Title GOV — California Gov. Code

No state agency shall, on or after the date that a tax allocation agreement is entered into pursuant to Section 53990 alter, defer, or deny priority or allocation of state funds to a local agency or for state construction projects by virtue of such tax allocation agreement.

A local agency and state agency may enter into an agreement to coordinate the priority or allocation of state funds to the local agency or state construction projects in order to implement the financial component of the plan.

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, except as provided in subdivision (b), for the purpose of any law authorizing the division of taxes levied upon taxable property, including, but not limited to, Sections 53369.30, 53396, 53398.30, 53398.75, and 62005, no revenues derived from th…

As used in this article: (a) “Financial transaction” means any agreement or arrangement entered into between a local agency or the treasurer of a local agency and any party or parties for the performance of required financial services or duties by either the local agency or the o…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that a local agency’s obligation of contract, as that term is used and interpreted in Section 9 of Article I of the California Constitution, in a financial transaction, commences when the legislative body adopts a resolution officially en…

(a) A local agency’s obligation of contract, with regard to a financial transaction, shall commence when the legislative body adopts a resolution formally adopting, approving, or entering into any financial transaction, or when the treasurer, acting on his or her authority, enter…

As used in this article, “local agency” means a city, chartered city, or a fire protection district.

As used in this article, “county” means a county in which a county firewarden has been appointed.

As used in this article, “forest fire” means any fire burning uncontrolled on any lands partially or wholly covered by timber, brush, grass, grain, or other inflammable vegetation.

The board of supervisors of any county may contract with any local agency within the county, and the legislative body of the local agency may contract with the county, for the performance by the county firewarden of functions for the prevention and suppression of fires.

Every contract between a county and a city that provides for the furnishing of fire protection services by the county to the city, except a contract to render assistance whenever a fire occurs within the limits of a city of when it cannot be adequately handled by the fire departm…

When the contract has been made, the county firewarden, his deputies, and assistants may exercise the same powers and duties within the local agency as are conferred upon officers charged with the duty of preventing and suppressing fires by State and local law within such county …

In the contract the local agency may provide for the payment by it to the county of an agreed consideration to be paid to the county treasurer.

The board of supervisors may contract with the state, through the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, for the performance by the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection, his or her deputies, and assistants of functions for the prevention or suppression of fires within th…

The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection may contract with the county for the performance by the county fire warden, his or her deputies, and assistants of functions for the prevention or suppression of fires within the county.

When a contract has been made, the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection or the county fire warden may exercise the same powers and duties within the county for the prevention and suppression of fires which by state or local law is conferred upon those officers.

The contract between the county and the State may provide for the duties, directions, and salaries of such personnel upon the terms agreed upon.

As used in this article, “local agency” means a neighboring city, county, fire protection district, joint powers authority that provides fire protection services, police protection district, federal government or any federal department or agency.

The legislative body of any local agency may contract with any other local agency for the furnishing of fire or police protection to such other local agency.

All the privileges and immunities from liability, exemptions from laws and rules, and all pension, relief, disability, workmen’s compensation and all other benefits granted the fire or police force of any local agency performing its functions within the territorial limits of such…

The board of supervisors of a county may provide rescue and resuscitator services throughout the county, and to this end the board may contract with the state, through the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, for the providing of those rescue and resuscitator services with…

When a contract has been made, the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection may exercise the same powers and duties within the county for the provision of rescue and resuscitator services which by state or local law are conferred upon officers of the county.

The contract between the county and the state may provide for the duties, directions, and salaries of personnel performing rescue and resuscitator services, including volunteer firefighters, upon the terms agreed upon.

For any proposal that includes an incorporation, the executive officer shall prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract, a comprehensive fiscal analysis. This analysis shall become part of the report required pursuant to Section 56665. Data used for the analysis shall be from t…

(a) For any proposal that includes an incorporation, the executive officer shall, at the request of an interested party, which request is submitted pursuant to subdivision (b), and prior to issuing his or her report and recommendation pursuant to Section 56665, request the Contro…

(a) For any proposal for incorporation of the territory within the Mountain House Community Services District, San Joaquin County shall provide the required funds to those petitioners filing the incorporation application for all costs involved in filing the application for incorp…

If the commission approves a proposal which includes the incorporation of a city, the resolution making determinations shall accept or reject each of the findings and recommendations made in the executive officer’s report prepared pursuant to Section 56665, and the fiscal analysi…

For any proposal that includes a disincorporation, the executive officer shall prepare, or cause to be prepared by contract, a comprehensive fiscal analysis. This analysis shall become part of the report required pursuant to Section 56665. Data used for the analysis shall be from…

(a) (1) If the proposal includes the incorporation of a city, as defined in Section 56043, the commission shall determine the amount of property tax revenue to be exchanged by the affected local agency pursuant to this section and Section 56815. (2) If the proposal includes the f…

(a) If a proposal includes the formation of a new special district, the commission shall determine the appropriations limit of the district in accordance with Section 7902.7 and Article XIII B of the California Constitution. The commission shall determine the provisional appropri…

(a) If a proposal includes the incorporation of a city, the commission shall determine the provisional appropriations limit of the city in accordance with Section 7902.7 and Article XIII B of the California Constitution. The commission shall determine the provisional appropriatio…

(a) If the proposal includes the disincorporation of a city, as defined in Section 56034, the commission shall determine the amount of property tax revenue to be exchanged by the affected city and any successor or affected local agency pursuant to this section. (b) The commission…

If the proposal includes the disincorporation of a city, as defined in Section 56034, with the assignment of property tax revenues to a successor the commission shall make the following determinations, as appropriate: (a) The increase of the appropriations limit for the successor…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that any proposal that includes an incorporation should result in a similar exchange of both revenue and responsibility for service delivery among the county, the proposed city, and other subject agencies. It is the further intent of the Le…

By July 1, 2001, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, in consultation with the Controller, shall convene a task force composed of representatives of cities, counties, special districts, and local agency formation commissions, as nominated by their statewide organizatio…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that any proposal that includes the disincorporation of a city result in a determination that the debt or contractual obligations and responsibilities of the city being disincorporated shall be the responsibility of that same territory for …

It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the adoption and administration of zoning laws, ordinances, rules and regulations by counties and cities, as well as to implement such general plan as may be in effect in any such county or city. Except as provided in Article 4 (co…

Any action brought in the superior court relating to this chapter may be subject to a mediation proceeding conducted pursuant to Chapter 9.3 (commencing with Section 66030).

No provisions of this code, other than the provisions of this chapter, and no provisions of any other code or statute shall restrict or limit the procedures provided in this chapter by which the legislative body of any county or city enacts, amends, administers, or provides for t…

Except as otherwise provided, this chapter shall not apply to a charter city, except to the extent that the same may be adopted by charter or ordinance of the city.

It shall be the purpose of this section to implement minimum procedural standards for the conduct of city and county zoning hearings. Further, it is the intent of the Legislature that this section provide those standards to insure uniformity of, and public access to, zoning and p…

The legislative body of any county or city may, pursuant to this chapter, adopt ordinances that do any of the following: (a) Regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land as between industry, business, residences, open space, including agriculture, recreation, enjoyment of …

(a) The Department of Housing and Community Development, hereafter referred to as “the department” in this section, shall have the authority to review an ordinance adopted or amended by a county or city after September 15, 2017, that requires as a condition of the development of …

(a) Notwithstanding any other local law, with respect to land zoned for residential use, the legislative body of a city or county shall not adopt or enforce an ordinance requiring a public hearing as a condition of reconfiguring existing space to increase the bedroom count within…

(a) The legislative body of any city or county may adopt an ordinance or other regulation governing the issuance of permits to engage in the use of property for occasional commercial filming on location. This section shall not limit the discretion of a city or county to limit, co…

(a) Each city and each county shall include, in its information list compiled pursuant to Section 65940 for development projects, or application form for projects that do not require a development permit other than a building permit, both of the following: (1) The requirement tha…

Any ordinance adopted by the legislative body of a city or county that regulates amateur radio station antenna structures shall allow those structures to be erected at heights and dimensions sufficient to accommodate amateur radio service communications, shall not preclude amateu…

(a) The legislative body of any county or city may regulate, pursuant to a content neutral ordinance, the time, place, and manner of operation of sexually oriented businesses, when the ordinance is designed to serve a substantial governmental interest, does not unreasonably limit…

(a) The implementation of consistent statewide standards to achieve the timely and cost-effective installation of solar energy systems is not a municipal affair, as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution, but is instead a matter of statewide c…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Energy Commission” means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. (2) “Residential energy storage system” means commercially available technology, located behind a customer’s reside…