Title GOV, California Gov. Code

The provisions of this section to Section 31776.5, inclusive, shall be referred to collectively as the “forward DROP provisions.” (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 897, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)

(a) Any member who elects to participate in the forward DROP provisions of the program shall make the election on a form prescribed and retained by the board. On that form the member shall do all of the following: (1) Designate a program period that will not exceed 60 months of e…

(a) On and after the election date, the participant shall cease to accrue retirement benefits under this chapter, and instead shall begin to accrue benefits under the program pursuant to the terms of this article, which benefits shall be credited to the participant’s program acco…

The implementing ordinance shall specify, based on the results of the actuarial analysis and the requirement that the program be cost neutral, as described in Section 31770.4, whether the employer shall be required to continue to make contributions to the system with respect to t…

(a) A program account shall be established within the system for each participant. No system assets shall be separately segregated for any program account. A participant may not have a claim on any specific assets of the system. (b) A participant’s program account shall be credit…

The board shall provide a statement to the participant that displays the value or balance of the participant’s program account and summarizes any credits to the account or other transactions that occurred after the immediately preceding valuation date. The statement of account sh…

(a) If a participant dies during the program period, he or she shall be deemed to have died while eligible for retirement and his or her benefits shall be calculated as if in active service, except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c). (b) Benefits under Article 12 (commencing…

If a participant becomes eligible for disability retirement due to an injury or illness occurring during the program period or pursuant to Section 31720.5, 31720.6, or 31720.7, the participant shall elect to either: (a) Retire for disability, in which case the participant may app…

Participation in the program shall be terminated, and the member will not have a right or claim to any continuing benefits under the program upon the first occurrence of any of the following events: (a) Revocation of participation, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 31771.…

Participation in the program shall be completed and the participant shall be entitled to benefits under the program upon the first occurrence of either of the following during the program period: (a) Retirement of the participant for service. (b) Death of the participant. (Added …

Upon termination of employment and retirement for service under the system, a participant shall: (a) Receive a distribution, in the manner prescribed in Section 31776.3, of the balance in the participant’s program account. (b) Begin receiving a monthly retirement allowance in an …

The participant’s monthly allowance shall be an amount equal to the monthly allowance the participant would have received if he or she had retired for service on the election date, subject to the following: (a) Any unused sick leave or vacation leave that accrued as of the electi…

(a) Unless the implementing ordinance otherwise provides, the balance in the participant’s program account shall be distributed to the participant in a single lump-sum payment at the time of retirement. If requested by the participant, the payment may be immediately deposited int…

(a) A participant may designate a person or persons as beneficiaries of the balance in the participant’s program account at any time during the program period. Any beneficiary or beneficiaries shall be designated on a form prescribed by the board, signed by the participant, and f…

The final compensation calculated under Section 31776.2 shall be the member’s final compensation for purposes of calculating any reciprocal benefits due the member from another retirement system pursuant to Article 15 (commencing with Section 31830). (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 89…

(a) The provisions of this section shall be referred to as the “actuarial equivalent DROP provisions.” (b) A member who retires for service on or after the operative date of the program may elect, on a form prescribed by the board, to receive a lump-sum payment and an actuarially…

The provisions of this section through those of Section 31778.2, inclusive, shall be referred to collectively as the “backward DROP provisions.” A member who retires on or after the effective date of the program may elect upon application for service or disability retirement, on …

A member who makes the election described in Section 31778 shall receive a one-time lump-sum payment upon retirement in an amount as calculated below. (a) A participant’s program account shall be credited with an amount equal to the retirement allowance the member would have rece…

(a) If a participant dies during the period from the deferred calculation date to the election date, he or she shall be deemed to have died while eligible for the deferred retirement option and the participant’s eligible spouse or other beneficiary shall be qualified to elect the…

(a) A participant may designate a person or persons as beneficiaries of the participant’s program account at any time during the period from the deferred retirement calculation date to the election date. The beneficiary or beneficiaries shall be designated on a form prescribed by…

Upon termination of employment and retirement from the system, a member who has elected to participate in the program shall receive the member’s program payment, as calculated pursuant to Section 31778.1 and in accordance with the distribution provisions of Sections 31776.3, 3177…

(a) After the program has been in effect for a period of at least four years and not more than 10 years, as specified in the implementing ordinance, or up to one year prior to the end of that specified period, the board shall cause an actuarial analysis of the cost impact of the …

The rights of a participant who has retired under the program, whose deferred retirement calculation date, or whose program period is in effect at the time the program is discontinued may not be affected by the discontinuance of the program and that participant shall remain subje…

If the program is modified pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 31779, participants who entered, or who were eligible for, the program prior to the effective date of the modification shall be entitled to elect whether to become subject to the modified provision…

As long as the program remains in effect, either as originally adopted or as modified pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 31779, the board of retirement shall cause an actuarial analysis of the cost impact of the program to be prepared as provided in Section 3…

This article may be cited as the Office to Housing Conversion Act. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 493, Sec. 4. (AB 507) Effective January 1, 2026. Operative July 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 65658.16.)

For purposes of this article: (a) (1) “Adaptive reuse project” means the retrofitting and repurposing of an existing building to create new residential or mixed uses including office conversion projects. (2) “Adaptive reuse project” shall not include any of the following: (A) The…

(a) A local government shall not adopt or impose any requirement, including, but not limited to, increased fees or inclusionary housing requirements, that applies to a project solely or partially on the basis that the project is eligible to receive ministerial or streamlined appr…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, an adaptive reuse project shall be exempt from all impact fees that are not reasonably related to the impacts resulting from the change of use of the site from nonresidential to residential or mixed use. Any fees charged shall be roughly proport…

Notwithstanding any law, and in addition to any other applicable labor standards provided in this article, any adaptive reuse project approved by a local government pursuant to this article shall be subject to all of the following labor standard provisions: (a) Except as provided…

Notwithstanding any law, and in addition to any other applicable labor standards provided in this article, any adaptive reuse project approved by a local government pursuant to this article shall meet all of the following labor standards: (a) The development proponent shall requi…

In addition to any other applicable labor standards provided in this article, any development project for an adaptive reuse project approved by a local government pursuant to this article that includes 40 or more housing units and does not include a building of more than four sto…

In addition to any other applicable labor standards provided in this article, any development project for an adaptive reuse project that includes 40 or more housing units and that includes a building of more than four stories in height shall be subject to all of the following ski…

This article shall become operative on July 1, 2026. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 493, Sec. 4. (AB 507) Effective January 1, 2026.)

(a) A local government may adopt an ordinance to implement this article and specify the process and requirements applicable to adaptive reuse projects, provided that the ordinance is consistent with this article. (b) An ordinance adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be c…

The Legislature finds and declares that encouraging commercial-to-resident conversions to help address the statewide housing crisis addresses a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitutio…

(a) (1) An adaptive reuse project that meets the requirements of subdivision (b) shall be deemed a use by right in all zones, regardless of the zoning of the site, and subject to the streamlined, ministerial review process described in Section 65658.8, except that both of the fol…

(a) An adaptive reuse project that satisfies the requirements of Section 65658.5 may include the development of new residential or mixed-use structures on undeveloped areas and parking areas located on the same parcel as the proposed repurposed building, or on the parcels adjacen…

(a) (1) (A) Before submitting an application for an adaptive reuse project pursuant to Section 65658.5 for a structure that is more than 50 years old and not listed on a local, state, or federal register of historic resources, the development proponent shall submit to the local g…

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any local law, if a local government’s planning director or equivalent position determines that an adaptive reuse project submitted pursuant to this article is consistent with the objective planning standards specified in Section 65658.5 and Section 65658.…

(a) A local government shall issue a subsequent permit required for an adaptive reuse project approved under this article if the application substantially complies with the project as it was approved pursuant to Section 65658.8. Upon receipt of an application for a subsequent per…

This article shall not be operative in any county until such time as the board of supervisors shall, by resolution adopted by majority vote, make the provisions of this article applicable in such county. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1591.)

This article shall not be applicable to any member who because of his county service is subject to the federal old age and survivors insurance provisions of the Federal Social Security Act. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1591.)

As used in this article “eligible spouse” means an individual who is caring for one or more of the children (as defined in Section 31843) of a deceased member and who is: (a) The widow or widower of such deceased member, or (b) The divorced former spouse of such deceased member, …

As used in this article “child” means a member’s child who is dependent upon such member at the time of his death and while such child is unmarried and: (a) Under 18 years of age, or (b) Whether under or over 18 years of age, totally disabled and such disability occurred prior to…

As used in this article “parent” means: The father or mother of the deceased member who at the time of the death of such member was not less than 62 years of age and was receiving not less than one-half of his or her support from the member, and who has not remarried since the me…