Title GOV, California Gov. Code

In those counties in which the retirement board has authorized the treasurer to control and hold the assets of the retirement system pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 31595.1, the treasurer shall be responsible for filing the statement required by Section 31597 or Section 31…

The annual statement shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles on the basis of pronouncements of the Government Accounting Standards Board or its successor organization. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 680, Sec. 11. Effective January 1,…

In addition to other records and accounts, the retirement board, or the treasurer if authorized by the board, shall keep records and accounts as are necessary to show at any time: (a) The total accumulated contributions of members. (b) The total accumulated contributions of retir…

A pension, annuity, or retirement allowance is payable in equal monthly installments, but a smaller pro rata amount may be paid for part of a month when the pension, annuity, or retirement allowance begins after the first day of the month or ends before the last day of the month.…

In counties having a board of investments pursuant to Section 31520.2, no investment shall be made in real property unless it is approved by six votes of the board or, where a county board of supervisors or a county board of education has a material interest in the property unles…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of retirement, or, in counties that have established a board of investments, the board of investments, may establish a program utilizing the retirement fund to assist system members and annuitants, through financing, to obtain…

The board of retirement or the board of investments, as applicable, may obtain a loan and pledge a portion of the assets of the retirement fund as security for the repayment of the loan if the board finds all of the following: (a) An emergency exists affecting the national bankin…

To assist in carrying out its investment powers and duties the board may employ an attorney in private practice. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1738, Sec. 26. Effective September 30, 1984.)

As used in this article “local agency” means county, city, city and county, public district or any public or municipal corporation, public agency or public authority. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 2118.)

(a) A local agency may bring an action to determine the validity of its bonds, warrants, contracts, obligations or evidences of indebtedness pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (b) A local agency that issues bo…

Each planning agency shall prepare and the legislative body of each county and city shall adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and of any land outside its boundaries which in the planning agency’s judgment bears relatio…

(a) For the purposes of this article, a “200-year flood plain” is an area that has a 1 in 200 chance of flooding in any given year, based on hydrological modeling and other engineering criteria accepted by the Department of Water Resources. (b) For the purposes of this article, a…

(a) In construing the provisions of this article, the Legislature intends that the general plan and elements and parts thereof comprise an integrated, internally consistent and compatible statement of policies for the adopting agency. (b) The Legislature intends that the provisio…

The Legislature finds that the diversity of the state’s communities and their residents requires planning agencies and legislative bodies to implement this article in ways that accommodate local conditions and circumstances, while meeting its minimum requirements. (Added by Stats…

The Legislature recognizes that the capacity of California cities and counties to respond to state planning laws varies due to the legal differences between cities and counties, both charter and general law, and to differences among them in physical size and characteristics, popu…

(a) The general plan shall be so prepared that all or individual elements of it may be adopted by the legislative body, and so that it may be adopted by the legislative body for all or part of the territory of the county or city and any other territory outside its boundaries that…

The adoption of the general plan or any part or element thereof or the adoption of any amendment to such plan or any part or element thereof is a legislative act which shall be reviewable pursuant to Section 1085 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 837.)

The general plan shall consist of a statement of development policies and shall include a diagram or diagrams and text setting forth objectives, principles, standards, and plan proposals. The plan shall include the following elements: (a) A land use element that designates the pr…

(a) Upon the next update of one or more elements described in Section 65302, on or after January 1, 2028, the safety element shall be reviewed and updated as necessary to address the hazard of extreme heat. (1) A city or county that has adopted an extreme heat action plan or othe…

(a) A county or city that is located in a warehouse concentration region, as defined in Section 65098, shall update its circulation element, as required by subdivision (b) of Section 65302, to do all of the following on or before January 1, 2026: (1) Identify and establish specif…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The San Joaquin Valley has a serious air pollution problem that will take the cooperation of land use and transportation planning agencies, transit operators, the development community, the San Joaquin Valley Air Po…

(a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Community” means an inhabited area within a city or county that is comprised of no less than 10 dwellings adjacent or in close proximity to one another. (2) “Disadvantaged unincorporated comm…

(a) On or after January 1, 2027, but no later than January 1, 2030, each city, county, or city and county shall prepare and adopt an electrification plan, decarbonization plan, community energy plan, or other similar plan, or integrate a plan into the next adoption or revision of…

(a) Upon the next revision of a local hazard mitigation plan, adopted in accordance with the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-390), on or after January 1, 2022, or, if a local jurisdiction has not adopted a local hazard mitigation plan, beginning on or befo…

Upon the adoption, or revision, of a city or county’s general plan, on or after January 1, 1996, the city or county shall utilize as a source document any urban water management plan submitted to the city or county by a water agency. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 881, Sec. 2. Effect…

(a) The general plan, and any applicable specific plan prepared pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 65450), shall be consistent with the plan adopted or amended pursuant to Section 21675 of the Public Utilities Code. (b) The general plan, and any applicable specific pl…

The text and diagrams in the land use element that address the location and extent of land uses, and the zoning ordinances that implement these provisions, may also express community intentions regarding urban form and design. These expressions may differentiate neighborhoods, di…

(a) At least 45 days prior to adoption or amendment of the safety element, each county and city shall submit to the California Geological Survey of the Department of Conservation one copy of a draft of the safety element or amendment and any technical studies used for developing …

(a) A city, county, or a city and county may adopt with its safety element pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 65302 a local hazard mitigation plan (HMP) specified in the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-390). The hazard mitigation plan shall include all…

(a) For the purposes of complying with Section 65302.5, each county or city located within the boundaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District, as set forth in Section 8501 of the Water Code, shall submit the draft element of, or draft amendment to, the safety elem…

If a county or city, including a charter city, adopts or amends a mandatory general plan element which operates to limit the number of housing units which may be constructed on an annual basis, such adoption or amendment shall contain findings which justify reducing the housing o…

(a) Within 24 months of July 2, 2013, each city and county within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley shall amend its general plan to contain all of the following: (1) (A) The data and analysis contained in the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan pursuant to Section 9612 of the Wa…

The general plan may include any other elements or address any other subjects which, in the judgment of the legislative body, relate to the physical development of the county or city. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 9.)

The Department of Water Resources or the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, as appropriate, and the Department of Fish and Game may develop site design and planning policies to assist local agencies which request help in implementing the general plan guidelines for meeting fl…

(a) Except as otherwise provided for in this code, the procedure for processing, approval, conditional approval, or disapproval and filing of parcel maps and modifications thereof shall be as provided by local ordinance. The provisions of Sections 66477.1, 66477.2, and 66477.3 re…

Multiple parcel maps filed pursuant to Section 66426 relating to an approved or conditionally approved tentative map may be filed prior to the expiration of the tentative map if either condition is satisfied: (a) The subdivider, at the time the tentative map is filed, provides a …

(a) When a tentative map is required, an approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall expire 24 months after its approval or conditional approval, or after any additional period of time as may be prescribed by local ordinance, not to exceed an additional 12 months. (b) …

After the transbay transit terminal has been transferred to the authority, it may thereafter proceed with construction of the regional transit terminal. It may also thereafter enlarge or extend the regional transit terminal if such enlargement or extension is, in its judgment, ne…

The authority has full charge of the acquisition, construction, and completion of the regional transit terminal or any part thereof authorized by it. The authority may construct the regional transit terminal or any part thereof and acquire all property necessary therefor on such …

Title to all property acquired by the authority and the revenues and income therefrom, is in the name of the authority. The title to any moneys, revenues, sinking funds, reserve funds and other funds of the authority and the income thereof pledged to the payment of the principal …

The authority may use for the payment of the cost of acquisition, construction, completion, additions, betterments, extensions and repairs of the regional transit terminal or any part thereof any funds made available to the authority to be expended for the accomplishing of the pu…

The authority may insure against any accident to or destruction of the regional transit terminal or any part thereof. Any money collected on such insurance shall be used for the purpose of repairing or rebuilding the facility or any part thereof damaged, injured or destroyed, or …

The authority may insure against loss of revenues from any cause whatsoever and the proceeds of any such insurance shall be used as provided in the indenture securing any then outstanding bonds of the authority. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1373.)

The authority may insure against public liability or property damage. It may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of any revenue bonds for the carrying of such or any other insurance, in such amount and of such character as may be specified, and for the payment of …

Outstanding academic volunteer and mentor service should be encouraged and recognized. For that purpose, the Governor is authorized to provide an award to recognize outstanding academic volunteer or mentor service in the schools for the 1993–94 fiscal year and for each subsequent…

Each local planning council may nominate, to be considered for the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Academic Volunteer and Mentor Service, an individual or individual program that has had significant and positive impact upon the lives of children. A local planning council desir…