of a local agency or within the sphere of influence of a local agency should be encouraged before any proposal is approved which would allow for or lead to the development of existing open-space lands for non-open-space uses which are outside of the existing jurisdiction of the local agency or outside of the existing sphere of influence of the local agency.
Cal. CIV § 1940.45 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1940.45
Section 1940.45
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a property owner shall not enforce or adopt a restrictive covenant or any other restriction that prohibits one or more religious items from being displayed or affixed on any entry door or entry door frame of a dwelling.

(b) To the extent permitted by Article 1, Section 4, of the California Constitution and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, this section does not prohibit the enforcement or adoption of a restrictive covenant or other restriction prohibiting the display or affixing of a religious item on any entry door or entry door frame to a dwelling that:

(1) Threatens the public health or safety.

(2) Hinders the opening or closing of any entry door.

(3) Violates any federal, state, or local law.

(4) Contains graphics, language or any display that is obscene or otherwise illegal.

(5) Individually or in combination with any other religious item displayed or affixed on any entry door or door frame that has a total size greater than 36 by 12 square inches, provided it does not exceed the size of the door.

(c) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) “Property owner” means all of the following:

(A) An association, as that term is defined in Section 4080.

(B) A board, as that term is defined in Section 4085.

(C) A member, as that term is defined in Section 4160.

(D) A landlord, as that term is defined in Section 1940.8.5.

(E) A sublessor.

(2) “Religious item” means an item displayed because of sincerely held religious beliefs.
Cal. GOV § 53827 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 53827
Section 53827
Status: in_force

The sale shall be made to the bidder offering the lowest rate of interest or whose bid represents the lowest net cost to the local agency. Notwithstanding the provision of Section 53531, the rate of interest shall not exceed 15 percent a year.
Cal. GOV § 51911 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 51911
Section 51911
Status: in_force

“Largest city” means the largest city in Sacramento County as determined by the last federal census.
Cal. GOV § 53250 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 53250
Section 53250
Status: in_force

The legislative body of a city or a fire protection district in which there is a regularly organized paid fire department or county fire warden department, shall grant to each regular or permanent member of the department an annual leave of absence from active duty of not less than fifteen consecutive days. It shall also grant each member a leave of absence from active duty of not less than four working shifts in each month of service.
Cal. CCP § 410.50 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 410.50
Section 410.50
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, the court in which an action is pending has jurisdiction over a party from the time summons is served on him as provided by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 413.10). A general appearance by a party is equivalent to personal service of summons on such party.

(b) Jurisdiction of the court over the parties and the subject matter of an action continues throughout subsequent proceedings in the action.
Cal. PEN § 4575 — California Code / Code pen / Part 3 / Title 5 / Chapter 3 / Section 4575
Section 4575
Status: in_force

(a) Any person in a local correctional facility who possesses a wireless communication device, including, but not limited to, a cellular telephone, pager, or wireless Internet device, who is not authorized to possess that item is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(b) Any person housed in a local correctional facility who possesses any tobacco products in any form, including snuff products, smoking paraphernalia, any device that is intended to be used for ingesting or consuming tobacco, or any container or dispenser used for any of those products, is guilty of an infraction, punishable by a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250).

(c) Money collected pursuant to this section shall be placed into the inmate welfare fund, as specified in Section 4025.

(d) Any person housed in a local correctional facility who possesses a handcuff key who is not authorized to possess that item is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine. As used in this subdivision, “handcuff key” means any device designed or intended to open or unlatch a handcuff.

(e) Subdivision (b) shall only apply to a person in a local correctional facility in a county in which the board of supervisors has adopted an ordinance or passed a resolution banning tobacco in its correctional facilities.
Cal. GOV § 53395.19 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.8 / Article 2 / Section 53395.19
Section 53395.19
Status: in_force

(a) The legislative body shall not enact a resolution proposing formation of a district and providing for the division of taxes of any affected taxing entity pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 53396) unless a resolution approving the plan has been adopted by the governing body of each affected taxing entity which is proposed to be subject to division of taxes pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 53396) has been filed with the legislative body at or prior to the time of the hearing.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the legislative body from amending its infrastructure financing plan and adopting a resolution proposing formation of the infrastructure financing district without allocation of the tax revenues of any affected taxing entity which has not approved the infrastructure financing plan by resolution of the governing body of the affected taxing entity.
Cal. GOV § 53262 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3.5 / Section 53262
Section 53262
Status: in_force

(a) All contracts of employment with a superintendent, deputy superintendent, assistant superintendent, associate superintendent, community college president, community college vice president, community college deputy vice president, general manager, city manager, county administrator, or other similar chief administrative officer or chief executive officer of a local agency shall be ratified in an open session of the governing body which shall be reflected in the governing body’s minutes.

(b) Copies of any contracts of employment, as well as copies of the settlement agreements, shall be available to the public upon request.
Cal. GOV § 57106 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 57106
Section 57106
Status: in_force

For the purposes of Sections 57104 and 57105, the boundaries shall be determined as of the date of adoption of the order of the commission. Any then pending but uncompleted proceedings for changes in the boundaries of the city or district shall be disregarded.
Cal. GOV § 53313.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 1 / Section 53313.1
Section 53313.1
Status: in_force

To the extent that any capital facility is provided under this chapter, a duplicate levy, impact fee, or other exaction may not be required for the same purpose under Section 66477.
Cal. GOV § 50835 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 50835
Section 50835
Status: in_force

The board shall biennially select from its members a president and secretary.
Cal. GOV § 56833 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 56833
Section 56833
Status: in_force

Any resolution adopted by the commission ordering a proposal of reorganization referred to a reorganization committee shall do all of the following:

(a) Describe the proposed reorganization and designate the subject districts (the description and designation may be by reference to the proposal).

(b) Specify the maximum number of members, not to exceed three, to represent each subject district on the committee.

(c) Fix a time and place for the first meeting of the reorganization committee.

(d) Designate a date, not less than 60 days from the date of the first meeting of the committee, for the completion and submission to the commission of the report and recommendation of the committee.
Cal. GOV § 53371 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.7 / Article 1 / Section 53371
Section 53371
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes.
Cal. GOV § 57408 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 5 / Chapter 5 / Section 57408
Section 57408
Status: in_force

Warrants for city indebtedness shall be drawn by the board of supervisors on the special fund.
Cal. GOV § 53759 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 4.7 / Section 53759
Section 53759
Status: in_force

(a) Any judicial action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, validate, or annul an ordinance, resolution, or motion adopting a fee or charge for water or sewer service, or modifying or amending an existing fee or charge for water or sewer service, shall be commenced within 120 days of the effective date or of the date of the final passage, adoption, or approval of the ordinance, resolution, or motion, whichever is later.

(b) Any action under this section by a local agency or interested person shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, except that the time limits of subdivision (a) shall apply.

(c) This section does not apply to any fee or charge for water or sewer service for which another statute establishes a specific time and procedure for bringing a judicial action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void or annul a fee or charge of that type.

(d) A water or sewer agency required to mail a written notice pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 6 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution shall include in the written notice a statement that there is a 120-day statute of limitations for challenging any new, increased, or extended fee or charge.

(e) This section does not apply to a judicial action arising from billing errors, including, but not limited to, overbilling, due to the defective implementation of an ordinance, resolution, or motion adopting, modifying, or amending a fee or charge for water or sewer service.

(f) This section shall only apply to a fee or charge for water or sewer service that has been adopted, modified, or amended after January 1, 2022.
Cal. GOV § 51295 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 6 / Section 51295
Section 51295
Status: in_force

When any action in eminent domain for the condemnation of the fee title of an entire parcel of land subject to a contract is filed, or when that land is acquired in lieu of eminent domain for a public improvement by a public agency or person, or whenever there is any such action or acquisition by the federal government or any person, instrumentality, or agency acting under the authority or power of the federal government, the contract shall be deemed null and void as to the land actually being condemned, or so acquired as of the date the action is filed, and for the purposes of establishing the value of the land, the contract shall be deemed never to have existed.

Upon the termination of the proceeding, the contract shall be null and void for all land actually taken or acquired.

When an action to condemn or acquire less than all of a parcel of land subject to a contract is commenced, the contract shall be deemed null and void as to the land actually condemned or acquired and shall be disregarded in the valuation process only as to the land actually being taken, unless the remaining land subject to contract will be adversely affected by the condemnation, in which case the value of that damage shall be computed without regard to the contract.

When an action to condemn or acquire an interest that is less than the fee title of an entire parcel or any portion thereof of land subject to a contract is commenced, the contract shall be deemed null and void as to that interest and, for the purpose of establishing the value of only that interest, shall be deemed never to have existed, unless the remaining interests in any of the land subject to the contract will be adversely affected, in which case the value of that damage shall be computed without regard to the contract.

The land actually taken shall be removed from the contract. Under no circumstances shall land be removed that is not actually taken for a public improvement, except that when only a portion of the land or less than a fee interest in the land is taken or acquired, the contract may be canceled with respect to the remaining portion or interest upon petition of either party and pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 (commencing with Section 51280).

For the purposes of this section, a finding by the board or council that no authorized use may be made of the land if the contract is continued on the remaining portion or interest in the land, may satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 51282.

If, after acquisition, the acquiring public agency determines that it will not for any reason actually locate on that land or any part thereof, the public improvement for which the land was acquired, before returning the land to private ownership, the public agency shall give written notice to the local governing body responsible for the administration of the preserve, and the land shall be reenrolled in a new contract or encumbered by an enforceable deed restriction with terms at least as restrictive as those provided by this chapter. The duration of the restriction shall be determined by subtracting the length of time the land was held by the acquiring public agency or person from the number of years that remained on the original contract at the time of acquisition.
Cal. GOV § 56863 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 56863
Section 56863
Status: in_force

(a) Within 35 days following the conclusion of a hearing on an original and an alternative proposal to form a subsidiary district, the commission shall adopt its resolution of determination, which shall do one of the following:

(1) Deny both the original proposal and the alternative proposal.

(2) Approve one proposal and deny the other.

(b) “Alternative proposal,” as used in this section, means an alternative proposal to a subsidiary district proposal as provided for in Section 56861.
Cal. GOV § 53620 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 1.5 / Section 53620
Section 53620
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Section 53601 or 53635, the governing body of a local agency may invest funds designated for the payment of employee retiree health benefits in any form or type of investment deemed prudent by the governing body pursuant to Section 53622.
Cal. GOV § 57100 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 4 / Chapter 5 / Section 57100
Section 57100
Status: in_force

Any commission resolution ordering a change of organization or a reorganization shall contain all of the following:

(a) A statement that the action is being taken pursuant to this division.

(b) A statement of the type of change of organization or reorganization being acted on.

(c) A description of the exterior boundaries of the territory for each change of organization or reorganization approved by the commission.

(d) The name or names of any new or consolidated city or district.

(e) All of the terms and conditions upon the change of organization or reorganization approved by the commission.

(f) The reasons for the change of organization or reorganization.

(g) A statement as to whether the regular county assessment roll or another assessment roll will be utilized.

(h) A statement that the affected territory will or will not be taxed for existing general bonded indebtedness of any agency whose boundaries are changed.

(i) Any other matters that the commission deems material.
Cal. GOV § 53595.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 13 / Section 53595.5
Section 53595.5
Status: in_force

This article shall apply only to local agencies located within a county with a population of over 4,000,000 persons.
Cal. GOV § 55021 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 55021
Section 55021
Status: in_force

The resolution shall contain:

(a) A description of the conduits proposed to be constructed and maintained in the other local agency.

(b) A description of the streets or other public places in, across, or along which the conduits are proposed to be constructed and maintained.
Cal. GOV § 53508.7 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 4.5 / Section 53508.7
Section 53508.7
Status: in_force

(a) The bonds shall be sold at a public or private sale and at a price at, above, or below par, as the legislative body determines.

(b) Any bonds sold at a discount below the par value of the bonds shall be sold in compliance with the provisions of Section 53532.

(c) The private sale of bonds is limited to the sale of school districts’ and community college districts’ bonds pursuant to Sections 15140 or 15146 of the Education Code.
Cal. CCP § 283 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 1 / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / Section 283
Section 283
Status: in_force

An attorney and counselor shall have authority:

1. To bind his client in any of the steps of an action or proceeding by his agreement filed with the Clerk, or entered upon the minutes of the Court, and not otherwise;

2. To receive money claimed by his client in an action or proceeding during the pendency thereof, or after judgment, unless a revocation of his authority is filed, and upon the payment thereof, and not otherwise, to discharge the claim or acknowledge satisfaction of the judgment.
Cal. GOV § 50496 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 50496
Section 50496
Status: in_force

The clerk of the legislative body shall cause the resolution of intention to be published once a week for two successive weeks in one or more daily newspapers published and circulated in the local agency.
Cal. GOV § 51240 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 51240
Section 51240
Status: in_force

Any city or county may by contract limit the use of agricultural land for the purpose of preserving such land pursuant and subject to the conditions set forth in the contract and in this chapter. A contract may provide for restrictions, terms, and conditions, including payments and fees, more restrictive than or in addition to those required by this chapter.
Cal. CIV § 1952.3 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1952.3
Section 1952.3
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), if the lessor brings an unlawful detainer proceeding and possession of the property is no longer in issue because possession of the property has been delivered to the lessor before trial or, if there is no trial, before judgment is entered, the case becomes an ordinary civil action in which:

(1) The lessor may obtain any relief to which he is entitled, including, where applicable, relief authorized by Section 1951.2; but, if the lessor seeks to recover damages described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 1951.2 or any other damages not recoverable in the unlawful detainer proceeding, the lessor shall first amend the complaint pursuant to Section 472 or 473 of the Code of Civil Procedure so that possession of the property is no longer in issue and to state a claim for such damages and shall serve a copy of the amended complaint on the defendant in the same manner as a copy of a summons and original complaint is served.

(2) The defendant may, by appropriate pleadings or amendments to pleadings, seek any affirmative relief, and assert all defenses, to which he is entitled, whether or not the lessor has amended the complaint; but subdivision (a) of Section 426.30 of the Code of Civil Procedure does not apply unless, after delivering possession of the property to the lessor, the defendant (i) files a cross-complaint or (ii) files an answer or an amended answer in response to an amended complaint filed pursuant to paragraph (1).

(b) The defendant’s time to respond to a complaint for unlawful detainer is not affected by the delivery of possession of the property to the lessor; but, if the complaint is amended as provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), the defendant has the same time to respond to the amended complaint as in an ordinary civil action.

(c) The case shall proceed as an unlawful detainer proceeding if the defendant’s default (1) has been entered on the unlawful detainer complaint and (2) has not been opened by an amendment of the complaint or otherwise set aside.

(d) Nothing in this section affects the pleadings that may be filed, relief that may be sought, or defenses that may be asserted in an unlawful detainer proceeding that has not become an ordinary civil action as provided in subdivision (a).
Cal. GOV § 50261 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 10 / Section 50261
Section 50261
Status: in_force

It is hereby found that the promotion of positive human relations for the purpose of insuring public peace, health, safety, and general welfare of all the people of this State is a principal governmental concern and responsibility, and counties and cities and counties are hereby authorized to expend public funds to attain these objectives.
Cal. GOV § 53721 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 3.7 / Section 53721
Section 53721
Status: in_force

All taxes are either special taxes or general taxes. General taxes are taxes imposed for general governmental purposes. Special taxes are taxes imposed for specific purposes.
Cal. GOV § 50330.4 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 2 / Section 50330.4
Section 50330.4
Status: in_force

For the purposes of Section 50330, a local agency may purchase land or options on land or contract for and make downpayments on land or options on land within or without its boundaries and make a gift of that land, option, or contract and downpayment to the Trustees of the California State University for development as a state university on condition that the entire gift shall revert to the local agency if the state university is not established on that site prior to a specific date designated by the local agency and the trustees and the acceptance of the gift by the trustees shall not obligate the expenditure of any state funds for the purchase or acquisition of land or for development on land unless the Legislature shall subsequently approve the obligation by appropriating funds for that specific purpose.
Cal. GOV § 50052.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 50052.5
Section 50052.5
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 50052, the treasurer may release to the depositor of the unclaimed money, their heir, beneficiary, or duly appointed representative, unclaimed money if claimed prior to the date the money becomes the property of the local agency upon submitting proof satisfactory to the treasurer, unless the unclaimed money is deposited pursuant to Section 7663 of the Probate Code.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 50052, the treasurer may release unclaimed money deposited with the county treasurer pursuant to Section 7663 of the Probate Code, to any adult blood relative of either the decedent or the decedent’s predeceased spouse.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 50052, the treasurer may release unclaimed money deposited with the county treasurer pursuant to Section 7663 of the Probate Code to the parent who has legal and physical custody of a minor who is a blood relative of either the decedent or the decedent’s predeceased spouse without the need to appoint a legal guardian for the minor as follows:

(1) If the value of the unclaimed money deposited with the county treasurer is five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less, the treasurer may release the money according to Section 3401 of the Probate Code.

(2) If the value of the unclaimed money deposited with the county treasurer is sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) or less, and the money is not released under paragraph (1), the unclaimed money may be released by the treasurer to the parent who shall, after payment of any costs incurred in making the claim, hold the money in trust, to be used only for the care, maintenance, and education of the minor, and the parent shall be liable therefor to the minor under the fiduciary laws of this state. The money held in trust shall be released to the minor when the minor reaches the age of majority.

(d) The claim shall be presented to the county treasurer in affidavit form and signed under penalty of perjury. Notwithstanding Section 13101 of the Probate Code, the claimant, to be entitled to the entire escheated estate, needs only to establish with documentary proof the existence of a blood relationship to either the decedent or of the predeceased spouse, if any, and the documentary proof, if regular on its face, need not be certified. Notwithstanding Section 13101 of the Probate Code, the claimant shall not be required to declare that no other person has an equal or superior claim to the escheated estate.

The county treasurer may rely in good faith on the sworn statements made in the claim and shall have no duty to inquire into the truth or credibility of evidence submitted.

In paying out the escheated estate, the county treasurer shall be held harmless to all. Payment shall act as total acquittance and shall completely discharge the county treasurer from any liability.

If the county treasurer rejects any claim made hereunder, the claimant may take his or her grievance to the Superior Court of the county holding the escheated estate.

Any claim paid hereunder shall be paid without interest.
Cal. CIV § 1942.4 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1942.4
Section 1942.4
Status: in_force

(a) A landlord of a dwelling may not demand rent, collect rent, issue a notice of a rent increase, or issue a three-day notice to pay rent or quit pursuant to subdivision (2) of Section 1161 of the Code of Civil Procedure, if all of the following conditions exist prior to the landlord’s demand or notice:

(1) The dwelling substantially lacks any of the affirmative standard characteristics listed in Section 1941.1 or violates Section 17920.10 of the Health and Safety Code, or is deemed and declared substandard as set forth in Section 17920.3 of the Health and Safety Code because conditions listed in that section exist to an extent that endangers the life, limb, health, property, safety, or welfare of the public or the occupants of the dwelling.

(2) A public officer or employee who is responsible for the enforcement of any housing law, after inspecting the premises, has notified the landlord or the landlord’s agent in writing of his or her obligations to abate the nuisance or repair the substandard conditions.

(3) The conditions have existed and have not been abated 35 days beyond the date of service of the notice specified in paragraph (2) and the delay is without good cause. For purposes of this subdivision, service shall be complete at the time of deposit in the United States mail.

(4) The conditions were not caused by an act or omission of the tenant or lessee in violation of Section 1929 or 1941.2.

(b) (1) A landlord who violates this section is liable to the tenant or lessee for the actual damages sustained by the tenant or lessee and special damages of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(2) The prevailing party shall be entitled to recovery of reasonable attorney’s fees and costs of the suit in an amount fixed by the court.

(c) Any court that awards damages under this section may also order the landlord to abate any nuisance at the rental dwelling and to repair any substandard conditions of the rental dwelling, as defined in Section 1941.1, which significantly or materially affect the health or safety of the occupants of the rental dwelling and are uncorrected. If the court orders repairs or corrections, or both, the court’s jurisdiction continues over the matter for the purpose of ensuring compliance.

(d) The tenant or lessee shall be under no obligation to undertake any other remedy prior to exercising his or her rights under this section.

(e) Any action under this section may be maintained in small claims court if the claim does not exceed the jurisdictional limit of that court.

(f) The remedy provided by this section may be utilized in addition to any other remedy provided by this chapter, the rental agreement, lease, or other applicable statutory or common law. Nothing in this section shall require any landlord to comply with this section if he or she pursues his or her rights pursuant to Chapter 12.75 (commencing with Section 7060) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
Cal. CIV § 1945.5 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1945.5
Section 1945.5
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any term of a lease executed after the effective date of this section for the hiring of residential real property which provides for the automatic renewal or extension of the lease for all or part of the full term of the lease if the lessee remains in possession after the expiration of the lease or fails to give notice of his intent not to renew or extend before the expiration of the lease shall be voidable by the party who did not prepare the lease unless such renewal or extension provision appears in at least eight-point boldface type, if the contract is printed, in the body of the lease agreement and a recital of the fact that such provision is contained in the body of the agreement appears in at least eight-point boldface type, if the contract is printed, immediately prior to the place where the lessee executes the agreement. In such case, the presumption in Section 1945 of this code shall apply.

Any waiver of the provisions of this section is void as against public policy.
Cal. GOV § 53439 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 53439
Section 53439
Status: in_force

An exchange shall not be made unless the defaced or mutilated bond with any coupons attached is identifiable and is first surrendered by the owner.
Cal. GOV § 52101 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 5 / Section 52101
Section 52101
Status: in_force

An authority may, subject to the approval of the governing body, do all of the following:

(a) Sue and be sued.

(b) Have a seal and alter it.

(c) Have a perpetual succession.

(d) Make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers.
Cal. GOV § 53202.2 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 53202.2
Section 53202.2
Status: in_force

When a policy is approved or adopted and carried into effect the local agency may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures as may properly implement the system, to provide for its administration and to advise its officers and employees of the terms and provisions of the system or systems as approved or adopted and carried into effect.
Cal. GOV § 53397.8 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.8 / Article 4 / Section 53397.8
Section 53397.8
Status: in_force

The legislative body may, by majority vote, provide for refunding of bonds issued pursuant to this chapter. However, refunding bonds shall not be issued if the total net interest cost to maturity on the refunding bonds plus the principal amount of the refunding bonds exceeds the total net interest cost to maturity on the bonds to be refunded. The legislative body may not extend the time to maturity of the bonds.
Cal. GOV § 53401 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 53401
Section 53401
Status: in_force

This article does not apply to bonds authorized under a law permitting their sale at a price netting the purchaser more than 6 percent.
Cal. CIV § 1701 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 3 / Section 1701
Section 1701
Status: in_force

Where a contract is executed in duplicate, an alteration or destruction of one copy, while the other exists, is not within the provisions of the last section.
Cal. CCP § 416.10 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 416.10
Section 416.10
Status: in_force

A summons may be served on a corporation by delivering a copy of the summons and the complaint by any of the following methods:

(a) To the person designated as agent for service of process as provided by any provision in Section 202, 1502, 2105, or 2107 of the Corporations Code (or Sections 3301 to 3303, inclusive, or Sections 6500 to 6504, inclusive, of the Corporations Code, as in effect on December 31, 1976, with respect to corporations to which they remain applicable).

(b) To the president, chief executive officer, or other head of the corporation, a vice president, a secretary or assistant secretary, a treasurer or assistant treasurer, a controller or chief financial officer, a general manager, or a person authorized by the corporation to receive service of process.

(c) If the corporation is a bank, to a cashier or assistant cashier or to a person specified in subdivision (a) or (b).

(d) If authorized by any provision in Section 1701, 1702, 2110, or 2111 of the Corporations Code (or Sections 3301 to 3303, inclusive, or Sections 6500 to 6504, inclusive, of the Corporations Code, as in effect on December 31, 1976, with respect to corporations to which they remain applicable), as provided by that provision.
Cal. GOV § 53380 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.7 / Article 4 / Section 53380
Section 53380
Status: in_force

The territorial jurisdiction of a district created by a county may only include area within the unincorporated territory in the county, and the territorial jurisdiction of a district created by a city or a city and county is the territory within its territorial limits.
Cal. GOV § 55632 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 55632
Section 55632
Status: in_force

The legislative body of any local agency may contract with any other local agency for the furnishing of fire or police protection to such other local agency.
Cal. GOV § 56050.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 56050.5
Section 56050.5
Status: in_force

“Latent service or power” means those services, facilities, functions, or powers authorized by the principal act under which the district is formed, but that are not being exercised, as determined by the commission pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 56425.
Cal. GOV § 53076.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 53076.5
Section 53076.5
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 51037, the City and County of San Francisco may adopt an ordinance requiring a permit for the sale, on public property, including public streets or sidewalks, of merchandise that the City and County of San Francisco has determined is a common target of retail theft. If the city and county passes an ordinance pursuant to these provisions, the ordinance shall include all of the following written findings supported by substantial evidence in the record:

(1) That there has been a significant pattern of merchandise being the subject of retail theft and then appearing for sale on public property within the City and County of San Francisco.

(2) That requiring a permit to sell will further the objective of preventing retail theft.

(3) That there are reasonable permit requirements to enable the lawful sale of merchandise and to safeguard civil rights.

(4) That multiple non-law-enforcement measures to address the resale of stolen goods were attempted prior to adopting the ordinance, including opening marketplaces where vendors may sell items, reducing or removing permit fees, expanding efforts to combat retail theft, partnering with local nonprofit organizations to triage needs of vendors and their families, and offering wraparound support services, resource fairs, marketing support, trainings on entrepreneurship and business development, workforce development opportunities, and support to open brick and mortars if desired.

(b) For purposes of this section, “merchandise” does not include either of the following:

(1) Food items that are prepared for sale onsite.

(2) A prepackaged food item, including a bag of chips or a nonalcoholic beverage, that is sold along with a food item that is prepared for sale onsite.

(c) An ordinance adopted pursuant to this section may remain in effect for up to three years, subject to annual approval of the written findings by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, and subject to the filing of an annual report pursuant to subdivision (i).

(d) (1) An ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall identify a local permitting agency, separate from the San Francisco Police Department, that shall be responsible for administering a permit system.

(2) The permitting agency shall adopt rules and procedures for administering the permit system.

(3) The permitting agency shall issue permits to persons who are able to demonstrate that they obtained the merchandise lawfully and not through theft or extortion.

(e) (1) An ordinance may provide that selling merchandise without a permit is punishable as follows:

(A) For a first violation, the permitting agency shall issue a written warning.

(B) Second and third violations within 18 months of the time of the first violation shall be punishable as infractions.

(C) Subsequent violations after three prior violations, and that occur within 18 months of the time of the first violation, shall be punishable as infractions or misdemeanors by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 6 months, or by both that imprisonment and a fine.

(2) A violation of this section resulting in a misdemeanor or infraction shall be eligible for dismissal pursuant to Section 1203.4a or 1203.425 of the Penal Code, as applicable.

(f) (1) At least 60 calendar days prior to the enactment of an ordinance pursuant to this section, the City and County of San Francisco shall hold one or more workshops to inform the development of the ordinance by soliciting feedback from the vendor community. The workshop shall solicit input on the proposed ordinance, including, but not limited to, input regarding the methods by which street vendors currently acquire goods and feasible methods by which street vendors can keep records.

(2) For at least 30 calendar days prior to the enactment of an ordinance pursuant to this section, the City and County of San Francisco shall administer a public information campaign, including public announcements in major media outlets and press releases. Information shall be made available in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. The public information campaign shall describe the city and county’s program, including how vendors may obtain the required permits, how they demonstrate they obtained merchandise lawfully, and where they can ask questions about the process. The City and County of San Francisco shall also provide trainings and workshops, and shall conduct street-level outreach and distribute informational flyers on these topics.

(g) (1) The City and County of San Francisco may charge a fee for the cost of issuing a permit, not to exceed the reasonable regulatory costs of implementing this section.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the fee shall not exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) for applicants that meet either of the following conditions:

(A) The applicant earns less than 200 percent of the area median income.

(B) The applicant is a current enrollee in, or recipient of, CalWORKs, CalFresh, general assistance, Medi-Cal, Supplemental Security Income, the State Supplementary Payment Program, the California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program established pursuant to Section 739.1 of the Public Utilities Code, or the Family Electric Rate Assistance program established pursuant to Section 739.12 of the Public Utilities Code.

(h) (1) The permitting agency shall accept a California driver’s license or identification number, an individual taxpayer identification number, or a municipal identification number in lieu of a social security number if the permitting agency otherwise requires a social security number for the issuance of a permit or business license, and the number collected shall not be available to the public for inspection, shall be confidential, and shall not be disclosed except as required to administer the permit or licensure program or to comply with a state law or state or federal court order.

(2) The permitting agency shall not inquire into or collect information about an individual’s immigration or citizenship status or place of birth.

(3) The permitting agency shall not inquire into or collect information or documentation regarding an individual’s criminal history, and shall not require an applicant to submit fingerprints or a LiveScan, or submit to a background check, as part of an application for a permit or valid business license for sidewalk vending.

(i) (1) If an ordinance is adopted pursuant to this section, the permitting agency shall, by January 1 of each year, submit a report to the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco and to the relevant committees of the Legislature that includes all of the following:

(A) The local permitting agency that was made responsible for administering the permit system.

(B) The rules and procedures the permitting agency adopted for administering the permit system.

(C) The list or lists of merchandise that the City and County of San Francisco determined was a common target of retail theft.

(D) Whether the City and County of San Francisco elected to renew its ordinance and, if so, when.

(E) The total number of permits issued pursuant to this section.

(F) The method by which the local permitting agency determined whether an applicant for a permit was able to demonstrate that they obtained merchandise lawfully and not through theft or extortion.

(G) The total number of infractions and misdemeanors issued, and the number for which convictions were reached.

(H) The race or ethnicity, gender, and age of the person issued an infraction or misdemeanor, provided that the identification of these characteristics was solely based on the observation and perception of the local authority who issued the infraction or misdemeanor.

(I) The actions taken by a local authority when issuing infractions or misdemeanors, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(i) Whether the local authority asked for consent to search the person, and, if so, whether consent was provided.

(ii) Whether the local authority searched the person or any property, and, if so, the basis for the search and any contraband or evidence discovered.

(iii) Whether the local authority seized any property and, if so, the type of property that was seized and the basis for seizing the property.

(2) A report submitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(j) This section shall not be construed to affect the applicability of other state or local laws, including, but not limited to, Section 496 of the Penal Code.

(k) This section shall become inoperative on January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
Cal. GOV § 54311 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 54311
Section 54311
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations of Sections 54309 and 54310, in any resolution calling an election for the issuance of bonds for acquiring, constructing, improving, or financing any enterprise, the legislative body may define “enterprise” and that definition applies to the bonds authorized at the election.
Cal. GOV § 53325.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 2 / Section 53325.5
Section 53325.5
Status: in_force

(a) A community facilities district may include areas of territory that are not contiguous.

(b) In establishing the boundaries of the district, the legislative body may alter the exterior boundaries of the district to include less territory than that described in the notice of the hearing but it may not include any territory not described in the notice of the hearing.
Cal. GOV § 50968 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4.5 / Article 4 / Section 50968
Section 50968
Status: in_force

The approximate contribution quoted by the board and the actual contribution to be made if a contract results shall be determined by actuarial valuations of the future service liability under the award system, on account of the volunteers involved in the computation, and in consideration of other circumstances that may be adopted by the board, upon recommendation of the actuary.
Cal. CIV § 3426.11 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 1 / Title 5 / Section 3426.11
Section 3426.11
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 47, in any legislative or judicial proceeding, or in any other official proceeding authorized by law, or in the initiation or course of any other proceeding authorized by law and reviewable pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1084) of Title 1 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the voluntary, intentional disclosure of trade secret information, unauthorized by its owner, to a competitor or potential competitor of the owner of the trade secret information or the agent or representative of such a competitor or potential competitor is not privileged and is not a privileged communication for purposes of Part 2 (commencing with Section 43) of Division 1.

This section does not in any manner limit, restrict, impair, or otherwise modify either the application of the other subdivisions of Section 47 to the conduct to which this section applies or the court’s authority to control, order, or permit access to evidence in any case before it.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, restrict, or otherwise impair, the capacity of persons employed by public entities to report improper government activity, as defined in Section 10542 of the Government Code, or the capacity of private persons to report improper activities of a private business.
Cal. CIV § 3426.4 — California Code / Code civ / Division 4 / Part 1 / Title 5 / Section 3426.4
Section 3426.4
Status: in_force

If a claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith, a motion to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith, or willful and malicious misappropriation exists, the court may award reasonable attorney’s fees and costs to the prevailing party. Recoverable costs hereunder shall include a reasonable sum to cover the services of expert witnesses, who are not regular employees of any party, actually incurred and reasonably necessary in either, or both, preparation for trial or arbitration, or during trial or arbitration, of the case by the prevailing party.
Cal. CCP § 413.30 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 1 / Section 413.30
Section 413.30
Status: in_force

(a) (1) If no provision is made in this chapter or other law for the service of summons, or if a plaintiff, despite exercising reasonable diligence, has been unable to effect service of the summons by any of the methods authorized under this chapter, the court in which the action is pending may, upon motion, direct that summons be served in a manner that is reasonably calculated to give actual notice to the party to be served, including by electronic mail or other electronic technology, and that proof of such service be made as prescribed by the court.

(2) A plaintiff seeking to establish reasonable diligence under this section shall set forth facts detailing all attempts to serve the defendant by each of the methods prescribed by statute, including facts demonstrating why each method was unsuccessful at every address or location where the defendant is likely to be found.

(b) This section does not apply in an action against a governmental entity or an agent or employee of the governmental entity who has been sued in an official or individual capacity.
Cal. CIV § 1689.20 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1689.20
Section 1689.20
Status: in_force

(a) (1) In addition to any other right to revoke an offer, the buyer has the right to cancel a seminar sales solicitation contract or offer until midnight of the third business day, or until midnight of the fifth business day if the buyer is a senior citizen, after the day on which the buyer signs an agreement or offer to purchase which complies with Section 1689.21.

(2) The five-day right to cancel added by the act that amended paragraph (1) shall apply to contracts entered into, or offers to purchase conveyed, on or after January 1, 2021.

(b) Cancellation occurs when the buyer gives written notice of cancellation to the seller at the address or email address specified in the agreement or offer.

(c) Notice of cancellation, if given by mail, is effective when deposited in the mail properly addressed with postage prepaid.

(d) Notice of cancellation given by the buyer need not take the particular form as provided with the contract or offer to purchase and, however expressed, is effective if it indicates the intention of the buyer not to be bound by the seminar sales solicitation contract or offer.
Cal. GOV § 54728 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.5 / Section 54728
Section 54728
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, “improve” means reconstruct, replace, extend, repair, better, equip, develop, embellish, or otherwise improve.
Cal. GOV § 51234 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 2.5 / Section 51234
Section 51234
Status: in_force

Any proposal to establish an agricultural preserve shall be submitted to the planning department of the county or city having jurisdiction over the land. If the county or city has no planning department, a proposal to establish an agricultural preserve shall be submitted to the planning commission. Within 30 days after receiving such a proposal, the planning department or planning commission shall submit a report thereon to the board or council. However, the board or council may extend the time allowed for an additional period not to exceed 30 days.

The report shall include a statement that the preserve is consistent with the general plan, and the board or council shall make a finding to that effect. Final action upon the establishment of an agricultural preserve may not be taken by the board or council until the report required by this section is received from the planning department or planning commission, or until the required 30 days have elapsed and any extension thereof granted by the board or council has elapsed.
Cal. GOV § 56428 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 56428
Section 56428
Status: in_force

(a) Any person or local agency may file a written request with the executive officer requesting amendments to a sphere of influence or urban service area adopted by the commission. The request shall state the nature of the proposed amendment, state the reasons for the request, include a map of the proposed amendment, and contain any additional data and information as may be required by the executive officer.

(b) After complying with the California Environmental Quality Act, Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code, the executive officer shall place the request on the agenda of the next meeting of the commission for which notice can be given. The executive officer shall give notice in the manner provided by Section 56427. On the date and time provided in the notice, the commission may do either of the following:

(1) Without further notice, consider the amendments to a sphere of influence.

(2) Set a future date for the hearing on the request.

(c) The executive officer shall review each requested amendment and prepare a report and recommendation. The report shall be completed not less than five days before the date specified in the notice of hearing. The executive officer shall send copies of the report to the person or agency making the request, each affected local agency, and each person who has filed a request for a report.

(d) At its meeting, the commission shall consider the request and receive any oral or written testimony. The consideration may be continued from time to time, but not to exceed 70 days from the date specified in the original notice. The person or agency which filed the request may withdraw it at any time prior to the conclusion of the consideration by the commission.

(e) At the conclusion of its consideration, the commission may approve with or without amendment, wholly, partially, or conditionally, or disapprove the request. The commission shall follow the procedures in Section 56425.

(f) The commission may require the person or agency making a request pursuant to this section to pay a fee to cover the commission’s costs. The fee shall not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service and shall be set pursuant to Section 56383. The commission may waive the fee if it finds that the request can be considered and studied as part of the periodic review of spheres of influence required by Section 56425. In addition, the commission may waive the fee if it finds that payment would be detrimental to the public interest.

(g) The commission and executive officer may review and act on any request to amend a sphere of influence or urban service area concurrently with their review and determination on any related change of organization or reorganization. In case of a conflict between the provisions of this section and any other provisions of this part, the other provisions shall prevail.
Cal. GOV § 57130 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 4 / Chapter 6 / Section 57130
Section 57130
Status: in_force

The elections official shall cause notice of each change of organization or reorganization election to be given by publication, posting, and mailing as provided in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 57025) of Part 4.
Cal. GOV § 53354 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 5 / Section 53354
Section 53354
Status: in_force

If the area designated in the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 53351 does not include the entire community facilities district, a separate ballot shall be prepared for the vote upon the proposition to authorize bonds and to levy a special tax for payment of the bonds and only the voters entitled thereto shall be given the ballots.
Cal. GOV § 50302 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 50302
Section 50302
Status: in_force

This article is not applicable to the sale or lease of real property by a local agency to the State or a county, city, district, or political subdivision.
Cal. GOV § 53631 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 53631
Section 53631
Status: in_force

Under those conditions as the treasurer of a local agency fixes with the approval of the legislative body, he or she may establish accounts at banks within or without the state and deposit money in those accounts to the extent necessary to pay the principal and interest of bonds to pay any warrant that has been presented for payment, or to fund any electronic disbursement of funds from the treasury of the local agency. This article does not apply to deposits for those purposes.
Cal. GOV § 54233.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 54233.5
Section 54233.5
Status: in_force

If a local agency that is a district, excepting those whose primary mission or purpose is to supply the public with a transportation system, disposes of surplus land where local zoning permits development of 10 or more residential units or is rezoned within five years of the disposal to permit the development of 10 or more residential units, and 10 or more residential units are developed on the property, not less than 15 percent of the total number of residential units developed on the parcel shall be sold or rented at affordable housing cost, as defined in Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code, or affordable rent, as defined in Section 50053 of the Health and Safety Code, to lower income households as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code. Rental units shall remain affordable to, and occupied by, lower income households for a period of at least 55 years for rental housing and 45 years for ownership housing. The initial occupants of all ownership units shall be lower income households, and the units shall be subject to an equity sharing agreement consistent with the provisions of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 65915. These requirements shall be contained in a covenant or restriction recorded against the restriction and each successor in interest who continues the violation, by any of the entities described in subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 54222.5. This section shall not apply to projects as defined in subdivision (j) of Section 32121 of the Health and Safety Code. A local agency shall provide a copy of any restrictions recorded against the property to the Department of Housing and Community Development in a form prescribed by the department.
Cal. GOV § 57132 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 4 / Chapter 6 / Section 57132
Section 57132
Status: in_force

The election on the question of the change of organization or reorganization shall be called pursuant to Section 57000 and held on the next established election date pursuant to Section 1000 of the Elections Code, or Section 1500 of the Elections Code in the case of an election conducted solely by mailed ballot, occurring at least 88 days after the date upon which the resolution calling the election was adopted.
Cal. GOV § 53226.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1.7 / Section 53226.1
Section 53226.1
Status: in_force

The legislative body of any district electing to adopt by resolution the procedures in this chapter shall, prior to an election of officers of the districts, prescribe the amounts of officials’ bonds of the officers of the district.
Cal. GOV § 51017.2 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 5.5 / Section 51017.2
Section 51017.2
Status: in_force

(a) With advice from the Pipeline Safety Advisory Committee, the State Water Resources Control Board, the California regional water quality control boards, and local water purveyors, the State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations for wellhead protection plans that provide guidelines to be used by the pipeline operator as specified in Section 51017.1 to protect the public drinking water well from contamination should a pipeline rupture or leak pose a significant threat to a public drinking water well, taking into account the nature of the fuel and its ability to migrate to a public drinking water well. The regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal shall require each plan to contain adequate and effective measures that are technologically feasible, practical, and operationally sound that protect public drinking water wells. At a minimum, the wellhead protection plan shall contain the following:

(1) Operational activities that provide the pipeline operator with sufficient information to adequately ensure the integrity of the pipeline. These may include internal inspection or evaluation tools (smart pigs), substructure excavation (potholing), well monitoring, additional or more frequent pressure tests, cathodic protection surveys or visual inspections, or other technologies as appropriate.

(2) Response measures that will enhance the pipeline operator’s response to an emergency, such as a pipeline rupture, fire, earthquake, or flood. These measures may include activities, such as additional training for operator staff or improved coordination with emergency response agencies.

(b) At least once every five years, the State Fire Marshal, with the advice of the Pipeline Safety Advisory Committee, the State Water Resources Control Board, the California regional water quality control boards, and local water purveyors, shall review the regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) to determine if new measures that have been proven to be technologically feasible, practical, and operationally sound should be included in the regulations. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt new regulations if such new measures are identified.
Cal. CIV § 1946 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1946
Section 1946
Status: in_force

(a) A hiring of real property, 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 that party’s intention to terminate the same, at least as long before the expiration thereof as the term of the hiring itself, not exceeding 30 days; provided, however, that as to tenancies from month to month either of the parties may terminate the same by giving at least 30 days’ written notice thereof at any time and the rent shall be due and payable to and including the date of termination. It shall be competent for the parties to provide by an agreement at the time the tenancy is created that a notice of the intention to terminate the same may be given at any time not less than seven days before the expiration of the term thereof. The notice herein required 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 addressed to the other party. In addition, the lessee may give the notice by sending a copy by certified or registered mail addressed to the agent of the lessor to whom the lessee has paid the rent for the month prior to the date of the notice or by delivering a copy to the agent personally. The notice given by the lessor shall also 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.”

(b) 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.
Cal. GOV § 54701.4 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.3 / Article 2 / Section 54701.4
Section 54701.4
Status: in_force

A local agency may retain engineers, architects, accountants, financial consultants, bond counsel, or other services as may be necessary in the judgment of the legislative body for the construction or financing of construction of rental housing for employees.
Cal. GOV § 57527 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 5 / Chapter 9 / Section 57527
Section 57527
Status: in_force

No inhabitant, property owner, taxpayer, consumer, or user within the territory of a merged district shall be entitled to either of the following:

(a) All or any part, or to any payment on account of the moneys or funds, including cash on hand and moneys due but uncollected, and any property, real or personal, of the merged district.

(b) Any refund by reason of any taxes, assessments, service charges, rentals, or rates collected prior to the effective date of merger.
Cal. GOV § 50069 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 3.1 / Section 50069
Section 50069
Status: in_force

Any resolution providing for the levy of assessments for payment of debt service on bond debt or notes, or for the long-term maintenance of natural habitat, or any hearings upon the formation of a district, or upon the levy of annual assessments after formation of a district shall be concluded and any resolution confirming a diagram and an assessment shall be adopted not later than either of the following dates:

(a) July 1 of the fiscal year during which the assessments are to be collected on the county assessment roll.

(b) A later date, not beyond the third Monday in August, that the county auditor authorizes.
Cal. CIV § 887.010 — California Code / Code civ / Division 2 / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / Section 887.010
Section 887.010
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, “easement” means a burden or servitude upon land, whether or not attached to other land as an incident or appurtenance, that allows the holder of the burden or servitude to do acts upon the land.
Cal. GOV § 53313.7 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 1 / Section 53313.7
Section 53313.7
Status: in_force

(a) Upon making the findings pursuant to Section 53313.6, the legislative body may, with the concurrence of the legislative body which levied the property tax described in subdivision (a) of Section 53313.6, by ordinance, determine that the total annual amount of ad valorem property tax revenue due from parcels within the proposed community facilities district, for purposes of paying principal and interest on the debt identified in Section 53313.6, shall not be increased after the date on which the resolution of formation for the community facilities district is adopted, or after a later date determined by the legislative body creating the community facilities district with the concurrence of the legislative body which levied the property tax in question.

(b) The legislative body may, by ordinance, with the concurrence of the legislative body that levied the property tax described in subdivision (a) of Section 53313.6, determine to cease and eliminate the freeze on property tax revenue established pursuant to subdivision (a), upon determining that the community facilities district’s special tax or portion thereof levied on the parcels in question to pay for the capital facilities specified in subdivision (b) of Section 53313.6 shall cease to be levied and collected.
Cal. GOV § 54384 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 3 / Section 54384
Section 54384
Status: in_force

The resolution shall state that the bonds are to be revenue bonds, payable exclusively from the revenues of the enterprise and from such of the other funds referred to in Section 54478 as shall be specified in the resolution, and the resolution shall also state that the bonds are not to be secured by the taxing power of the local agency.
Cal. GOV § 50665.6 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 50665.6
Section 50665.6
Status: in_force

The initiating resolution shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the local agency. If there is no such newspaper, it shall be posted in a public place within the jurisdiction of the local agency.
Cal. GOV § 51519 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 51519
Section 51519
Status: in_force

When a county charter permits and the county consents, a city governed under general laws or charter permitting the discharge of certain city functions by county officers and which is situated within the county may provide for the consolidation of other county and city offices and the assumption and discharge of the functions of the city by the county officers.
Cal. GOV § 53398.88 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.99 / Article 4 / Section 53398.88
Section 53398.88
Status: in_force

(a) Every two years after the issuance of debt pursuant to Section 53398.77, the district shall contract for an independent financial and performance audit. The audit shall be conducted according to guidelines established by the Controller. A copy of the completed audit shall be provided to the Controller, the Director of Finance, and to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.

(b) Upon the request of the Governor or of the Legislature, the Bureau of State Audits shall be authorized to conduct financial and performance audits of districts. The results of the audits shall be provided to the district, the Controller, the Director of Finance, and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
Cal. GOV § 51921 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 51921
Section 51921
Status: in_force

The charter commissioners shall propose a charter for the government of the City-County of Sacramento. The charter so prepared shall be signed by a majority of the charter commissioners and shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the largest city and in the office of the county clerk. The legislative body of the county shall, within 15 days after such filing, cause such charter to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the county and in each edition thereof, during the day of publication.