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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 3 - CITY AND COUNTY AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Energy Authority › ARTICLE 5 - Powers and Duties › Section 52103.

52103. An authority may, subject to approval by the governing body, contract for the furnishing by any person, business, public utility, or agency, public or private, including community-based organizations, of services.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1550, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 3 - CITY AND COUNTY AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Energy Authority › ARTICLE 5 - Powers and Duties › Section 52104.

52104. To the extent feasible, an authority shall utilize the employees and services of the county or city for its operations. If the governing body determines that it is not feasible for the authority to utilize its employees or services, the governing body may authorize the authority to employ its own staff and to contract for services needed.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1550, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 3 - CITY AND COUNTY AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Energy Authority › ARTICLE 5 - Powers and Duties › Section 52105.

52105. An authority shall apply for and obtain any permits, licenses, certificates, or approvals that may be necessary for an authority owned and operated energy project, and may construct, maintain, and operate energy projects in accordance with these licenses, permits, certificates, or approvals.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1550, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 3 - CITY AND COUNTY AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Energy Authority › ARTICLE 5 - Powers and Duties › Section 52106.

52106. An authority may, subject to the direction of the governing body, do all of the following:
(a) Conduct public hearings for all energy projects.
(b) Hold public hearings to review and approve all projects being developed within the community that involve a substantial use of energy and may impact the economic stability of the local economy, with particular attention to the impact on low- and moderate-income households.
(c) Exempt specific projects from the review process.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1550, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 3 - CITY AND COUNTY AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Energy Authority › ARTICLE 5 - Powers and Duties › Section 52107.

52107. All energy projects shall be consistent with all state, regional, and local planning, zoning, sanitary, safety, and building laws, ordinances, and regulations applicable to the jurisdiction in which the project is located.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1550, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 3 - CITY AND COUNTY AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Energy Authority › ARTICLE 6 - Bonds › Section 52120.

52120. An authority may issue bonds pursuant to the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2), except that, notwithstanding Section 54309, 54309.1, 54310, or 54311, an authority may issue bonds to finance an energy project under this part.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1550, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 3 - CITY AND COUNTY AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Energy Authority › ARTICLE 7 - Claims › Section 52170.

52170. All claims for money or damages against the authority are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto. Claims, the risk or hazard of which are covered by insurance pursuant to the authorization of subdivision (c) of Section 52106 and which have been presented in accordance with Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1, may be referred to the carrier insuring against that risk or hazard for further action in accordance with the procedure specified by the authority.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1550, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 3 - CITY AND COUNTY AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Energy Authority › ARTICLE 8 - Tax Exemption of Community Energy Authority › Section 52180.

52180. It has been found and declared by the Legislature that the activities of an authority constitute an important governmental function and are for public uses and purposes and are governmental functions of state concern. As a matter of legislative determination, it is hereby found and declared that the property, projects, and bonds of an energy authority are of such character as shall be exempt from taxation.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1550, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 3 - CITY AND COUNTY AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Energy Authority › ARTICLE 8 - Tax Exemption of Community Energy Authority › Section 52181.

52181. The property of an authority is exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the state or any city, county, or political subdivision of the state. In lieu of these taxes or special assessments the authority may agree to make payments to any city, county, or political subdivision of the state for services, improvements, or facilities furnished by the city, county, or political subdivision for the benefit of an energy project owned by the authority.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1550, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 3 - CITY AND COUNTY AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Energy Authority › ARTICLE 8 - Tax Exemption of Community Energy Authority › Section 52182.

52182. The bonds of an authority are issued for an essential public and governmental purpose, and, together with interest thereon and income therefrom, are exempt from all taxes.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1550, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 3 - CITY AND COUNTY AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - Community Energy Authority › ARTICLE 9 - Prohibitions › Section 52190.

52190. Nothing in this act allows an authority to acquire or operate any public utility facilities or property employed in the generation, transmission, or distribution of gas, electricity, steam, or water, except by mutual agreement between the authority and the public utility.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1550, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 4 - Economic Opportunity › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 52200.

52200. It is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the following:
(a) Promote economic development on a local level so that communities can enact local strategies to increase jobs, create economic opportunity, and generate tax revenue for all levels of government.
(b) Give local governments tools, at no cost to the state, that allow local governments to use their funds in a manner that promotes economic opportunity.
(c) With the loss of redevelopment funds, cities, counties, and cities and counties need to continue certain powers afforded to redevelopment agencies that were critical to economic development, yet do not have an impact on schools and the state budget.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 659, Sec. 1. (SB 470) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 4 - Economic Opportunity › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 52200.2.

52200.2. As used in this part, “economic opportunity” means any of the following:
(a) Development agreements, loan agreements, sale agreements, lease agreements, or other agreements that create, retain, or expand new jobs, in which the legislative body finds that the agreement will create or retain at least one full-time equivalent, permanent job for every thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) of city, county, or city and county investment in the project after full capacity and implementation.
(b) Development agreements, loan agreements, sale agreements, lease agreements, or other agreements that increase property tax revenues to all property tax collecting entities, in which the legislative body finds that the agreement will result in an increase of at least 15 percent of total property tax resulting from the project at full implementation when compared to the year prior to the property being acquired by the government entity.
(c) Creation of affordable housing, if a demonstrated affordable housing need exists in the community, as defined in the approved housing element or regional housing needs assessment.
(d) Projects that meet the goals set forth in Chapter 728 of the Statutes of 2008 and have been included in an adopted sustainable communities strategy or alternative planning strategy or a project that specifically implements the goals of those adopted plans.
(e) Transit priority projects, as defined in Section 21155 of the Public Resources Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 503, Sec. 1. (AB 806) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 4 - Economic Opportunity › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 52200.4.

52200.4. It is declared to be the policy of the state:
(a) To protect and promote the sound development of economic opportunity in cities and counties and the general welfare of the inhabitants of those communities through the employment of all appropriate means.
(b) That whenever the creation of economic opportunity in cities and counties cannot be accomplished by private enterprise alone, without public participation and assistance in the acquisition of land, in planning and in the financing of land assembly, in the work of clearance, and in the making of improvements necessary therefor, it is in the public interest to advance or expend public funds for these purposes, and to provide a means by which economic opportunity can be created.
(c) That the creation of economic opportunity and the provisions for appropriate continuing land use and construction policies with respect to property acquired, in whole or in part, for economic opportunity constitute public uses and purposes for which public money may be advanced or expended and private property acquired, and are governmental functions of state concern in the interest of health, safety, and welfare of the people of the state and cities and counties.
(d) That the necessity in the public interest for the provisions of this part is declared to be a matter of legislative determination.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 659, Sec. 1. (SB 470) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 4 - Economic Opportunity › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 52200.6.

52200.6. (a) (1) This part shall not be interpreted to authorize the use of eminent domain for economic development purposes.
(2) For the purposes of this part, a city, county, or city and county shall not sell, lease, or otherwise transfer, at a price that is less than the fair market value, any real property that was acquired through eminent domain. This prohibition shall not apply to either of the following:
(A) Any real property governed by a long-range property management plan pursuant to Section 34191.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
(B) Any housing asset transferred to a city, county, or city and county pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 34176 of the Health and Safety Code or subdivision (c) of Section 34181 of the Health and Safety Code, provided that the successor agency or the designated local authority in the affected jurisdiction has received a finding of completion from the Department of Finance pursuant to Section 34179.7 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) The creation of an economic opportunity pursuant to this part shall be subject to the provisions of Section 53083.
(c) The provisions of this part shall be an alternative to any authority of a city, county, or city and county to create an economic opportunity or to acquire, sell, or lease property for economic development, found in the Constitution, state law, local ordinance, or charter. This part does not limit, or in any way affect, the application of any other such laws.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 503, Sec. 2. (AB 806) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 4 - Economic Opportunity › CHAPTER 2 - Sales and Leases › Section 52202.

52202. (a) A city, county, or city and county may loan funds to owners or tenants for the purpose of rehabilitating commercial buildings or structures. The loan shall be in the form of a written loan agreement that includes a payment schedule, the terms for interest calculation, the rights and remedies of the parties in case of default, and any other material terms of the loan.
(b) Prior to entering into a loan agreement pursuant to this section, the city, county, or city and county shall find, after a public hearing, that the assistance is necessary for the economic feasibility of the development and that the assistance cannot be obtained on economically feasible terms in the private market.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 503, Sec. 4. (AB 806) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 4 - Economic Opportunity › CHAPTER 2 - Sales and Leases › Section 52203.

52203. (a) As part of an agreement that provides for the development or rehabilitation of property that will be used for industrial or manufacturing purposes, a city, county, or city and county may assist with the financing of facilities or capital equipment, including, but not necessarily limited to, pollution control devices.
(b) Prior to entering into an agreement for a development that will be assisted pursuant to this section, a city, county, or city and county shall find, after a public hearing, that the assistance is necessary for the economic feasibility of the development and that the assistance cannot be obtained on economically feasible terms in the private market.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 659, Sec. 1. (SB 470) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 53000.

53000. As used in this chapter, “legislative 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 district or other public agency, unless the context otherwise requires.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 2 - Emergency Powers › Section 53019.

53019. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the State of California that the control of fires and dangerous conditions caused by great public calamities is a matter of statewide concern and interest to all inhabitants and citizens.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1331.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 2 - Emergency Powers › Section 53020.

53020. As used in this article, “local agency” means public agency.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 2 - Emergency Powers › Section 53021.

53021. Services performed or expenditures made by a local agency within or without its territorial limits are conclusively deemed for the direct protection and benefit of its inhabitants and property if made or performed for:
(a) A national or local emergency created by military attack or sabotage.
(b) Providing adequate national or local defense.
(c) A local emergency, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 8558.
(d) Before one local agency may respond to a request for material fire protection or aid pursuant to this article the requesting agency must have primary fire protection by an organized fire department pursuant to law, and the request for aid must come from the chief or other authorized agent of such requesting agency.
Notwithstanding budget limitations and restrictions imposed by law, except limitations imposed by the Constitution, all such services performed or expenditures made are payable from any funds of the public agency rendering the services or making the expenditure upon the adoption of a resolution by the governing body of that agency determining that the services were performed or the expenditures were made in connection with such an emergency and designating the fund or funds from which the obligation is to be paid.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 38.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 2 - Emergency Powers › Section 53022.

53022. If such services are performed outside the local agency’s limits, they shall be ordered by the chief administrative officer of the office or department performing them unless otherwise provided by the legislative body of the local agency.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 2 - Emergency Powers › Section 53023.

53023. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or any local ordinance all the privileges and immunities from liability, exemptions from laws and rules, all pension, relief, disability, workmen’s compensation, and other benefits, which apply to officers, agents, or employees of the local agency when performing functions within the local agency’s limits apply to them to the same extent while performing functions extraterritorially pursuant to this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1331.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 2.5 - Disposal of Coastal Property › Section 53035.

53035. It is the policy of this state to protect public access to beaches and coastal lands.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1099.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 2.5 - Disposal of Coastal Property › Section 53036.

53036. No local agency as defined in Section 54951 shall sell, lease, or otherwise transfer real property owned by it and lying between the high water line of the Pacific Ocean and the public street or highway nearest the Pacific Ocean without reserving to the public the right of access over such real property, unless such local agency or its grantee shall make available to the public an alternate route which, in the judgment of the local agency, gives equal or greater public access to the Pacific Ocean in the same immediate vicinity.
Any public access right or rights identified or provided pursuant to this section shall be expressly described in any document effecting the sale, lease, or transfer of such real property.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1259.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 2.6 - Restoration of Records Destroyed by Public Calamity › Section 53040.

53040. (a) As used in this section:
(1) “Acquire” includes acquisition by gift, purchase, lease, eminent domain, or otherwise.
(2) “Local public entity” means any public entity other than the state.
(3) “Public record plant” means the plant, or any part thereof, or any record therein, of any person engaged in the business of searching or publishing public records or insuring or guaranteeing titles to real property, including copies of public records and abstracts or memoranda taken from public records, which is owned by or in the possession of such person or which is used by him in his business.
(b) If public records of a local public entity have been lost or destroyed by conflagration or other public calamity, the local public entity may acquire the right to reproduce such portion of a public record plant as is necessary for the purpose of restoring or replacing the records or their substance.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3 - Roster of Public Agencies › Section 53050.

53050. The term “public agency,” as used in this article, means a district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public corporation in the state, but does not include the state or a county, city and county, or city.
(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 653.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3 - Roster of Public Agencies › Section 53051.

53051. (a) Within 70 days after the date of commencement of its legal existence, the governing body of each public agency shall file with the Secretary of State on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State and with the county clerk of each county in which the public agency maintains an office, a statement of all of the following facts:
(1) The full, legal name of the public agency.
(2) The official mailing address of the governing body of the public agency.
(3) The name and residence or business address of each member of the governing body of the public agency.
(4) The name, title, and residence or business address of the chairperson, president, or other presiding officer, and clerk or secretary of the governing body of the public agency.
(b) Within 10 days after any change in the facts required to be stated pursuant to subdivision (a), an amended statement containing the information required by subdivision (a) shall be filed as provided therein. The information submitted to the Secretary of State shall be on a form titled “Registry of Public Agencies,” prescribed by the Secretary of State.
(c) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State and of the county clerk of each county to establish and maintain an indexed “Registry of Public Agencies,” to be so designated, which shall contain all information filed as required in subdivisions (a) and (b), which roster is hereby declared to be a public record.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 329, Sec. 14. (SB 780) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Cable Television and Video Provider Customer Service and Information Act › Section 53054.

53054. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Cable Television and Video Provider Customer Service and Information Act.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 262, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Cable Television and Video Provider Customer Service and Information Act › Section 53054.1.

53054.1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) In an unregulated environment, customers of cable and video providers should get their money’s worth for the service they subscribe to, and one way to ensure this is to encourage that customer service standards be established and that customers be informed to those standards.
(b) Cable television and video providers have made efforts to provide high-quality service to their customers. Cable television and video providers should continue to establish standards for customer service so as to further the development of high-quality customer service.
(c) It is not the intent of this article to establish standards for customer service, but to encourage cable television and video providers to inform their customers about the standards they have established and to work to achieve these customer service goals.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 262, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Cable Television and Video Provider Customer Service and Information Act › Section 53054.2.

53054.2. As used in this article:
(a) “Cable television operator” means the person or entity providing cable television services through the cable television system.
(b) “Cable television system” means a community antenna television system, under common ownership and control, serving a franchise area or two or more contiguous or electronically connected franchise areas.
(c) “Video provider” means any person, company, or service which provides one or more channels of video programming to a residence, including a home, condominium, apartment, or mobilehome, where some fee is paid, whether directly or as included in dues or rental charges, for that service, whether or not public rights-of-way are utilized in the delivery of the video programming. A “video provider” shall include, but not be limited to, providers of cable television, master antenna television, satellite master antenna television, direct broadcast satellite, multipoint distribution service, and other providers of video programming, whatever their technology.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 262, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Cable Television and Video Provider Customer Service and Information Act › Section 53055.

53055. Each cable television operator or video provider in the state shall establish customer service standards. These customer service standards shall include, but not be limited to, standards regarding the following:
(a) Installation, disconnection, service and repair obligations, employee identification and service call response time and scheduling.
(b) Customer telephone and office hours; procedures for billing, charges, refunds, and credits.
(c) Procedures for termination of service.
(d) Notice of the deletion of a programming service, the changing of channel assignments, or an increase in rates.
(e) Complaint procedures and procedures for bill dispute resolution.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 262, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Cable Television and Video Provider Customer Service and Information Act › Section 53055.1.

53055.1. (a) Each cable television operator or video provider shall annually distribute to employees, to each customer, and to the city, county, or city and county in which the cable television operator or video provider furnishes service to customers, a notice describing these customer service standards. New customers shall also be provided with this notice when service is initiated.
(b) The notice given to new customers pursuant to this section shall include, in addition to all of the information described in subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, of Section 53055, all of the following:
(1) A listing of the services offered by the cable television operator or video provider which clearly describes all levels of service, and including the rates for each level of service, provided that, if the information concerning levels of service and rates is otherwise distributed to new customers upon installation by the cable television operator or video provider, the information need not be included in the notice to new customers required by this section.
(2) The telephone number or numbers through which customers may subscribe to, change, or terminate service, request customer service, or seek general or billing information.
(3) A description of the rights and remedies which the cable television operator or video provider may make available to its customers if the cable television operator or video provider does not materially meet its customer service standards.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 262, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Cable Television and Video Provider Customer Service and Information Act › Section 53055.2.

53055.2. After the customer service standards established pursuant to Section 53055 have been in effect for one year, each cable television operator and video provider shall report annually on the performance of that cable television operator or video provider with regard to meeting its customer service standards. This report shall be included in the annual notice required by Section 53055.1.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 262, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Cable Television and Video Provider Customer Service and Information Act › Section 53055.3.

53055.3. No provision of this article shall be construed to preempt the prerogative of a city, county, or city and county to enforce customer protection standards that are contained in a franchise or license granted to a cable television operator or video provider pursuant to Section 53066.1 or that are otherwise authorized by law for other cable television operators or video providers.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 262, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 2 - CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Cable Television and Video Provider Customer Service and Information Act › Section 53056.

53056. (a) The legislative body of the city, county, or city and county in which the cable television operator or video provider furnishes service to customers may, by ordinance, provide a schedule of penalties for the failure of the cable television operator or video provider to distribute the annual notice required by Section 53055.1, not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each year in which the notice is not distributed to all customers.
(b) The city, county, or city and county shall give a cable television operator or video provider written notice of any alleged failure to distribute to all customers the annual notice required by Section 53055.1 before imposing any penalty pursuant to subdivision (a). If the cable television operator or video provider distributes this notice to all customers within 60 days after receipt of the notice from the city, county, or city and county pursuant to this subdivision, no penalty shall be imposed upon the cable television operator or video provider pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 262, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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53060. The legislative body of any public or municipal corporation or district may contract with and employ any persons for the furnishing to the corporation or district special services and advice in financial, economic, accounting, engineering, legal, or administrative matters if such persons are specially trained and experienced and competent to perform the special services required.
The authority herein given to contract shall include the right of the legislative body of the corporation or district to contract for the issuance and preparation of payroll checks.
The legislative body of the corporation or district may pay from any available funds such compensation to such persons as it deems proper for the services rendered.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1384.)
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53060.1. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section, to provide a uniform limit on the retirement benefits for the members of the legislative bodies of all political subdivisions of the state, including charter cities and charter counties. The Legislature finds and declares that uneven, conflicting, and inconsistent retirement benefits for legislative bodies distort the statewide system of intergovernmental finance. The Legislature further finds and declares that the inequities caused by these problems extend beyond the boundaries of individual public agencies.
Therefore, the Legislature finds and declares that these problems are not merely municipal affairs or matters of local interest and that they are truly matters of statewide concern that require the direct attention of the state government. In providing a uniform limit on the retirement benefits for the legislative bodies of all political subdivisions of the state, the Legislature has provided a solution to a statewide problem that is greater than local in its effect.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the retirement benefits of any member of a legislative body of any city, including a charter city, county, including a charter county, city and county, special district, school district, or any other political subdivision of the state shall be no greater than that received by nonsafety employees of that public agency. In the case of agencies with different benefit structures, the benefits of members of the legislative body shall not be greater than the most generous schedule of benefits being received by any category of nonsafety employees.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, members of the legislative body of a city, including a charter city, county, including a charter county, city and county, special district, school district, or any other political subdivision of the state shall not be eligible to accrue multiple retirement benefits greater than the most generous schedule of benefits being received by any category of nonsafety employees from two or more public agencies for concurrent service except in the case of a member who serves as a regular full-time employee in a separate public agency.
(d) This section shall be applicable to any member of a legislative body whose first service commences on and after January 1, 1995.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1065, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
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53060.3. (a) Every employee of a local agency has the right to inspect personnel records pursuant to Section 1198.5 of the Labor Code.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) “City” means any city or municipal corporation, whether general law city or charter city.
(2) “County” means any county, whether general law county or charter county, including a city and county.
(3) “Local agency” means any city, county, city and county, special district, authority, community redevelopment agency, or other political subdivision of the state.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 886, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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53060.4. (a) The legislative body of a city or county may delegate to a county or city official or department head its authority to issue subpoenas and to report noncompliance thereof to the judge of the superior court of the county, in order to enforce any local law or ordinance, including, but not limited to, local wage laws.
(b) The Legislature finds and declares that these provisions do not constitute a change in, but are declaratory of, existing law.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 115, Sec. 2. (SB 1342) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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53060.5. The term “district,” as used in this section, means a district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public corporation in the state, but does not include the state or a county, city and county, or city.
Any district, directly or through a representative, may attend the Legislature or any other legislative body, including Congress, and any committees thereof and present information to aid the passage of legislation which the district deems beneficial to the district or to prevent the passage of legislation which the governing board of the district deems detrimental to the district. The cost and expense incident thereto are proper charges against the district. Such districts may enter into and provide for participation in the business of associations and through a representative of the associations attend the Legislature, or any other legislative body, including Congress, and any committees thereof, and present information to aid the passage of legislation which the association deems beneficial to the districts in the association, or to prevent the passage of legislation which the association deems detrimental to the districts in the association. The cost and expense incident thereto are proper charges against the districts comprising the association.
Each member of the district board engaging in such activities on behalf of the district shall be allowed eleven cents ($0.11) per mile, without any constructive mileage, for his expenses of traveling necessarily done by automobile, and his actual traveling expenses when he travels by public conveyance.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 227.)
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53060.7. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following:
(1) That police protection is an essential service for the protection of life and property and necessary to ensure the orderly conduct of society.
(2) Cities and counties have been the traditional law enforcement providers in the state.
(3) Some special districts have been granted statutory authorization to perform police protection activities. These districts include the Bear Valley Community Services District, the Broadmoor Police Protection District, the Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District, the Lake Shastina Community Services District, and the Stallion Springs Community Services District.
(4) These districts are authorized to perform the same police protection duties and functions as cities and counties.
(5) These districts wholly supplant the law enforcement functions of the county within the jurisdiction of that district.
(6) These districts employ peace officers, as described in Section 830.1 of the Penal Code, who are certified as meeting those standards and requirements adopted pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 13510) of Chapter 1 of Title 4 of Part 4 of the Penal Code.
(7) These districts are eligible to receive state funding pursuant to the following:
(A) Section 30061 (Citizen’s Option for Public Safety Program (COPS)).
(B) Section 29550.4 (booking fee reimbursement).
(C) Item 9210-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 2001 (technology grants).
(b) The Legislature hereby recognizes the importance of the agencies identified in subdivision (a) in performing essential police protection services within these agencies’ respective communities and, in enacting laws, shall attempt to encourage funding equity among all local law enforcement agencies for public safety purposes.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 176, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2002.)
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53061. The legislative body of a city, county, or fire protection district may expend money for the payment of contributions to a retirement system authorized to do business in the State for retirement benefits to volunteer or paid firemen of the fire department. For the purposes of determining such contributions the compensation of such firemen shall be either the compensation actually paid or that provided by Section 4458 of the Labor Code, whichever is greater. The legislative body may by ordinance provide for the conditions of retirement and may contract with such retirement system as provided in the ordinance. The authority granted by this section shall not be construed as a limitation on any powers heretofore or hereafter granted to the legislative body of a city, county, or fire protection district to provide for the retirement of volunteer or paid firemen.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 754.)
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53062. Whenever any notice or other communication is required by law to be mailed by registered mail to or by any county, city or district, or any officer or agency thereof, the mailing of such notice or other communication by certified mail shall be deemed to be a sufficient compliance with the requirements of such law.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1668.)
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53063. Any county, city, city and county, district, authority or other public corporation or agency which has the power to produce, conserve, control or supply water for beneficial purposes shall have the power to engage in practices designed to produce, induce, increase or control rainfall or other precipitation for the general benefit of the territory within it.
(Added by renumbering Section 53062 (as added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1283) by Stats. 1957, Ch. 65.)
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53064. 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.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 59.)
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53064.5. No local agency furnishing water for residential use to a tenant shall seek to recover any charges or penalties for the furnishing of water to or for the tenant’s residential use from any subsequent tenant on account of nonpayment of charges by a previous tenant. The local agency may, however, require that service to subsequent tenants be furnished on the account of the landlord or property owner.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1251, Sec. 1.)
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53065. The provisions of law (except Section 25256 of this code) relating to budgets and other fiscal matters except borrowing which apply to counties shall also apply to any district, whose governing body is the board of supervisors or for which county fiscal officers are ex officio fiscal officers, except that this section shall not apply:
(a) To school districts;
(b) To districts including two or more counties;
(c) Where such matters are otherwise provided by law.
(Amended by Stats. 1962, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 4.)