Title GOV, California Gov. Code

(a) (1) The office, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, and the Public Utilities Commission, shall prepare an assessment of the barriers, challenges, and impediments limiting the deployment and de…

(a) Each member of the Governor’s cabinet shall identify a senior manager within that member’s agency who shall coordinate business support activities with the office. (b) For the 2012–13 fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years, the office shall develop a budget in coordination w…

(a) The California Business Investment Services Program is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. (b) The program shall be under the direct authority of the director. (c) The purpose of the program is to serve employers, corporate execut…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) Small businesses serve as economic engines to the California economy by being the most effective net new job generators, supporting California’s access to global markets, serving as a key tool for supporting upward mobility, and he…

The following definitions apply to this article, unless otherwise indicated: (a) “Advocate” means the Small Business Advocate who is also the Director of the Office of Small Business Advocate. (b) “Director” means the Director of the Office of Small Business Advocate. (c) “Office…

(a) The Small Business Advocate shall be appointed by, and shall serve at the pleasure of, the Governor. (b) The Governor shall appoint the employees who are needed to accomplish the purposes of this article. (c) The duties and functions of the advocate shall include all of the f…

(a) Each agency of the state shall furnish to the advocate the reports, documents, and information that are public records and that the advocate deems necessary to carry out the advocate’s functions under this chapter. (b) (1) The advocate shall prepare and submit a written annua…

In addition to other responsibilities under this article, the advocate shall do the following: (a) Be prepared for designation by the Office of Emergency Services to serve as an official liaison between small businesses impacted by a state-declared state of emergency and other go…

(a) The office shall post information on its Internet Web site to assist an individual to start a nonprofit corporation in this state and to assist a nonprofit corporation to achieve compliance with the state’s statutory and regulatory requirements. The Internet Web site shall co…

Notwithstanding any other law, effective June 30, 2014, the Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant funded through the United States Economic Development Administration under Title IX of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (Grant No. 07-19-02709 and 07-19-2709.01) …

(a) The Made in California Program, a public and private collaboration, is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. The purposes of the program are to encourage consumer product awareness and to foster purchases of high-quality products ma…

The provisions of this article shall be enforced pursuant to the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, pursuant to Title 1.5 (commencing with Section 1750) of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, and do not impose any requirement upon the office to enforce, audit, or investigate a com…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the California Small Business Development Technical Assistance Act of 2022. (Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 68, Sec. 14. (SB 193) Effective June 30, 2022.)

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Small businesses form the core of the California economy and that it is in the interest of the state to increase opportunities and improve access to business and technical resources for entrepreneurs, the self-employed,…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions in this section shall govern the construction of this article: (a) “California Office of the Small Business Advocate,” “CalOSBA,” or “office,” means the office created pursuant to Section 12098. (b) “California Smal…

(a) The California Small Business Technical Assistance Program is hereby created within the California Office of the Small Business Advocate. (b) The program shall be under the direct authority of the Small Business Advocate. (c) The purpose of the program is to assist small busi…

Upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature for the purpose of implementing this article, the office shall make grants to small business technical assistance centers, consistent with the requirements of Section 12100.63. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 74, Sec. 13. (SB 151) Effec…

(a) Upon approval of an award to a small business technical assistance center pursuant to this article, the office shall issue to a notice of an award that includes all of the following: (1) The amount of the award. (2) A requirement that the small business technical assistance c…

(a) The Energy Unit is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. (b) The Governor shall appoint a deputy director who shall have direct authority over the Energy Unit and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. (c) The purpose of the Energy …

(a) The Transmission Infrastructure Accelerator established pursuant to Section 12100.110 shall coordinate, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this section but no later than December 31, 2026, the state’s ongoing activities related to transmission planning and dev…

(a) Both of the following conditions shall be satisfied in order for an eligible transmission project to be eligible for and receive financing: (1) The developer of the project that will be located in the service territory of, or connected directly to the electrical transmission …

(a) The accelerator shall develop a public-private partnership plan to develop financing options that maximize debt financing to reduce overall capital costs and facilitate public-private partnership development of eligible transmission projects to achieve ratepayer savings. (b) …

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Local Government Budget Sustainability Fund. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 68, Sec. 24. (SB 193) Effective June 30, 2022. Repealed as of June 30, 2028, pursuant to Section 12100.125.)

All efforts funded under this article are intended to support and be aligned with other initiatives in the State of California to support economic and workforce diversification, including, but not limited to, the Community Economic Resilience Fund. This article is intended to foc…

(a) The Local Government Budget Sustainability Fund is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. Upon appropriation, moneys in the fund shall be available for purposes of this article. (b) The purpose of the program is to provide grants on …

The office shall evaluate and prioritize grants, to the extent permissible under state and federal equal protection laws, in accordance with the following criteria: (a) Assessment of proposal details submitted, including, but not limited to, budget information, staffing requireme…

Eligible activities for grant funds shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Staffing requirements, position classifications, and wages. Salary increases outside the scope of bargaining agreements are explicitly prohibited from utilizing these funds. (b) P…

This article shall remain in effect until June 30, 2028, and as of that date is repealed. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 68, Sec. 24. (SB 193) Effective June 30, 2022. Repealed as of June 30, 2028, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Article 11, commencing with 12100.120.)

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Office,” notwithstanding Section 12096.1, means the Zero-Emission Vehicle Market Development Office continued in existence pursuant to Section 12100.151. (b) “ZEV Market Development Strategy” means the Zero-Emiss…

(a) (1) The zero-emission vehicle division within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development is hereby continued in existence within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development as the Zero-Emission Vehicle Market Development Office. The office shall…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Civic Media Act. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 649, Sec. 1. (SB 155) Effective October 11, 2025.)

(a) The California Civic Media Program is hereby established under the administration of the office in the advancement of the following goals: (1) Enhancing the public good through supporting a robust and dynamic California press corps and reinforcing the vital role of journalism…

(a) (1) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the California Civic Media Fund to be administered by the office. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys deposited in the fund, including state General Fund appropriations and private bequeaths, donat…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Building and Reinforcing Inclusive, Diverse, Gender-Supportive Equity Project (BRIDGE Project). (Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 199, Sec. 3. (SB 447) Effective September 13, 2023.)

(a) There is hereby established, within the office, the BRIDGE Project. (b) The purpose of the BRIDGE Project is to raise public awareness and promote civil rights and antidiscrimination through education, advertising, and marketing activities. (c) There is hereby created the BRI…

For purposes of this article, all of the following definitions apply: (a) “Applicant” means any taxpayer, including, but not limited to, an individual, corporation, or partnership, submitting a California Competes Grant Program application to GO-Biz that is a person or entity leg…

(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, GO-Biz shall establish the California Competes Grant Program pursuant to this article. (b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, GO-Biz is authorized to provide grants pursuant to this article. GO-Biz shall provide grants only to an app…

(a) A grant may be recaptured, in whole or in part, if the qualified grantee fails to fulfill the terms and conditions of the written agreement entered into pursuant to Section 12096.6.1. (b) Any recapture, in whole or in part, of a grant approved by the committee pursuant to Sec…

(a) GO-Biz shall do all of the following: (1) Negotiate with a qualified grantee the terms and conditions of proposed written agreements that provide the grant allowed pursuant to this article to a qualified grantee. (2) Provide the negotiated written agreement to the committee f…

(a) The Franchise Tax Board and GO-Biz may prescribe regulations as necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this article. (b) The Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1) shall not apply to any regulation, standard, criter…

This article shall be repealed on January 1, 2030. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 74, Sec. 1. (SB 151) Effective July 12, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2030, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Article 4.4, commencing with Section 12096.6.)

(a) The Permit Assistance Program is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. (b) The program shall do all of the following: (1) Provide permitting and regulatory compliance assistance to businesses. (2) Assist businesses in accessing info…

(a) The director shall ensure that the office’s Internet Web site contains information on the licensing, permitting, and registration requirements of state agencies, and shall include, but not be limited to, information that does all of the following: (1) Assists individuals with…

(a) (1) The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development is hereby authorized to develop content on its Internet Web site or through other mediums to be used for public dissemination, through outreach activities, in order to provide information and resources to inform t…

For purposes of this article, notwithstanding Section 12096.1, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “GO-Biz” means the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. (b) “Office” means the Office of Regional Economic Development Initiatives established pursuant to …

(a) The Office of Regional Economic Development Initiatives is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. The office shall be overseen by the Director of GO-Biz and administered by a deputy director appointed by, and serving at the pleasure …