Title GOV, California Gov. Code

The board of forestry has exclusive charge and jurisdiction, with the exception of areas included within the limits of any city or fire protection district organized under state law, over the protection of the county from brush, grass, grain, or other fires. The board of forestry…

In the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties, the board of forestry shall not interfere with the jurisdiction of the board of supervisors over and in the improvement, care, and general control of the roads, highways, grounds, and property. (Added by Stats. 1947…

This article does not confer upon any county board of forestry, or other local authority however constituted or appointed, any jurisdiction over or within the right of way of any state road or highway, except that they may extinguish or assist in the suppression of fires within t…

In any county where a county board of forestry has been created and appointed, it is unlawful for any person except the county board of forestry or its employees to trim, prune, cut, deface, destroy, or remove any shade or ornamental tree or hedge growing upon any public road, hi…

All money received as penalties for the violation of this article shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the county board of forestry fund, and shall be used for the expenses of the county board of forestry in carrrying out this article and its policy and purpose…

Whenever this article is availed of, the board of supervisors shall appropriate money for the use of the county board of forestry sufficient to pay the compensation of the county forester and for the necessary expenses of the county board of forestry. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 4…

By a resolution or ordinance adopted by a four-fifths vote, the board of supervisors may repeal any resolution or ordinance previously enacted whereby it elected to avail itself of this article. Upon the adoption of the resolution or ordinance of repeal, any forestry board previo…

Any county may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county, either within or without the county, for cooperation with the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, the United States Forest Service, or the California Forest Experiment Station in investigati…

The board of supervisors may plant shade and ornamental trees on or about the public grounds and buildings of the county and provide for their care. The cost of planting and caring for the trees shall be paid out of the county general fund. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

Under such regulations as it may adopt, the board of supervisors may encourage the planting and preservation of shade and ornamental trees on and about the public grounds and buildings of the county, and may pay a sum not exceeding one dollar to persons planting and cultivating t…

The board of supervisors may appropriate in any one year such sum of money as the board of supervisors deems necessary for the purpose of providing fire protection. (Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1342.)

The board of supervisors of a county shall determine each year such sum of money as the board of supervisors deems necessary for fire protection services within the county, excluding therefrom any city or district which is at such time providing fire protection services within su…

State officers elected on a statewide basis, members of the State Board of Equalization, and judges of state courts are subject to impeachment for misconduct in office. (Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 312.)

The Senate when sitting as the court of impeachment is a court of record. The officers of the Senate are the officers of the court. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 206.)

All impeachments shall be by resolution adopted, originated in, and conducted by managers elected by the Assembly. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

The managers shall prepare articles of impeachment, present them at the bar of the Senate, and prosecute them. The trial shall be before the Senate, sitting as a court of impeachment. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

When an officer is impeached by the Assembly for a misdemeanor in office, the articles of impeachment shall be delivered to the President of the Senate. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

The Senate shall assign a day for the hearing of the impeachment and inform the Assembly thereof. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

Not less than 10 days before the day fixed for the hearing, the President of the Senate shall have served on the defendant a copy of the articles of impeachment, with a notice to appear and answer the same at the time and place appointed. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

The service shall be made upon the defendant personally. If upon diligent inquiry he can not be found within the State, upon proof of that fact the Senate may order publication to be made, in such manner as it deems proper, of a notice requiring him to appear at a specified time …

If the defendant does not appear, upon proof of service or publication the Senate may, of its own motion or for cause shown, assign another day for hearing the impeachment, or may proceed to trial and judgment in the absence of the defendant. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

When the defendant appears, he may object in writing to the sufficiency of the articles of impeachment, or he may answer the articles by an oral plea of not guilty. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

If the objection to the sufficiency of the articles of impeachment is not sustained by a majority of the members of the Senate who heard the argument, the defendant shall be ordered forthwith to answer the articles of impeachment. If he then pleads guilty, or refuses to plead, th…

If the defendant pleads not guilty, the Senate shall try the impeachment at the time it appoints. The plea shall be entered upon the Senate Journal, and puts in issue every material allegation of the articles of impeachment. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

At the time and place appointed, and before the Senate acts on the impeachment, the secretary shall administer to the President of the Senate, and the President of the Senate to each of the members of the Senate present, an oath truly and impartially to hear, try, and determine t…

The defendant can not be convicted on impeachment without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members elected, voting by ayes and noes. If two-thirds of the members elected do not concur in a conviction, he shall be acquitted. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

After conviction and at the time appointed by the Senate, it shall pronounce judgment, in the form of a resolution entered upon the Senate Journal. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

On the adoption of the resolution by a majority of the members present who voted on the question of acquittal or conviction, it becomes the judgment of the Senate. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

The judgment may be that the defendant be suspended, or that he be removed from office and disqualified to hold any office of honor, trust, or profit under the State. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

If judgment of suspension is given, during the continuance of the judgment the defendant is disqualified from receiving the salary, fees, or emoluments of the office. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

Whenever articles of impeachment against any officer subject to impeachment are presented to the Senate, the officer is temporarily suspended from his office and can not act in his official capacity until he is acquitted. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

Upon temporary suspension of any officer other than the Governor, his office shall at once be temporarily filled by an appointment made by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The office shall be filled by the appointee until the acquittal of the party impeach…

If the Lieutenant Governor is impeached, notice of the impeachment shall be immediately given to the Senate by the Assembly in order that another president may be chosen. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

If the offense for which the defendant is convicted on impeachment is also the subject of an indictment or information, the indictment or information is not barred thereby. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

The Legislature finds: (a) That the preservation of a maximum amount of the limited supply of agricultural land is necessary to the conservation of the state’s economic resources, and is necessary not only to the maintenance of the agricultural economy of the state, but also for …

The Legislature finds and declares that agricultural operations are often hindered or impaired by uses which increase the density of the permanent or temporary human population of the agricultural area. For this reason, cities and counties shall determine the types of uses to be …

The Legislature further declares that the expenditure of public funds under the provisions of this chapter is in the public interest and is necessary to the accomplishment of the purposes herein set forth. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1443.)

The Legislature further declares that it is in the public interest for local officials and landowners to retain agricultural lands which are subject to contracts entered into pursuant to this act in parcels large enough to sustain agricultural uses permitted under the contracts. …

(a) A city council or board of supervisors, as the case may be, shall, prior to rescinding a contract for the purpose of restricting the same land by an open-space contract pursuant to Section 51254 or by entering to an open-space agreement pursuant to Section 51255, determine th…

(a) Any deed of conveyance, sale or contract to sell real property which has been divided, or which has resulted from a division, in violation of the provisions of this division, or of the provisions of local ordinances enacted pursuant to this division, is voidable at the sole o…

This division does not bar any legal, equitable or summary remedy to which any aggrieved local agency or other public agency, or any person, firm, or corporation may otherwise be entitled, and any such local agency or other public agency, or such person, firm, or corporation may …

No local agency shall issue any permit or grant any approval necessary to develop any real property which has been divided, or which has resulted from a division, in violation of the provisions of this division or of the provisions of local ordinances enacted pursuant to this div…

(a) Any person owning real property or a vendee of that person pursuant to a contract of sale of the real property may request, and a local agency shall determine, whether the real property complies with the provisions of this division and of local ordinances enacted pursuant to …

Whenever a local agency has knowledge that real property has been divided in violation of the provisions of this division or of local ordinances enacted pursuant to this division, it shall cause to be mailed by certified mail to the then current owner of record of the property a …

(a) Each trial court may establish such job classifications and may appoint such trial court officers, deputies, assistants, and employees as are deemed necessary for the performance of the duties and the exercise of the powers conferred by law upon the trial court and its member…