Title GOV, California Gov. Code

(a) If a local agency provides any type of compensation, salary, or stipend to a local agency official of that agency, then all local agency officials of that agency shall receive sexual harassment prevention training and education pursuant to this article. A local agency may als…

(a) A local agency that requires its local agency officials or employees to complete the sexual harassment prevention training and education prescribed by this article shall maintain records indicating both of the following: (1) The dates that local agency officials or employees …

The requirements of this article are in addition to any other law requiring similar or related training, and nothing in this article shall be construed to supersede the requirements of Section 12940 or 12950.1. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 816, Sec. 1. (AB 1661) Effective January 1…

For purposes of this article: (a) “Fiscal and financial training” includes, but is not limited to, training in all of the following: (1) Laws and principles relating to financial administration and short- and long-term fiscal management, including, but not limited to, the role an…

(a) All local agency officials shall receive at least two hours of fiscal and financial training pursuant to this article. (b) A local agency or an association of local agencies may contract with or otherwise collaborate with a provider of a training course to offer one or more t…

(a) Every local agency official who is in a local agency’s service as of January 1, 2026, and commenced that service prior to January 1, 2026, shall receive the fiscal and financial training required by this article before January 1, 2028, unless that official’s term of office en…

(a) A local agency that provides the fiscal and financial training required by this article shall maintain records indicating both of the following: (1) The dates that local agency officials satisfied the requirements of this article. (2) The entity that provided the training. (b…

A local agency official who is in compliance with Section 26945, 26945.1, 27000.7, 27000.8, or 27000.9 is exempt from the provisions of this article. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 661, Sec. 4. (SB 827) Effective January 1, 2026.)

(a) The Projected Surplus Temporary Holding Account is hereby established in the State Treasury as a General Fund reserve to hold a portion of General Fund surplus moneys temporarily for use in future fiscal years, as an added responsible budgeting technique to counter tax revenu…

(a) The Budget Deficit Savings Account is hereby established in the State Treasury to serve as a supplementary savings account to mitigate the effects of actual or future projected budget deficits in the General Fund or other state funds. (b) (1) Deposits to the Budget Stabilizat…

The secretary of each agency has the power of general supervision over, and is directly responsible to the Governor for, the operations of each department, office, and unit within the agency. (Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 138.)

The secretary of each agency shall advise the Governor on, and assist him in establishing, major policy and program matters affecting each department, office, or other unit within the agency, and shall serve as the principal communication link for the effective transmission of po…

The secretary of each agency shall exercise the authority vested in the Governor in respect to the functions of each department, office, or other unit within the agency, including the adjudication of conflicts between or among the departments, offices, or other units; and shall r…

The secretary of each agency shall be generally responsible for the sound fiscal management of each department, office, or other unit within his agency. He shall review and approve the proposed budget of each such department, office, or other unit. He shall hold the head of each …

The Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency shall review and evaluate the systems within the agency for the payment and computation of benefits, insurance, and subvention moneys. The secretary shall determine the adequacy and effectiveness of the payment systems, whether the p…

Each secretary shall develop and report to the Governor on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish comprehensive, long-range, coordinated planning and policy formulation in the matters of public interest related to his agency. To accomplish this end, the…

For the purpose of administration, the secretary of each agency shall review the organization of the agency and report to the Governor on such changes as he deems necessary properly to segregate and conduct the work of the agency. (Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 138.)

The secretary of each agency and any other officer or employee within the agency designated in writing by the secretary shall have the power of a head of a department pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180) of Chapter 2 of Part 1. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 101, S…

Whenever a power is granted to the secretary of an agency, the power may be exercised by such officer or employee within the agency as designated in writing by the secretary. (Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 138.)

(a) For the purpose of this chapter, “agency” means the California Housing and Homelessness Agency, the Business and Consumer Services Agency, the California Environmental Protection Agency, the California Health and Human Services Agency, the Natural Resources Agency, the Labor …

(a) The Governor, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing, may appoint up to three deputies for the secretary. (b) In addition to any other provision of law, the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing may appoint an assi…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The state is home to many of the world’s top research universities, national laboratories, and leading-edge high-technology companies that generate significant intellectual property. (b) It is in the interest of the sta…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Department of General Services. (b) “Databases” means compilations of data, typically generated from research, sometimes from one source, but…

(a) The department shall perform all of the following functions: (1) Commencing January 1, 2015, and every three years thereafter, track intellectual property generated by state employees or with state funding. (2) Develop a database that includes, but is not limited to, tracking…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, state agencies and departments may, upon request, share records and information related to intellectual property generated by state employees or with state funding with the department. (b) Any employee or former employee of the department who ha…

(a) This chapter shall not apply to intellectual property or intellectual property related agreements administered by the Regents of the University of California, the subcontractors of the Regents of the University of California, and the Trustees of the California State Universit…

The commission shall advise and assist the Secretary of Transportation and the Legislature in formulating and evaluating state policies and plans for transportation programs in the state. (Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 291. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operativ…

(a) The Legislature, through the enactment of Senate Bill 45 during the 1997–98 Regular Session, intends to establish priorities and processes for the programming and expenditure of state transportation funds that are at the discretion of the Legislature and the Governor. (b) The…

The commission may request and review reports of the department and of other entities which pertain to transportation issues and concerns that the commission determines need special study. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1106.)

In cooperation with the regional transportation planning agencies, the commission may prescribe study areas for analysis and evaluation by such agencies and guidelines for the preparation of the regional transportation plans. (Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 669.)

(a) (1) The commission, in consultation with the department and the State Air Resources Board, shall maintain guidelines for travel demand models used in the development of regional transportation plans by federally designated metropolitan planning organizations. (2) Any revision…

(a) A metropolitan planning organization shall disseminate the methodology, results, and key assumptions of whichever travel demand models it uses in a way that would be useable and understandable to the public. (b) Transportation planning agencies other than those identified in …

The commission shall include in an attachment to the next revision of its guidelines prescribed pursuant to Section 14522 a summary of the policies, practices, or projects that have been employed by metropolitan planning organizations that promote health and health equity. The su…

The commission may prepare an independent evaluation of the department’s budget regarding the adequacy of funding levels and the relative needs of program categories as defined in Section 167 of the Streets and Highways Code and submit its recommendations to the Legislature not l…

(a) Not later than July 15, 2001, and July 15 of each odd-numbered year thereafter, the department shall submit to the commission a five-year estimate pursuant to Section 164 of the Streets and Highways Code, in annual increments, of all federal and state funds reasonably expecte…

(a) The department shall, as part of the reports required pursuant to Sections 14524.15 and 14525.5, report on its costs of project development for all state transportation improvement program projects awarded during the previous fiscal year. (b) For purposes of this section, “co…

(a) If the department’s total project delivery plan for any year requires a permanent and temporary capital outlay support staffing level which equals the 1986–87 budgeted permanent and temporary capital outlay support staffing level, the department’s budget request for that year…

Commencing with the update to the California Transportation Plan that is required on or before December 31, 2020, the commission may, in cooperation with the department, prescribe study areas for analysis and evaluation by the department and may establish guidelines for the prepa…

(a) On or before June 30, 2015, the department shall submit to the commission for approval an interregional transportation strategic plan directed at achieving a high functioning and balanced interregional transportation system. The plan shall be action oriented and pragmatic, co…

(a) Not later than August 15, 2001, and August 15 of each odd-numbered year thereafter, the commission shall adopt a five-year estimate pursuant to Section 164 of the Streets and Highways Code, in annual increments, of all state and federal funds reasonably expected to be availab…

The department and the commission shall use an inflation rate that has been established by the Department of Finance. The Department of Finance shall consult with the Legislative Analyst and the Department of Transportation when calculating the inflation rate for this purpose. (R…

(a) To the extent consistent with federal law, the commission shall not program or allocate any state funds, including proceeds from the sale of general obligation bonds, under its jurisdiction for any new bulk coal terminal project proposed on or after January 1, 2017. (b) (1) T…

(a) The department shall submit a project delivery report to the Governor and the Legislature not later than November 15 of each year. The report shall include all state highway projects that are included in the adopted state transportation improvement program costing one million…

Not later than November 15, 2014, and annually thereafter, the department shall, as part of the project delivery report required pursuant to Section 14525.5, report on the difference between the original allocation made by the commission and the actual construction capital and su…

(a) Not later than October 15 of each odd-numbered year, based on the guidelines established pursuant to Section 14530.1, and after consulting with the transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions, and transportation authorities, the department shall submit…

(a) The department, in consultation with the commission, shall prepare a robust asset management plan to guide selection of projects for the state highway operation and protection program required by Section 14526.5. The asset management plan shall be consistent with any applicab…