Title GOV — California Gov. Code

All state employees and employees of the University of California and the California State University shall have the right to communicate with Members and employees of the Legislature. A state employee, employee of the University of California, or employee of the California State…

Subject to approval by the department, an appointing power with the concurrence or at the request of an employee may request the voluntary demotion of such employee to a vacant position. If the class to which the demotion is proposed requires qualifications, knowledges, or abilit…

(a) An appointing power may require an employee to submit to a medical examination by a physician or physicians designated by the appointing power to evaluate the capacity of the employee to perform the work of his or her position. (b) Fees for the examination and for the service…

Any person acting in good faith in accepting an appointment or employment contrary to this part or the rules prescribed hereunder, shall be paid by the appointing power the compensation promised by or on behalf of the appointing power or, in case no compensation is so promised, t…

Where the appointment of an employee has been made and accepted in good faith, but where the appointment would not have been made but for some mistake of law or fact that if known to the parties would have rendered the appointment unlawful when made, the department may declare th…

(a) The Department of Human Resources may establish standards of health and safety in state agencies and may develop a comprehensive health and safety program designed to improve the efficiency and raise the morale of state employees. Nothing in this section or in the standards e…

It is the intent of this article to establish and maintain an effective upward mobility program for state employees in low-paying occupations. An upward mobility program is one in which career opportunities are developed and published and assistance is provided which will allow e…

All appointing authorities of state government shall establish an effective program of upward mobility for employees in low-paying occupational groups. In developing their upward mobility programs, appointing authorities shall endeavor to provide, to the greatest extent possible,…

(a) (1) All upward mobility programs shall include annual goals that include the number of employees expected to progress from entry-level positions to higher level technical, professional, and administrative positions, and the timeframe within which this progress shall occur. Fo…

The department shall, in cooperation with appointing authorities, establish bridging classifications and career ladders to provide upward mobility from jobs in low-paying occupations to technical, professional, and administrative jobs on an ongoing basis.

The department shall annually submit a report to the Legislature on the performance of each appointing authority and agency in state government in meeting its obligations under this article.

The State Personnel Board shall prepare written guidelines for implementation of the upward mobility program described in this article within six months from the effective date of this article. The board shall involve representatives from a cross section of groups and organizatio…

By unanimous vote, the board of supervisors of any county owning real property situated in any city which is not used and is not needed for any public purpose may convey it to the city for public park purposes, without consideration other than the agreement of the city to establi…

By unanimous vote, the board of supervisors of any county owning any property situated in any city, which real property has been improved for use as a public park, amusement or recreational purposes, may, upon a finding that the park, amusement or recreational area is local in ch…

Whenever property owned by any county and which is devoted to or held for ultimate use for park, amusement or recreational purposes is included within a city by annexation, the ownership and control of such property shall remain in the county unless the board of supervisors shall…

Any property transferred to a city by a county pursuant to agreement or condition that said area be developed or maintained or both as a park, recreation or amusement area, whether under Section 25550 or Section 25550.5, may be modified by agreement of the city and county releasi…

If the legislative body of any city finds that any public park, beach, golf course, or recreation ground belonging to the city is being used by large numbers of residents of the county generally who are not residents of the city, and that the use by the nonresidents of the city n…

The resolution shall designate the public park, beach, golf course, or recreation ground affected and state the amount required for enlargement, improvement, or maintenance of the public park, beach, golf course, or recreation ground. It shall also contain a description of the pr…

Upon receiving a certified copy of the resolution, if the board of supervisors finds by four-fifths vote of all its members that the enlargement or improvement of the public park, beach, golf course, or recreation ground is of general county interest or that the cost of maintenan…

The aid may be given in the form of funds, property, or services, but the total amount shall not exceed the amount available from the funds of the county during the fiscal year in which the aid is given.

The resolution of the board of supervisors is sufficient authority for the county auditor to draw his warrant in favor of the city for any sum of money specified in the resolution and for proper action on the part of any county officer affected to carry out the resolution.

The aid shall be used by the city within one year from the time it is extended by the county and any sum or property remaining at the end of the year shall be returned to the county.

A report showing the disposition of the aid shall be made by the legislative body of the city to the board of supervisors within one year from the time it is received.

To the end that its citizens may enjoy greater cultural, educational, and recreational advantages, any county may provide music free to the public in connection with the maintenance of county-owned parks and playgrounds or upon any appropriate public or patriotic occasion, and fo…

The board of supervisors may: (a) Appropriate and expend money from the general or other appropriate fund of the county to furnish music and supply musical entertainment to the public, either by the employment of individual musicians or by entering into contracts, with or without…

The board of supervisors may sell and convey to any school district, high school district, or junior college district within the county, without compensation or upon such compensation as the board may determine, any portion of any land which was acquired by the county by means of…

The board of supervisors of any county may, by a four-fifths vote of the members, use or dedicate any portion of any land acquired by the county by means of special assessment proceedings for park purposes, for the erection and maintenance of one or more buildings to house a supe…

The board of supervisors of any county, by ordinance, may adandon land, lying outside of the corporate limits of any city, which land has been dedicated for park purposes, by the recording of a subdivision plat or map in the recorder’s office, upon finding that such land is not g…

In counties having a population in excess of 250,000, the board of supervisors may provide, by contract, with any person, firm, or corporation, for performances within the county including, but not limited to, operas, symphonies, band concerts and other instrumental concerts, his…

This article may be cited as the County Park Abandonment Law of 1959.

The board of supervisors of any county may abandon all or any portion of a park dedicated to the county for park purposes or acquired by the county by deed limiting its use to park purposes, and may sell the land comprising it pursuant to this article or use the land for other co…

If the land comprising all or any portion of such park has been purchased with funds realized from the sale of bonds of a bond issue authorized for the purpose of acquiring the land for park purposes, the question of abandonment of all or any portion of such park and the sale or …

Before abandoning all or any portion of a park the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution of intention by unanimous vote of all of its members describing the park or the portion of it proposed to be abandoned and fixing a time at least 60 days after the adoption of the res…

The resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6063 in a newspaper of general circulation in the county printed and published nearest to the park all or a portion of which is proposed to be abandoned and in the newspaper of greatest circulation in the county if that newspa…

At the time and place stated in the resolution the board of supervisors shall meet and hear and pass on objections to the abandonment of all or any portion of the park. If the board of supervisors sustains the objections, the proceedings shall terminate and a new resolution of in…

If at or before the hearing there is filed with the board of supervisors a petition signed by not less than 200 voters of the county objecting to the abandonment, the board of supervisors shall either terminate the proceedings or submit the question of abandonment to the voters o…

If all objections are overruled or if the election required by Section 25586 results in a vote of approval by a majority of those voting thereat, the board of supervisors has jurisdiction to order the park or that portion thereof described in the resolution of intention abandoned…

No abandonment or sale or other county use of a park or portion thereof pursuant to this article shall affect any private right in lands acquired or owned by any private person or corporation, nor shall such abandonment or sale or other county use affect any right, easement or in…

(a) (1) (A) The recorder shall, upon payment of proper fees and taxes, accept for recordation any instrument, paper, or notice that is authorized or required by statute, or court order to be recorded, or authorized or required to be recorded by a local ordinance that relates to t…

(a) (1) A disinterested custodian of an electronic record may certify that a tangible copy is a complete and accurate reproduction of the electronic record. The certification shall be subscribed and sworn to, or affirmed, by the disinterested custodian before a notary public and …

(a) A notary acknowledgment shall be deemed complete for recording purposes without a photographically reproducible official seal of the notary public if the seal, as described in Section 8207, is present and legible, and the name of the notary, the county of the notary’s princip…

Upon the request of any officer of the United States, the county recorder shall record instruments to which the United States is a party without payment of the recording fee in advance and shall execute the proper government voucher for payment. Upon payment, the fee shall be tra…

Any recorder to whom an instrument proved or acknowledged according to law or any paper or notice which may by law be recorded is delivered for record is liable to the party aggrieved for the amount of the damages occasioned thereby, if he or she commits any of the following acts…

If the recorder willfully and maliciously commits any of the acts described in Section 27203 or derives a personal financial benefit from committing any of those acts, the recorder is liable to the party aggrieved for three times the amount of damages occasioned thereby.

Any person who receives a form from the recorder pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 27203, stating that the proffered document is unrecordable, and who subsequently attempts to record the document without an order from the court requiring recordation of that document, is guil…

After two years from the date of filing in the recorder’s office of notice of completion of any building or improvement, the contract, plans, specifications and bond under which the work or improvement was performed may be returned by the recorder to the person filing them, unles…

The county recorder may destroy federal tax liens together with any release of said liens eight years after the lien was filed in his office; provided, a microfilm copy of each unreleased tax lien has been made and certified in the manner provided for in Section 1551 of the Evide…

At the request of the county recorder, the board of supervisors of any county may authorize the destruction of any or all of the filed papers or records books created under the Land Title Law (an initiative measure adopted by the electors November 3, 1914, and repealed effective …

If a paper or document has been microfilmed, the county recorder may destroy or otherwise dispose of any paper or document filed with or submitted to him or her more than one year previously, unless another provision of law requires a longer retention period or unless the recorde…

The county recorder may use a printed, stamped, photographically reproduced facsimile, electronic, or otherwise digitally created signature in certifying to a record in the recorder’s office provided that the certification has the seal of the recorder’s office affixed thereto.