Title GOV, California Gov. Code

All eligible employees may elect to be included within the safety member provisions of this chapter by written notice filed with the board not later than 60 days from and after the effective date of the approval of the board of supervisors of the provisions of this article, or wi…

From and after the effective date of the approval of the board of supervisors under Section 31695.1, all of the provisions of this chapter relating to safety members which apply to counties coming under the provisions of Section 31676.1, prior to January 1, 1953, except as provid…

(a) The board of retirement may provide a long-term care insurance program for retired members and their spouses, their parents, and their spouses’ parents. (b) Subject to Section 31696.5, the board may permit active members and their spouses, their parents, and their spouses’ pa…

(a) The full cost of enrollment in a long-term care insurance plan shall be paid by the enrollees. (b) The long-term care insurance plan shall not become part of, or subject to, the retirement or health benefits programs administered by the system. (Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 491,…

(a) The board shall establish a trust fund designated as the Long-Term Care Fund for the purpose of the payment of the costs and administration of the long-term care plan. The Long-Term Care Fund shall be held for the exclusive benefit of enrollees and the payment of the costs an…

The board is authorized to recover the administrative costs of the long-term care insurance program from insurance carriers and premiums paid by enrollees. (Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 491, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)

Subdivision (b) of Section 31696.1 shall not be operative in any county until the board of supervisors shall, by resolution adopted by a majority vote, make that subdivision applicable in the county. (Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 491, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)

This article shall be known and may be cited as the County Retirement System Vision Care Program. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 331, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)

A member who retires from a county retirement system covered by this chapter may enroll in a vision care program offered pursuant to this article subject to meeting the eligibility requirements established for the program. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 331, Sec. 2. Effective January…

Each retired member that elects to participate in the program shall be solely responsible for the payment of premiums. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 331, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)

The benefits in this article are in addition to any other benefits provided in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 331, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)

The sponsor of the vision care program may contract with a third-party administrator to provide vision care to the retired member, his or her survivors, and his or her eligible dependents. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 331, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)

If the vision care program is intended to be part of the retirement system trust fund, then the operation of the vision care program, including, but not limited to, its funding, governance, investment of assets, allocation of income, and payment of benefits, shall comply with the…

For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Amount of land converted to agricultural use” means those lands that were brought into agricultural use or reestablished in agricultural use and were not shown as agricultural land on Important Farmland Series maps maintained by the department i…

The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) That the preservation of open-space land, as defined in this article, is necessary not only for the maintenance of the economy of the state, but also for the assurance of the continued availability of land for the production of f…

It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article: (a) To assure that cities and counties recognize that open-space land is a limited and valuable resource which must be conserved wherever possible. (b) To assure that every city and county will prepare and carry out op…

On and after March 1, 2005, if land designated, or proposed to be designated as open space, contains a place, feature, or object described in Sections 5097.9 and 5097.993 of the Public Resources Code, the city or county in which the place, feature, or object is located shall cond…

On or before December 31, 1973, every city and county shall prepare, adopt and submit to the Secretary of the Resources Agency a local open-space plan for the comprehensive and long-range preservation and conservation of open-space land within its jurisdiction. Every city and cou…

Every local open-space plan shall contain an action program consisting of specific programs which the legislative body intends to pursue in implementing its open-space plan. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590.)

(a) A city or county may develop an agricultural land component of the city or county’s open-space element or a separate agricultural land element. If a city or county chooses to develop an agricultural land component of the open-space element or an agricultural land element, the…

(a) The department shall give priority consideration for any grants, bond proceeds, and other local assistance funding provided by the department to a city or county that does all of the following: (1) Completes the agricultural land component of the open space element or an agri…

(a) Every city and county shall review and update its local open-space plan by January 1, 2026. The update shall include plans and an action program, as required by Section 65564, that address all of the following: (1) Access to open space for all residents in a manner that consi…

Any action by a county or city by which open-space land or any interest therein is acquired or disposed of or its use restricted or regulated, whether or not pursuant to this part, must be consistent with the local open-space plan. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590.)

No building permit may be issued, no subdivision map approved, and no open-space zoning ordinance adopted, unless the proposed construction, subdivision or ordinance is consistent with the local open-space plan. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590.)

If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person is held invalid, the remainder of the article and the application of such provision to other persons shall not be affected thereby. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590.)

(a) The department may establish, after notice and hearing, rules and regulations, and require reports from local officials and may employ, borrow, or contract for such staff or other forms of assistance as are reasonably necessary to carry out this section, Chapter 3 (commencing…

The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The availability of housing is of vital statewide importance, and the early attainment of decent housing and a suitable living environment for every Californian, including farmworkers, is a priority of the highest order. (b) The …

It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article: (a) To assure that counties and cities recognize their responsibilities in contributing to the attainment of the state housing goal. (b) To assure that counties and cities will prepare and implement housing elements wh…

As used in this article, the following definitions apply unless specified otherwise: (a) “Above moderate income” means income exceeding the moderate-income level described in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) “Acutely low income” has the same meaning as in Section …

The Legislature finds and declares that it has provided reforms and incentives to facilitate and expedite the construction of affordable housing. Those reforms and incentives can be found in the following provisions: (a) Housing element law (Article 10.6 (commencing with Section …

The housing element shall consist of an identification and analysis of existing and projected housing needs and a statement of goals, policies, quantified objectives, financial resources, and scheduled programs for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing. The ho…

(a) (1) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall publish, by December 31, 2026, advisory guidance, including, but not limited to, sample analyses and programs, pertaining to both of the following: (A) Special housing needs for acutely low and extremely low income…

(a) The Department of Housing and Community Development, in evaluating a proposed or adopted housing element for substantial compliance with this article, may allow a city or county to identify adequate sites, as required pursuant to Section 65583, by a variety of methods, includ…

(a) A city’s or county’s inventory of land suitable for residential development pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 65583 shall be used to identify sites throughout the community, consistent with paragraph (10) of subdivision (c) of Section 65583, that can be …

(a) For a housing element or amendment adopted on or after January 1, 2021, the planning agency shall submit to the department an electronic copy of its inventory of land suitable for residential development developed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 65583 …

(a) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 65583, subdivision (c) of Section 65583.2, and subparagraph (C) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (e) of Section 65588, a local government shall have three years and 120 days from the statutory dead…

(a) (1) For the fourth and subsequent revisions of the housing element pursuant to Section 65588, the department shall determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region pursuant to this article. For purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 65583, the share of a …

For the fourth and subsequent revision of the housing element pursuant to Section 65588, the department, in consultation with each council of governments, where applicable, shall determine the existing and projected need for housing for each region in the following manner: (a) Th…

(a) At least 28 months prior to the scheduled housing element update required by Section 65588, at least two or more cities and a county, or counties, may form a subregional entity for the purpose of allocation of the subregion’s existing and projected need for housing among its …

(a) At least two years before a scheduled revision required by Section 65588, each council of governments, or delegate subregion as applicable, shall develop, in consultation with the department, a proposed methodology for distributing the existing and projected regional housing …

Notwithstanding the requirements of subdivision (m) of Section 65584.04, the resolution approving the final housing need allocation plan for the San Diego Association of Governments’ sixth revision shall use the sustainable communities strategy in the regional transportation plan…

(a) At least one and one-half years before the scheduled revision required by Section 65588, each council of governments and delegate subregion, as applicable, shall distribute a draft allocation of regional housing needs to each local government in the region or subregion, where…

(a) For cities and counties without a council of governments, the department shall determine and distribute the existing and projected housing need, in accordance with Section 65584, Section 65584.01, as applicable, and this section. If the department determines that a county or …

(a) During the period between adoption of a final regional housing needs allocation and the due date of the housing element update under Section 65588, the council of governments, subregional entity, or the department, whichever assigned the county’s share, shall reduce the share…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The state faces a serious housing crisis, due in part to decades of underproduction of housing of all types, to serve all income levels. A key factor in addressing this crisis is to significantly increase housing pr…

(a) For housing elements due pursuant to Section 65588 on or after January 1, 2006, if a city or county in the prior planning period failed to identify or make available adequate sites to accommodate that portion of the regional housing need allocated pursuant to Section 65584, t…