Title GOV, California Gov. Code

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is vital that there be close coordination and consultation between California’s water supply or management agencies and California’s land use approval agencies to ensure that proper water supply and management planning occurs to acco…

(a) When the city or county has a planning commission authorized by local ordinance or resolution to review and recommend action on a proposed general plan or proposed amendments to the general plan, the commission shall hold at least one public hearing before approving a recomme…

The planning commission shall make a written recommendation on the adoption or amendment of a general plan. A recommendation for approval shall be made by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the total membership of the commission. The planning commission shall sen…

(a) A city or county with a planning agency, other than the legislative body itself, which has the authority to consider and recommend the approval, conditional approval, or disapproval of a proposed amendment to a general plan, shall establish procedures for any interested party…

Prior to adopting or amending a general plan, the legislative body shall hold at least one public hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be given pursuant to Section 65090. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5.)

(a) The legislative body shall adopt or amend a general plan by resolution, which resolution shall be adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the total membership of the legislative body. The legislative body may approve, modify, or disapprove the recommend…

(a) A copy of the adopted general plan or amendment to the general plan shall be sent to all public entities specified in Section 65352 and any other public entities that submitted comments on the proposed general plan or amendment to the general plan during its preparation. Fail…

(a) If it deems it to be in the public interest, the legislative body may amend all or part of an adopted general plan. An amendment to the general plan shall be initiated in the manner specified by the legislative body. Notwithstanding Section 66016, a legislative body that perm…

Any specific plan or other plan of the city or county that is applicable to the same areas or matters affected by a general plan amendment shall be reviewed and amended as necessary to make the specific or other plan consistent with the general plan. (Repealed and added by Stats.…

The legislative body of a newly incorporated city or newly formed county shall adopt a general plan within 30 months following incorporation or formation. During that 30-month period of time, the city or county is not subject to the requirement that a general plan be adopted or t…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon application by a city or county, the Director of Planning and Research shall grant a reasonable extension of time not to exceed two years from the date of issuance of the extension, for the preparation and adoption of all or pa…

Any city, county, or city and county whose application for an extension of time under Section 65361 has been denied or approved with conditions by the director may appeal that denial or approval with conditions to the Planning Advisory and Assistance Council. The council may revi…

(a) Unless otherwise provided by the county, if the final map or parcel map is not subject to Section 66493, after the approval by the city of a final map of a subdivision or a parcel map, the city clerk shall transmit the map to the county recorder. (b) If a final map or parcel …

The subdivider shall present to the county recorder evidence that, at the time of the filing of the final or parcel map in the office of the county recorder, the parties consenting to such filing are all of the parties having a record title interest in the real property being sub…

(a) The county recorder shall have not more than 10 days within which to examine a final or parcel map and either accept or reject it for filing. (b) If the county recorder rejects a final or parcel map for filing, the county recorder shall, within 10 days thereafter, mail notice…

This chapter shall not prevent filing in the office of the county recorder of a final or parcel map of a subdivision for which a final or parcel map is not required, provided such map meets the requirements of this division and any local ordinance. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536…

The filing for record of a final or parcel map by the county recorder shall automatically and finally determine the validity of such map and when recorded shall impart cconstructive notice thereof. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536.)

Whenever separate documents are to be recorded concurrently with the final or parcel map pursuant to Section 66435.1 or 66445, the county recorder shall complete the cross-reference to such concurrently recorded separate documents. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 87, Sec. 19. Effectiv…

The board of supervisors may, by resolution, authorize any county officer to: (a) Perform the duties required of the clerk of the board of supervisors under this article. (b) Approve the security for payment of taxes required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 66464 if that c…

(a) If the department contracts with a developer for the design, construction, operation, and management of the regional transit terminal, the contract shall require the developer to make annual payments to the commission sufficient in amount to meet all obligations assumed by th…

Subject to such contractual obligations as may be entered into by the commission and the holders of bonds issued under this chapter, the department is authorized to change such rates, rents, fees, and charges from time to time as conditions warrant. (Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1…

All rates, rents, fees, and charges shall comply with the provisions of any applicable indenture. The bond redemption and interest payments shall, to the extent provided in the indenture, constitute a first, direct and exclusive charge and lien on all such rates, rents, fees, cha…

The commission may provide in an indenture that the rates, rents, fees, and charges established are minimum rates, rents, fees, and charges and subject to increase or decrease in accordance only with the terms of the indenture. (Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1079.)

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that funding for purposes of this chapter be appropriated in the annual Budget Act. (b) Of any amount appropriated for the purposes of this chapter for any fiscal year, an amount not exceeding five percent may be applied to the administrati…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the State Records Management Act. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 28, Sec. 24. (SB 854) Effective June 20, 2014.)

For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Acquire” includes acquisition by gift, purchase, lease, eminent domain, or otherwise. (b) “Archival value” means the ongoing usefulness or significance of a record based on the administr…

(a) The Secretary of State shall establish and administer a records management program that will apply efficient and economical management methods to the creation, utilization, maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposal of state records. (b) The duties of the Secretary of…

Notwithstanding any other law, a record held in the State Records Center or by a state agency determined by the Secretary of State to have archival value and to be at risk of damage or loss, or in poor physical condition, shall be transferred to the State Archives at the directio…

The head of a state agency shall do all of the following: (a) Establish and maintain an active, continuing program for the economical and efficient management of the records and information collection practices of the agency. The program shall ensure that the information needed b…

A Records Management Coordinator of an agency shall do all of the following: (a) (1) Upon initial appointment as a Records Management Coordinator, attend a minimum of 12 hours of records management training classes offered by the Secretary of State within 12 months of appointment…

(a) A record shall not be destroyed or otherwise disposed of by an agency of the state, unless it is determined by the Secretary of State that the record has no further administrative, legal, or fiscal value and the Secretary of State has determined that the record is inappropria…

(a) The records of a state agency may be microfilmed, electronically data imaged, or otherwise photographically reproduced and certified upon the written authorization of the head of the agency. The microfilming, electronic data imaging, or photographic reproduction shall be made…

A person, other than a temporary employee, serving in the state civil service and employed by the Department of General Services in the California State Records and Information Management Program shall remain in the state civil service and is hereby transferred to the Secretary o…

All equipment and records in the California State Records and Information Management Program in the Department of General Services are transferred to the Secretary of State. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 28, Sec. 24. (SB 854) Effective June 20, 2014.)

If a record of a state agency has been lost or destroyed by conflagration or other public calamity, the Secretary of State may acquire the right to reproduce any portion of a public record plant as is necessary for the purpose of restoring or replacing the record or its substance…

On and after the date of creation of the proposed county, the county shall be included in that district court of appeals district which included the largest portion of the proposed county, prior to its formation. The district court of appeals district which included any portion o…

In a proposed county there is one judge of the superior court who shall be selected as provided by law. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)

The Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 71600) of Title 8) applies to the superior court and superior court employees in a proposed county, except that preference in appointment shall be given to those persons serving a session…

On and after the date of creation of the proposed county, the superior court in the affected county or counties shall retain jurisdiction in all cases pending in a session of such court which is located within the boundaries of the proposed county immediately prior to its creatio…

“County service” means the employment of a person by a county, district, municipal court, or superior court. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

Where service for which a member receives credit, either prior to or during membership, is on a tenure which is temporary, seasonal, intermittent, or part time only, the member shall receive credit as continuous service for that proportion of the time he or she held the position …

(a) A member of a retirement system shall not receive credit for service or contributions for credit for service in violation of the prohibitions provided in Section 23007.5 or 50033. (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit an elective officer from purchasing service credit pu…

“Service” means uninterrupted employment of any person appointed or elected for that period of time: (a) For which deductions are made from his earnable compensation from the county or district for such service while he is a member of the retirement association. (b) In military s…

In any county of the eighth or ninth class as established in Sections 28020, 28029 and 28030 as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of 1971, the board of supervisors may provide by ordinance that each member shall be credited, at the rate of one day for each one day earned, w…

In any county of the third class as established in Section 28024, the board of supervisors may provide by ordinance that members specified in the ordinance shall be credited, for up to the full amount of sick leave accumulated as of the date of their retirement, and that sick lea…

In any county the board of supervisors may provide by ordinance that members specified in the ordinance shall be credited, for up to 100 percent of sick leave accumulated as of the date of their retirement, and that sick leave credit shall be in addition to service credit. The ad…