Title GOV, California Gov. Code

The legislative body may reject any and all bids. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

This chapter does not prohibit the local agency itself from constructing or completing the works and employing the necessary labor without advertisement for proposals or letting of a contract. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

In any city operating under a charter providing for a board of public works, all things required in this article to be performed by its legislative body shall be performed by the board. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

If the charter or general law under which local agency is operating prescribes the manner of letting and entering into contracts of the kind provided for by this chapter, such contracts shall be let and entered pursuant to the charter or general law. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81…

Upon presentation and filing of the formation petition the supervising authority shall fix a time and place for its hearing. The hearing shall not be less than 20 nor more than 40 days after presentation and filing. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 331.)

If the principal act or any other law applicable to the formation of the district requires the making of an investigation of and a report on the project, the hearing may be continued from time to time to enable the making of such investigation and report. Such continuance shall n…

Whenever any official advertising, notice, resolution, order, or other matter of any nature whatsoever is required by law to be published in a newspaper, such publication shall be made only in a newspaper of general circulation. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

(a) Notwithstanding Section 6040, notice shall be given of ordinances enacted to authorize issuance of revenue bonds by joint powers entities and the fact that such ordinance is subject to referendum. All such notices shall meet the following requirements: (1) Notices shall appea…

As used in any law of this State providing for any publication, or notice by publication, or official advertising, “daily newspaper” means a newspaper of general circulation that is published on five or more days in a calendar week, and “weekly newspaper” includes any newspaper o…

Whenever any publication, or notice by publication, or official advertising is required by any law of the State to be given or made by any State, county or city officer, by the officer of any political subdivision of the State, or by any officer of any court, the publication, not…

Any officer who gives or makes any publication, notice by publication, or official advertising pursuant to Section 6041 may also give or make such publication, notice by publication or official advertising in a newspaper of general circulation published outside the jurisdiction o…

Where no newspaper of general circulation is published within the jurisdiction of the officer, then the publication, notice by publication, or official advertising shall be given or made in a newspaper of general circulation published nearest thereto. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch.…

All such publications, notices by publication, or official advertisements shall be set in type not smaller than nonpareil, and shall be preceded with words printed in black-face type, not smaller than nonpareil, describing or expressing in general terms the purport or character o…

State, county or city officers, officers of political subdivisions, and officers of courts who violate or disregard the provisions of this article, or of Article 1, are responsible personally and on their official bonds for all damages occasioned thereby, together with one hundre…

The provisions of this division shall not be deemed in any manner to affect the status of judicial records as it existed immediately before the effective date of the provision that is continued in this section, nor to affect the rights of litigants, including parties to administr…

(a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, any agency that has information that constitutes an identifiable public record not exempt from disclosure pursuant to this division that is in an electronic format shall make that information available in an electronic format when requested…

(a) The cost of duplication of an electronic record pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 7922.570 shall be limited to the direct cost of producing a copy of a record in an electronic format. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the requester shall bear the cost…

(a) Nothing in Section 7922.570 or 7922.575 shall be construed to require a public agency to reconstruct a record in an electronic format if the agency no longer has the record available in an electronic format. (b) Nothing in Section 7922.570 or 7922.575 shall be construed to pe…

(a) As used in this section, “computer software” includes computer mapping systems, computer programs, and computer graphics systems. (b) Computer software developed by a state or local agency is not itself a public record under this division. The agency may sell, lease, or licen…

Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the disclosure of a record obtained pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 2891.1 of the Public Utilities Code. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2. (AB 473) Effect…

(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute (including Section 820.2), a public employee is liable for injury caused by his act or omission to the same extent as a private person. (b) The liability of a public employee established by this part (commencing with Section 814) is sub…

Except as otherwise provided by statute, a public employee is not liable for an injury resulting from his act or omission where the act or omission was the result of the exercise of the discretion vested in him, whether or not such discretion be abused. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch.…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the civil immunity of juvenile court social workers, child protection workers, and other public employees authorized to initiate or conduct investigations or proceedings pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 200) of Par…

(a) For purposes of Section 820.2, the decision of a peace officer, as defined in Sections 830.1 and 830.2 of the Penal Code, or a state or local law enforcement official, to render assistance to a motorist who has not been involved in an accident or to leave the scene after rend…

A public employee is not liable for his act or omission, exercising due care, in the execution or enforcement of any law. Nothing in this section exonerates a public employee from liability for false arrest or false imprisonment. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.)

If a public employee acts in good faith, without malice, and under the apparent authority of an enactment that is unconstitutional, invalid or inapplicable, he is not liable for an injury caused thereby except to the extent that he would have been liable had the enactment been co…

Except as otherwise provided by statute, a public employee is not liable for an injury caused by the act or omission of another person. Nothing in this section exonerates a public employee from liability for injury proximately caused by his own negligent or wrongful act or omissi…

Members of city councils, mayors, members of boards of supervisors, members of school boards, members of governing boards of other local public entities, members of locally appointed boards and commissions, and members of locally appointed or elected advisory bodies are not vicar…

A public employee is not liable for an injury caused by his adoption of or failure to adopt an enactment or by his failure to enforce an enactment. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.)

A public employee is not liable for an injury caused by his issuance, denial, suspension or revocation of, or by his failure or refusal to issue, deny, suspend or revoke, any permit, license, certificate, approval, order, or similar authorization where he is authorized by enactme…

A public employee is not liable for injury caused by his failure to make an inspection, or by reason of making an inadequate or negligent inspection, of any property, other than the property (as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 830) of the public entity employing the public …

A public entity or a public employee acting within the scope of his employment is not liable for failing to prohibit or restrict the time that cargo tank vehicles required to display flammable liquid placards may travel through a tunnel. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1255, Sec. 1.)

A public employee is not liable for injury caused by his instituting or prosecuting any judicial or administrative proceeding within the scope of his employment, even if he acts maliciously and without probable cause. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.)

A public employee is not liable for an injury arising out of his entry upon any property where such entry is expressly or impliedly authorized by law. Nothing in this section exonerates a public employee from liability for an injury proximately caused by his own negligent or wron…

A public employee is not liable for money stolen from his official custody. Nothing in this section exonerates a public employee from liability if the loss was sustained as a result of his own negligent or wrongful act or omission. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.)

A public employee acting in the scope of his employment is not liable for an injury caused by his misrepresentation, whether or not such misrepresentation be negligent or intentional, unless he is guilty of actual fraud, corruption or actual malice. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 168…

Neither the widow, widower, nor the heirs of a peace officer, as defined in Sections 830.1, 830.2, and 830.32 of the Penal Code, shall be liable individually for any injury or death that may result from an act or omission of a peace officer that occurs in his or her line of duty,…

The Joint Legislative Ethics Committee is hereby created. The committee shall consist of three Members of the Senate and three Members of the Assembly who shall be selected in the manner provided for in the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly. Of the three members appointed fr…

The committee is authorized to make rules governing its own proceedings. The provisions of Rule 36 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly relating to investigating committees shall apply to the committee. Prior to the issuance of any subpoena by the committee with respect …

Funds for the support of the committee shall be provided from the Contingent Funds of the Assembly and the Senate in the same manner that such funds are made available to other joint committees of the Legislature. (Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 163.)

(a) The committee shall have power, pursuant to the provisions of this article, to investigate and make findings and recommendations concerning alleged violations by Members of the Legislature of the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 8920). (b) The committee may, o…

(a) Any person may file a statement alleging a violation of Article 2 (commencing with Section 8920) with the committee. (b) To constitute a valid complaint, the statement shall satisfy all of the following requirements: (1) It shall be in writing. (2) It shall state the name of …

(a) If the committee determines that the complaint does not allege facts, directly or upon information and belief, sufficient to constitute a violation of any of the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 8920), it shall dismiss the complaint and notify the complainant …

After the complaint has been filed the respondent shall be entitled to examine and make copies of all evidence in the possession of the committee relating to the complaint. (Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 163.)

If a hearing is to be held pursuant to Section 8945 the committee, before the hearing has commenced, shall issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum at the request of any party in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9400) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 2. All of …

At any hearing held by the committee: (a) Oral evidence shall be taken only on oath or affirmation. (b) Each party shall have these rights: to be represented by legal counsel; to call and examine witnesses; to introduce exhibits; and to cross-examine opposing witnesses. (c) The h…