Cal. CIV § 1947.7 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1947.7
Section 1947.7
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the operation of local rent stabilization programs can be complex and that disputes often arise with regard to standards of compliance with the regulatory processes of those programs. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to limit the imposition of penalties and sanctions against an owner of residential rental units where that person has attempted in good faith to fully comply with the regulatory processes.

(b) An owner of a residential rental unit who is in substantial compliance with an ordinance or charter that controls or establishes a system of controls on the price at which residential rental units may be offered for rent or lease and which requires the registration of rents, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, shall not be assessed a penalty or any other sanction for noncompliance with the ordinance, charter, or regulation.

Restitution to the tenant or recovery of the registration or filing fees due to the local agency shall be the exclusive remedies which may be imposed against an owner of a residential rental unit who is in substantial compliance with the ordinance, charter, or regulation.

“Substantial compliance,” as used in this subdivision, means that the owner of a residential rental unit has made a good faith attempt to comply with the ordinance, charter, or regulation sufficient to reasonably carry out the intent and purpose of the ordinance, charter, or regulation, but is not in full compliance, and has, after receiving notice of a deficiency from the local agency, cured the defect in a timely manner, as reasonably determined by the local agency.

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

(c) For any residential unit which has been registered and for which a base rent has been listed or for any residential unit which an owner can show, by a preponderance of the evidence, a good faith attempt to comply with the registration requirements or who was exempt from registration requirements in a previous version of the ordinance or charter and for which the owner of that residential unit has subsequently found not to have been in compliance with the ordinance, charter, or regulation, all annual rent adjustments which may have been denied during the period of the owner’s noncompliance shall be restored prospectively once the owner is in compliance with the ordinance, charter, or regulation.

(d) In those jurisdictions where, prior to January 1, 1990, the local ordinance did not allow the restoration of annual rent adjustment, once the owner is in compliance with this section the local agency may phase in any increase in rent caused by the restoration of the annual rent adjustments that is in excess of 20 percent over the rent previously paid by the tenant, in equal installments over three years, if the tenant demonstrates undue financial hardship due to the restoration of the full annual rent adjustments. This subdivision shall remain operative only until January 1, 1993, unless a later enacted statute which is chaptered by January 1, 1993, deletes or extends that date.

(e) For purposes of this subdivision, an owner shall be deemed in compliance with the ordinance, charter, or regulation if he or she is in substantial compliance with the applicable local rental registration requirements and applicable local and state housing code provisions, has paid all fees and penalties owed to the local agency which have not otherwise been barred by the applicable statute of limitations, and has satisfied all claims for refunds of rental overcharges brought by tenants or by the local rent control board on behalf of tenants of the affected unit.

(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant to any public entity any power which it does not possess independent of this section to control or establish a system of control on the price at which accommodations may be offered for rent or lease, or to diminish any power to do so which that public entity may possess, except as specifically provided in this section.

(g) In those jurisdictions where an ordinance or charter controls, or establishes a system of controls on, the price at which residential rental units may be offered for rent or lease and requires the periodic registration of rents, and where, for purposes of compliance with subdivision (e) of Section 1954.53, the local agency requires an owner to provide the name of a present or former tenant, the tenant’s name and any additional information provided concerning the tenant, is confidential and shall be treated as confidential information within the meaning of the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of this part). A local agency shall, to the extent required by this subdivision, be considered an “agency” as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1798.3. For purposes of compliance with subdivision (e) of Section 1954.53, a local agency subject to this subdivision may request, but shall not compel, an owner to provide any information regarding a tenant other than the tenant’s name.
Cal. GOV § 53077.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 53077.5
Section 53077.5
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meaning:

(1) “Charge” means any fee or other impost, including, but not limited to, a financial requirement to pay a percentage of any revenues received for an organized activity held on, or involving the use of, a public beach or recreation area.

(2) “Group” means an assemblage of persons of unspecified age who share a singularity of purpose or affiliation that is manifested in joint activity, and who may be formally organized or may produce revenue from their activities.

(3) “Organized camp” has the same meaning as defined in Section 18897 of the Health and Safety Code.

(4) “Public beach or recreation area” means a beach area or an open-space recreational area that is owned or operated by a state or local agency.

(5) “Youth group” means an organization that serves youth 18 years of age or younger, including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, the YMCA, Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs, 4H Programs, or any organization that operates an organized camp.

(b) No state or local agency shall adopt or enforce any ordinance, regulation, or other law that requires a youth group to pay a charge in excess of any charge that is imposed on a group composed of a similar number of persons for the use of, or for access to, a public beach or recreation area, or that requires a youth group to obtain a permit for that use or access unless such a group is also required to obtain a permit.

(c) This section shall not be construed to do either of the following:

(1) Prohibit a state or local agency from providing free or lower cost use of, or access to, a public beach or recreation area to any nonprofit group, school, or program operated by a governmental agency.

(2) Except as specified in subdivision (d), limit the ability of a state or local agency to restrict the use of, or access to, a public beach or recreation area if the restriction applies equally to all groups composed of the same number of persons.

(d) Nothing in this section prohibits the imposition of special fees imposed on groups requesting special services or facilities, or groups conducting activities beyond the normal scope of activities or operations at a public beach or recreation area.
Cal. GOV § 50745 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 2 / Section 50745
Section 50745
Status: in_force

Interest on bonds may be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds during the actual construction of any project for the acquisition, construction or completion of which the bonds have been issued, and for a period of not to exceed two (2) years thereafter as provided for in the indenture.
Cal. GOV § 53178 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1.5 / Article 1 / Section 53178
Section 53178
Status: in_force

Division 4 (commencing with Section 2800) of the Streets and Highways Code does not apply to proceedings taken under or in conjunction with this chapter.
Cal. GOV § 53064 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 53064
Section 53064
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the event there are two or more identical lowest or highest bids, as the case may be, submitted to a local agency for the purchase, sale, or lease of real property, supplies, materials, equipment, services, bonds, or the awarding of any contract, pursuant to a provision requiring competitive bidding, the local agency may determine by lot which bid shall be accepted. “Local agency” shall include any city, county, city and county, or public district.
Cal. GOV § 56016 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 56016
Section 56016
Status: in_force

“Agricultural lands” means land currently used for the purpose of producing an agricultural commodity for commercial purposes, land left fallow under a crop rotational program, or land enrolled in an agricultural subsidy or set-aside program.
Cal. GOV § 53508 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 4.5 / Section 53508
Section 53508
Status: in_force

The resolution authorizing any bonds or any issue of bonds may provide for any of the following:

(a) The form of the bonds to be issued as serial bonds, or sinking fund bonds, with serial or term maturities, or any combination thereof.

(b) The number of series in which the bonds are to be issued.

(c) The form of the bonds as coupon, registered, or book entry.

(d) The interest on the bonds, either fixed or variable, and the interest rate or rates, payable at the times and in the manner specified therein, and whether all or part of any series of the bonds shall be issued as zero coupon or capital appreciation bonds; provided, however, that under no conditions may the annual interest rate, whether fixed or variable, exceed the maximum rate permitted by Section 53531 or 53532.

(e) The time, medium, and place or places of payment.

(f) The time or times of maturity of the bonds, not exceeding 40 years from their respective dates.

(g) The date or dates to be borne by the bonds of each series.

(h) The denomination of the bonds.

(i) The registration and conversion privileges of the bonds.

(j) The manner in which the bonds are to be executed.

(k) The terms of redemption, with or without premium.

(l) Other terms and conditions of the bonds and of their execution, issuance, and sale deemed necessary and appropriate by the legislative body.
Cal. GOV § 50959 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4.5 / Article 3 / Section 50959
Section 50959
Status: in_force

(a) The award system shall be funded by contributions paid by contracting departments and income from the fund. The award system is a noncontributory system, and no contributions shall be required from members of the award system.

(b) As determined by actuarial valuation reported to the contracting department by the award system, each contracting department shall make contributions annually, not later than October 1 of each year, sufficient to meet the prescribed amount with respect to volunteers of the contracting department, in accordance with the conditions provided in its contract under the award system.

(c) Contributions of all contracting departments shall be applied by the board during each fiscal year to meet the obligations of all departments collectively, pursuant to the following order:

(1) In an amount equal to the liabilities accruing on account of awards payable on account of current service.

(2) The balance of contributions on any other liability incurred under this chapter.
Cal. GOV § 53176 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1.5 / Article 1 / Section 53176
Section 53176
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes. No inadvertent error, irregularity, informality, or the inadvertent neglect or omission of any officer, in any procedure taken under this chapter, other than fraud, shall void or invalidate that proceeding, any levy imposed to finance the cost of a public facility, or any reimbursement agreement.
Cal. GOV § 53506.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 4.5 / Section 53506.5
Section 53506.5
Status: in_force

This article shall be liberally construed to promote its objectives. If inconsistent with any other law, this article shall be controlling.
Cal. GOV § 50230 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 50230
Section 50230
Status: in_force

As used in this article:

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

(b) “Legislative body” means the legislative body of a local agency.

(c) “Superintendent” means street superintendent, his assistants and deputies, or other public officer designated by the legislative body to perform the duties imposed by this article upon the superintendent.

(d) “Abandoned excavation” means any abandoned mining shaft, pit, well, septic tank, cesspool, or other abandoned excavation dangerous to persons legally on the premises where the abandoned excavation is located or to minors under the age of 12 years; and any facilities or equipment used in connection with drilling oil, mining or exploring for minerals or diatomaceous soil which have been abandoned and which constitute a hazard endangering the safety and welfare of the people.
Cal. GOV § 50271 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 11 / Section 50271
Section 50271
Status: in_force

(a) When the mayor is unable to attend a meeting of a city selection committee, the mayor shall designate another member of the city’s legislative body to attend and vote at the meeting as the mayor’s representative.

(b) For the city selection committee in the County of Los Angeles, the following shall apply when the mayor or the mayor’s designated member is unable to attend a meeting of the city selection committee:

(1) The vice mayor or mayor pro tempore shall serve as the voting member and shall be entitled to one vote.

(2) (A) In the absence of the mayor and the vice mayor or mayor pro tempore, the next ranking council member shall serve as the voting member and shall be entitled to one vote.

(B) The ranking council member shall be determined by seniority of service on the council.
Cal. GOV § 53226.2 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1.7 / Section 53226.2
Section 53226.2
Status: in_force

As an alternative or supplementary to the bonds required by this article, the legislative body may establish a master bond pursuant to Section 1481.
Cal. GOV § 56381.6 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 3 / Section 56381.6
Section 56381.6
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 56381, for counties whose membership on the commission is established pursuant to Sections 56326, 56326.5, 56327, or 56328, the commission’s annual operational costs shall be apportioned among the classes of public agencies that appoint members to the commission in proportion to the number of members appointed by each class. The classes of public agencies that may be represented on the commission are the county, the cities, and independent special districts. Any alternative cost apportionment procedure may be adopted by the commission, subject to a majority affirmative vote of the commission that includes the affirmative vote of at least one of the members appointed by the county, one of the members appointed by the cities, and one of the members appointed by districts, if special districts are represented on the commission.

(b) Allocation of costs among individual cities and independent special districts and remittance of payments shall be in accordance with the procedures of Section 56381. Notwithstanding Section 56381, any city that has permanent membership on the commission pursuant to Sections 56326, 56326.5, 56327, or 56328 shall be apportioned the same percentage of the commission’s annual operational costs as its permanent member bears to the total membership of the commission, excluding any public members selected by all the members. The balance of the cities’ portion of the commission’s annual operational costs shall be apportioned to the remaining cities in the county in accordance with the procedures of Section 56381.
Cal. GOV § 53369.44 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.6 / Article 4 / Section 53369.44
Section 53369.44
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds may be issued only if two-thirds of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor of authorizing the issuance of the bonds.

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

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

(2) The principal amount of the bonds, which shall be consistent with the amount specified in subdivision (b) of Section 53369.41.

(3) The date the bonds will bear.

(4) The date of maturity of the bonds.

(5) The denomination of the bonds.

(6) The form of the bonds.

(7) The manner of execution of the bonds.

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

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

(10) The terms of call or redemption, with or without premium.
Cal. PEN § 954 — California Code / Code pen / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 954
Section 954
Status: in_force

An accusatory pleading may charge two or more different offenses connected together in their commission, or different statements of the same offense or two or more different offenses of the same class of crimes or offenses, under separate counts, and if two or more accusatory pleadings are filed in such cases in the same court, the court may order them to be consolidated. The prosecution is not required to elect between the different offenses or counts set forth in the accusatory pleading, but the defendant may be convicted of any number of the offenses charged, and each offense of which the defendant is convicted must be stated in the verdict or the finding of the court; provided, that the court in which a case is triable, in the interests of justice and for good cause shown, may in its discretion order that the different offenses or counts set forth in the accusatory pleading be tried separately or divided into two or more groups and each of said groups tried separately. An acquittal of one or more counts shall not be deemed an acquittal of any other count.
Cal. PEN § 4532 — California Code / Code pen / Part 3 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 4532
Section 4532
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Every prisoner arrested and booked for, charged with, or convicted of a misdemeanor, and every person committed under the terms of Section 5654, 5656, or 5677 of the Welfare and Institutions Code as an inebriate, who is confined in any county or city jail, prison, industrial farm, or industrial road camp, is engaged on any county road or other county work, is in the lawful custody of any officer or person, is employed or continuing in his or her regular educational program or authorized to secure employment or education away from the place of confinement, pursuant to the Cobey Work Furlough Law (Section 1208), is authorized for temporary release for family emergencies or for purposes preparatory to his or her return to the community pursuant to Section 4018.6, or is a participant in a home detention program pursuant to Section 1203.016, 1203.017, or 1203.018, and who thereafter escapes or attempts to escape from the county or city jail, prison, industrial farm, or industrial road camp or from the custody of the officer or person in charge of him or her while engaged in or going to or returning from the county work or from the custody of any officer or person in whose lawful custody he or she is, or from the place of confinement in a home detention program pursuant to Section 1203.016, 1203.017, or 1203.018 is guilty of a felony and, if the escape or attempt to escape was not by force or violence, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a determinate term of one year and one day, or in a county jail not exceeding one year.

(2) If the escape or attempt to escape described in paragraph (1) is committed by force or violence, the person is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for two, four, or six years to be served consecutively, or in a county jail not exceeding one year. When the second term of imprisonment is to be served in a county jail, it shall commence from the time the prisoner otherwise would have been discharged from jail.

(3) A conviction of a violation of this subdivision, or a violation of subdivision (b) involving a participant of a home detention program pursuant to Section 1203.016, 1203.017, or 1203.018 that is not committed by force or violence, shall not be charged as a prior felony conviction in any subsequent prosecution for a public offense.

(b) (1) Every prisoner arrested and booked for, charged with, or convicted of a felony, and every person committed by order of the juvenile court, who is confined in any county or city jail, prison, industrial farm, or industrial road camp, is engaged on any county road or other county work, is in the lawful custody of any officer or person, or is confined pursuant to Section 4011.9, is a participant in a home detention program pursuant to Section 1203.016, 1203.017, or 1203.018 who escapes or attempts to escape from a county or city jail, prison, industrial farm, or industrial road camp or from the custody of the officer or person in charge of him or her while engaged in or going to or returning from the county work or from the custody of any officer or person in whose lawful custody he or she is, or from confinement pursuant to Section 4011.9, or from the place of confinement in a home detention program pursuant to Section 1203.016, is guilty of a felony and, if the escape or attempt to escape was not by force or violence, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, two years, or three years, to be served consecutively, or in a county jail not exceeding one year.

(2) If the escape or attempt to escape described in paragraph (1) is committed by force or violence, the person is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for a full term of two, four, or six years to be served consecutively to any other term of imprisonment, commencing from the time the person otherwise would have been released from imprisonment and the term shall not be subject to reduction pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1170.1, or in a county jail for a consecutive term not to exceed one year, that term to commence from the time the prisoner otherwise would have been discharged from jail.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, every inmate who is a participant in an alternative custody program pursuant to Section 1170.05 who escapes or attempts to escape from the program is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(d) (1) Except in unusual cases where the interests of justice would best be served if the person is granted probation, probation shall not be granted to any person who is convicted of a felony offense under this section in that he or she escaped or attempted to escape from a secure main jail facility, from a court building, or while being transported between the court building and the jail facility.

(2) In any case in which a person is convicted of a violation of this section designated as a misdemeanor, he or she shall be confined in a county jail for not less than 90 days nor more than one year except in unusual cases where the interests of justice would best be served by the granting of probation.

(3) For the purposes of this subdivision, “main jail facility” means the facility used for the detention of persons pending arraignment, after arraignment, during trial, and upon sentence or commitment. The facility shall not include an industrial farm, industrial road camp, work furlough facility, or any other nonsecure facility used primarily for sentenced prisoners. As used in this subdivision, “secure” means that the facility contains an outer perimeter characterized by the use of physically restricting construction, hardware, and procedures designed to eliminate ingress and egress from the facility except through a closely supervised gate or doorway.

(4) If the court grants probation under this subdivision, it shall specify the reason or reasons for that order on the court record.

(5) Any sentence imposed under this subdivision shall be served consecutive to any other sentence in effect or pending.

(e) The willful failure of a prisoner, whether convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor, to return to his or her place of confinement no later than the expiration of the period that he or she was authorized to be away from that place of confinement, is an escape from that place of confinement. This subdivision applies to a prisoner who is employed or continuing in his or her regular educational program, authorized to secure employment or education pursuant to the Cobey Work Furlough Law (Section 1208), authorized for temporary release for family emergencies or for purposes preparatory to his or her return to the community pursuant to Section 4018.6, or permitted to participate in a home detention program pursuant to Section 1203.016, 1203.017, or 1203.018. A prisoner convicted of a misdemeanor who willfully fails to return to his or her place of confinement under this subdivision shall be punished as provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a). A prisoner convicted of a felony who willfully fails to return to his or her place of confinement shall be punished as provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b).
Cal. GOV § 53859.02 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 7.7 / Section 53859.02
Section 53859.02
Status: in_force

(a) A local agency may borrow money pursuant to this article, the indebtedness to be represented by a grant anticipation note or notes issued to the lender pursuant to this article. The money borrowed may be used and expended by the local agency solely for the purpose for which the grant or loan is to be received.

(b) Proceeds of sales or funds set aside for the repayment of any notes issued pursuant to this article shall not be invested for a term that exceeds the term of the notes.
Cal. GOV § 50870 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 50870
Section 50870
Status: in_force

When a member has attained age 60 and has served in the fire department for twenty years, or more, in the aggregate, the board may order him retired from further service. From the date of the order the service of the member in the fire department ceases and, during his lifetime, he shall be paid from the fund an annual pension equal to one-half of the annual salary attached to the rank he held for one year next preceding retirement.
Cal. GOV § 55054 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 55054
Section 55054
Status: in_force

The legislative body may reject any and all bids.
Cal. GOV § 54404 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 54404
Section 54404
Status: in_force

The bonds are not subject to call or redemption prior to their fixed maturity date unless the right to exercise a call is expressly stated on the face of the bonds.
Cal. GOV § 53866 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 8 / Section 53866
Section 53866
Status: in_force

If after public notice the lien or property cannot be sold for that total, the legislative body may by a four-fifths vote sell the lien or property for the best price obtainable.
Cal. GOV § 50023 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 50023
Section 50023
Status: in_force

The legislative body of a local agency, directly or through a representative, may attend the Legislature and Congress, and any committees thereof, and present information to aid the passage of legislation which the legislative body deems beneficial to the local agency or to prevent the passage of legislation which the legislative body deems detrimental to the local agency. The legislative body of a local agency, directly or through a representative, may meet with representatives of executive or administrative agencies of state, federal, or local government to present information requesting action which the legislative body deems beneficial to, or opposing action deemed detrimental to, such local agency. The cost and expense incident thereto are proper charges against the local agency.
Cal. GOV § 51007 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 51007
Section 51007
Status: in_force

The court shall determine the location of the boundary line by courses and distances or by giving such other definite description as is necessary or desirable.
Cal. GOV § 53982 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 17 / Section 53982
Section 53982
Status: in_force

An action to determine the validity of any resolution, ordinance, agreement, or method of financing authorized or undertaken pursuant to this article or Article 18 (commencing with Section 53990) may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Cal. CIV § 883.270 — California Code / Code civ / Division 2 / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 883.270
Section 883.270
Status: in_force

Subject to Section 880.370 (grace period for recording notice), this article applies to all mineral rights, whether executed or recorded before, on, or after January 1, 1985.
Cal. GOV § 53311.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 1 / Section 53311.5
Section 53311.5
Status: in_force

This chapter provides an alternative method of financing certain public capital facilities and services, especially in developing areas and areas undergoing rehabilitation. The provisions of this chapter shall not affect or limit any other provisions of law authorizing or providing for the furnishing of governmental facilities or services or the raising of revenue for these purposes. A local government may use the provisions of this chapter instead of any other method of financing part or all of the cost of providing the authorized kinds of capital facilities and services.
Cal. GOV § 51012.4 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 5.5 / Section 51012.4
Section 51012.4
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, including, but not limited to, Section 51012.3, each pipeline operator shall file with the State Fire Marshal, on or before July 1, 2000, an inspection, maintenance, improvement, or replacement assessment for the following:

(1) Any pipeline or pipeline segments built before January 1, 1960.

(2) Any pipeline installed on or after January 1, 1960, for which regular internal inspections cannot be conducted, or which shows diminished integrity due to corrosion or inadequate cathodic protection.

(b) When preparing any assessment required by subdivision (a), the operator shall give priority to older pipelines located in densely populated areas, pipelines with a high-leak history, pipelines located near existing seismic fault lines, or, pipelines in areas with identified ground formations.

(c) On or before January 1, 1998, the State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the Pipeline Safety Advisory Committee and pipeline operators, shall establish evaluation criteria for use by a pipeline operator when conducting any assessment required by subdivision (a).

(d) A pipeline inspection, maintenance, improvement, or replacement assessment developed pursuant to this section may incorporate any information on regulatory requirements or existing public policies that could act as barriers to the inspection, maintenance, improvement, or replacement of pipelines, including, but not limited to, findings from the studies required pursuant to Section 51015.05.

(e) Nothing in this section is intended to require the replacement of a pipeline.
Cal. GOV § 54982 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 54982
Section 54982
Status: in_force

(a) Any agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter shall be for valuable consideration, except as provided in subdivision (b).

(b) (1) A city that provides law enforcement services through its appropriate departments, boards, commissions, officers, or employees to another city pursuant to a contract or any other agreement authorized by this chapter shall charge that city all the costs that are incurred in providing those law enforcement services, but shall not include any costs that the city providing the services reasonably determines are general overhead costs.

(2) For purposes of this section, “general overhead costs” means those costs that a city would incur regardless of whether or not it provided law enforcement services pursuant to a contract or agreement to the other city.

(3) Any determination of general overhead costs made by a city providing law enforcement services shall be subject to judicial review as to the reasonableness of that determination.

(4) This subdivision shall only apply to contracts or agreements entered into, or renewed, on and after January 1, 2017.
Cal. GOV § 51914 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 51914
Section 51914
Status: in_force

“County” means the County of Sacramento.
Cal. GOV § 53356.8 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 5 / Section 53356.8
Section 53356.8
Status: in_force

Provided the legislative body permits bonds or debt to be tendered for special taxes and the penalties and interest thereon pursuant to Section 53344.1, if the highest bid for a lot or parcel sold pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and order of sale exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000) and the highest bidder elects to treat the sale as a credit transaction pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 701.590 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the balance due as provided in that section may be paid in full or in part by tender of bonds or debt, provided, however, that bonds or debt may not be tendered for costs of foreclosure, including attorney’s fees, and administrative charges incurred by the local agency with respect to removing the special taxes from the rolls of the treasurer or tax collector, or other administrative charges.

(a) Tender of bonds or debt shall be made to the local agency within seven days of the date of the sale. The local agency shall be charged with authenticating the tender and shall, within 10 days of the date of the sale, submit a written receipt to the levying officer who conducted the sale for the amount of the bond or debt tender accepted by it.

(b) Tender of cash or certified check or cashier’s check shall be made to the levying officer within 10 days of the date of the sale.

(c) The levying officer shall total the cash, certified checks and cashier’s checks, and any agency written receipts for bonds or debt to determine if the amount of the bid, plus accruing costs and interests, has been paid. In no event shall the tendering party be entitled to receive cash or other compensation in return for all or any part of the value of a tendered bond or bonds, except for recognition of their value in satisfying the amount bid.

(d) The tendering party shall comply with the provisions of Section 53344.1, as applicable as if they were fully set out in this section.
Cal. GOV § 51035 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.1 / Section 51035
Section 51035
Status: in_force

(a) A city, county, or city and county shall not prohibit a cottage food operation, as defined in Section 113758 of the Health and Safety Code, in any residential dwellings, but shall do one of the following:

(1) Classify a cottage food operation as a permitted use of residential property for zoning purposes.

(2) Grant a nondiscretionary permit to use a residence as any cottage food operation that complies with local ordinances prescribing reasonable standards, restrictions, and requirements concerning spacing and concentration, traffic control, parking, and noise control relating to those homes. Any noise standards shall be consistent with local noise ordinances implementing the noise element of the general plan. The permit issued pursuant to this paragraph shall be granted by the zoning administrator, or if there is no zoning administrator, by the person or persons designated by the planning agency to grant these permits, upon the certification without a hearing.

(3) Require any cottage food operation to apply for a permit to use a residence for its operation. The zoning administrator, or if there is no zoning administrator, the person or persons designated by the planning agency to handle the use permits, shall review and decide the applications. The use permit shall be granted if the cottage food operation complies with local ordinances, if any, prescribing reasonable standards, restrictions, and requirements concerning the following factors: spacing and concentration, traffic control, parking, and noise control relating to those homes. Any noise standards shall be consistent with local noise ordinances implementing the noise element of the general plan. The local government shall process any required permit as economically as possible. Fees charged for review shall not exceed the costs of the review and permit process. An applicant may request a verification of fees, and the city, county, or city and county shall provide the applicant with a written breakdown within 45 days of the request. The application form for cottage food operation permits shall include a statement of the applicant’s right to request the written fee verification.

(b) In connection with any action taken pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (a), a city, county, or city and county shall do all of the following:

(1) Upon the request of an applicant, provide a list of the permits and fees that are required by the city, county, or city and county, including information about other permits that may be required by other departments in the city, county, or city and county, or by other public agencies. The city, county, or city and county shall, upon request of any applicant, also provide information about the anticipated length of time for reviewing and processing the permit application.

(2) Upon the request of an applicant, provide information on the breakdown of any individual fees charged in connection with the issuance of the permit.

(3) If a deposit is required to cover the cost of the permit, provide information to the applicant about the estimated final cost to the applicant of the permit, and procedures for receiving a refund from the portion of the deposit not used.

(c) Use of a residence for the purposes of a cottage food operation shall not constitute a change of occupancy for purposes of the State Housing Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code), or for purposes of local building and fire codes.

(d) Cottage food operations shall be considered residences for the purposes of the State Uniform Building Standards Code and local building and fire codes.
Cal. CIV § 1985 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 5 / Section 1985
Section 1985
Status: in_force

A notice which is in substantially the following form given to a person (other than the former tenant) the landlord reasonably believes to be the owner of personal property satisfies the requirements of Section 1983:

Notice of Right to Reclaim Abandoned Property

To:  (Name)

(Address)
When  (name of former tenant)  vacated the premises at

(address of premises, including room or apartment number, if any)  ,
the following personal property remained:
(insert description of the personal property)
If you own any of this property, you may claim it at
(address where property may be claimed).

If you claim this property by ____ (insert date not less than 2 days after the former tenant vacated the premises), you may minimize the costs of storage.

If you fail to claim this property by ____ (insert date not less than 2 days after the former tenant vacated the premises), unless you pay the landlord’s reasonable cost of storage and take possession of the property to which you are entitled not later than ___________________ (insert date not less than 15 days after notice is personally delivered or, if mailed, not less than 18 days after notice is deposited in the mail) this property may be disposed of pursuant to Civil Code Section 1988.
Dated: _______ (Signature of landlord)

(Type or print name of landlord)

(Telephone number)

(Address)
Cal. CIV § 1954.205 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 2.5 / Section 1954.205
Section 1954.205
Status: in_force

(a) As part of the regular bill for water service, a landlord shall only bill a tenant for the following water service:

(1) A charge for volumetric usage, which may be calculated in any the following ways:

(A) The amount shall be calculated by first determining the proportion of the tenant’s usage, as shown by the submeter, to the total usage as shown by the water purveyor’s billing. The dollar amount billed to the tenant for usage shall be in that same proportion to the dollar amount for usage shown by the water purveyor’s billing.

(B) If the water purveyor charges for volumetric usage based on a tiered rate schedule, the landlord may calculate the charge for a tenant’s volumetric usage as described in subparagraph (A) or the landlord may instead divide each tier’s volume evenly among the number of dwelling units, and the rate applicable to each block shall be applied to the consumption recorded for each dwelling unit.

(C) If the water purveyor charges the property rates on a per-dwelling unit basis, the tenants may be charged at those exact per unit rates.

(2) Any recurring fixed charge for water service billed to the property by the water purveyors that, at the landlord’s discretion, shall be calculated by either of the following:

(A) The tenant’s proportion of the total fixed charges charged to the property. The tenant’s proportion shall be based on the percentage of the tenant’s volumetric water use in relation to the total volumetric water use of the entire property, as shown on the property’s water bill during that period.

(B) Dividing the total fixed charges charged to the property equally among the total number of residential units and nonresidential units at the property.

(3) A billing, administrative, or other fee for the landlord’s and billing agent’s costs, which shall be the lesser of an amount not to exceed four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75), as adjusted pursuant to this paragraph or 25 percent of the amount billed pursuant to paragraph (1). Beginning January 1, 2018, the maximum fee authorized by this paragraph may be adjusted each calendar year by the landlord, no higher than a commensurate increase in the Consumer Price Index based on a California fiscal year average for the previous fiscal year, for all urban consumers, as determined by the Department of Finance.

(4) A late charge as assessed pursuant to Section 1954.213.

(b) If a submeter reading for the beginning or end of a billing period is, in good faith, not available, the landlord shall bill the tenant according to Section 1954.212.

(c) This section does not prohibit a landlord or the landlord’s billing agent from including any other lawful charges, including, but not limited to, rent, on the same bill.
Cal. CIV § 1939.09 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 1.5 / Section 1939.09
Section 1939.09
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a damage waiver shall provide or, if not expressly stated in writing, shall be deemed to provide that the renter has no liability for damage, loss, loss of use, or a cost or expense incident thereto.

(2) Except as provided in subdivision (b), every limitation, exception, or exclusion to a damage waiver is void and unenforceable.

(b) A rental company may provide in the rental contract that a damage waiver does not apply under any of the following circumstances:

(1) Damage or loss results from an authorized driver’s (A) intentional, willful, wanton, or reckless conduct, (B) operation of the vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol in violation of Section 23152 of the Vehicle Code, (C) towing or pushing anything, or (D) operation of the vehicle on an unpaved road if the damage or loss is a direct result of the road or driving conditions.

(2) Damage or loss occurs while the vehicle is (A) used for commercial hire, (B) used in connection with conduct that could be properly charged as a felony, (C) involved in a speed test or contest or in driver training activity, (D) operated by a person other than an authorized driver, or (E) operated outside the United States.

(3) An authorized driver who has (A) provided fraudulent information to the rental company, or (B) provided false information and the rental company would not have rented the vehicle if it had instead received true information.

(c) (1) A rental company that offers or provides a damage waiver for any consideration in addition to the rental rate shall clearly and conspicuously disclose the following information in the rental contract or holder in which the contract is placed and, also, in signs posted at the location where the renter signs the rental contract, and, for renters who are enrolled in the rental company’s membership program, in a sign that shall be posted in a location clearly visible to those renters as they enter the location where their reserved rental vehicles are parked or near the exit of the bus or other conveyance that transports the enrollee to a reserved vehicle: (A) the nature of the renter’s liability, such as liability for all collision damage regardless of cause, (B) the extent of the renter’s liability, such as liability for damage or loss up to a specified amount, (C) the renter’s personal insurance policy or the credit card used to pay for the vehicle rental transaction may provide coverage for all or a portion of the renter’s potential liability, (D) the renter should consult with their insurer to determine the scope of insurance coverage, including the amount of the deductible, if any, for which the renter is obligated, (E) the renter may purchase an optional damage waiver to cover all liability, subject to whatever exceptions the rental company expressly lists that are permitted under subdivision (b), and (F) the range of charges for the damage waiver.

(2) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (1), a rental company that offers or provides a damage waiver shall orally disclose to all renters, except those who are participants in the rental company’s membership program, that the damage waiver may be duplicative of coverage that the customer maintains under their own policy of motor vehicle insurance. The renter shall acknowledge receipt of the oral disclosure near that part of the contract where the renter indicates, by the renter’s own initials, their acceptance or declination of the damage waiver. Adjacent to that same part, the contract also shall state that the damage waiver is optional. Further, the contract for these renters shall include a clear and conspicuous written disclosure that the damage waiver may be duplicative of coverage that the customer maintains under their own policy of motor vehicle insurance.

(3) (A) The following is an example, for purposes of illustration and not limitation, of a notice fulfilling the requirements of paragraph (1) for a rental company that imposes liability on the renter for collision damage to the full value of the vehicle:

“NOTICE ABOUT YOUR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND OPTIONAL DAMAGE WAIVER

You are responsible for all collision damage to the rented vehicle even if someone else caused it or the cause is unknown. You are responsible for the cost of repair up to the value of the vehicle, and towing, storage, and impound fees.

Your own insurance, or the issuer of the credit card you use to pay for the vehicle rental transaction, may cover all or part of your financial responsibility for the rented vehicle. You should check with your insurance company, or credit card issuer, to find out about your coverage and the amount of the deductible, if any, for which you may be liable.

Further, if you use a credit card that provides coverage for your potential liability, you should check with the issuer to determine if you must first exhaust the coverage limits of your own insurance before the credit card coverage applies.

The rental company will not hold you responsible if you buy a damage waiver. But a damage waiver will not protect you if (list exceptions).”

(B) When the notice in subparagraph (A) is printed in the rental contract or holder in which the contract is placed, the following shall be printed immediately following the notice:

“The cost of an optional damage waiver is $____ for every (day or week).”

(C) When the notice in subparagraph (A) appears on a sign, the following shall appear immediately adjacent to the notice:

“The cost of an optional damage waiver is $____ to $____ for every (day or week), depending upon the vehicle rented.”

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, a rental company may sell a damage waiver for each full or partial 24-hour rental day for the damage waiver, subject to the following rate limitations:

(1) For rental vehicles that the rental company designates as an “economy car,” “compact car,” “intermediate car,” “standard car,” “full-size car,” or another term having similar meaning to the five smallest body-size categories of vehicles established by the Association of Car Rental Industry Systems Standards for North America when offered for rental, the rate shall not exceed twenty-five dollars ($25).

(2) Starting January 1, 2023, and each January thereafter, the rate cap shall be increased based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) over the previous year as reported by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Cal. CCP § 415.46 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 415.46
Section 415.46
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the service of a summons and complaint in an action for unlawful detainer upon a tenant and subtenant, if any, as prescribed by this article, a prejudgment claim of right to possession may also be served on any person who appears to be or who may claim to have occupied the premises at the time of the filing of the action. Service upon occupants shall be made pursuant to subdivision (c) by serving a copy of a prejudgment claim of right to possession, as specified in subdivision (f), attached to a copy of the summons and complaint at the same time service is made upon the tenant and subtenant, if any.

(b) Service of the prejudgment claim of right to possession in this manner shall be effected by a marshal, sheriff, or registered process server.

(c) (1) When serving the summons and complaint upon a tenant and subtenant, if any, the marshal, sheriff, or registered process server shall make a reasonably diligent effort to ascertain whether there are other adult occupants of the premises who are not named in the summons and complaint by inquiring of the person or persons who are being personally served, or any person of suitable age and discretion who appears to reside upon the premises, whether there are other occupants of the premises.

(2) If the identity of such an occupant is disclosed to the officer or process server and the occupant is present at the premises, the officer or process server shall serve that occupant with a copy of the prejudgment claim of right to possession attached to a copy of the summons and complaint. If personal service cannot be made upon that occupant at that time, service may be effected by leaving a copy of a prejudgment claim of right to possession attached to a copy of the summons and complaint addressed to that occupant with a person of suitable age and discretion at the premises, affixing the same so that it is not readily removable in a conspicuous place on the premises in a manner most likely to give actual notice to that occupant, and sending the same addressed to that occupant by first-class mail.

(3) In addition to the service on an identified occupant, or if no occupant is disclosed to the officer or process server, or if substituted service is made upon the tenant and subtenant, if any, the officer or process server shall serve a prejudgment claim of right to possession for all other persons who may claim to occupy the premises at the time of the filing of the action by leaving a copy of a prejudgment claim of right to possession attached to a copy of the summons and complaint at the premises at the same time service is made upon the tenant and subtenant, if any, affixing the same so that it is not readily removable in a conspicuous place on the premises so that it is likely to give actual notice to an occupant, and sending the same addressed to “all occupants in care of the named tenant” to the premises by first-class mail.

(4) The person serving process shall state the date of service on the prejudgment claim of right to possession form. However, the absence of the date of service on the prejudgment claim of right to possession does not invalidate the claim.

(d) Proof of service under this section shall be filed with the court and shall include a statement that service was made pursuant to this section. Service on occupants in accordance with this section shall not alter or affect service upon the tenant or subtenant, if any.

(e) (1) If an owner or his or her agent has directed and obtained service of a prejudgment claim of right to possession in accordance with this section, no occupant of the premises, whether or not that occupant is named in the judgment for possession, may object to the enforcement of that judgment as prescribed in Section 1174.3.

(2) In any action for unlawful detainer resulting from a foreclosure sale of a rental housing unit pursuant to Section 1161a, paragraph (1) shall not limit the right of any tenant or subtenant of the property to file a prejudgment claim of right of possession pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1174.25 at any time before judgment, or to object to enforcement of a judgment for possession as prescribed in Section 1174.3, regardless of whether the tenant or subtenant was served with a prejudgment claim of right to possession.

(f) The prejudgment claim of right to possession shall be made on the following form:

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NOTICE OF INCOMPLETE TEXT: The Prejudgment Claim of
Right to Possession form appears in the published chaptered
bill. See Sec. 7, Chapter 913 (pp. 73–76), Statutes of 2014.

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Cal. GOV § 51947 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 2 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 51947
Section 51947
Status: in_force

Immediately upon reorganization, all ordinances of the cities and the county shall be deemed repealed. Such repeal shall not discharge any person from any existing civil or criminal liability, nor affect any pending prosecution for violation of any such ordinances, nor affect vested rights created pursuant to said ordinances. The charter may provide that ordinances of any city, reorganized and consolidated, or the county shall remain in effect and shall be applicable throughout the city-county until repealed by the legislative body of the city-county.
Cal. GOV § 55806 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 3 / Chapter 1 / Section 55806
Section 55806
Status: in_force

The authority may provide for the limited tax bonds to bear a variable or fixed interest rate, for the manner and intervals in which the rate shall vary, and for the dates on which the interest shall be payable.
Cal. GOV § 50022.2 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 50022.2
Section 50022.2
Status: in_force

Provided that all the procedures and requirements of this article are complied with, any local agency is hereby authorized to enact any ordinance which adopts any code by reference, in whole or in part; and such primary code, thus adopted, may in turn adopt by reference, in whole or in part, any secondary codes duly described therein. Every primary code which is incorporated in any such adopting ordinance shall be specified in the title of the ordinance. A local agency ordinance may adopt a code, the adoption of which is expressly required or permitted as a condition of compliance with a state statute, by reference without complying with the procedures and requirements of this article.
Cal. GOV § 55088 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 55088
Section 55088
Status: in_force

An amended or supplemental agreement may be entered into prior to the commencement, during the construction, or after the completion of the outfall sewer and conduit.
Cal. GOV § 50730 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3.5 / Article 2 / Section 50730
Section 50730
Status: in_force

An indenture may include a clause providing the events of default and the terms and conditions upon which any or all of the bonds then or thereafter issued may become or be declared due and payable prior to maturity, and the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences may be waived.
Cal. GOV § 53319 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 2 / Section 53319
Section 53319
Status: in_force

A petition requesting the institution of proceedings for the establishment of a community facilities district shall do all of the following:

(a) Request the legislative body to institute proceedings to establish a community facilities district pursuant to this chapter.

(b) Describe the boundaries of the territory that is proposed for inclusion in the district.

(c) State the type or types of facilities and services proposed to be financed by the district, which may include proposals for any additional information specified by Sections 53321, 53325.7, and 53345.

(d) Be signed by not less than 10 percent of the registered voters residing within the territory proposed to be included within the district or by owners of not less than 10 percent of the area of land proposed to be included within the district and not proposed to be exempt from the special tax. If the legislative body finds that the petition is signed by the requisite number of registered voters residing within the territory proposed to be included within the district or by the requisite number of owners of land proposed to be included within the district, that finding shall be final and conclusive.
Cal. GOV § 54775 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.6 / Section 54775
Section 54775
Status: in_force

This chapter does not limit any other law and shall be deemed to provide a complete and supplemental method for exercising the powers authorized by this chapter, and shall be deemed as being supplemental to the powers conferred by other applicable laws. The issuance of bonds, financing, or refinancing under this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any other state laws applicable to the issuance of bonds.
Cal. GOV § 53510 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 53510
Section 53510
Status: in_force

As used in this article “local agency” means county, city, city and county, public district or any public or municipal corporation, public agency or public authority.
Cal. GOV § 53251 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 3 / Section 53251
Section 53251
Status: in_force

The legislative body shall arrange such leaves so as not to impair the efficiency of the department.
Cal. CIV § 887.090 — California Code / Code civ / Division 2 / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / Section 887.090
Section 887.090
Status: in_force

Subject to Sections 880.370 (grace period for recording notice) and 887.020, this chapter applies to all easements, whether executed or recorded before, on, or after January 1, 1986.
Cal. GOV § 56743 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 56743
Section 56743
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding Section 56741, upon approval of the commission a city may annex noncontiguous territory not exceeding 3,100 acres in area, which is located in the same county as that in which the city is situated, and which is owned by the city and is being used for municipal water purposes, wildlife habitat, or sustainable forestry that is subject to an adopted city forest management plan at the time preliminary proceedings are initiated pursuant to this part. If, after the completion of the annexation, the city sells that territory or any part thereof, all of that territory that is no longer owned by the city shall cease to be a part of the city.

(b) If territory is annexed pursuant to this section, the annexing city may not annex any territory not owned by it and not contiguous to it although that territory is contiguous to the territory annexed pursuant to this section.

(c) When territory ceases to be part of a city pursuant to this section, the legislative body of the city shall adopt a resolution confirming the detachment of that territory from the city. The resolution shall describe the detached territory and shall be accompanied by a map indicating the territory. Immediately upon adoption of the resolution, the city clerk shall make any filing provided for by Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 57200) of Part 4.

(d) If territory annexed to a city pursuant to this section becomes contiguous to the city, the limitations imposed by this section shall cease to apply.

(e) If territory is annexed pursuant to this section, it shall be used only for municipal water purposes, wildlife habitat, or sustainable forestry that is subject to an adopted city forest management plan. The city may, however, enter into agreements to lease the land for timber production or grazing by animals. If the territory is used by the city for any other purpose at any time, it shall cease to be a part of the city.

(f) This section applies only to the City of Willits and the City of Arcata.
Cal. CIV § 1954.603 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 2.8 / Section 1954.603
Section 1954.603
Status: in_force

On and after July 1, 2017, prior to creating a new tenancy for a dwelling unit, a landlord shall provide a written notice to the prospective tenant as provided in this section. This notice shall be provided to all other tenants by January 1, 2018. The notice shall be in at least 10-point type and shall include, but is not limited to, the following:

(a) General information about bed bug identification, behavior and biology, the importance of cooperation for prevention and treatment, and the importance of and for prompt written reporting of suspected infestations to the landlord. The information shall be in substantially the following form:

Information about Bed Bugs

Bed bug Appearance: Bed bugs have six legs. Adult bed bugs have flat bodies about 1/4 of an inch in length. Their color can vary from red and brown to copper colored. Young bed bugs are very small. Their bodies are about 1/16 of an inch in length. They have almost no color. When a bed bug feeds, its body swells, may lengthen, and becomes bright red, sometimes making it appear to be a different insect. Bed bugs do not fly. They can either crawl or be carried from place to place on objects, people, or animals. Bed bugs can be hard to find and identify because they are tiny and try to stay hidden.

Life Cycle and Reproduction: An average bed bug lives for about 10 months. Female bed bugs lay one to five eggs per day. Bed bugs grow to full adulthood in about 21 days.

Bed bugs can survive for months without feeding.

Bed bug Bites: Because bed bugs usually feed at night, most people are bitten in their sleep and do not realize they were bitten. A person’s reaction to insect bites is an immune response and so varies from person to person. Sometimes the red welts caused by the bites will not be noticed until many days after a person was bitten, if at all.

Common signs and symptoms of a possible bed bug infestation:

• Small red to reddish brown fecal spots on mattresses, box springs, bed frames, mattresses, linens, upholstery, or walls.

• Molted bed bug skins, white, sticky eggs, or empty eggshells.

• Very heavily infested areas may have a characteristically sweet odor.

• Red, itchy bite marks, especially on the legs, arms, and other body parts exposed while sleeping. However, some people do not show bed bug lesions on their bodies even though bed bugs may have fed on them.

For more information, see the Internet Web sites of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the National Pest Management Association.

(b) The procedure to report suspected infestations to the landlord.
Cal. GOV § 53387 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.7 / Article 5 / Section 53387
Section 53387
Status: in_force

The legislative body may, by majority vote, initiate proceedings to issue bonds pursuant to this chapter by adopting a resolution stating its intent to issue those bonds.
Cal. CCP § 411.10 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 411.10
Section 411.10
Status: in_force

A civil action is commenced by filing a complaint with the court.
Cal. GOV § 56425 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 2 / Chapter 4 / Section 56425
Section 56425
Status: in_force

(a) In order to carry out its purposes and responsibilities for planning and shaping the logical and orderly development and coordination of local governmental agencies subject to the jurisdiction of the commission to advantageously provide for the present and future needs of the county and its communities, the commission shall develop and determine the sphere of influence of each city and each special district, as defined by Section 56036, within the county and enact policies designed to promote the logical and orderly development of areas within the sphere.

(b) Prior to a city submitting an application to the commission to update its sphere of influence, representatives from the city and representatives from the county shall meet to discuss the proposed new boundaries of the sphere and explore methods to reach agreement on development standards and planning and zoning requirements within the sphere to ensure that development within the sphere occurs in a manner that reflects the concerns of the affected city and is accomplished in a manner that promotes the logical and orderly development of areas within the sphere. If an agreement is reached between the city and county, the city shall forward the agreement in writing to the commission, along with the application to update the sphere of influence. The commission shall consider and adopt a sphere of influence for the city consistent with the policies adopted by the commission pursuant to this section, and the commission shall give great weight to the agreement to the extent that it is consistent with commission policies in its final determination of the city sphere.

(c) If the commission’s final determination is consistent with the agreement reached between the city and county pursuant to subdivision (b), the agreement shall be adopted by both the city and county after a noticed public hearing. Once the agreement has been adopted by the affected local agencies and their respective general plans reflect that agreement, then any development approved by the county within the sphere shall be consistent with the terms of that agreement.

(d) If no agreement is reached pursuant to subdivision (b), the application may be submitted to the commission and the commission shall consider a sphere of influence for the city consistent with the policies adopted by the commission pursuant to this section.

(e) In determining the sphere of influence of each local agency, the commission shall consider and prepare a written statement of its determinations with respect to each of the following:

(1) The present and planned land uses in the area, including agricultural and open-space lands.

(2) The present and probable need for public facilities and services in the area.

(3) The present capacity of public facilities and adequacy of public services that the agency provides or is authorized to provide.

(4) The existence of any social or economic communities of interest in the area if the commission determines that they are relevant to the agency.

(5) For an update of a sphere of influence of a city or special district that provides public facilities or services related to sewers, municipal and industrial water, or structural fire protection, that occurs pursuant to subdivision (g) on or after July 1, 2012, the present and probable need for those public facilities and services of any disadvantaged unincorporated communities within the existing sphere of influence.

(f) Upon determination of a sphere of influence, the commission shall adopt that sphere.

(g) On or before January 1, 2008, and every five years thereafter, the commission shall, as necessary, review and update each sphere of influence.

(h) In determining a sphere of influence, the commission may assess the feasibility of governmental reorganization of particular agencies and recommend reorganization of those agencies when reorganization is found to be feasible and if reorganization will further the goals of orderly development and efficient and affordable service delivery. The commission shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure wide public dissemination of the recommendations.

(i) When adopting, amending, or updating a sphere of influence for a special district, the commission shall establish the nature, location, and extent of any functions or classes of services provided by existing districts.

(j) When adopting, amending, or updating a sphere of influence for a special district, the commission may require existing districts to file written statements with the commission specifying the functions or classes of services provided by those districts.
Cal. GOV § 53243.4 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 2.6 / Section 53243.4
Section 53243.4
Status: in_force

For purposes of this article, “abuse of office or position” means either of the following:

(a) An abuse of public authority, including, but not limited to, waste, fraud, and violation of the law under color of authority.

(b) A crime against public justice, including, but not limited to, a crime described in Title 5 (commencing with Section 67), Title 6 (commencing with Section 85), or Title 7 (commencing with Section 92) of Part 1 of the Penal Code.
Cal. GOV § 50665.4 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 50665.4
Section 50665.4
Status: in_force

Proceedings are initiated when the legislative body passes an initiating resolution by a majority vote of all its members.
Cal. GOV § 56824.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 56824.5
Section 56824.5
Status: in_force

The hearing shall be held by the commission at the time and place specified or to which the hearing may be continued. During the course of the hearing, the commission may propose changes in the report and recommendations. Any proposed changes shall be referred, for review, to the special district advisory committee, or if the advisory committee has appointed an executive committee, to that executive committee. The advisory committee, or the executive committee, shall have 60 days to report back to the commission. If no report is received by the commission within 60 days, the advisory committee shall be deemed to have approved the proposed changes in the report and recommendation.

Within 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing, the commission shall adopt a resolution approving the report and recommendation, either as filed or as those regulations may be changed by the commission.
Cal. CIV § 1997.250 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 1997.250
Section 1997.250
Status: in_force

A restriction on use of leased property by a tenant may require the landlord’s consent for a change in use subject to any express standard or condition for giving or withholding consent, including, but not limited to, either of the following:

(a) The landlord’s consent may not be unreasonably withheld.

(b) The landlord’s consent may be withheld subject to express standards or conditions.
Cal. GOV § 53980 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 17 / Section 53980
Section 53980
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Local-State Financial Coordination Act.”
Cal. CIV § 1695.5 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 2.5 / Section 1695.5
Section 1695.5
Status: in_force

(a) The contract shall contain in immediate proximity to the space reserved for the equity seller’s signature a conspicuous statement in a size equal to at least 12-point bold type, if the contract is printed or in capital letters if the contract is typed, as follows:

“You may cancel this contract for the sale of your house with­out any penalty or obligation at any time before
(Date and time of day) .
See the attached notice of cancellation form for an explanation of this right.”

The equity purchaser shall accurately enter the date and time of day on which the rescission right ends.

(b) The contract shall be accompanied by a completed form in duplicate, captioned “notice of cancellation” in a size equal to 12-point bold type, if the contract is printed or in capital letters if the contract is typed, followed by a space in which the equity purchaser shall enter the date on which the equity seller executes any contract. This form shall be attached to the contract, shall be easily detachable, and shall contain in type of at least 10-point, if the contract is printed or in capital letters if the contract is typed, the following statement written in the same language as used in the contract:

“NOTICE OF CANCELLATION
(Enter date contract signed)

You may cancel this contract for the sale of your house, without any penalty or obligation, at any time before
(Enter date and time of day) .
To cancel this transaction, personally deliver a signed and dated copy of this cancellation notice, or send a telegram
to  (Name of purchaser) ,
at  (Street address of purchaser’s place of business)
NOT LATER THAN (Enter date and time of day) .
I hereby cancel this transaction  (Date)  .
(Seller’s signature)        ”

(c) The equity purchaser shall provide the equity seller with a copy of the contract and the attached notice of cancellation.

(d) Until the equity purchaser has complied with this section, the equity seller may cancel the contract.
Cal. GOV § 51110 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.7 / Article 2 / Section 51110
Section 51110
Status: in_force

(a) On or before September 1, 1976, the assessor shall assemble a list of all parcels, regardless of size, which as of the lien date in 1976, were assessed for growing and harvesting timber as the highest and best use of the land, including all such parcels or portions thereof under agricultural preserve contracts.

(b) On or before September 1, 1976, the assessor shall notify by mail, which is certified and with return receipt requested, owners of parcels listed under subdivision (a) that their land has been included in such a list. This notice shall be substantially in the following form:
To: (name of taxpayer)

Pursuant to the Z’berg-Warren-Keene-Collier Forest Taxation Reform Act of 1976, ____ County must provide for the zoning of land used for growing and harvesting timber as timberland preserve zone (TPZ).

A TPZ is a 10-year restriction on the use of land, and will replace the use of agricultural preserves (Williamson Act contracts) on timberland. Land use under a TPZ will be restricted to growing and harvesting timber, and to compatible uses approved by the county (or city). In return, taxation of timberland under a TPZ will be based only on such restrictions in use.

To initiate this zoning procedure, the assessor has assembled a list (list “A”) of all those parcels assessed for property tax purposes for growing and harvesting timber as the highest and best use of the land as of March 1, 1976. The following parcels of your land have been included in this list “A”:

(legal description or assessor’s parcel no.)

If you have one or more parcels listed above which you believe have a highest and best use other than growing and harvesting timber, you must submit to the assessor a written affidavit describing the intended use you have for this parcel(s), and do so before October 1, 1976. The assessor will then designate such parcel(s) as “contested” on the final list of these parcels which is submitted to the county board of supervisors (or city council) on October 15, 1976.

A public hearing will be held prior to March 1, 1977, for the consideration of zoning your parcel(s) as TPZ. You will be given at least 20 days’ notice of such hearing.

Under the Timber Yield Tax Law, all noncontested parcels included in the final list “A” will be zoned as TPZ unless the owner can demonstrate to the satisfaction of a majority of the full board (or council) that at least one of the following conditions exists:

(i) That the parcel or parcels are not capable of growing an average annual volume of wood fiber of at least 15 cubic feet per acre; or

(ii) That the current use of the parcel has changed subsequent to March 1, 1976, and that such use is no longer the growing and harvesting of timber, and is not compatible with the growing and harvesting of timber.

Parcels designated as “contested” which appear on list “A” will be zoned as TPZ unless the owner can demonstrate to the satisfaction of a majority of the full board (or council) that it would not be in the public interest for such parcels(s) to be zoned as TPZ. Parcels in list “A” not zoned as TPZ will receive an alternate zone, if no appropriate zone currently exists. “Contested” parcels not zoned as TPZ will be valued in the future on a higher and better use of the land.

Detailed information on the TPZ zoning process and the Z’berg-Warren-Keene-Collier Forest Taxation Reform Act in general may be obtained from your county assessor’s office.

(c) Upon notification pursuant to subdivision (b) owners of parcels listed pursuant to subdivision (a) may have one or more such parcels designated as “contested” in the following manner:

On or before October 1, 1976, the owner must notify the assessor in a written affidavit that such a parcel has the highest and best use which is not a compatible use for timberland, as determined by the board or council pursuant to Section 51111, and the owner shall state the intended use for such parcel.

Upon receipt of such affidavit, the assessor shall designate such parcels on the list to be submitted to the board or council pursuant to subdivision (d) as “contested”. In preparing the assessment roll for the 1977–78 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the assessor shall take into account the owner’s notice of higher and better use in determining the fair market value for such parcels, if such parcels are not zoned as timberland preserve.

(d) On or before October 15, 1976, the assessor shall submit to the board or council a list of all parcels, regardless of size, which as of the lien date in 1976, are assessed for growing and harvesting timber as the highest and best use of the land, including such parcels designated as “contested” pursuant to subdivision (c). This list shall be known as “list A”.

(e) On or before August 19, 1976, the State Board of Equalization shall submit to the county assessor for inclusion in list A those parcels on the board roll which are located in the county and which, as of the lien date in 1976, were assessed by the State Board of Equalization for growing and harvesting timber as the highest and best use of the land.
Cal. GOV § 55057 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 55057
Section 55057
Status: in_force

If the charter or general law under which local agency is operating prescribes the manner of letting and entering into contracts of the kind provided for by this chapter, such contracts shall be let and entered pursuant to the charter or general law.
Cal. GOV § 56076 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 56076
Section 56076
Status: in_force

“Sphere of influence” means a plan for the probable physical boundaries and service area of a local agency, as determined by the commission.
Cal. GOV § 54004 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 54004
Section 54004
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to remove, deface, or destroy the markers, or to erect fences, barbed wire, or other obstructions on the bridle trails.
Cal. GOV § 56828 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 2 / Section 56828
Section 56828
Status: in_force

Before any proposal for reorganization is referred to any reorganization committee, the commission may provide for a public hearing on the question of whether the proposal should be disapproved or referred to a reorganization committee and set a time and place for that hearing.
Cal. GOV § 53942 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 14 / Section 53942
Section 53942
Status: in_force

Pursuant to the provisions of this article, a county or regional park district may levy a countywide or districtwide tax, respectively, on horses, mules, or other animals used substantially for pleasure riding or trail use, not to exceed ten dollars ($10) per animal per year, for the privilege of access to and use of public areas designated for use by such animals.
Cal. CIV § 883.120 — California Code / Code civ / Division 2 / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 883.120
Section 883.120
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter does not apply to a mineral right reserved to the United States (whether in a patent, pursuant to federal law, or otherwise) or to an oil or gas lease, mining claim, or other mineral right of a person entitled pursuant thereto, to the extent provided in Section 880.240.

(b) This chapter does not apply to a mineral right of the state or a local public entity, or of any other person, to the extent provided in Section 880.240.
Cal. GOV § 53150 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 53150
Section 53150
Status: in_force

Any person who is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug, whose negligent operation of a motor vehicle caused by that influence proximately causes any incident resulting in an appropriate emergency response, and any person whose intentionally wrongful conduct proximately causes any incident resulting in an appropriate emergency response, is liable for the expense of an emergency response by a public agency to the incident.
Cal. GOV § 50871 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 50871
Section 50871
Status: in_force

A member of the police department may retire for service pursuant to this section. Upon receipt of a member’s application for retirement, the board shall order him retired from further service. From the date of the order the service of the member in the police department ceases and during his lifetime he shall be paid from the fund an annual pension based upon the following schedule:

(a) If he has attained age 60 and served in the police department for twenty years, or more, in the aggregate, his annual pension shall be one-half of the annual salary attached to the rank he held for one year next preceding retirement.

(b) If he has attained age 60 and has served in the police department for thirty years, or more, in the aggregate, his annual pension shall be two-thirds of the annual salary attached to the rank he held for one year next preceding retirement.

(c) If he has attained age 55 and has served in the police department for twenty-five or more consecutive years, his annual pension shall be one-half of the annual salary attached to the rank he held for one year next preceding retirement.
Cal. GOV § 57460 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 5 / Chapter 6 / Section 57460
Section 57460
Status: in_force

If at the time of distribution more than one city or county or any combination of cities or counties are entitled to distribution of portions of a revenue-producing enterprise but the successor is unable to distribute the same because of Section 57459, the successor shall retain the revenue-producing enterprise and all revenues derived from that enterprise until payment, or provision for payment, has been made of all principal, interest, and any other amounts owing on account of outstanding bonds, contracts, or other obligations which are payable in whole or in part from the revenues of the enterprise, at which time the successor shall distribute the enterprise and any revenues derived therefrom in accordance with Section 57457.
Cal. GOV § 53859 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 7.7 / Section 53859
Section 53859
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (a) “local agency” means county, city and county, city, school district, community college district, or any other municipal or public corporation or district.

(b) “Grant anticipation note” means a note issued upon the security of specified accounts receivable from state or federal governments, including, without limitation, grants, loans, or a combination of both, for which funds have been appropriated and committed to a local agency.

(c) “Loan” includes, but is not limited to, a borrowing by a local agency represented or to be represented by bonds of a local agency.
Cal. GOV § 51092 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.6 / Article 4 / Section 51092
Section 51092
Status: in_force

If the county, city, or nonprofit organization or the landowner serves notice of intent in any year not to renew the open-space easement, the existing open-space easement shall remain in effect for the balance of the period remaining since the original execution or the last renewal of the open-space easement, as the case may be.
Cal. GOV § 53084.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 53084.5
Section 53084.5
Status: in_force

(a) On or after January 1, 2016, a local agency shall not enter into any form of agreement that would result, directly or indirectly, in the payment, transfer, diversion, or rebate of any tax revenue resulting from the imposition of a sales and use tax under the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code) to any person for any purpose when both of the following apply:

(1) The agreement results in a reduction in the amount of revenue under the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law that, in the absence of the agreement, would be received by another local agency.

(2) The retailer continues to maintain a physical presence within the territorial jurisdiction of that other local agency.

(b) (1) A local agency entering into an agreement that results in a reduction of the amount of revenue under the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law that, in the absence of the agreement, would be received by another local agency shall post the proposed agreement on its internet website for at least 30 days prior to ratification or approval of that agreement by its governing body.

(2) A local agency entering into an agreement that results in a reduction of the amount of revenue under the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law that, in the absence of the agreement, would be received by another local agency shall notify the other local agency by certified mail addressed to the attention of the chief executive of that other local agency at least 60 days prior to ratification or approval of that agreement by its governing body.

(3) A local agency shall post any agreement on its internet website it has entered into that results in a reduction of the amount of revenue under the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law that, in the absence of the agreement, would be received by another local agency, including any agreements entered into prior to January 1, 2016, that are still in effect on and after that date.

(c) (1) A local agency shall not enter into any form of agreement that would result, directly or indirectly, in the payment, transfer, diversion, or rebate of any tax revenue resulting from the imposition of a sales and use tax under the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code) imposed on the sale or purchase of a digital product that is transferred electronically or accessed remotely.

(2) A payment, transfer, diversion, or rebate of any tax revenue pursuant to an agreement described in paragraph (1) may be subject to redistribution by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration pursuant to Section 7209 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(d) For the purposes of this section:

(1) “Accessed remotely” has the same meaning as defined in Section 6016.2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(2) “Digital product” has the same meaning as defined in Section 6016.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(3) “Local agency” means a chartered or general law city, a chartered or general law county, or a city and county, of this state.

(4) “Person” has the same meaning as defined in Section 6005 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(5) “Physical presence” means the lease or ownership of any real property for the purpose of carrying on business operations.

(6) “Purchase” has the same meaning as defined in Section 6010 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(7) “Retailer” has the same meaning as defined in Section 6015 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(8) “Sale” has the same meaning as defined in Section 6006 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(9) “Transferred electronically” has the same meaning as defined in Section 6016.2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(e) Except as provided in subdivision (c), this section shall not apply to any agreement by a local agency to pay or rebate any use tax revenue resulting from the imposition of a use tax under the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law relating to a use tax direct payment permit issued under Section 7051.3 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(f) This section shall not be interpreted to limit the ability of a local agency to contract with or otherwise enter into an agreement pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 7056 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(g) This section shall not apply to any mutual tax revenue sharing agreement between local agencies to pay, transfer, or divert tax revenues that would be received by a local agency resulting from the imposition of a sales and use tax under the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law to another local agency, and where the agreement would not result, directly or indirectly, in the payment, transfer, diversion, or rebate of those tax revenues to a retailer.

(h) The amendments to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall become operative immediately upon enactment.
Cal. GOV § 51040.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.3 / Section 51040.1
Section 51040.1
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to promote sustainable urban farm enterprise sectors in urban centers.

The Legislature further finds and declares the small-scale, active production of marketable crops and animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, foods, flowers, and seedlings, in urban centers is consistent with, and furthers, the purposes of this act.
Cal. GOV § 54957.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Section 54957.1
Section 54957.1
Status: in_force

(a) The legislative body of any local agency shall publicly report any action taken in closed session and the vote or abstention on that action of every member present, as follows:

(1) Approval of an agreement concluding real estate negotiations pursuant to Section 54956.8 shall be reported after the agreement is final, as follows:

(A) If its own approval renders the agreement final, the body shall report that approval and the substance of the agreement in open session at the public meeting during which the closed session is held.

(B) If final approval rests with the other party to the negotiations, the local agency shall disclose the fact of that approval and the substance of the agreement upon inquiry by any person, as soon as the other party or its agent has informed the local agency of its approval.

(2) Approval given to its legal counsel to defend, or seek or refrain from seeking appellate review or relief, or to enter as an amicus curiae in any form of litigation as the result of a consultation under Section 54956.9 shall be reported in open session at the public meeting during which the closed session is held. The report shall identify, if known, the adverse party or parties and the substance of the litigation. In the case of approval given to initiate or intervene in an action, the announcement need not identify the action, the defendants, or other particulars, but shall specify that the direction to initiate or intervene in an action has been given and that the action, the defendants, and the other particulars shall, once formally commenced, be disclosed to any person upon inquiry, unless to do so would jeopardize the agency’s ability to effectuate service of process on one or more unserved parties, or that to do so would jeopardize its ability to conclude existing settlement negotiations to its advantage.

(3) Approval given to its legal counsel of a settlement of pending litigation, as defined in Section 54956.9, at any stage prior to or during a judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding shall be reported after the settlement is final, as follows:

(A) If the legislative body accepts a settlement offer signed by the opposing party, the body shall report its acceptance and identify the substance of the agreement in open session at the public meeting during which the closed session is held.

(B) If final approval rests with some other party to the litigation or with the court, then as soon as the settlement becomes final, and upon inquiry by any person, the local agency shall disclose the fact of that approval, and identify the substance of the agreement.

(4) Disposition reached as to claims discussed in closed session pursuant to Section 54956.95 shall be reported as soon as reached in a manner that identifies the name of the claimant, the name of the local agency claimed against, the substance of the claim, and any monetary amount approved for payment and agreed upon by the claimant.

(5) Action taken to appoint, employ, dismiss, accept the resignation of, or otherwise affect the employment status of a public employee in closed session pursuant to Section 54957 shall be reported at the public meeting during which the closed session is held. Any report required by this paragraph shall identify the title of the position. The general requirement of this paragraph notwithstanding, the report of a dismissal or of the nonrenewal of an employment contract shall be deferred until the first public meeting following the exhaustion of administrative remedies, if any.

(6) Approval of an agreement concluding labor negotiations with represented employees pursuant to Section 54957.6 shall be reported after the agreement is final and has been accepted or ratified by the other party. The report shall identify the item approved and the other party or parties to the negotiation.

(7) Pension fund investment transaction decisions made pursuant to Section 54956.81 shall be disclosed at the first open meeting of the legislative body held after the earlier of the close of the investment transaction or the transfer of pension fund assets for the investment transaction.

(b) Reports that are required to be made pursuant to this section may be made orally or in writing. The legislative body shall provide to any person who has submitted a written request to the legislative body within 24 hours of the posting of the agenda, or to any person who has made a standing request for all documentation as part of a request for notice of meetings pursuant to Section 54954.1 or 54956, if the requester is present at the time the closed session ends, copies of any contracts, settlement agreements, or other documents that were finally approved or adopted in the closed session. If the action taken results in one or more substantive amendments to the related documents requiring retyping, the documents need not be released until the retyping is completed during normal business hours, provided that the presiding officer of the legislative body or his or her designee orally summarizes the substance of the amendments for the benefit of the document requester or any other person present and requesting the information.

(c) The documentation referred to in subdivision (b) shall be available to any person on the next business day following the meeting in which the action referred to is taken or, in the case of substantial amendments, when any necessary retyping is complete.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that the legislative body approve actions not otherwise subject to legislative body approval.

(e) No action for injury to a reputational, liberty, or other personal interest may be commenced by or on behalf of any employee or former employee with respect to whom a disclosure is made by a legislative body in an effort to comply with this section.

(f) This section is necessary to implement, and reasonably within the scope of, paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution.
Cal. GOV § 50248 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 50248
Section 50248
Status: in_force

After confirmation of the report, a copy shall be given to the assessor and tax collector of the local agency, who shall add the amount of the assessment to the next regular tax bill levied against the parcel for local agency purposes.
Cal. GOV § 54304 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 54304
Section 54304
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed to promote its objects.
Cal. GOV § 50494 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 50494
Section 50494
Status: in_force

Upon receiving the petition, the legislative body may adopt a resolution of intention to lease the property according to the terms of the petition. The resolution of intention is sufficient if it states in general terms:

(a) The terms of the petition.

(b) The location of the property.

(c) The purpose for which the property is proposed to be leased.
Cal. GOV § 53216.3 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1.5 / Section 53216.3
Section 53216.3
Status: in_force

The legislative body shall employ investment counsel or trust companies or trust departments of banks to render service in connection with its investment program.
Cal. GOV § 54357 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 54357
Section 54357
Status: in_force

Remedies for collecting and enforcing rates and charges set out in this chapter are cumulative and may be pursued alternately, or any thereof may be used consecutively when the legislative body so determines. If any one of said remedies is or may be invalid, all valid remedies shall remain effectual until the principal and interest of the bonds are fully paid. Any holder of any bond outstanding at any time may compel the use of any or all of the remedies herein provided. The costs of collection and enforcement of the remedies for the collection of charges may be paid from the revenues.
Cal. GOV § 53192 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1.5 / Article 4 / Section 53192
Section 53192
Status: in_force

Any obligations arising from the reimbursement agreement are not a debt of the local agency, or a legal or equitable pledge, charge, lien, or encumbrance upon any of its property, or upon any of its income, receipts, or revenues, except the revenues arising from the contingent assessments or levies made pursuant to the financing act levied within the district and specificially designated for that purpose.
Cal. GOV § 53152 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 8 / Section 53152
Section 53152
Status: in_force

Any person who is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug, whose negligent operation of a civil aircraft caused by that influence proximately causes any incident resulting in an appropriate emergency response, and any person whose intentionally wrongful conduct proximately causes an incident resulting in an appropriate emergency response, is liable for the expense of an emergency response by a public agency to the incident.
Cal. GOV § 53398.42 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.9 / Article 4 / Section 53398.42
Section 53398.42
Status: in_force

The clerk of the legislative body shall publish the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 53398.40 once a day for at least seven successive days in a newspaper published in the city or county at least six days a week, or at least once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper published in the city or county less than six days a week.

If there are no newspapers meeting these criteria, the resolution shall be posted in three public places within the territory of the district for two succeeding weeks.
Cal. GOV § 50236 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 50236
Section 50236
Status: in_force

The notice shall be substantially in the following form:

NOTICE TO ABATE ABANDONED EXCAVATION

Notice is hereby given that on the ____ day of ____, 19__, the (name of the legislative body) passed a resolution declaring that an abandoned excavation was located upon the property on this street in ____, and more particularly described in the resolution, and that it constitutes a public nuisance which must be abated (if the legislative body has specified the type of abatement required to abate the nuisance, the specification shall be set forth). Otherwise it will be abated by the (county, city, or city and county) and the cost of the abatement assessed upon the land which the abandoned excavation is located and will constitute a lien upon such land until paid. Reference is hereby made to the resolution for further particulars. A copy of said resolution is on file in the office of the (county, city, or city and county) clerk.

All property owners having any objections to the proposed abatement of the abandoned excavation are hereby notified to attend a meeting of the (name of the legislative body) of (county, city, or city and county) to be held (give date), when their objections will be heard and given due consideration.
Dated this ________ day of ________, 19 __.
Street Superintendent
(County, City, or City and County of ________)
Cal. CIV § 1939.27 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 1.5 / Section 1939.27
Section 1939.27
Status: in_force

A rental company that brings an action against a renter for loss due to theft of the vehicle shall bring the action in the county in which the renter resides or, if the renter is not a resident of this state, in the jurisdiction in which the renter resides.
Cal. GOV § 53701 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 3 / Section 53701
Section 53701
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, except limitations imposed by the Constitution, the legislative body of a county, city, district, political subdivision, or a public or municipal corporation, may accept grants or loans of funds made available by the Federal Government or a federal department or agency to aid in financing plans for, or construction of, public works.
Cal. GOV § 54774 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.6 / Section 54774
Section 54774
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section shall govern the construction and interpretation of this chapter:

(a) “Bond purchase agreement” means a contractual agreement executed between the county and one or more investment bankers that underwrite the bonds.

(b) “Bonds” means evidences of indebtedness, including, but not limited to, bonds, notes, commercial paper, floating rate and variable maturity securities, and certificates of participation.

(c) “County” means any county or city and county of this state which has adopted an alternative method of distribution of tax levies and collections of tax sale proceeds authorized pursuant to Sections 4701 to 4717, inclusive, of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(d) “Indenture” means any indenture, trust agreement, or similar document entered into by the county and a trustee or other fiduciary with respect to the bonds.

(e) “Tax revenues” means all current or delinquent taxes (and, if a county has made an election under Section 4702.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, assessments), redemption amounts, and delinquent penalties for which the county has advanced funds pursuant to Sections 4701 to 4717, inclusive, of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
Cal. CCP § 1222 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 3 / Title 5 / Section 1222
Section 1222
Status: in_force

The judgment and orders of the court or judge, made in cases of contempt, are final and conclusive.
Cal. GOV § 53312 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 1 / Section 53312
Section 53312
Status: in_force

Any provision in this chapter which conflicts with any other provision of law shall prevail over the other provision of law.
Cal. GOV § 53359.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 5 / Section 53359.5
Section 53359.5
Status: in_force

(a) The legislative body shall, no later than 30 days prior to the sale of any bonds pursuant to this article, give written notice of the proposed sale to the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission by mail, postage prepaid, or by any other method approved by the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission, as required by Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 8855) of Division 1 of Title 2.

(b) On and after January 1, 1993, each year after the sale of any bonds, including refunding bonds, pursuant to this article, and until the final maturity of the bonds, the legislative body shall, not later than October 30 of each year, supply the following information to the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission by mail, postage prepaid, or by any other method approved by the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission:

(1) Issuer name.

(2) Community facilities district number or name.

(3) Name, title, and series of the bond issue.

(4) Credit rating and name of the rating agency.

(5) Date of the bond issue and the original principal amount.

(6) Reserve fund minimum balance required.

(7) The principal amount of bonds outstanding.

(8) The balance in the bond reserve fund.

(9) The balance in the capitalized interest fund, if any.

(10) The number of parcels that are delinquent with respect to their special tax payments, the amount that each parcel is delinquent, the total amount of special taxes due on the delinquent parcels, the length of time that each has been delinquent, when foreclosure was commenced for each delinquent parcel, the total number of foreclosure parcels for each date specified, and the total amount of tax due on the foreclosure parcels for each date specified.

(11) The balance in any construction funds.

(12) The assessed value of all parcels subject to special tax to repay the bonds as shown on the most recent equalized roll, the date of assessed value reported, and the source of the information.

(13) The total amount of special taxes due, the total amount of unpaid special taxes, and whether or not the special taxes are paid under the county’s Teeter Plan (Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773)).

(14) The reason and the date, if applicable, that the issue was retired.

(15) Contact information for the party providing the information.

(c) In addition, with respect to any bonds sold pursuant to this article, regardless when sold, and until the final maturity of the bonds, the legislative body shall notify the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission by mail, postage prepaid, or by any other method approved by the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission, within 10 days if any of the following events occur:

(1) The local agency or its trustee fails to pay principal and interest due on any scheduled payment date.

(2) Funds are withdrawn from a reserve fund to pay principal and interest on the bonds that reduce the reserve fund to less than the reserve requirement.

(d) Neither the legislative body nor the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission shall be liable for any inadvertent error in reporting the information required by this section.
Cal. GOV § 56059 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 56059
Section 56059
Status: in_force

“Open space” means any parcel or area of land or water which is substantially unimproved and devoted to an open-space use, as defined in Section 65560.
Cal. GOV § 50660 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 50660
Section 50660
Status: in_force

As used in this article, “local agency” includes any board or department of the local agency.
Cal. GOV § 57131 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 4 / Chapter 6 / Section 57131
Section 57131
Status: in_force

The notice of election required to be given by Section 57130 shall contain all of the matters specified in Section 57115.
Cal. GOV § 51111 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.7 / Article 2 / Section 51111
Section 51111
Status: in_force

On or before October 1, 1976, the board or council shall adopt a list and a detailed description of additional compatible uses for parcels zoned as timberland production.
Cal. GOV § 50079.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 3.8 / Section 50079.5
Section 50079.5
Status: in_force

This article shall not be construed to affect the authority of any community facilities district to levy any special tax or other charge under Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Division 2.
Cal. GOV § 53843 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 7.5 / Section 53843
Section 53843
Status: in_force

In any county which finds it necessary to borrow current operating requirements, as provided in the foregoing sections, the board of supervisors shall either:

(1) Advertise for bids by publication for two weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, setting forth the date upon which the amount will be required, which shall be not less than three weeks following the date of the first publication, the amount required and the repayment date. Bids shall be opened at the time set forth in the notice which shall be during a regular meeting of the board; and the board, unless it rejects all bids, shall accept the bid which offers the loan to the county at the lowest net interest cost not in excess of 10 percent, or

(2) After finding that time is of the essence, direct the county treasurer to negotiate for a loan to the county and to solicit and receive bids without advertising for them. The board of supervisors, unless it rejects all bids, shall accept the bid which offers the loan to the county at the lowest net interest cost not in excess of 10 percent, or

(3) After finding that any political subdivision subject to this article periodically requires advances of current operating requirements prior to receipt of tax revenues, direct the county treasurer, upon request of such political subdivision, to solicit and receive bids for loans from time to time without advertising for them. The board of supervisors, unless it rejects all bids, shall accept the bid which offers the loan to the county at the lowest net interest cost not in excess of 10 percent.
Cal. CIV § 1689.21 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1689.21
Section 1689.21
Status: in_force

(a) In a seminar sales solicitation contract or offer, the buyer’s agreement or offer to purchase shall be written in the same language, e.g., Spanish, as principally used in the oral sales presentation, shall be dated, signed by the buyer, and shall contain in immediate proximity to the space reserved for the buyer’s signature, a conspicuous statement in a size equal to at least 10-point bold type, as follows:

(1) For a buyer who is a senior citizen: “You, the buyer, may cancel this transaction at any time prior to midnight of the fifth business day after the date of this transaction. See the attached notice of cancellation form for an explanation of this right.”

(2) For all other buyers: “You, the buyer, may cancel this transaction at any time prior to midnight of the third business day after the date of this transaction. See the attached notice of cancellation form for an explanation of this right.”

(b) The agreement or offer to purchase shall contain on the first page, in a type size no smaller than that generally used in the body of the document, each of the following:

(1) The name, address, and email address of the seller to which the notice is to be sent.

(2) The date the buyer signed the agreement or offer to purchase.

(3) The telephone number of the seller, or the seller’s representative, to assist the buyer with locating and filling out the “Notice of Cancellation.”

(c) (1) The agreement or offer to purchase shall be accompanied by a completed form in duplicate, captioned “Notice of Cancellation,” which shall be attached to the agreement or offer to purchase and be easily detachable, and which shall contain in type of at least 10-point, the following statement written in the same language, e.g., Spanish, as used in the contract:

“Notice of Cancellation”

/enter date of transaction/

(Date)

You may cancel this transaction, without any penalty or obligation, within three business days from the above date.

If you cancel, any property traded in, any payments made by you under the contract or sale, and any negotiable instrument executed by you will be returned within 10 days following receipt by the seller of your cancellation notice, and any security interest arising out of the transaction will be canceled.

If you cancel, you must make available to the seller at your residence, in substantially as good condition as when received, any goods delivered to you under this contract or sale, or you may, if you wish, comply with the instructions of the seller regarding the return shipment of the goods at the seller’s expense and risk.

If you do make the goods available to the seller and the seller does not pick them up within 20 days of the date of your notice of cancellation, you may retain or dispose of the goods without any further obligation. If you fail to make the goods available to the seller, or if you agree to return the goods to the seller and fail to do so, then you remain liable for performance of all obligations under the contract.

To cancel this transaction, email, mail, or deliver a signed and dated copy of this cancellation notice, or any other written notice, or send a telegram to

___________________ at
/name of seller/            /Address of sellers place of business/
not later than midnight of
(Date)

I hereby cancel this transaction
(Date)

(Buyer’s signature)

(2) The reference to “three” in the statement set forth in paragraph (1) shall be changed to “five” for a buyer who is a senior citizen.

(d) The seller shall provide the buyer with a copy of the contract or offer to purchase and the attached notice of cancellation, and shall inform the buyer orally of the buyer’s right to cancel at the time the seminar sales solicitation contract or offer is executed.

(e) Until the seller has complied with this section, the buyer may cancel the seminar sales solicitation contract or offer.

(f) “Contract or sale” as used in subdivision (c), means “seminar sales solicitation contract or offer” as defined by Section 1689.24.

(g) The five-day right to cancel added by the act that added paragraph (1) to subdivision (a) and added paragraph (2) to subdivision (c) shall apply to contracts entered into or offers to purchase conveyed on or after January 1, 2021.
Cal. GOV § 54091 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 54091
Section 54091
Status: in_force

Any city, county, or other local agency that owns, operates, or controls any public beach shall allow the use of that public beach by all persons regardless of ancestry, residence, or any characteristic listed or defined in Section 11135. Nonresidents of the city, county, or other local agency shall be permitted to use that public beach upon the same terms and conditions as are residents of the city, county, or local agency.
Cal. CIV § 880.360 — California Code / Code civ / Division 2 / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 880.360
Section 880.360
Status: in_force

A person shall not record a notice of intent to preserve an interest in real property for the purpose of slandering title to the real property. If the court in an action or proceeding to establish or quiet title determines that a person recorded a notice of intent to preserve an interest for the purpose of slandering title, the court shall award against the person the cost of the action or proceeding, including a reasonable attorney’s fee, and the damages caused by the recording.
Cal. GOV § 54250 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 10 / Section 54250
Section 54250
Status: in_force

The following definitions shall control the construction of this article:

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

(b) “Commission” means the Public Utilities Commission.

(c) “Privatization project” means any wastewater or sewerage project that is owned and operated by a corporation, partnership, or natural person pursuant to a franchise, license, or service agreement with a local agency or any agency of that local agency pursuant to which services are supplied for the benefit of the local agency, its residents, or both, or any agency of the state. “Privatization project,” as used in this article, includes the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority’s Arlington Basin Groundwater Desalter Project, which will treat groundwater contaminated by wastewater.

(d) “Project” includes, but is not limited to, financing, designing, constructing, repairing, replacing, maintaining, and operating collector systems, pumping stations, treatment plants, and lateral interceptors, and outfall sewers.

(e) “Privatizer” means any corporation, partnership, or natural person, excluding municipal corporations, which owns and operates a wastewater or sewerage project pursuant to a franchise, license, or service agreement with a local agency.
Cal. GOV § 53114.1 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 6 / Section 53114.1
Section 53114.1
Status: in_force

To accomplish the responsibilities specified in this article, the division is directed to consult at regular intervals with the State Fire Marshal, the State Department of Public Health, the Office of Traffic Safety, a local representative from a city, a local representative from a county, the public utilities in this state providing telephone service, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. These agencies shall provide all necessary assistance and consultation to the division to enable it to perform its duties specified in this article.
Cal. GOV § 50022.4 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 50022.4
Section 50022.4
Status: in_force

After the hearing, the legislative body may amend, adopt or reject the adopting ordinance in the same manner in which it is empowered to act in the case of other ordinances; and, except as to the adoption of a code of existing ordinances of the adopting agency, nothing in this article shall be deemed to permit the adoption by reference of any penalty clauses which may appear in any code which is adopted by reference. Any such penalty clauses may be enacted only if set forth in full, and published, in the adopting ordinance. It is further provided that all changes or additions to any code made by the legislative body shall be published in the manner which is required for ordinances.
Cal. GOV § 53648.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 53648.5
Section 53648.5
Status: in_force

Upon the removal by federal law of the conflicting federal law or rule the agreement between the treasurer or other authorized official and a depository may be terminated by either party.
Cal. GOV § 54954.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Section 54954.5
Section 54954.5
Status: in_force

For purposes of describing closed session items pursuant to Section 54954.2, the agenda may describe closed sessions as provided below. No legislative body or elected official shall be in violation of Section 54954.2 or 54956 if the closed session items were described in substantial compliance with this section. Substantial compliance is satisfied by including the information provided below, irrespective of its format.

(a) With respect to a closed session held pursuant to Section 54956.7:

LICENSE/PERMIT DETERMINATION

Applicant(s): (Specify number of applicants)

(b) With respect to every item of business to be discussed in closed session pursuant to Section 54956.8:

CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS

Property: (Specify street address, or if no street address, the parcel number or other unique reference, of the real property under negotiation)

Agency negotiator: (Specify names of negotiators attending the closed session) (If circumstances necessitate the absence of a specified negotiator, an agent or designee may participate in place of the absent negotiator so long as the name of the agent or designee is announced at an open session held prior to the closed session.)

Negotiating parties: (Specify name of party (not agent))

Under negotiation: (Specify whether instruction to negotiator will concern price, terms of payment, or both)

(c) With respect to every item of business to be discussed in closed session pursuant to Section 54956.9:

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—EXISTING LITIGATION

(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9)

Name of case: (Specify by reference to claimant’s name, names of parties, case or claim numbers)

or

Case name unspecified: (Specify whether disclosure would jeopardize service of process or existing settlement negotiations)

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—ANTICIPATED LITIGATION

Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: (Specify number of potential cases)

(In addition to the information noticed above, the agency may be required to provide additional information on the agenda or in an oral statement prior to the closed session pursuant to paragraphs (2) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (e) of Section 54956.9.)

Initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: (Specify number of potential cases)

(d) With respect to every item of business to be discussed in closed session pursuant to Section 54956.95:

LIABILITY CLAIMS

Claimant: (Specify name unless unspecified pursuant to Section 54961)

Agency claimed against: (Specify name)

(e) With respect to every item of business to be discussed in closed session pursuant to Section 54957:

THREAT TO PUBLIC SERVICES OR FACILITIES

Consultation with: (Specify name of law enforcement agency and title of officer, or name of applicable agency representative and title)

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT

Title: (Specify description of position to be filled)

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

Title: (Specify description of position to be filled)

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Title: (Specify position title of employee being reviewed)

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE/DISMISSAL/RELEASE

(No additional information is required in connection with a closed session to consider discipline, dismissal, or release of a public employee. Discipline includes potential reduction of compensation.)

(f) With respect to every item of business to be discussed in closed session pursuant to Section 54957.6:

CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS

Agency designated representatives: (Specify names of designated representatives attending the closed session) (If circumstances necessitate the absence of a specified designated representative, an agent or designee may participate in place of the absent representative so long as the name of the agent or designee is announced at an open session held prior to the closed session.)

Employee organization: (Specify name of organization representing employee or employees in question)

or

Unrepresented employee: (Specify position title of unrepresented employee who is the subject of the negotiations)

(g) With respect to closed sessions called pursuant to Section 54957.8:

CASE REVIEW/PLANNING

(No additional information is required in connection with a closed session to consider case review or planning.)

(h) With respect to every item of business to be discussed in closed session pursuant to Sections 1461, 32106, and 32155 of the Health and Safety Code or Sections 37606 and 37624.3 of the Government Code:

REPORT INVOLVING TRADE SECRET

Discussion will concern: (Specify whether discussion will concern proposed new service, program, or facility)

Estimated date of public disclosure: (Specify month and year)

HEARINGS

Subject matter: (Specify whether testimony/deliberation will concern staff privileges, report of medical audit committee, or report of quality assurance committee)

(i) With respect to every item of business to be discussed in closed session pursuant to Section 54956.86:

CHARGE OR COMPLAINT INVOLVING INFORMATION PROTECTED BY FEDERAL LAW

(No additional information is required in connection with a closed session to discuss a charge or complaint pursuant to Section 54956.86.)

(j) With respect to every item of business to be discussed in closed session pursuant to Section 54956.96:

CONFERENCE INVOLVING A JOINT POWERS AGENCY (Specify by name)

Discussion will concern: (Specify closed session description used by the joint powers agency)

Name of local agency representative on joint powers agency board: (Specify name)

(Additional information listing the names of agencies or titles of representatives attending the closed session as consultants or other representatives.)

(k) With respect to every item of business to be discussed in closed session pursuant to Section 54956.75:

AUDIT BY CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR’S OFFICE
Cal. GOV § 50247 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 9 / Section 50247
Section 50247
Status: in_force

The cost of abatement upon each parcel of land constitutes a special assessment against that parcel. After the assessment is made and confirmed, it is a lien on the parcel. Such lien attaches upon recordation in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is situated of a certified copy of the resolution of confirmation. The assessment may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal ad valorem taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for such taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of municipal ad valorem taxes shall be applicable to such assessment, except that if any real property to which such lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of such taxes would become delinquent, then the lien which would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to such real property and the cost of abatement shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection.
Cal. GOV § 56100 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 56100
Section 56100
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 56036.5 and subdivision (b) of Section 56036.6, this division provides the sole and exclusive authority and procedure for the initiation, conduct, and completion of changes of organization and reorganization for cities and districts. All changes of organization and reorganizations shall be initiated, conducted, and completed in accordance with, and as provided in, this division.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, proceedings for the formation of a district shall be conducted as authorized by the principal act of the district proposed to be formed, except that the commission shall serve as the conducting authority and the procedural requirements of this division shall apply and shall prevail in the event of conflict with the procedural requirements of the principal act of the district. In the event of such a conflict, the commission shall specify the procedural requirements that apply, consistent with the requirements of this section.
Cal. GOV § 53978 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 16 / Section 53978
Section 53978
Status: in_force

(a) Any local agency which provides fire protection or prevention services directly, by contract with another local agency, or which provides such services pursuant to Section 25643 of this code or the Fire Protection District Law of 1987, Part 3 (commencing with Section 13800) of Division 12 of the Health and Safety Code, or which provides police protection services, may, by ordinance, determine and propose for adoption a special tax for fire protection and prevention provided by the local agency, or a special tax for police protection services provided by the local agency, or both of such special taxes if both such services are provided by the local agency, other than ad valorem property taxes, pursuant to this section. The legislative body may establish zones or areas within the local agency and may restrict the levy of the special tax to those zones or areas. Such proposition shall be submitted to the voters of the affected area or zone, or of the district, and shall take effect upon approval of two-thirds of the voters voting upon such proposition. The local agency which fixes such a special tax shall not, however, impose such tax upon a federal or state governmental agency or another local agency.

(b) The ordinance submitted to voter approval pursuant to subdivision (a), shall specify the amount of each of such special taxes. Each of such special taxes shall be levied on a parcel, class of improvement to property, or use of property basis, or a combination thereof, within the local agency to which fire protection services or police protection services are made available, for the purpose of obtaining, furnishing, operating, and maintaining fire suppression and police protection equipment or apparatus or either such service, respectively, for paying the salaries and benefits to firefighting and police protection personnel or either such personnel, respectively, and for such other necessary fire protection and prevention expenses and police protection expenses, respectively, or either such expenses of the local agency in such area, zone, or local agency to which fire protection and prevention services or police protection services, or both, are made available.

An ordinance which sets a maximum amount of the tax to be levied on a parcel, class of improvement to property, or use of property basis, or a combination thereof, and which permits the local agency proposing the tax to determine the amount to be levied, annually, within the maximum amount, shall satisfy the requirements of this section. However, in no case shall the amount of the tax to be levied exceed the maximum amount established by the ordinance without the approval of the voters as prescribed in subdivision (a).

(c) The amount of each such special tax established by the legislative body, and approved by the voters of the local agency, may be varied to each parcel, improvement, or use of property based on the degree of availability of fire protection and prevention services or police protection services, respectively, in the affected area, and may restrict such charges to areas lying within one or more zones or areas established in such local agency.

(d) The legislative body may provide for the collection of the special taxes in the same manner and subject to the same penalty as, or with, other charges and taxes fixed and collected by the local agency, or by the county on behalf of the local agency. If such special taxes are collected by the county on behalf of the local agency, the county may deduct its reasonable costs incurred for such service before remittal of the balance to the local agency.

(e) The revenues from each of such special taxes shall be used for the service for which it was imposed, and for no other purpose.

(f) This section does not limit or prohibit the levy or collection or any other fee, charge, or tax, or any license or service fee or charge for fire prevention or protection services or police protection services as provided by other provisions of law.
Cal. GOV § 53388.7 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.7 / Article 5 / Section 53388.7
Section 53388.7
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(2) The principal amount of the bonds, which shall be consistent with the amount specified in subdivision (b) of Section 53388.3.

(3) The date the bonds shall bear.

(4) The date of maturity of the bonds.

(5) The denomination of the bonds.

(6) The form of the bonds.

(7) Any conversion privileges which the bonds shall carry.

(8) The manner of execution of the bonds.

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

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

(11) The terms of call or redemption, with or without premium.
Cal. GOV § 54951 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Section 54951
Section 54951
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, “local agency” means a county, city, whether general law or chartered, city and county, town, school district, municipal corporation, district, political subdivision, or any board, commission or agency thereof, or other local public agency.
Cal. GOV § 53804 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 6.5 / Section 53804
Section 53804
Status: in_force

The preparation of plans and specifications of any public building constructed pursuant to this article shall be the responsibility of the board.
Cal. GOV § 57606 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 5 / Section 57606
Section 57606
Status: in_force

(a) Before submitting an application to organize and establish a public bank pursuant to Section 1020 of the Financial Code, a local agency shall conduct a study to assess the viability of the proposed public bank. The study shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following elements:

(1) A discussion of the purposes of the bank including, but not limited to, achieving cost savings, strengthening local economies, supporting community economic development, and addressing infrastructure and housing needs for localities.

(2) A fiscal analysis of costs associated with starting the proposed public bank.

(3) An estimate of the initial amount of capital to be provided by the local agency to the proposed public bank.

(4) Financial projections, including a pro forma balance sheet and income statement, of the proposed public bank for at least the first five years of operation. The financial projections shall include an estimate of the time period for when expected revenues meet or exceed expected costs and an estimate of the total operating subsidy that the local agency may be required to provide until the proposed public bank generates sufficient revenue to cover its costs. In addition to projections that assume favorable economic conditions, the analysis shall also include a downside scenario that considers the effect of an economic recession on the financial results of the proposed public bank. The projections may include the downside scenario of continuing to do business with the local government’s current banker or bankers.

(5) A legal analysis of whether the proposed structure and operations of the public bank would likely comply with Section 6 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, but nothing herein shall compel the waiver of any attorney-client privilege attaching to that legal analysis.

(6) An analysis of how the proposed governance structure of the public bank would protect the bank from unlawful insider transactions and apparent conflicts of interest.

(b) The study may include any of the following elements:

(1) A fiscal analysis of benefits associated with starting the proposed public bank, including, but not limited to, cost savings, jobs created, jobs retained, economic activity generated, and private capital leveraged.

(2) A qualitative assessment of social or environmental benefits of the proposed public bank.

(3) An estimate of the fees paid to the local agency’s current banker or bankers.

(4) A fiscal analysis of the costs, including social and environmental, of continuing to do business with the local agency’s current banker or bankers.

(c) (1) The study required by subdivision (a) shall be presented to and approved by the governing body of the local agency, and a motion to move forward with an application for a public banking charter shall be approved by a majority vote of the governing body at a public meeting prior to the local agency submitting an application pursuant to Section 1020 of the Financial Code. In addition, the local agency shall include a copy of the study required by subdivision (a) in the application submitted to the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation.

(2) Before the local agency submits an application pursuant to Section 1020 of the Financial Code, the motion to move forward with an application for a public banking charter shall be subject to voter approval at the next regularly scheduled election held at least 180 days following the vote of the governing body.

(3) The voter approval requirement described in paragraph (2) shall apply to a local agency entering into a joint powers authority formed pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act (Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1) after the study required in subdivision (a) has been completed and before submitting an application to organize and establish a public bank pursuant to Section 1020 of the Financial Code.

(4) As used in paragraphs (2) and (3), “local agency” does not include a charter city.

(d) The local agency shall make available to the public the financial models and key assumptions used to estimate the elements described in paragraphs (2) through (4) of subdivision (a) before presenting the study to the governing body of the local agency as required by subdivision (c).
Cal. GOV § 50953 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4.5 / Article 2 / Section 50953
Section 50953
Status: in_force

(a) The award system shall be administered by the board and the board shall comply with the following requirements:

(1) The board shall maintain a plan as described in Section 457(e)(11) of Title 26 of the United States Code.

(2) The representatives on the board shall be elected.

(3) The representatives on the board shall administer the award system with the reasonable care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with the award system would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims.

(4) The representatives on the board shall be subject to the prudent investor standard with regard to the fund.

(5) The award system shall be administered for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to members of the award system.

(6) The board shall select a custodian of the fund, as described in subdivision (j) of Section 50952.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the assets of the fund attributable to the benefit of registered volunteers of a department are subject to the claims of creditors of the department in the case of the insolvency of the department. The assets of the fund that are not attributable to the benefits of registered volunteers of an insolvent department are not subject to the claims of the creditors of the insolvent department.
Cal. CCP § 416.90 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / Article 4 / Section 416.90
Section 416.90
Status: in_force

A summons may be served on a person not otherwise specified in this article by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to such person or to a person authorized by him to receive service of process.
Cal. GOV § 50838 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 50838
Section 50838
Status: in_force

The board may compel witnesses to attend and testify before it upon matters concerning the system established by this chapter. Such testimony shall be taken in the same manner as testimony is taken before notaries public. The president or a member of the board may administer oaths to witnesses.
Cal. GOV § 57146 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 4 / Chapter 6 / Section 57146
Section 57146
Status: in_force

(a) On the basis of the time reasonably necessary to prepare and print the arguments, analysis, and sample ballots for the election, the elections official shall fix and determine a reasonable date prior to the election after which no arguments for or against the measure may be submitted for printing and distribution to the voters. Notice of the date fixed shall be published in accordance with Section 56153 in a newspaper of general circulation which is circulated in the affected territory. Arguments may be changed until and including the date fixed by the elections official.

(b) The notice shall contain all of the following information:

(1) A statement of the proposition to be voted on and a general description of the boundaries of the affected territory.

(2) An invitation to any registered voter or association of citizens entitled to vote on the proposal to submit and file with the elections official for printing and distribution in the ballot pamphlet, an argument for or an argument against the proposal.

(3) The date of the election.

(4) A statement that only one argument for and one argument against will be selected and printed in the ballot pamphlet.

(5) A statement that arguments shall not exceed 300 words in length and shall be accompanied by not more than five signatures.
Cal. GOV § 53356.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 5 / Section 53356.5
Section 53356.5
Status: in_force

(a) Any judgment shall decree the amount of the continuing lien against each parcel to be foreclosed, and shall order the parcel to be sold on execution as in other cases of the sale of real property by process of the court except:

(1) Notwithstanding Section 701.545 of the Code of Civil Procedure, notice of sale of any lot or parcel included in the judgment may be given pursuant to Section 701.540 of the Code of Civil Procedure any time after the expiration of 20 days after the date notice of levy on the interest in real property was served on the judgment debtor or debtors, provided that the lot or parcel to be sold is not a dwelling for not more than four families and provided that all parties whose liens are extinguished by the foreclosure judgment were either defendants in the foreclosure action or, for those parties who acquired an interest in a lien on the parcel after the recording of notice of the pending foreclosure action, received constructive notice of the action.

(2) Whenever notice of sale may be given after the expiration of 20 days after the date notice of levy was served as provided in paragraph (1), the 30-day time period contained in subdivision (h) of Section 701.540 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall be reduced to 10 days.

(3) Upon proof that the lot or parcel to be sold is not a dwelling for not more than four families, and upon determining that all parties whose liens are extinguished by the foreclosure judgment were either defendants in the foreclosure action or, for those parties who acquired an interest in a lien on the parcel after the recording of notice of the pending foreclosure action, received constructive notice of the action, pursuant to Section 716.020 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the court shall order that paragraphs (1) and (2) apply to any judgment previously entered.

(4) The minimum bid amount provided in Section 53356.6 shall apply instead of subdivision (a) of Section 701.620 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(5) The local agency may bid at the price provided in Section 53356.6 by giving the levying officer a written receipt crediting all or part of the amount required to satisfy the judgment. If the local agency becomes the purchaser pursuant to bid, the local agency shall pay the amount of its credit bid into the redemption fund within 24 months of the date of the foreclosure sale.

(6) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 701.620 of the Code of Civil Procedure, if the minimum price required to be paid for a lot or parcel pursuant to Section 53356.6 is not obtained at a foreclosure sale, upon written request of the local agency, the levying officer shall retain the writ of sale and, provided that the writ of sale has not been returned to the court pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 699.560 of the Code of Civil Procedure, give notice of sale pursuant to Section 701.540 of the Code of Civil Procedure without relevying on the property.

(7) As provided elsewhere in this chapter.

(b) The judgment amount shall include reasonable attorneys’ fees to be fixed by the court, together with interest, penalties, and other authorized charges and costs (all calculated up to date of judgment).

(c) The foreclosure action shall be governed and regulated by the provisions of this chapter, and also where not in conflict with this chapter, by other provisions of law generally applicable to foreclosure actions.
Cal. GOV § 53340.7 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 4 / Section 53340.7
Section 53340.7
Status: in_force

If the legislative body supplies to the tax collector each year a listing of the specific amount due from each parcel within the district, and the tax collector bills for and collects the tax without reference to tax rate areas, then Sections 54900 to 54916.5, inclusive, are not applicable to the formation of, change in the boundaries of, annexation to, or existence of, community facilities districts created pursuant to this chapter and there is no requirement that the statement and map described in these sections be filed with the State Board of Equalization or the county assessor. This section shall not prevent the voluntary filing of such a statement or map. This section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the existing law.
Cal. GOV § 54409 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 4 / Section 54409
Section 54409
Status: in_force

In the absence of an express recital on its face that the bond or interim receipt is nonnegotiable, the bond or interim receipt is a negotiable instrument.
Cal. CCP § 412.30 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 3 / Section 412.30
Section 412.30
Status: in_force

In an action against a corporation or an unincorporated association (including a partnership), the copy of the summons that is served shall contain a notice stating in substance:  “To the person served:  You are hereby served in the within action (or special proceeding) on behalf of (here state the name of the corporation or the unincorporated association) as a person upon whom a copy of the summons and of the complaint may be delivered to effect service on said party under the provisions of (here state appropriate provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 413.10) of the Code of Civil Procedure).”  If service is also made on such person as an individual, the notice shall also indicate that service is being made on such person as an individual as well as on behalf of the corporation or the unincorporated association.

If such notice does not appear on the copy of the summons served, no default may be taken against such corporation or unincorporated association or against such person individually, as the case may be.
Cal. GOV § 54953.4 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 9 / Section 54953.4
Section 54953.4
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that public access, including through translation of agendas as required by this section, is necessary for an informed populace. The Legislature encourages local agencies to adopt public access requirements that exceed the requirements of this chapter by translating additional languages, employing human translators, and conducting additional outreach.

(b) (1) In addition to any other applicable requirements of this chapter, a meeting held by a eligible legislative body pursuant to this chapter shall comply with both of the following requirements:

(A) (i) (I) (ia) All open and public meetings shall include an opportunity for members of the public to attend via a two-way telephonic service or a two-way audiovisual platform, except if adequate telephonic or internet service is not operational at the meeting location. If adequate telephonic or internet service is operational at the meeting location during only a portion of the meeting, the legislative body shall include an opportunity for members of the public to attend via a two-way telephonic service or a two-way audiovisual platform during that portion of the meeting.

(ib) (Ia) On or before July 1, 2026, an eligible legislative body shall approve at a noticed public meeting in open session, not on the consent calendar, a policy regarding disruption of telephonic or internet service occurring during meetings subject to this sub-subclause. The policy shall address the procedures for recessing and reconvening a meeting in the event of disruption and the efforts that the eligible legislative body shall make to attempt to restore the service.

(Ib) If a disruption of telephonic or internet service that prevents members of the public from attending or observing the meeting via the two-way telephonic service or two-way audiovisual platform occurs during the meeting, the eligible legislative body shall recess the open session of the meeting for at least one hour and make a good faith attempt to restore the service. The eligible legislative body may meet in closed session during this period. The eligible legislative body shall not reconvene the open session of the meeting until at least one hour following the disruption, or until telephonic or internet service is restored, whichever is earlier.

(Ic) Upon reconvening the open session, if telephonic or internet service has not been restored, the eligible legislative body shall adopt a finding by rollcall vote that good faith efforts to restore the telephonic or internet service have been made in accordance with the policy adopted pursuant to sub-sub-subclause (Ia) and that the public interest in continuing the meeting outweighs the public interest in remote public access.

(II) Subclause (I) does not apply to a meeting that is held to do any of the following:

(ia) Attend a judicial or administrative proceeding to which the local agency is a party.

(ib) Inspect real or personal property provided that the topic of the meeting is limited to items directly related to the real or personal property.

(ic) Meet with elected or appointed officials of the United States or the State of California, solely to discuss a legislative or regulatory issue affecting the local agency and over which the federal or state officials have jurisdiction.

(id) Meet 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.

(ie) Meet in an emergency situation pursuant to Section 54956.5.

(ii) If an eligible legislative body elects to provide a two-way audiovisual platform, the eligible legislative body shall publicly post and provide a call-in option, and activate any automatic captioning function during the meeting if an automatic captioning function is included with the two-way audiovisual platform. If an eligible legislative body does not elect to provide a two-way audiovisual platform, the eligible legislative body shall provide a two-way telephonic service for the public to participate in the meeting, pursuant to subclause (I).

(B) (i) All open and public meetings for which attendance via a two-way telephonic service or a two-way audiovisual platform is provided in accordance with paragraph (1) shall provide the public with an opportunity to provide public comment in accordance with Section 54954.3 via the two-way telephonic or two-way audiovisual platform, and ensure the opportunity for the members of the public participating via a two-way telephonic or two-way audiovisual platform to provide public comment with the same time allotment as a person attending a meeting in person.

(2) (A) An eligible legislative body shall reasonably assist members of the public who wish to translate a public meeting into any language or wish to receive interpretation provided by another member of the public, so long as the interpretation is not disrupting to the meeting, as defined in Section 54957.95. The eligible legislative body shall publicize instructions on how to request assistance under this subdivision. Assistance may include any of the following, as determined by the eligible legislative body:

(i) Arranging space for one or more interpreters at the meeting location.

(ii) Allowing extra time during the meeting for interpretation to occur.

(iii) Ensuring participants may utilize their personal equipment or reasonably access facilities for participants to access commercially available interpretation services.

(B) This section does not require an eligible legislative body to provide interpretation of any public meeting, however, an eligible legislative body may elect to provide interpretation of any public meeting.

(C) The eligible legislative body is not responsible for the content or accuracy of any interpretation facilitated, assisted with, or provided under this subdivision. An action shall not be commenced or maintained against the eligible legislative body arising from the content or accuracy of any interpretation facilitated, assisted with, or provided under this subdivision.

(3) An eligible legislative body shall take the following actions to encourage residents, including those in underrepresented communities and non-English-speaking communities, to participate in public meetings:

(A) Have in place a system for electronically accepting and fulfilling requests for meeting agendas and documents pursuant to Section 54954.1 through email or through an integrated agenda management platform. Information about how to make a request using this system shall be accessible through a prominent direct link posted on the primary internet website home page of the eligible legislative body.

(B) (i) Create and maintain an accessible internet webpage dedicated to public meetings that includes, or provides a link to, all of the following information:

(I) A general explanation of the public meeting process for the eligible legislative body.

(II) An explanation of the procedures for a member of the public to provide in-person or remote oral public comment during a public meeting or to submit written public comment.

(III) A calendar of all public meeting dates with calendar listings that include the date, time, and location of each public meeting.

(IV) The agenda posted online pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 54954.2.

(ii) The eligible legislative body shall include a link to the webpage required by subparagraph (A) on the home page of the eligible legislative body’s internet website.

(C) (i) Make reasonable efforts, as determined by the legislative body, to invite groups that do not traditionally participate in public meetings to attend those meetings, which may include, but are not limited to, all the following:

(I) Media organizations that provide news coverage in the jurisdiction of the eligible legislative body, including media organizations that serve non-English-speaking communities.

(II) Good government, civil rights, civic engagement, neighborhood, and community group organizations, or similar organizations that are active in the jurisdiction of the eligible legislative body, including organizations active in non-English-speaking communities.

(ii) Legislative bodies shall have broad discretion in the choice of reasonable efforts they make under this subparagraph. No action shall be commenced or maintained against an eligible legislative body arising from failing to provide public meeting information to any specific group pursuant to this subparagraph.

(c) (1) (A) The agenda for each meeting of an eligible legislative body shall be translated into all applicable languages, and each translation shall be posted in accordance with Section 54954.2. Each translation shall include instructions in the applicable language describing how to join the meeting by the telephonic or internet-based service option, including any requirements for registration for public comment.

(B) The accessible internet webpage provided under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) shall be translated into all applicable languages, and each translation shall be accessible through a prominent direct link posted on the primary internet website home page of the eligible legislative body.

(2) A translation made using a digital translation service shall satisfy the requirements of paragraph (1).

(3) The eligible legislative body shall make available a physical location that is freely accessible to the public in reasonable proximity to the physical location in which the agenda and translations are posted as described in paragraph (1), and shall allow members of the public to post additional translations of the agenda in that location.

(4) The eligible legislative body is not responsible for the content or accuracy of any translation provided pursuant to this subdivision. No action shall be commenced or maintained against an eligible legislative body arising from the content, accuracy, posting, or removal of any translation provided by the eligible legislative body or posted by any person pursuant to this subdivision.

(5) For the purposes of this section, the agenda does not include the entire agenda packet.

(d) This section shall not be construed to affect or supersede any other applicable civil rights, nondiscrimination, or public access laws.

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

(1) (A) “Applicable languages” means languages, according to data from the most recent American Community Survey, spoken jointly by 20 percent or more of the applicable population, provided that 20 percent or more of the population that speaks that language in that city or county speaks English less than “very well.”

(B) For the purposes of subparagraph (A), the applicable population shall be determined as follows:

(i) For an eligible legislative body that is a city council or county board of supervisors, the applicable population shall be the population of the city or county.

(ii) For an eligible legislative body of a special district, the applicable population shall be either of the following, at the discretion of the board of directors of the special district:

(I) The population of the county with the greatest population within the boundaries of the special district.

(II) The population of the service area of the special district, if the special district has the data to determine what languages spoken by the population within its service area meet the requirements of paragraph (A).

(C) If more than three languages meet the criteria set forth in subparagraph (A), “applicable languages” shall mean the three languages described in subparagraph (A) that are spoken by the largest percentage of the population.

(D) An eligible legislative body may elect to determine the applicable languages based upon a source other than the most recent American Community Survey if it makes a finding, based upon substantial evidence, that the other source provides equally or more reliable data for the territory over which the eligible legislative body exercises jurisdiction.

(2) “Eligible legislative body” means any of the following:

(A) A city council of a city with a population of 30,000 or more.

(B) A county board of supervisors of a county, or city and county, with a population of 30,000 or more.

(C) A city council of a city located in a county with a population of 600,000 or more.

(D) The board of directors of a special district that has an internet website and meets any of the following conditions:

(i) The boundaries of the special district include the entirety of a county with a population of 600,000 or more, and the special district has over 200 full-time equivalent employees.

(ii) The special district has over 1,000 full-time equivalent employees.

(iii) The special district has annual revenues, based on the most recent Financial Transaction Report data published by the California State Controller, that exceed four hundred million dollars ($400,000,000), adjusted annually for inflation commencing January 1, 2027, as measured by the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index from January 1 of the prior year to January 1 of the current year, and the special district employs over 200 full-time equivalent employees.

(3) “Two-way audiovisual platform” means an online platform that provides participants with the ability to participate in a meeting via both an interactive video conference and a two-way telephonic service.

(4) “Two-way telephonic service” means a telephone service that does not require internet access and allows participants to dial a telephone number to listen and verbally participate.

(f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.

(g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed.
Cal. GOV § 50620 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 4 / Section 50620
Section 50620
Status: in_force

The boundaries of any district may be altered, and contiguous or noncontiguous territory may be annexed thereto. The legislative body may by resolution fix a time and place for hearing upon the question of annexation of such territory to an existing district. The resolution shall describe the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed. The legislative body may by resolution determine that each parcel of territory annexed or to be annexed to a district should pay its proportionate share of the cost of any improvements constructed prior to such annexation. No such parcel may be annexed until the full amount of its contribution has been determined and paid. All such amounts paid to the local agency shall be placed in the special fund of the district and may be used for the purposes for which the proceeds from the annual assessments may be used. The date set for the hearing on the proposed annexation shall be at least three weeks from and after the date of the adoption of the resolution setting the hearing.
Cal. GOV § 51243.6 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 51243.6
Section 51243.6
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares the following:

(a) The enforceability of contracts entered into pursuant to this article is necessary to permit the preferential taxation provided to the owners of land under contract, pursuant to Section 8 of Article XIII of the California Constitution.

(b) The option granted to a city pursuant to Section 51243.5 to elect not to succeed to a contract may be held only by the city.

(c) No contracting landowner has a reasonable expectation that a contract can be terminated immediately pursuant to this article without penalty.
Cal. GOV § 55026 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 2 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 55026
Section 55026
Status: in_force

The ordinance or resolution shall state any terms and conditions of the permission prescribed by the legislative body.
Cal. PEN § 4577 — California Code / Code pen / Part 3 / Title 5 / Chapter 3 / Section 4577
Section 4577
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d), a person who knowingly and intentionally operates an unmanned aircraft system on or above the grounds of a state prison, a jail, or a juvenile hall, camp, or ranch is guilty of an infraction, punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars ($500).

(b) This section does not apply to a person employed by the prison who operates the unmanned aircraft system within the scope of his or her employment, or a person who receives prior permission from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to operate the unmanned aircraft system over the prison.

(c) This section does not apply to a person employed by the jail who operates the unmanned aircraft system within the scope of his or her employment, or a person who receives prior permission from the county sheriff to operate the unmanned aircraft system over the jail.

(d) This section does not apply to a person employed by the county department that operates the juvenile hall, camp, or ranch who operates the unmanned aircraft system within the scope of his or her employment, or a person who receives prior permission from the county department that operates the juvenile hall, camp, or ranch to operate the unmanned aircraft system over the juvenile hall, camp, or ranch.

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

(1) “Unmanned aircraft” means an aircraft that is operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft.

(2) “Unmanned aircraft system” means an unmanned aircraft and associated elements, including, but not limited to, communication links and the components that control the unmanned aircraft that are required for the pilot in command to operate safely and efficiently in the national airspace system.
Cal. GOV § 56866 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 3 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 56866
Section 56866
Status: in_force

Petitions for a merger of a district which overlaps a city, or for the establishment of the district as a subsidiary district of the city, shall be signed as follows:

(a) For a registered voter district, by either of the following:

(1) Five percent of the registered voters of the district.

(2) Five percent of the registered voters residing within the territory of the city outside the boundaries of the district.

(b) For a landowner-voter district, by either of the following:

(1) Five percent of the number of landowner-voters within the district who also own not less than 5 percent of assessed value of land within the district.

(2) Five percent of the registered voters residing within the territory of the city outside the boundaries of the district.
Cal. GOV § 53198 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1.5 / Article 5 / Section 53198
Section 53198
Status: in_force

Any contingent assessments including any penalties, when recorded in accordance with Division 4.5 (commencing with Section 3100) of the Streets and Highways Code, shall constitute a lien upon the real property, except that no lien shall be created against any publicly owned property, and the lien shall continue until the charge and all penalties are fully paid or the property is sold to satisfy the lien. The lien shall have the same force, effect, priority, and duration as would a delinquent lien under the particular financing act utilized.
Cal. CCP § 1220 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 3 / Title 5 / Section 1220
Section 1220
Status: in_force

When the warrant of arrest has been returned served, if the person arrested does not appear on the return day, the court or judge may issue another warrant of arrest or may order the undertaking to be enforced, or both. If the undertaking is enforced, the measure of damages is the extent of the loss or injury sustained by the aggrieved party by reason of the misconduct for which the warrant was issued.
Cal. CIV § 1952 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1952
Section 1952
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), nothing in Sections 1951 to 1951.8, inclusive, affects the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1159) of Title 3 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to actions for unlawful detainer, forcible entry, and forcible detainer.

(b) Unless the lessor amends the complaint as provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1952.3 to state a claim for damages not recoverable in the unlawful detainer proceeding, the bringing of an action under the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1159) of Title 3 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure does not affect the lessor’s right to bring a separate action for relief under Sections 1951.2, 1951.5, and 1951.8, but no damages shall be recovered in the subsequent action for any detriment for which a claim for damages was made and determined on the merits in the previous action.

(c) After the lessor obtains possession of the property under a judgment pursuant to Section 1174 of the Code of Civil Procedure, he is no longer entitled to the remedy provided under Section 1951.4 unless the lessee obtains relief under Section 1179 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Cal. GOV § 53852 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 7.6 / Section 53852
Section 53852
Status: in_force

On or after the first day of any fiscal year a local agency may borrow money pursuant to this article, the indebtedness to be represented by a note or notes issued to the lender pursuant to this article. The money borrowed may be used and expended by the local agency for any purpose for which the local agency is authorized to use and expend moneys, including but not limited to current expenses, capital expenditures, investment and reinvestment, and the discharge of any obligation or indebtedness of the local agency.
Cal. GOV § 53133 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 7 / Section 53133
Section 53133
Status: in_force

The Controller shall identify and make available to local agencies federally mandated financial and compliance block grant audit requirements.
Cal. GOV § 54316 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 54316
Section 54316
Status: in_force

“Holder of bonds” or “bondholder” means:

(a) The bearer of any outstanding bond registered to bearer or not registered.

(b) The registered owner of an outstanding bond registered other than to bearer at the time.
Cal. GOV § 54227 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 5 / Article 8 / Section 54227
Section 54227
Status: in_force

(a) In the event that any local agency disposing of surplus land receives a notice of interest to purchase or lease that land from more than one of the entities to which notice of availability was given pursuant to this article, the local agency shall give first priority to the entity or entities that agree to use the site for housing that meets the requirements of Section 54222.5. If the local agency receives offers from more than one entity that agrees to meet the requirements of Section 54222.5, then the local agency shall give priority to the entity that proposes to provide the greatest number of units that meet the requirements of Section 54222.5. In the event that more than one entity proposes the same number of units that meet the requirements of Section 54222.5, priority shall be given to the entity that proposes the deepest average level of affordability for the affordable units. A local agency may negotiate concurrently with all entities that provide notice of interest for the purpose of developing low- and moderate-income housing that meets the requirements of Section 54222.5.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), first priority shall be given to an entity that agrees to use the site for park or recreational purposes if the land being offered is already being used and will continue to be used for park or recreational purposes, or if the land is designated for park and recreational use in the local general plan and will be developed for that purpose.
Cal. CIV § 1694.2 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 2.1 / Section 1694.2
Section 1694.2
Status: in_force

(a) A dating service contract shall be in writing, which, in the case of an online dating service contract, may be an electronic writing made available for viewing online. A copy of the contract shall be provided to the buyer at the time he or she signs the contract, except that an online dating service shall not be required to provide a copy of the contract where (1) the contract is available through a direct link that is provided in a clear and conspicuous manner on the Internet Web site page where the buyer provides consent to the agreement and, (2) upon request by the buyer, the online dating service provides a PDF format or retainable digital copy of the contract.

(b) (1) Every dating service contract shall contain on its face, and in close proximity to the space reserved for the signature of the buyer, a conspicuous statement in a size equal to at least 10-point boldface type, as follows:

“You, the buyer, may cancel this agreement, without any penalty or obligation, at any time prior to midnight of the original contract seller’s third business day following the date of this contract, excluding Sundays and holidays. To cancel this agreement, mail or deliver a signed and dated notice, or send a telegram which states that you, the buyer, are canceling this agreement, or words of similar effect. This notice shall be sent to:

(Name of the business that sold you the contract)
(Address of the business that sold you the contract) .”

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not otherwise apply to an online dating service if the online dating service contract includes the statement in paragraph (1) in a clear and conspicuous manner in a stand-alone first paragraph of the contract.

(c) (1) The dating service contract shall contain on the first page, in a type size no smaller than that generally used in the body of the document, the name and address of the dating service operator to which the notice of cancellation is to be mailed, and the date the buyer signed the contract.

(2) In the case of an online dating service contract, if the name of the dating service operator and the email address that can be used for cancellation appears in the first paragraph of the contract, in a type size no smaller than that generally used in the body of the document, the other requirements of paragraph (1) shall not apply.

(d) (1) No dating service contract shall require payments or financing by the buyer over a period in excess of two years from the date the contract is entered into, nor shall the term of any such contract be measured by the life of the buyer. However, the services to be rendered to the buyer under the contract may extend over a period beginning within six months and ending within three years of the date the contract is entered into.

(2) In the case of an online dating service contract, if the initial term is one year or less, and subsequent terms are one year or less, paragraph (1) shall not apply.

(e) If a dating service contract is not in compliance with this chapter, the buyer may, at any time, cancel the contract.
Cal. GOV § 53394 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.7 / Article 7 / Section 53394
Section 53394
Status: in_force

The legislative body of a district established within the boundaries of a city shall reimburse the county for any costs incurred by the county auditor on behalf of the district pursuant to this article.
Cal. CIV § 1993.02 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 4 / Title 5 / Chapter 5.5 / Section 1993.02
Section 1993.02
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter provides an optional procedure for the disposition of property that remains on the premises after a tenancy of commercial real property has terminated and the premises have been vacated by the tenant.

(b) This chapter does not apply if Section 1862.5, 2080.8, or 2080.9, or Article 2 (commencing with Section 2081) of Chapter 4 of Title 6, apply. This chapter does not apply to property that exists for the purpose of providing utility services and is owned by a public utility, whether or not that property is actually in operation to provide those utility services.

(c) This chapter does not apply to a manufactured home, as defined in Section 18007 of the Health and Safety Code, a mobilehome, as defined in Section 18008 of the Health and Safety Code, or a commercial coach, as defined in Section 18001.8 of the Health and Safety Code, including any attachments or contents, whether or not the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach is subject to registration under the Health and Safety Code.

(d) This chapter does not apply to the disposition of animals subject to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 17001) of Part 1 of Division 9 of the Food and Agricultural Code.

(e) This chapter does not apply to residential property or self-storage units.

(f) If the requirements of this chapter are not satisfied, nothing in this chapter affects the rights and liabilities of the landlord, former tenant, or any other person.
Cal. GOV § 56074.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 3 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 56074.5
Section 56074.5
Status: in_force

“Service review” means an analysis conducted by the commission documenting and analyzing the services in a particular geographic region or jurisdictional area pursuant to the requirements of Section 56430.
Cal. GOV § 50575 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2.5 / Article 1 / Section 50575
Section 50575
Status: in_force

This chapter may be known and cited as the Open Space Maintenance Act.
Cal. GOV § 53730.01 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 3.8 / Section 53730.01
Section 53730.01
Status: in_force

A hospital district established pursuant to Division 23 (commencing with Section 32000) of the Health and Safety Code whose hospitals are wholly owned and are operated by the district shall have the authority to impose special taxes pursuant to Article XIII A of the California Constitution and Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 and consistent with Article 3.7 (commencing with Section 53720). The board of directors shall determine the basis and nature of any special tax and its manner of collection.

“Special taxes” as used in this section, means special taxes which apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the hospital district.
Cal. GOV § 53831 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 7 / Section 53831
Section 53831
Status: in_force

All such notes, tax anticipation warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness issued for funds borrowed prior to December 31st in any fiscal year shall be repaid not later than that date. All other evidences of indebtedness for funds borrowed in any fiscal year shall be repaid not later than May 30th of such fiscal year. Notes, tax anticipation warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness shall not be issued after December 31st in any fiscal year if funds borrowed prior to December 31st are not repaid prior to that date.
Cal. GOV § 53232 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 2.3 / Section 53232
Section 53232
Status: in_force

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

(a) “Governing body” means the board of supervisors in the case of a county or a city and county, the city council or board of trustees in the case of a city, and the board of directors or other governing body in the case of a special district.

(b) “Legislative body” has the same meaning as specified in Section 54952.

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

(d) “Meeting” has the same meaning as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 54952.2.
Cal. GOV § 53069.3 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 53069.3
Section 53069.3
Status: in_force

(a) A city, county, or city and county may enact an ordinance to provide for the use of city or county funds to remove graffiti or other inscribed material from publicly or privately owned real or personal property located within the city, county, or city and county and to replace or repair public or privately owned property within that city, county, or city and county that has been defaced with graffiti or other inscribed material that cannot be removed cost effectively.

(b) The ordinance shall authorize only the removal of the graffiti or other inscribed material itself, or, if the graffiti or other inscribed material cannot be removed cost effectively, the repair or replacement of the portion of the property that was defaced, and not the painting, repair, or replacement of other parts of the property that were not defaced.

(c) (1) The removal, repair, or replacement may be performed, in the case of publicly owned real or personal property, only after securing the consent of the public entity having jurisdiction over the property, and in the case of privately owned real or personal property, only after securing the consent of the owner or possessor.

(2) The law enforcement agency with primary jurisdiction in a city, county, or city and county that enacts an ordinance pursuant to this section may promulgate procedures for preremoval preservation of sufficient evidence of the graffiti or other inscribed material for criminal prosecutions or proceedings pursuant to Section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code pertaining to the person or persons who inscribed the graffiti or other material. These procedures shall be followed by the city, county, or city and county prior to or during removal of graffiti or other inscribed material.

(d) (1) If a city enacts an ordinance pursuant to this section, the city may also enact an ordinance to establish a procedure pursuant to Section 38772, 38773, 38773.1, 38773.2, 38773.5, or 38773.6 to recover city funds used pursuant to this section to remove graffiti or other inscribed material from publicly or privately owned real or personal property within the city.

(2) If a county enacts an ordinance pursuant to this section, the county may enact an ordinance to establish a procedure pursuant to Section 25845 to recover county funds used pursuant to this section to remove graffiti or other inscribed material from publicly or privately owned real or personal property within the county.

(3) As used in this section, “city or county funds” include, but are not limited to, court costs, attorney’s fees, costs of removal of the graffiti or other inscribed material, costs of repair and replacement of defaced property, costs of administering and monitoring the participation of a defendant and his or her parents or guardians in a graffiti abatement program, and the law enforcement costs incurred by the city or county in identifying and apprehending the person who created, caused, or committed the graffiti or other inscribed material on the publicly or privately owned permanent real or personal property within the city or county.

(e) As used in this section, “graffiti or other inscribed material” includes any unauthorized inscription, word, figure, mark, or design that is written, marked, etched, scratched, drawn, or painted on any real or personal property.

(f) This section does not preclude the abatement of graffiti or other inscribed material as a nuisance pursuant to Section 25845 or 38773.5 or the enactment or enforcement of any criminal law with respect to nuisance.
Cal. GOV § 53208 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 53208
Section 53208
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any statutory limitation upon compensation or statutory restriction relating to interest in contracts entered into by any local agency, any member of a legislative body may participate in any plan of health and welfare benefits permitted by this article.
Cal. CCP § 1217 — California Code / Code ccp / Part 3 / Title 5 / Section 1217
Section 1217
Status: in_force

When the person arrested has been brought up or appeared, the court or judge must proceed to investigate the charge, and must hear any answer which the person arrested may make to the same, and may examine witnesses for or against him, for which an adjournment may be had from time to time if necessary.
Cal. GOV § 51110.3 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 6.7 / Article 2 / Section 51110.3
Section 51110.3
Status: in_force

In the event that a landowner does not receive notice pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51110.1, such owner may prior to January 1, 1978, petition directly to the board or council to have a parcel owned by such person included on list “B.” Such owner must be able to demonstrate that on each such parcel a plan for forest management has been prepared, or approved as to content, by a registered professional forester prior to October 15, 1977. Such plan shall provide for the harvest of timber within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the preparer of the plan.

In the event that the board or council finds that the parcel does in fact have plans for forest management signed by a registered professional forester prior to October 15, 1977, the board or council shall include the parcel listed in the petition on list “B” without respect to acreage or size and shall consider these parcels under subdivision (c) of Section 51112.
Cal. GOV § 50514 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 1 / Part 1 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 50514
Section 50514
Status: in_force

The legislative body shall award the lease to the highest responsible bidder.
Cal. CIV § 1689.23 — California Code / Code civ / Division 3 / Part 2 / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / Section 1689.23
Section 1689.23
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 1689.22, within 20 days after a seminar sales solicitation contract or offer has been canceled, the buyer, upon demand, must tender to the seller any goods delivered by the seller pursuant to the sale or offer, but he or she is not obligated to tender at any place other than his or her own address. If the seller fails to demand possession of goods within 20 days after cancellation, the goods become the property of the buyer without obligation to pay for them.

(b) The buyer has a duty to take reasonable care of the goods in his or her possession, both prior to cancellation and during the 20-day period following. During the 20-day period after cancellation, except for the buyer’s duty of care, the goods are at the seller’s risk.

(c) If the seller has performed any services pursuant to a seminar sales solicitation contract or offer prior to its cancellation, the seller is entitled to no compensation. If the seller’s services result in the alteration of property of the buyer, the seller shall restore the property to substantially as good condition as it was at the time the services were rendered.
Cal. GOV § 53071.5 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 53071.5
Section 53071.5
Status: in_force

(a) By the enactment of this section, the Legislature occupies the whole field of regulation of the manufacture, sale, or possession of imitation firearms, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 16700 of the Penal Code, and that subdivision shall preempt and be exclusive of all regulations relating to the manufacture, sale, or possession of imitation firearms, including regulations governing the manufacture, sale, or possession of BB devices and air rifles described in Section 16250 of the Penal Code.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the County of Los Angeles, and any city within the County of Los Angeles, may enact and enforce an ordinance or resolution that is more restrictive than state law regulating the manufacture, sale, possession, or use of any BB device, toy gun, replica of a firearm, or other device that meets both of the following requirements:

(1) The device is so substantially similar in coloration and overall appearance to an existing firearm as to lead a reasonable person to perceive that the device is a firearm.

(2) The device expels a projectile that is no more than 16 millimeters in diameter.
Cal. GOV § 53995 — California Code / Code gov / Title 5 / Division 2 / Part 1 / Chapter 4 / Article 19 / Section 53995
Section 53995
Status: in_force

As used in this article:

(a) “Financial transaction” means any agreement or arrangement entered into between a local agency or the treasurer of a local agency and any party or parties for the performance of required financial services or duties by either the local agency or the other party or parties, or both. “Financial transaction” includes, but is not limited to, financial affairs of a local agency, as provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 53400 and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 53600)).

(b) “Legislative body” means the elected or appointed governing body or authority of a local agency.

(c) “Local agency” means a city, county, city and county, including a chartered city, county, or city and county, redevelopment agency, special district, school district, community college district, county board of education, county superintendent of schools, or any agency of the state formed for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries.

(d) “Obligation of contract” has the same meaning and shall be subject to the same interpretation as “obligation of contract” has in Section 9 of Article I of the Constitution.

(e) “Treasurer” means the treasurer of the local agency.