Title GOV — California Gov. Code

The Legislature finds and declares that California’s public colleges and universities, recognized as being among the world’s finest, require assistance in reducing their operating costs or increasing their income, or both. To this end the Legislature finds that it is in the publi…

(a) For the purposes of this chapter the board may finance the construction, renovation, and equipping of facilities or acquisition of equipment, or both, on a site or sites owned by, or subject to a lease or option to purchase held by, the University of California, the Californi…

The board may contract for a project authorized by the Legislature before issuing certificates, revenue bonds, notes, or bond anticipation notes pursuant to Section 15820.74 if any segment of higher education provides from any lawful source temporary construction financing to mee…

The California State University, any community college district, the California Maritime Academy, and the University of California may be reimbursed for expenditures for preliminary plans and working drawings for a project, if all the following conditions are met: (a) The project…

(a) The board may issue certificates pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 15821) or revenue bonds, negotiable notes, or negotiable bond anticipation notes pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 15830) to finance the cost of the equipment acquisition, or the cons…

This chapter shall be known and cited as the Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022.

For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Base units” has the same meaning as “total units” as defined in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (8) of subdivision (o) of Section 65915. (b) “Campus development zone” means the set of parcels that are contained either wholly or partially within a …

The department may review, adopt, amend, and repeal guidelines to implement uniform standards or criteria that supplement or clarify the terms, references, or standards set forth in this chapter. Any guidelines or terms adopted pursuant to this section are not subject to Chapter …

For purposes of determining whether a property or site satisfies the criteria, objective development standards, or other requirements for receiving streamlined, ministerial review under this chapter, a local government’s review of the property or site shall be limited to the area…

(a) The department shall undertake at least two studies of the outcomes of this chapter. One study shall be completed on or before January 1, 2027, and one shall be completed on or before January 1, 2031. (b) The studies required by subdivision (a) shall include, but not be limit…

This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2033, and as of that date is repealed.

If a housing development project application is submitted on or before December 31, 2024, the provisions of this article as applicable on December 31, 2024, shall apply unless the development proponent chooses to be subject to any of the provisions of this article as applicable o…

Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of a local government’s general plan, specific plan, zoning ordinance, or regulation, a development proponent may submit an application for a housing development that shall be a use by right and that shall be subject to a streamlined, mi…

A development project shall not be subject to the streamlined, ministerial review process provided by Section 65912.114 unless the development is proposed to be located on a site that satisfies all of the following criteria: (a) It is located in a zone where office, retail, or pa…

A development project shall not be subject to the streamlined, ministerial review process provided by Section 65912.114 unless the new units created by the development project meet all of the following affordability criteria: (a) One hundred percent of the units within the develo…

A development project shall not be subject to the streamlined, ministerial review process provided by Section 65912.114 unless the development proposal meets all of the following objective development standards: (a) The development shall be a multifamily housing development proje…

(a) (1) A local government shall determine, in writing, whether a development submitted pursuant to this article is consistent or inconsistent with the objective planning standards specified in this article within the following timeframes: (A) Within 60 days of submittal of the d…

Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of a local government’s general plan, specific plan, zoning ordinance, or regulation, a development proponent may submit an application for a housing development that shall be a use by right and that shall be subject to a streamlined, mi…

A development project shall not be subject to the streamlined, ministerial review process provided by Section 65912.124 unless the development project is on a site that satisfies all of the following criteria: (a) It is located within a zone where office, retail, or parking are a…

A development project shall not be subject to the streamlined, ministerial review process provided by Section 65912.124 unless the new housing units created by the development project meet all of the following affordability criteria: (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a…

A development project shall not be subject to the streamlined, ministerial review process provided by Section 65912.124 unless the development project meets all of the following objective development standards: (a) The development shall be a multifamily housing development projec…

(a) (1) A local government shall determine, in writing, whether a development submitted pursuant to this article is consistent or is not consistent with the objective planning standards specified in this article within the following timeframes: (A) Within 60 days of submittal of …

A development project approved by a local government pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 65912.110) or Article 3 (commencing with Section 65912.120) shall meet all of the following labor standards: (a) The development proponent shall require in contracts with construct…

In addition to the requirements of Section 65912.130, a development of 50 or more housing units approved by a local government pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 65912.110) or Article 3 (commencing with Section 65912.120) shall meet all of the following labor standard…

The provisions of subdivision (c) of Section 65912.131 concerning health care expenditure are distinct and severable from the remaining provisions of this chapter. However, Article 4 (commencing with Section 65912.130) is a material and integral part of this chapter and is not se…

(a) This chapter and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) constitute the administrative adjudication provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. (b) A reference in any other statute or in a rule of court, executive order, or regulation, to a provision formerly found in C…

(a) This chapter is operative on July 1, 1997. (b) This chapter is applicable to an adjudicative proceeding commenced on or after July 1, 1997. (c) This chapter is not applicable to an adjudicative proceeding commenced before July 1, 1997, except an adjudicative proceeding conduc…

(a) Before, on, or after July 1, 1997, an agency may adopt interim or permanent regulations to govern an adjudicative proceeding under this chapter or Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500). Nothing in this section authorizes an agency to adopt regulations to govern an adjudic…

Unless the provision or context requires otherwise, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.

“Adjudicative proceeding” means an evidentiary hearing for determination of facts pursuant to which an agency formulates and issues a decision.

“Agency” means a board, bureau, commission, department, division, office, officer, or other administrative unit, including the agency head, and one or more members of the agency head or agency employees or other persons directly or indirectly purporting to act on behalf of or und…

“Agency head” means a person or body in which the ultimate legal authority of an agency is vested, and includes a person or body to which the power to act is delegated pursuant to authority to delegate the agency’s power to hear and decide.

(a) “Decision” means an agency action of specific application that determines a legal right, duty, privilege, immunity, or other legal interest of a particular person. (b) Nothing in this section limits any of the following: (1) The precedential effect of a decision under Section…

“Party” includes the agency that is taking action, the person to which the agency action is directed, and any other person named as a party or allowed to appear or intervene in the proceeding. If the agency that is taking action and the agency that is conducting the adjudicative …

“Person” includes an individual, partnership, corporation, governmental subdivision or unit of a governmental subdivision, or public or private organization or entity of any character.

“Presiding officer” means the agency head, member of the agency head, administrative law judge, hearing officer, or other person who presides in an adjudicative proceeding.

This chapter applies to a decision by an agency if, under the federal or state Constitution or a federal or state statute, an evidentiary hearing for determination of facts is required for formulation and issuance of the decision.

Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute: (a) This chapter applies to all agencies of the state. (b) This chapter does not apply to the Legislature, the courts or judicial branch, or the Governor or office of the Governor.

(a) As used in this section, “local agency” means a county, city, district, public authority, public agency, or other political subdivision or public corporation in the state other than the state. (b) This chapter does not apply to a local agency except to the extent the provisio…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, by regulation, ordinance, or other appropriate action, an agency may adopt this chapter or any of its provisions for the formulation and issuance of a decision, even though the agency or decision is exempt from application of t…

This chapter applies to an adjudicative proceeding required to be conducted under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) unless the statutes relating to the proceeding provide otherwise.

(a) As used in this section, “quasi-public entity” means an entity, other than a governmental agency, whether characterized by statute as a public corporation, public instrumentality, or otherwise, that is expressly created by statute for the purpose of administration of a state …

(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.

(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.

(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) An agency, with the consent of all the parties, may refer a dispute that is the subject of an adjudicative proceeding for resolution by any of the following means: (1) Mediation by a neutral mediator. (2) Binding arbitration by a neutral arbitrator. An award in a binding arbi…

(a) The Office of Administrative Hearings shall adopt and promulgate model regulations for alternative dispute resolution under this article. The model regulations govern alternative dispute resolution by an agency under this article, except to the extent the agency by regulation…