Title GOV — California Gov. Code

A local agency may retain engineers, architects, accountants, financial consultants, bond counsel, or other services as may be necessary in the judgment of the legislative body for the construction or financing of construction of rental housing for employees.

In addition to all other powers granted by this chapter, a local agency may do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the legislative body may award contracts for the construction of housing for employees by negotiation or following the receipt of competitive bids after notice inviting such bids.

Construction of housing for employees pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from the provisions of Section 30213 of the Public Resources Code.

A local agency may accept financial or other assistance from any public or private source, and may expend any funds so accepted for any of the purposes of this chapter.

Contributions for any of the purposes of this chapter by a city, the state or any political subdivision thereof, a special district, including a school district, or any other local governmental entity, are hereby declared to be for a proper public purpose.

(a) A local agency may, from time to time, issue its bonds for the purpose of financing construction of rental housing for employees. In anticipation of the sale of bonds, the local agency may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes and may renew such notes from time to time. Bo…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, revenue bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be legal investments for all trust funds, insurance companies, savings and loan associations, investment companies and banks, both savings and commercial, and shall be legal investment…

The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter shall be in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state and for their health and welfare. Any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, their transfer and the income therefrom, shall at all times be free fro…

If the jurisdiction of the local agency to order a proposed act is not affected, an omission of any officer or the local agency in proceedings under this chapter or any other defect in the proceedings shall not invalidate the proceedings or bonds issued pursuant to this chapter.

This chapter is full authority for the issuance of bonds by a local agency for the purpose of financing construction of rental housing for employees.

This chapter shall be deemed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for doing the things authorized thereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to the powers conferred by other laws. The issuance of bonds and refunding bonds under the provisio…

An action may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure to determine the validity of any issuance or proposed issuance of bonds under this chapter and the legality and validity of all proceedings previously…

In determining the amount of bonds to be issued, the local agency may include all costs of the issuance of such bonds, bond reserve funds, and bond interest.

The bonds may be issued as serial bonds or as term bonds, or the local agency, in its discretion, may issue bonds of both types. The bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the local agency and shall bear interest at such fixed or variable rate or rates, be payable at such tim…

Any resolution or resolutions authorizing any bonds or any issue of bonds may contain provisions respecting any of the following terms and conditions, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of the bonds: (a) The pledge of all or any part of the rental and lease re…

No member of the legislative body nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.

The local agency may purchase its bonds from any source of funds available therefor. The local agency may hold, pledge, cancel, or resell such bonds, subject to and in accordance with agreements with the bondholders.

In the discretion of the local agency, any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the local agency and a corporate trustee or trustees, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within…

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee or trustees appointed pursuant to any resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, except to the extent the rights thereof may be restricted by the re…

Any local agency may provide for the issuance of bonds of the city for the purpose of refunding any bonds of the local agency then outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premiums thereof and any interest accrued or to accrue to the earliest or subsequent date of red…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Benefit Assessment Act of 1982.

The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to allow local agencies to finance property related services through the imposition of an assessment upon the property which benefits from those services. The Legislature also finds and declares that assessments…

The purpose of this chapter is to recodify and supplant previously enacted provisions of law which authorize the imposition of benefit assessments and to provide a uniform procedure for the enactment of benefit assessments for services by local jurisdictions.

An assessment levied pursuant to this chapter is not subject to the Special Assessment Investigation, Limitation and Majority Protest Act of 1931 (Division 4 (commencing with Section 2800) of the Streets and Highways Code).

As used in this chapter, “local agency” means any city, county, city and county, special district, or any other municipal corporation or district.

As used in this chapter, “legislative body” means the city council or board of trustees in the case of a city, the board of supervisors in the case of a county or a city and county, or the board of directors, trustees, or governors or other governing body in the case of a special…

As used in this chapter, “service” includes the cost of maintaining any facility used to provide any service.

(a) Any local agency which is authorized by law to provide one or more of the following services may impose a benefit assessment pursuant to this chapter to finance the maintenance and operation costs of these services: (1) Drainage. (2) Flood control. (3) Street lighting. (b) An…

Any local agency which obligates itself to advance available funds to cure a bond redemption fund deficiency pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 8769 of the Streets and Highways Code may impose a benefit assessment pursuant to this chapter in order to satisfy the obligation or…

Any local agency which is authorized by law to provide drainage services or flood control services may, in addition to imposing a benefit assessment for the purposes authorized pursuant to Section 54710, impose such an assessment to finance the cost of installation and improvemen…

(a) No benefit assessment shall be levied pursuant to this chapter unless it meets all of the following requirements: (1) The amount of the assessment imposed on any parcel of property shall be related to the benefit to the parcel which will be derived from the provision of the s…

Any local agency levying a benefit assessment pursuant to this chapter may bring an action to determine the validity of the assessment pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure upon adoption of the assessment and for …

(a) The legislative body of a local agency may by ordinance or resolution, adopted after notice and public hearing, determine and propose for adoption an annual assessment on each parcel of real property within the jurisdiction of the local agency, except that the governing body …

(a) For the first fiscal year in which a benefit assessment is proposed to be imposed pursuant to this chapter, the legislative body shall cause a written report to be prepared and filed with the clerk of the local agency which shall contain all of the following information: (1) …

(a) The legislative body may provide for the collection of the assessment or any installment of an assessment, in the same manner, and subject to the same penalties and priority of lien as, other charges and taxes fixed and collected by, or on behalf of the local agency, except t…

If assessments to be collected through annual installment payments have been authorized pursuant to this chapter, the legislative body may do one or more of the following: (a) Provide for the accumulation of the money collected from the annual installments in a fund until there i…

The city council of the City of Redding may by ordinance or resolution adopted after notice and public hearing pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 54715) establish the Redding Midtown Mall Project No. 1 as an area of benefit and levy a benefit assessment for the operat…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Small Business Procurement and Contract Act.

(a) The Legislature hereby declares that it serves a public purpose, and it is of benefit to the state, to promote and facilitate the fullest possible participation by all citizens in the affairs of the State of California in every possible way. It is also essential that opportun…

The Legislature finds and declares that this chapter is a state law that provides assistance and services for persons regardless of immigration status within the meaning of Section 1621(d) of Title 8 of the United States Code.

As used in this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Department of General Services. (b) “Director” means the Director of General Services. (c) “Manufacturer” means a business that meets both of the following requirements: (1) It is primarily engaged in the chemical or mechanical …

In order to facilitate the participation of small business, including microbusiness, in the provision of goods, information technology, and services to the state, and in the construction, including alteration, demolition, repair, or improvement, of state facilities, the directors…

(a) In order to encourage the participation of small businesses in the construction, alteration, demolition, repair, or improvement of the state’s infrastructure, as provided in the infrastructure-related bond acts of 2006, each state agency awarding contracts financed with the p…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Market demand is a driving factor in determining profitability of California companies and the ability of those companies to invest in business growth. (b) The onset of COVID-19 and the subsequent economic downturn and …

No small business preference shall be allowed if allowing the small business preference would result in a computed bid of the preference recipient which would exceed the amount of funds appropriated by the Legislature for the construction project, plus any augmentation that may b…

(a) Notwithstanding the advertising, bidding, and protest provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of this part and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 10290) and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12100) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, a state …

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, the advertising, bidding, and protest provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of this part and Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 10700) and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12100) of Part 2 of …

(a) Notwithstanding the advertising and bidding provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of this code and Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10100) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, a state agency may award a contract for construction, including …

(a) There is hereby established within the department the Office of Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Services. The duties of the office shall include: (1) Compiling and maintaining a comprehensive bidders list of qualified small businesses and disabled vete…