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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 33 - Creation of Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund › Section 7599.

7599. (a) A fund to be known as the “Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund” is hereby created within the State Treasury and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal year for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
(b) For purposes of the calculations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, funds transferred to the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund shall be considered General Fund revenues which may be appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B.
(Added November 4, 2014, by initiative Proposition 47, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 33 - Creation of Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund › Section 7599.1.

7599.1. Funding Appropriation.
(a) On or before July 31, 2016, and on or before July 31 of each fiscal year thereafter, the Director of Finance shall calculate the savings that accrued to the state from the implementation of the act adding this chapter (“this act”) during the fiscal year ending June 30, as compared to the fiscal year preceding the enactment of this act. In making the calculation required by this subdivision, the Director of Finance shall use actual data or best available estimates where actual data is not available. The calculation shall be final and shall not be adjusted for any subsequent changes in the underlying data. The Director of Finance shall certify the results of the calculation to the Controller no later than August 1 of each fiscal year.
(b) Before August 15, 2016, and before August 15 of each fiscal year thereafter, the Controller shall transfer from the General Fund to the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund the total amount calculated pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c) Moneys in the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund shall be continuously appropriated for the purposes of this act. Funds transferred to the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund shall be used exclusively for the purposes of this act and shall not be subject to appropriation or transfer by the Legislature for any other purpose. The funds in the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund may be used without regard to fiscal year.
(Added November 4, 2014, by initiative Proposition 47, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 33 - Creation of Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund › Section 7599.2.

7599.2. Distribution of Moneys from the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund.
(a) By August 15 of each fiscal year beginning in 2016, the Controller shall disburse moneys deposited in the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund as follows:
(1) Twenty‑five percent to the State Department of Education, to administer a grant program to public agencies aimed at improving outcomes for public school pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, by reducing truancy and supporting students who are at risk of dropping out of school or are victims of crime.
(2) Ten percent to the California Victim Compensation Board, to make grants to trauma recovery centers to provide services to victims of crime pursuant to Section 13963.1 of the Government Code.
(3) Sixty‑five percent to the Board of State and Community Corrections, to administer a grant program to public agencies aimed at supporting mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment, and diversion programs for people in the criminal justice system, with an emphasis on programs that reduce recidivism of people convicted of less serious crimes, such as those covered by this measure, and those who have substance abuse and mental health problems.
(b) For each program set forth in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (a), the agency responsible for administering the programs shall not spend more than 5 percent of the total funds it receives from the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund on an annual basis for administrative costs.
(c) Every two years, the Controller shall conduct an audit of the grant programs operated by the agencies specified in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (a) to ensure the funds are disbursed and expended solely according to this chapter and shall report his or her findings to the Legislature and the public.
(d) Any costs incurred by the Controller and the Director of Finance in connection with the administration of the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund, including the costs of the calculation required by Section 7599.1 and the audit required by subdivision (c), as determined by the Director of Finance, shall be deducted from the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund before the funds are disbursed pursuant to subdivision (a).
(e) The funding established pursuant to this act shall be used to expand programs for public school pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, victims of crime, and mental health and substance abuse treatment and diversion programs for people in the criminal justice system. These funds shall not be used to supplant existing state or local funds utilized for these purposes.
(f) Local agencies shall not be obligated to provide programs or levels of service described in this chapter above the level for which funding has been provided.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 31, Sec. 62. (SB 836) Effective June 27, 2016. Note: This section was added on Nov. 4, 2014, by initiative Prop. 47.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 34 - Green Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront area of the County of Contra Costa › Section 7599.100.

7599.100. (a) A Green Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront area of the County of Contra Costa may be established. The geography of the zone shall extend to the territories of the cities listed in subdivision (c) and the unincorporated areas of the County of Contra Costa north of State Highway 4. The board of directors may, by majority vote, change the geography of the Green Empowerment Zone.
(b) The purpose of the Green Empowerment Zone is to build upon the comparative advantage provided by the regional concentration of highly skilled energy industry workers by prioritizing access to tax incentives, grants, loan programs, workforce training programs, and private sector investment in the renewable energy sector.
(c) The Green Empowerment Zone may include all of the following cities and the county upon the adoption of a resolution by the legislative body of each city and county that states the intent of the city or county to participate in the Green Empowerment Zone:
(1) The City of Antioch.
(2) The City of Benicia.
(3) The City of Brentwood.
(4) The City of Concord.
(5) The City of Hercules.
(6) The City of Martinez.
(7) The City of Oakley.
(8) The City of Pittsburg.
(9) The City of Vallejo.
(10) The County of Contra Costa.
(d) The board of directors may vote to include additional jurisdictions in the membership of the Green Empowerment Zone.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 377, Sec. 1. (AB 844) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2028, pursuant to Sec. 7599.104.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 34 - Green Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront area of the County of Contra Costa › Section 7599.102.

7599.102. The Green Empowerment Zone shall have the following duties:
(a) Identification of projects and programs that will best utilize public dollars and most quickly improve the economic vitality of the Northern Waterfront area of the County of Contra Costa, especially those that leverage federal, state, local, and private sector resources in a coordinated effort to support the development of the clean energy economy.
(b) Work with members of the state’s congressional delegation and federal official, including any relevant federal interagency task force, to gain federal support for projects identified by the zone as critical to the region‘s energy economy.
(c) Partner with the University of California, the California State University, community colleges, and the state’s other research and educational institutions, as well as private foundations, to provide guidance, advice, and encouragement in support of studies of particular interest and importance to the energy industry in the Northern Waterfront area of the County of Contra Costa.
(d) Review state policies and regulations to ensure they are fair and appropriate for the state’s diverse geographic regions, including the Northern Waterfront area of the County of Contra Costa, and determine whether alternative approaches can accomplish goals in less costly ways.
(e) Make recommendations to the Governor that would improve the economic well-being of the region and the quality of life of its residents.
(f) Create and maintain an internet website that is managed and updated by an entity designated by the board of directors.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 377, Sec. 1. (AB 844) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2028, pursuant to Sec. 7599.104.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 34 - Green Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront area of the County of Contra Costa › Section 7599.103.

7599.103. (a) The board shall appoint a steering committee that, on or before January 1, 2023, shall develop metrics that shall be reported to the Legislature and state departments and agencies gauging the progress of the zone that shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) The number of jobs gained and lost in each sector of the economy.
(2) The average wage of the jobs gained in each sector of the economy.
(3) The number and types of grants solicited and received by, or on behalf of, the zone.
(4) The type and amount of workforce training conducted in the zone, by whom it was provided, and the amount of capital investment attached to provision of that training.
(b) Commencing on January 1, 2023, and on or before January 1 of each year thereafter, the Green Empowerment Zone shall post the report described in subdivision (a) on its internet website and submit a letter to the Legislature informing the Legislature that the report has been posted.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 377, Sec. 1. (AB 844) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2028, pursuant to Sec. 7599.104.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 34 - Green Empowerment Zone for the Northern Waterfront area of the County of Contra Costa › Section 7599.104.

7599.104. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 377, Sec. 1. (AB 844) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2028, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Chapter 34, commencing with Section 7599.100.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 35 - Online Marketplace Suspected Stolen Goods Act › Section 7599.110.

7599.110. This chapter shall be known as the Online Marketplace Suspected Stolen Goods Act.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 855, Sec. 1. (AB 1700) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 35 - Online Marketplace Suspected Stolen Goods Act › Section 7599.111.

7599.111. For purposes of this chapter, the following shall apply:
(a) “Online marketplace” means any electronically based or accessed platform that may be accessed on an internet website or through an application, and that does both of the following:
(1) Includes features that allow for, facilitate, or enable third-party sellers to engage in the sale, purchase, payment, storage, shipping, or delivery of a consumer product in the state.
(2) Hosts one or more third-party sellers.
(b) “Regional property crimes task force” means a task force convened pursuant to Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 13899) of Title 6 of Part 4 of the Penal Code.
(c) “Third-party seller” means any individual or business entity, independent of an operator, facilitator, or owner of an online marketplace, who sells, offers to sell, or contracts to sell a product in the state through an online marketplace.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 855, Sec. 1. (AB 1700) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 35 - Online Marketplace Suspected Stolen Goods Act › Section 7599.112.

7599.112. (a) By January 1, 2023, the Attorney General shall establish an online marketplace suspected stolen goods reporting location on its internet website for individuals to report items found on online marketplaces that they suspect are stolen goods.
(b) The Attorney General shall provide information reported in subdivision (a) to the applicable local law enforcement agencies and regional property crimes task force.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 855, Sec. 1. (AB 1700) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 35 - Online Marketplace Suspected Stolen Goods Act › Section 7599.113.

7599.113. (a) Beginning February 1, 2023, an online marketplace shall display on its electronically based or accessed platform a link to the online marketplace suspected stolen goods reporting location on the Attorney General’s internet website established in Section 7599.112.
(b) The display shall be clearly, conspicuously, and reasonably designed to be seen by all users of the platform.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 855, Sec. 1. (AB 1700) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 8 - SECURITIES OWNED BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - Investment of Securities Owned by State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 7600.

7600. It is the intent of the Legislature that:
(a) Specified state agencies be authorized to invest marketable securities by entering into security loan agreements;
(b) State agencies charged with such authority exercise prudence in making such agreements;
(c) Sound fiscal management be established with respect to transactions involving security agreements.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1214.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 8 - SECURITIES OWNED BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - Investment of Securities Owned by State Agencies › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 7601.

7601. As used in this chapter:
(a) “Security loan agreement” means a written contract whereby a legal owner (the lender) agrees to lend specific marketable corporate or government securities for a period not to exceed one year. The lender retains the right to collect from the borrower all dividends, interest, premiums, rights, and any other distributions to which the lender would otherwise have been entitled. The lender waives the right to vote the securities during the term of the loan. The lender may terminate the contract upon not more than five business days’ notice as agreed, and the borrower may terminate the contract upon not less than two business days’ notice as agreed. The borrower shall provide collateral to the lender in the form of cash, or bonds, other interest-bearing notes and obligations of the United States or federal instrumentalities eligible for investment by a lending state agency.
Such collateral shall be in an amount equal to at least 102 percent of the market value of the loaned securities as agreed. The administrators of the funds involved shall monitor the market value of the loaned securities daily. The loan agreement shall provide for payment of additional collateral on a daily basis, or at such times as the value of the loaned securities increases, to agreed upon ratios. In no event shall the amount of the collateral be less than the market value of the loaned securities.
(b) “Marketable securities” means securities that are freely traded on recognized exchanges or marketplaces.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1214.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 8 - SECURITIES OWNED BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - Investment of Securities Owned by State Agencies › ARTICLE 2 - Security Loans › Section 7602.

7602. A state agency which is authorized pursuant to Section 22312 of the Education Code and Sections 16481 and 20208.5 of the Government Code may enter into security loan agreements with broker-dealers and with any state or national banks for the purpose of prudently supplementing the income normally received from investments.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1194, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 8 - SECURITIES OWNED BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - Investment of Securities Owned by State Agencies › ARTICLE 2 - Security Loans › Section 7603.

7603. All loans of securities shall be made pursuant to one of the standardized security loan agreement forms, as developed by the administrators of the State Pooled Investment Account, as authorized by Section 16481, the Public Employees’ Retirement System, or the State Teachers’ Retirement System and as approved by the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 452, Sec. 176. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 8 - SECURITIES OWNED BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - Investment of Securities Owned by State Agencies › ARTICLE 2 - Security Loans › Section 7604.

7604. In the event of a loss in the reacquisition of loaned securities, the responsible state agency shall make a written report of the loss to the Legislature and the State Auditor as soon as possible, but not later than 30 days after the incurrence of that loss.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 107, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 8 - SECURITIES OWNED BY STATE AGENCIES › CHAPTER 1 - Investment of Securities Owned by State Agencies › ARTICLE 2 - Security Loans › Section 7605.

7605. Each state agency which enters into security loan agreements shall (a) maintain detailed records of all security loans, (b) develop controls and reports to monitor the conduct of the transactions, and (c) publicize the net results of the security loan transaction separate from the results of other investment activities.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1214.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 9 - EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS › Section 7900.

7900. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of this division is to provide for the effective and efficient implementation of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that citizens be provided with timely information so that effective oversight can be accomplished at the local level.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1205.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 9 - EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS › Section 7902.

7902. (a) For the 1980–81 fiscal year, the appropriations limit of the state and of each local jurisdiction shall be determined as follows:
(1) Multiply the total amount of appropriations subject to limitation of each such entity for the 1978–79 fiscal year by the lesser of the change in cost of living for the 1979 calendar year or the change in California per capita personal income for the 1978 calendar year, and multiply this product by the change in population of each such entity for the 1978 calendar year.
(2) Multiply the product determined pursuant to paragraph (1) by the lesser of the change in cost of living for the 1980 calendar year or the change in California per capita personal income for the 1979 calendar year, and multiply this product by the change in population of each entity for the 1979 calendar year. The resulting product, as adjusted for other changes required or permitted by Article XIII B of the California Constitution, shall be the appropriations limit of each entity for fiscal year 1980–81.
(b) For the 1981–82 fiscal year and each year thereafter, the appropriations limit of the state and of each local jurisdiction shall equal the appropriations limit for the prior fiscal year multiplied by the product of the change in cost of living, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 8 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution, and the change in population of the local jurisdiction for the calendar year preceding the beginning of the fiscal year for which the appropriations limit is to be determined, and adjusted for other changes required or permitted by Article XIII B of the California Constitution.
(c) For the purposes of this division, if a local agency’s fiscal year begins on January 1, the agency shall base its appropriations limit on its appropriations subject to limitation for the 1979 calendar year. For that agency, the 1981 calendar year shall be the first year for which the appropriations limit shall apply. For purposes of the computations required by this section, that agency shall use the change in population, cost-of-living, and per capita personal income factors that it would have used had its fiscal year begun on the previous July 1.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 296, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 9 - EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS › Section 7902.1.

7902.1. (a) (1) If, beginning with the 1980–81 fiscal year or any fiscal year thereafter, the proceeds of taxes of a school district, community college district, or county superintendent of schools, exceed its appropriations limit determined pursuant to Section 7902 for that fiscal year, the governing body of the school district or community college district, or the county superintendent of schools, shall increase its appropriations limit to an amount equal to its proceeds of taxes.
(2) Any increase in a local jurisdiction’s appropriations limit pursuant to this section shall, in the fiscal year in which the change is made, reduce the appropriations limit of the state by an equal amount.
(b) (1) If, in the 2021–22 fiscal year or any fiscal year thereafter, the appropriations limit determined pursuant to Section 7902 for that fiscal year of a school district, community college district, or county superintendent of schools exceeds its proceeds of taxes, the governing board of the school district or community college district, or the county superintendent of schools, shall decrease its appropriations limit to an amount equal to its proceeds of taxes.
(2) Any decrease in a local jurisdiction’s appropriations limit pursuant to this section shall increase the appropriations limit of the state by an equal amount.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 44, Sec. 108. (AB 130) Effective July 9, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 9 - EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS › Section 7902.2.

7902.2. (a) For the 2019–20 and 2020–21 fiscal years only, if the appropriations limit determined pursuant to Section 7902 of a school district, community college district, or county superintendent of schools, exceeds its proceeds of taxes, the appropriations limit shall be decreased to the proceeds of taxes for that school district, community college district, or county superintendent of schools.
(b) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall notify the governing board of affected school districts and county superintendents of schools of the amounts reduced pursuant to subdivision (a). The notification shall be made at a time and in a manner determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(c) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall notify the governing board of affected community college districts of the amounts reduced pursuant to subdivision (a). The notification shall be made at a time and in a manner determined by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.
(d) Any decrease in a local jurisdiction’s appropriations limit pursuant to this section shall increase the appropriations limit of the state by an equal amount.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 44, Sec. 109. (AB 130) Effective July 9, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 9 - EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS › Section 7902.2.2.

7902.2.2. (a) If, beginning with the 2020–21 fiscal year or any fiscal year thereafter, the proceeds of taxes of a city, county, or city and county exceed its appropriations limit determined pursuant to Section 7902 for that fiscal year, the governing body of the city, county, or city and county shall calculate the following amounts:
(1) The appropriations limit of the city, county, or city and county determined pursuant to Section 7902.
(2) The total amount of proceeds of taxes of the city, county, or city and county.
(3) The amount of proceeds of taxes of the city, county, or city and county attributable to funding received by the city, county, or city and county from the Local Revenue Fund, established pursuant to Section 17600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and the Local Revenue Fund 2011, established pursuant to Section 30025 of the Government Code.
(4) The total amount of proceeds of taxes of the city, county, or city and county calculated pursuant to paragraph (2), less the amount calculated pursuant to paragraph (3).
(5) The amount equal to the appropriations limit of the city, county, or city and county calculated pursuant to paragraph (1), less the amount calculated pursuant to paragraph (4).
(6) If the calculation in paragraph (5) results in a positive value, the amount calculated pursuant to paragraph (3) less the positive value calculated pursuant to paragraph (5).
(b) If the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) results in a positive value, the governing body of the city, county, or city and county may increase its appropriations limit for the applicable fiscal year by that amount.
(c) To the extent that the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) is equal to or exceeds the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), the governing body of the city, county, or city and county may increase its appropriations limit for the applicable fiscal year by the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a).
(d) In the event that the governing body of a city, county, or city and county increases its appropriations limit pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of this section, it shall notify the Director of Finance of the change within 45 days.
(e) Commencing with the 2020–21 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, the appropriations limit of the state shall be reduced by the total amount reported pursuant to subdivision (d) by each city, county, or city and county in the fiscal year in which the change is made.
(Added by renumbering Section 7902.2 (as added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 77, Sec. 8) by Stats. 2021, Ch. 251, Sec. 4. (AB 163) Effective September 23, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 9 - EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS › Section 7902.5.

7902.5. The governing body of any city incorporated after July 1, 1978, but prior to January 1, 1980, may, by resolution, adopt an appropriations limit for the purposes of Article XIII B of the California Constitution determined in the following manner:
(a) If the city’s first full fiscal year of operation was the 1979–80 fiscal year, the appropriations limit of the city for fiscal year 1980–81 shall be equal to the total amount of proceeds of taxes received for fiscal year 1979–80 adjusted for changes in the cost of living and population and such other changes as may be required or permitted by Article XIII B.
(b) If the city’s first full fiscal year of operation is the 1980–81 fiscal year, the governing body of the city shall, prior to July 1, 1980, estimate the amount of revenue anticipated to be received by the city from the proceeds of taxes for the 1980–81 fiscal year. This amount shall be the appropriations limit of the city for the 1980–81 fiscal year. For the 1981–82 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the appropriations limit of the city shall be equal to the total amount of proceeds of taxes received for fiscal year 1980–81 adjusted for changes in the cost of living and population and such other changes as may be required or permitted by Article XIII B.
(Added by renumbering Section 7900 (as added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 220) by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1205.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 9 - EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS › Section 7902.6.

7902.6. The governing body of any city incorporated at the General Election held on November 4, 1980, for which no appropriations limit has been established by the electors of that entity, may, by resolution, adopt an appropriations limit for the purposes of Article XIII B of the California Constitution in the following manner:
(a) For the 1980–81 fiscal year, the appropriations limit of the city shall not exceed the amount determined pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 3 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution as adjusted in any manner which may be required or permitted by Article XIII B.
(b) For the 1981–82 fiscal year, the appropriations limit of the city shall not exceed the total amount of proceeds of taxes received by the city during the 1981–82 fiscal year.
(c) For the 1982–83 fiscal year and each year thereafter, the appropriations limit of the city shall be equal to the total amount of proceeds of taxes received by the city for the 1981–82 fiscal year, adjusted for changes in the cost-of-living and population and such other changes as may be required or permitted by Article XIII B.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 84, Sec. 1. Effective June 21, 1981.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 9 - EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS › Section 7902.7.

7902.7. (a) The appropriations limit of a city incorporated on or after January 1, 1990, shall be determined pursuant to Section 56812.
(b) The appropriations limit of a special district formed on or after January 1, 1988, shall be determined pursuant to Section 56811 and approved by the voters at the formation election.
(c) The appropriations limit of a county formed on or after January 1, 1988, shall be determined pursuant to Section 23332 and approved by the voters at the formation election.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 332, Sec. 2. (SB 113) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 9 - EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS › Section 7902.8.

7902.8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to any special district formed during the 1978–79 fiscal year which initially was totally funded by other than the proceeds of taxes, and which subsequently, during the 1980–81 fiscal year, imposed a special tax with voter approval, the appropriations limit of such an entity, unless otherwise established pursuant to law, shall be deemed established by the electors at the election approving the special tax as that amount equal to the proceeds of taxes received during the first full fiscal year in which proceeds of taxes were received, and shall thereafter be adjusted in any manner which may be required or permitted by Article XIII B of the California Constitution.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 211, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 9 - EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS › Section 7908.

7908. For community college districts:
(a) As used in this section, “ADA” means the annual average daily attendance reported for students attending the community college district during the fiscal year.
(b) “Proceeds of taxes” shall be deemed to include subventions from the state, including special purpose apportionments, but excluding subventions received from the state for reimbursement of state mandates in accordance with Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution or Section 17561, or for reimbursement of court or federal mandates imposed on or after November 6, 1979, only if those subventions, when added to the community college district’s local resources, as defined in items (2) and (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 84904 of the Education Code, do not exceed:
(1) For the 1978–79 fiscal year, the lesser of the statewide average revenues or the actual revenues received per ADA, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 84700 of the Education Code, multiplied by the ADA in the community college district for the 1978–79 fiscal year.
(2) For the 1979–80 to the 1987–88 fiscal years, inclusive, the amount specified in paragraph (1) adjusted by the lesser of the change in cost of living or California per capita personal income for the preceding calendar year and the percentage change in the community college district’s ADA for that fiscal year.
(3) For the 1988–89 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the appropriations limit of that community college district, plus amounts paid for any nonreimbursed court or federal mandates imposed on or after November 6, 1979, less the sum of the following:
(A) Interest earned on the proceeds of taxes during the current fiscal year.
(B) The 50 percent of miscellaneous funds received during the current fiscal year that are from the proceeds of taxes.
(C) Locally voted taxes received during the current fiscal year, such as parcel taxes or square foot taxes, unless for voter-approved bonded debt.
(D) Any other local proceeds of taxes received during the current fiscal year, other than local taxes which count towards the revenue limit, such as excess bond revenues transferred to a community college district’s general fund pursuant to Section 15234.
(c) Each community college district shall report to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and to the Director of Finance at least annually its appropriations limit, its appropriations subject to limitation, the amount of its state aid apportionments and subventions included within the proceeds of taxes of the community college district, amounts excluded from the appropriations limit, and any increase or decrease to its appropriations limit pursuant to Section 7902.1, at a time and in a manner prescribed by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and approved by the Director of Finance.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 44, Sec. 112. (AB 130) Effective July 9, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 9 - EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS › Section 7909.

7909. No later than May 1 of each year, the Department of Finance shall notify each local agency of the change in the cost of living or change in California per capita personal income, whichever is less, and population for each local agency for the prior calendar year.
No later than May 1 of each year, the Department of Finance shall notify the Department of Education and the Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges of the change in the cost of living or change in California per capita personal income, whichever is less. These agencies shall inform the school districts, county superintendents of schools, and community college districts for which they are respectively responsible.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1638, Sec. 2. Effective October 1, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 9 - EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS › Section 7910.

7910. (a) Each year the governing body of each local jurisdiction shall, by resolution, establish its appropriations limit and make other necessary determinations for the following fiscal year pursuant to Article XIII B of the California Constitution at a regularly scheduled meeting or noticed special meeting. Fifteen days prior to the meeting documentation used in the determination of the appropriations limit and other necessary determinations shall be available to the public. The determinations made pursuant to this section are legislative acts.
(b) A judicial action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the action of the governing body taken pursuant to this section shall be commenced within 45 days of the effective date of the resolution.
(c) A court in which an action described in subdivision (b) is pending, including any court reviewing the action on appeal from the decision of a lower court, shall give the action preference over all other civil actions, in the manner of setting the action for hearing or trial and in hearing the action, to the end that the action shall be quickly heard and determined.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 263, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 9 - EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS › Section 7911.

7911. For the purposes of Section 2 of Article XIII B, a local jurisdiction may return excess revenues by granting a tax credit or refund, by providing a temporary suspension of tax rates or fee schedules, or by any other means consistent with the intent of that section. The determination by the governing body of such entity of the means by which such excess revenues are to be returned is a legislative act.
Judicial review of such determination may be obtained only by a proceeding for a writ of mandate which shall be brought within 30 days after the governing body’s determination.
All courts wherein such actions are or may be hereafter pending, including any court reviewing such action on appeal from the decision of a lower court, shall give such actions preference over all other civil actions therein, in the manner of setting the same for hearing or trial and in hearing the same, to the end that all such actions shall be quickly heard and determined.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1205.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 9 - EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS › Section 7912.

7912. Each year, the Governor shall include in the budget as submitted to the Legislature an estimate of the state’s appropriations limit for the budget year. This estimate shall be subject to the budget process, and shall be established in the Budget Bill.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1205.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 9 - EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS › Section 7913.

7913. For purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 3 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution, the financial responsibility of providing services is transferred in whole or in part from other revenues of an entity of government to proceeds from regulatory licenses, user charges, or user fees only when the dollar amount allocated from other revenues of a local jurisdiction or the state to the provision of such services is decreased.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1205.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 9 - EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS › Section 7914.

7914. An appropriation for a “qualified capital outlay project,” as used in subdivision (d) of Section 9 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution, means an appropriation for a fixed asset (including land and construction) with a useful life of 10 or more years and a value which equals or exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 60, Sec. 7. Applicable from July 1, 1990, pursuant to Secs. 8 and 9 of Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 10 - ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Preliminary Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Short Titles › Section 7920.000.

7920.000. This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Public Records Act.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2. (AB 473) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 7931.000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 10 - ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Preliminary Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Short Titles › Section 7920.005.

7920.005. This division recodifies the provisions of former Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of this title. The act that added this division, and the act that consists of conforming revisions to reflect the addition of this division, shall be known and may be cited as the “CPRA Recodification Act of 2021.”
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2. (AB 473) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 7931.000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 10 - ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Preliminary Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Effect of Recodification › Section 7920.100.

7920.100. Nothing in the CPRA Recodification Act of 2021 is intended to substantively change the law relating to inspection of public records. The act is intended to be entirely nonsubstantive in effect. Every provision of this division and every other provision of this act, including, without limitation, every cross-reference in every provision of the act, shall be interpreted consistent with the nonsubstantive intent of the act.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2. (AB 473) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 7931.000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 10 - ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Preliminary Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Effect of Recodification › Section 7920.105.

7920.105. (a) A provision of this division, or any other provision of the CPRA Recodification Act of 2021, insofar as it is substantially the same as a previously existing provision relating to the same subject matter, shall be considered as a restatement and continuation thereof and not as a new enactment.
(b) A reference in a statute to a previously existing provision that is restated and continued in this division, or in any other provision of the CPRA Recodification Act of 2021, shall, unless a contrary intent appears, be deemed a reference to the restatement and continuation.
(c) A reference in a statute to a provision of this division, or any other provision of the CPRA Recodification Act of 2021, which is substantially the same as a previously existing provision, shall, unless a contrary intent appears, be deemed to include a reference to the previously existing provision.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2. (AB 473) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 7931.000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 10 - ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Preliminary Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Effect of Recodification › Section 7920.110.

7920.110. (a) A judicial decision interpreting a previously existing provision is relevant in interpreting any provision of this division, or any other provision of the CPRA Recodification Act of 2021, which restates and continues that previously existing provision.
(b) However, in enacting the CPRA Recodification Act of 2021, the Legislature has not evaluated the correctness of any judicial decision interpreting a provision affected by the act.
(c) The CPRA Recodification Act of 2021 is not intended to, and does not, reflect any assessment of any judicial decision interpreting any provision affected by the act.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2. (AB 473) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 7931.000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 10 - ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Preliminary Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Effect of Recodification › Section 7920.115.

7920.115. (a) An opinion of the Attorney General interpreting a previously existing provision is relevant in interpreting any provision of this division, or any other provision of the CPRA Recodification Act of 2021, which restates and continues that previously existing provision.
(b) However, in enacting the CPRA Recodification Act of 2021, the Legislature has not evaluated the correctness of any Attorney General opinion interpreting a provision affected by the act.
(c) The CPRA Recodification Act of 2021 is not intended to, and does not, reflect any assessment of any Attorney General opinion interpreting any provision affected by the act.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2. (AB 473) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 7931.000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 10 - ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Preliminary Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Effect of Recodification › Section 7920.120.

7920.120. (a) A judicial decision or Attorney General opinion on the constitutionality of a previously existing provision is relevant in determining the constitutionality of any provision of this division, or any other provision of the CPRA Recodification Act of 2021, which restates and continues that previously existing provision.
(b) However, in enacting the CPRA Recodification Act of 2021, the Legislature has not evaluated the constitutionality of any provision affected by the act, or the correctness of any judicial decision or Attorney General opinion on the constitutionality of any provision affected by the act.
(c) The CPRA Recodification Act of 2021 is not intended to, and does not, reflect any determination of the constitutionality of any provision affected by the act.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2. (AB 473) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 7931.000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 10 - ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Preliminary Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Effect of Division › Section 7920.200.

7920.200. The provisions of this division shall not be deemed in any manner to affect the status of judicial records as it existed immediately before the effective date of the provision that is continued in this section, nor to affect the rights of litigants, including parties to administrative proceedings, under the laws of discovery of this state, nor to limit or impair any rights of discovery in a criminal case.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2. (AB 473) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 7931.000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 10 - ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 7920.500.

7920.500. For purposes of Article 3 (commencing with Section 7928.200) of Chapter 14 of Part 5, “elected or appointed official” includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(a) A state constitutional officer.
(b) A Member of the Legislature.
(c) A judge or court commissioner.
(d) A district attorney.
(e) A public defender.
(f) A member of a city council.
(g) A member of a board of supervisors.
(h) An appointee of the Governor.
(i) An appointee of the Legislature.
(j) A mayor.
(k) A city attorney.
(l) A police chief or sheriff.
(m) A public safety official.
(n) A state administrative law judge.
(o) A federal judge or federal defender.
(p) A member of the United States Congress or appointee of the President of the United States.
(q) A judge of a federally recognized Indian tribe.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 478, Sec. 26. (AB 1756) Effective January 1, 2024.)