Title GOV, California Gov. Code

CaliforniaVolunteers, as established by Executive Order S-24-06, is hereby established in the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 41, Sec. 30. (SB 164) Effective June 29, 2024.)

The CaliforniaVolunteers shall engage Californians in service, volunteering, and civic action to tackle our state’s most pressing challenges. The CaliforniaVolunteers shall do the following: (a) Administer the Youth Jobs Corps, Climate Action Corps, College Corps, and AmeriCorps …

(a) CaliforniaVolunteers, as established by Executive Order S-24-06 and Section 8405, is authorized to form a nonprofit public benefit corporation or other entity exempt from income taxation as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section…

As used in this article: (a) “Act” means the National and Community Service Trust Act, codified in Section 12501 et seq. of Title 42 of the United States Code. (b) “Commission” means the Board of Commissioners under CaliforniaVolunteers, as named in subdivision (a) of Section 841…

(a) There is continued into existence a Board of Commissioners under CaliforniaVolunteers. (b) For purposes of fulfilling the requirements of the act, the commission shall do all of the following: (1) Take all actions necessary to meet the requirements of the act and its implemen…

(a) The Governor shall appoint 25 voting members to the commission as follows: (1) In compliance with the act, the commission’s voting members shall include at least all of the following: (A) An individual with expertise in the educational, training, and development needs of yout…

Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for travel expenses and receive a per diem as appropriate and in compliance with Section 12638 of Title 42 of the United States Code. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 41, Sec. 30. (SB 164) Ef…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that through the creation of a single state entity to coordinate California’s most important statewide public awareness and community outreach campaigns, the state can realize more inclusive and effective outcomes while preventing equity ga…

As used in this article: (a) “Community-based organizations” means a public or private nonprofit organization of demonstrated effectiveness that represents a community or significant segments of a community and provides support and services to individuals in the community. (b) “E…

The Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications is hereby continued in existence in the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 41, Sec. 30. (SB 164) Effective June 29, 2024.)

Under the direction of the director, the executive officer shall initiate and execute campaigns related to the state’s highest priority public awareness and community outreach efforts. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 41, Sec. 30. (SB 164) Effective June 29, 2024.)

(a) The Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications is hereby established as an office within the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement. (b) The office shall serve as the manager of the state’s highest priority public awareness and community outr…

(a) In the selection of its awareness and outreach campaigns, the office shall consider all of the following criteria: (1) “Equity,” meaning the ability to target audiences that include Californians who are disproportionately impacted or experience the greatest health and social …

(a) As part of its core objective of managing the state’s highest priority public awareness and community outreach efforts, and as informed by any guidelines and practices developed by it, the office shall prioritize streamlining partnerships between community-based organizations…

State agencies and departments collaborating with the office, upon request, shall share relevant data and statistical information that may improve the efficacy of current or future outreach efforts. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 41, Sec. 30. (SB 164) Effective June 29, 2024.)

(a) (1) There is in state government the Department of Technology within the Government Operations Agency. The Director of Technology shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation. The Director of Technology shall supervise the …

(a) The Department of Technology shall be responsible for the approval and oversight of information technology projects, which shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (1) Establishing and maintaining a framework of policies, procedures, and requirements for t…

The Department of Technology shall improve the governance and implementation of information technology by standardizing reporting relationships, roles, and responsibilities for setting information technology priorities. (a) (1) Each state agency shall have a chief information off…

(a) On or before February 1 of every year, each state agency and state entity subject to Section 11546.1, shall submit, as instructed by the Department of Technology, a summary of its actual and projected information technology and telecommunications costs, including, but not lim…

(a) (1) A chief information officer appointed under Section 11546.1 shall develop a plan to leverage cost-effective strategies to reduce the total amount of energy utilized by information technology and telecommunications equipment of the officer’s agency or entity, as the case m…

Notwithstanding any other law, any service contract proposed to be entered into by an agency that would not otherwise be subject to review, approval, or oversight by the Department of Technology but that contains an information technology component that would be subject to oversi…

(a) (1) The Department of Technology shall identify, assess, and prioritize high-risk, critical information technology services and systems across state government, as determined by the Department of Technology, for modernization, stabilization, or remediation. (2) The Department…

(a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Artificial intelligence” means an engineered or machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can, for explicit or implicit objectives, infer from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical…

(a) (1) By January 1, 2024, the Department of Technology, in consultation with the public, the Public Utilities Commission, and the California Broadband Council, shall develop a state digital equity plan. (2) The Department of Technology, to the extent practicable, shall obtain a…

Notwithstanding any other law, all employees of the Department of Technology shall be designated as excluded from collective bargaining pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 3527, except for employees of the Office of Technology Services and employees of the Public Safety Commun…

(a) The Director of Technology shall require fingerprint images and associated information from an employee, prospective employee, contractor, subcontractor, volunteer, or vendor whose duties include, or would include, working on data center, telecommunications, or network operat…

(a) Before July 1, 2019, and before July 1 biennially thereafter, the director of each state agency or state entity, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 11546.1, and each chief information officer appointed under Section 11546.1, shall post on the home page of the state agen…

(a) There is hereby established within the Government Operations Agency a consortium that shall develop, pursuant to this section, a framework for the creation of a public cloud computing cluster to be known as “CalCompute.” (b) The consortium shall develop a framework for the cr…

(a) On or before May 1, 2024, the Department of Technology, with input from relevant state agencies and relevant stakeholders, shall conduct, complete, and submit a report to the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications and the Assembly Committee on Communications…

The Department of Finance shall perform fiscal oversight of the state’s information technology projects. This oversight shall consist of a determination of the availability of project funding from appropriate sources, and project consistency with state fiscal policy. Projects sha…

This chapter shall not apply to the State Compensation Insurance Fund, the Legislature, or the Legislative Data Center in the Legislative Counsel Bureau. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 183, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2008.)

As used in this chapter: (a) “Building” means a building owned and occupied, or leased and occupied, by the state. (b) “State” or “state agency” means a state agency, as defined pursuant to Section 11000, the Legislature, the Supreme Court and the courts of appeal, and each Calif…

(a) The State Department of Health Services may develop guidelines for the content and effective presentation of tobacco smoking control programs designed to assist an individual in either a self-help or group environment. The guidelines may be distributed to state agencies. The …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an agency specified in Division 3 (commencing with Section 3001) of the Food and Agricultural Code may accommodate the smoking public where it is economically feasible, provided state employees are not required to work in enclosed areas…

(a) No tobacco product advertising shall be allowed in any state-owned and state-occupied building excepting advertising contained in a program, leaflet, newspaper, magazine, or other written material lawfully sold, brought, or distributed within a state building. (b) “Advertise,…