Title GOV, California Gov. Code

(a) (1) Each public agency shall compile one or more lists that shall specify in detail the information that will be required from any applicant for a development project. Each public agency shall revise the list of information required from an applicant to include a certificatio…

(a) (1) A city, county, or special district that has an internet website shall make all of the following available on its internet website, as applicable: (A) (i) A current schedule of fees, exactions, and affordability requirements imposed by that city, county, or special distri…

(a) A city or county that has an internet website shall make a fee estimate tool that the public can use to calculate an estimate of fees and exactions for a proposed housing development project available on its internet website. A city or county may choose the format of the fee …

(a) (1) A city or county with a population of 150,000 or more persons shall, no later than January 1, 2028, make a centralized application portal available on its internet website to applicants for housing development projects. (2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the population of…

(a) No list compiled pursuant to Section 65940 shall include an extension or waiver of the time periods prescribed by this chapter within which a state or local agency shall act upon an application for a development project. (b) No application shall be deemed incomplete for lack …

(a) The information compiled pursuant to Section 65940 shall also indicate the criteria which the agency will apply in order to determine the completeness of any application submitted to it for a development project. (b) If a public agency is a lead or responsible agency for purp…

(a) An applicant for a housing development project, as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 65905.5, shall be deemed to have submitted a preliminary application upon providing all of the following information about the proposed project to the city, county, or ci…

Each public agency shall notify applicants for development permits of the time limits established for the review and approval of development permits pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 65940) and Article 5 (commencing with Section 65950), of the requirements of subdivi…

(a) Each local agency shall develop materials relating to the requirements of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.). The local agency shall provide these materials to an applicant along with notice that approval of a permit does not si…

The information and the criteria specified in Sections 65940, 65941, 65941.5 shall be revised as needed so that they shall be current and accurate at all times. Any revisions shall apply prospectively only and shall not be a basis for determining that an application is not comple…

(a) Not later than 30 calendar days after any public agency has received an application for a development project, the agency shall determine in writing whether the application is complete and shall immediately transmit the determination to the applicant for the development proje…

(a) (1) Upon final approval of a housing development project, the city, county, or city and county shall provide the development proponent with an itemized list and a good faith estimate of the total sum amount of all fees and exactions that will apply to the project within 30 bu…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any appeal pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 65943 involving a permit application to a board, office, or department within the California Environmental Protection Agency shall be made to the Secretary for Environmental…

(a) After a public agency accepts an application as complete, the agency shall not subsequently request of an applicant any new or additional information which was not specified in the list prepared pursuant to Section 65940. The agency may, in the course of processing the applic…

(a) At the time of filing an application for a development permit with a city or county, the city or county shall inform the applicant that he or she may make a written request to receive notice from the city or county of a proposal to adopt or amend any of the following plans or…

At the time of filing an application for a development permit with a local agency, other than a city or county, the local agency shall inform the applicant that he or she may make a written request to receive notice of any proposal to adopt or amend a rule or regulation affecting…

At the time of filing an application for a development permit with a state agency, the state agency shall inform the applicant that he or she may make a written request to receive notice of any proposal to adopt or amend a regulation affecting the issuance of development permits …

No action, inaction, or recommendation regarding any ordinance, rule, or regulation subject to this Section 65945, 65945.3, or 65945.5 by any legislative body, administrative body, or the officials of any state or local agency shall be held void or invalid or be set aside by any …

(a) The governing procedure by which an agency conducts an adjudicative proceeding is determined by the statutes and regulations applicable to that proceeding. If no other governing procedure is provided by statute or regulation, an agency may conduct an adjudicative proceeding u…

A state statute or a federal statute or regulation applicable to a particular agency or decision prevails over a conflicting or inconsistent provision of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 938, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 1996. Operative July 1, 1997, by Sec. 98 of Ch. 93…

(a) To the extent necessary to avoid a loss or delay of funds or services from the federal government that would otherwise be available to the state, the Governor may do any of the following by executive order: (1) Suspend, in whole or in part, any administrative adjudication pro…

Except to the extent prohibited by another statute or regulation, a person may waive a right conferred on the person by the administrative adjudication provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 938, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 1996. Operative Ju…

(a) An agency may provide any appropriate procedure for a decision for which an adjudicative proceeding is not required. (b) An adjudicative proceeding is not required for informal factfinding or an informal investigatory hearing, or a decision to initiate or not to initiate an i…

(a) An agency may formulate and issue a decision by settlement, pursuant to an agreement of the parties, without conducting an adjudicative proceeding. Subject to subdivision (c), the settlement may be on any terms the parties determine are appropriate. Notwithstanding any other …

(a) The department shall execute a cooperative agreement with the lead applicant agency or the agency responsible for carrying out the work for reimbursement of approved project expenditures, using funds allocated by the commission for that purpose and project phase. To reduce ti…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a regional or local agency receiving an allocation from this program shall certify, by resolution of its governing board, before final execution of the cooperative agreement, that it will sustain its level of expenditures for transportat…

(a) For applicants other than the department, funds allocated shall generally be administered as a reimbursement program. At the request of an applicant, the commission shall authorize an advance payment for project development work necessary for a project specified in Article 5 …

The Controller shall develop a system that provides access to funds allocated by the commission under this article from the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund by electronic transfer of funds. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 656, Sec. 3. Effective September 26, 2000.)

(a) After receiving an allocation, the lead applicant shall make diligent and timely progress toward completing the work as described in the submitted application. If timely progress is not achieved, the commission may review the status of the project. If the commission finds the…

(a) The rate of reimbursement of expenditures shall not exceed the rate determined by the commission in its allocation of funds. (b) After notifying the commission of savings in any phase, the lead applicant may use those savings for expenditures on a later phase of the same proj…

(a) A regional or local entity that is a lead applicant agency under Article 5 (commencing with Section 14556.40), may apply to the commission for a letter of no prejudice for the project. If approved by the commission, the letter of no prejudice allows the regional or local enti…

Any agency or combination of agencies that succeed to an agency having any rights, powers, duties, or obligations under this chapter, including, but not limited to, eligibility to apply for, receive, and expend a grant allocation, shall fully succeed to those rights, powers, duti…

The Treasurer shall enter into contracts with savings and loan associations as in his or her judgment will be to the public advantage so to do. The contracts shall fix the duration of deposits and the rates of interest to be received, if any, the interest payment date, and provid…

In order to obtain as high rates of interest as possible, the contracts may contain any conditions necessary to conform with Section 5B of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, as amended (12 USC Sec. 1425 (b)), and with regulations established pursuant thereto by the Federal Home Loan…

The contracts covering deposits shall provide that the interest to be paid by the savings and loan association or credit union shall be paid upon the expiration of the certificate or certificates of deposit issued as a part of the contract. The contract may also provide for perio…

The contracts shall be executed by the savings and loan associations and credit unions in triplicate. The Treasurer shall file one copy of each contract with the Controller. (Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1035, Sec. 17.)

At the time of depositing state money in any savings and loan association or credit union, designated as a depository, the Treasurer shall take and preserve a receipt, certificate of deposit, or any other evidence of the deposit as the Treasurer may require, stating the amount de…

(a) Except as described in subdivision (b), a department may participate in and make all of its volunteers members of the award system by a contract entered into between the governing body of the department and the board pursuant to this chapter. (b) The board may prohibit a new …

When the governing body of a department desires to consider participation in the award system, the governing body shall ask the board for a quotation of the approximate contribution to the award system that would be required by the department for participation in the award system…

An employee organization, recognized under the provisions of appropriate authority, may request the governing body of the department to ask the board for a quotation of the approximate contribution to the award system that would be required of the department for participation in …

On request of the board, the department shall furnish the data concerning its volunteers as the board requires to make the necessary valuations and investigations into the experience among the volunteers. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2…

The approximate contribution quoted by the board and the actual contribution to be made if a contract results shall be determined by actuarial valuations of the future service liability under the award system, on account of the volunteers involved in the computation, and in consi…

The approximate and actual contributions payable by a contracting department shall be similar to premiums under insurance policies. The approximate contribution quoted by the board to the department is subject to the contingency that the actual contribution certified by the board…

(a) Approval of the contract by the governing body of the department shall be by resolution or by any other means permitted by law. (b) The board shall inform the governing body of the projected costs of the program. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 651, Sec. 2. Effective …

Errors in a contract may be corrected through amendments approved by the adoption of suitable resolutions by the contracting parties. All contract amendments shall be made in the same manner as prescribed for the approval of the initial contract. (Repealed and added by Stats. 200…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Certified access specialist” or “CASp” means any person who has been certified pursuant to Section 4459.5. (2) “Construction-related accessibility standard” means a provision, standard, or regulatio…