Title GOV, California Gov. Code

The secretary shall provide all possible assistance to any county desiring to integrate or otherwise unify services administered by one or more departments in the Health and Welfare Agency. This assistance shall include, but not be limited to, the provision of technical assistanc…

(a) There is in the state government the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. (b) The Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency shall consist of the following: the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Department of Real Estate, the Department of Housing and Commu…

(a) Beginning July 1, 2026, the California Housing and Homelessness Agency and the Business and Consumer Services Agency, along with their respective departments, shall coordinate state policy, programs, and funding to help the state achieve its objectives related to housing, hom…

(a) Beginning July 1, 2026, there is in state government the Business and Consumer Services Agency. (b) The Business and Consumer Services Agency shall consist of all of the following: (1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board. (2) The California Horse Racing Board. (3) Th…

(a) The Governor, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Business and Consumer Services, may appoint up to three deputy secretaries who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. (b) The deputy secretaries shall be exempt from civil service consistent with subdivision (f) …

(a) All employees serving in state civil service, including temporary employees, who are engaged in the performance of functions transferred to the Business and Consumer Services Agency pursuant to Section 12804.2 shall be transferred to the Business and Consumer Services Agency.…

(a) The Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing is hereby authorized to develop programs for technical and fiscal assistance to facilitate nonprofit, self-help community vegetable gardens and related supporting activities. (b) This section shall become inoperative o…

The Natural Resources Agency succeeds to and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, and responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Department of Food and Agriculture by Part 3 (commencing with Section 3801) of Division 3 of the Food and Agricultural Code with resp…

(a) The Resources Agency is hereby renamed the Natural Resources Agency. The Natural Resources Agency consists of the departments of Forestry and Fire Protection, Conservation, Fish and Wildlife, Parks and Recreation, and Water Resources; the State Lands Commission; the Colorado …

The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall facilitate coordination between the Department of Fish and Game and the California Coastal Commission in a manner consistent with, and in furtherance of, the goals and policies of Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Publi…

(a) The Resources Agency, in consultation with each department, board, conservancy, and commission within the agency, shall develop and maintain a database of lands and easements that have been acquired by the departments and boards within the Resources Agency. The database shall…

(a) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall convene a committee to develop and submit to the Governor and the Legislature, before July 1, 2012, a strategic vision for the Department of Fish and Game and the Fish and Game Commission. (b) The committee members shall inc…

(a) The Governor, utilizing the staff and resources of state agencies, shall transmit to the Legislature, not later than March 15 of each year, an environmental report designated as the “Environmental Report of the Governor” setting forth all of the following: (1) A review of env…

The Resources Agency shall identify, for future conservation, key buffer properties adjacent to large ecologically valuable working landscapes that provide significant economic benefits to the state, such as active military or National Guard properties, whose future viability cou…

(a) On or before April 1, 2022, and annually thereafter on April 1 of each year until April 1, 2026, the Natural Resources Agency shall develop a report on all programs related to wildfires and forest resilience funded pursuant to the Budget Act of 2020 and the Budget Act of 2021…

(a) The California Health and Human Services Agency shall succeed to, and is vested with, all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Health and Welfare Agency. (b) The Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency shall succe…

(a) The Resources Agency succeeds to and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Health and Welfare Agency in respect to the Office of Atomic Energy Development and Radiation Protection, which, by Section 12803, is renamed…

The Secretary of the Resources Agency, in reviewing projects pursuant to Sections 5096.87 and 5096.128 of the Public Resources Code, shall consider the arborescent prototype park project of the Southgate Recreation and Park District in Sacramento County. It is the intent of the L…

(a) The Resources Agency shall establish a revolving low-interest loan program and a grant program for commercial fishing vessel owners, operators, and crew members whose primary source of income for each of the last five years has been derived from commercial fishing. The purpos…

The Health and Welfare Agency and the Resources Agency may use the unexpended balances of funds available for use by the Human Relations Agency in connection with the functions of the Human Relations Agency that are transferred to or vested in the Health and Welfare Agency or the…

All officers and employees of the Human Relations Agency who, on the effective date of the 1972 amendment of this section, are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees, and engaged in the performance of a function transferred to or vested in the Healt…

The Health and Welfare Agency and the Resources Agency shall have the possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land and other property, real or personal, held for the benefit or use of the Human Relations Agency i…

Any reference in any law in effect on June 30, 1979, to the Health and Welfare Agency or to the secretary of that agency, with respect to the Department of Corrections or the Department of the Youth Authority shall be considered a reference to the Youth and Adult Correctional Age…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to the provisions of subdivision (i), any employee of a department, board, or commission under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, who is designated as a peace officer described in Chapte…

(a) One of the deputies to the Secretary for Environmental Protection shall be a deputy secretary for law enforcement and counsel, who, subject to the direction and supervision of the secretary, shall have the responsibility and authority to do all of the following: (1) Develop a…

One of the deputies to the Secretary for Environmental Protection authorized pursuant to Section 12812.1 shall be a deputy secretary for external affairs who shall provide public outreach, communication to individuals and communities impacted by permitted activities, and technica…

On or before March 1, 1994, the California Environmental Protection Agency, using existing resources and in consultation with other relevant agencies in state and local government, shall do all of the following: (a) Establish an environmental technologies clearinghouse, which sha…

The Secretary for Environmental Protection shall coordinate greenhouse gas emission reductions and climate-change activities in state government. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 230, Sec. 4. Effective August 16, 2004.)

The Labor and Workforce Development Agency consists of the following: (a) Office of the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development. (b) Agricultural Labor Relations Board. (c) California Workforce Development Board. (d) Department of Industrial Relations, including the Californ…

The Public Employment Relations Board is in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. (Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 246. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each state agency or department or political subdivision of the state may isolate any of its automated applications, computer hardware, or networking devices from nonproprietary networks, input streams, power sources, or other devic…

(a) The Office of Data and Innovation is hereby established within the Government Operations Agency. Effective July 1, 2023, the Office of Data and Innovation shall operate as a standalone entity that reports to the Government Operations Agency consistent with other state entitie…

(a) Within the Government Operations Agency there shall be a Chief Equity Officer. The Chief Equity Officer shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Governor. The Chief Equity Officer shall report to the Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee, of the Government Op…

This part may be known and referred to as the “California Fair Employment and Housing Act.” (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 992.)

(a) There is in the state government, in the California Housing and Homelessness Agency, the Civil Rights Department. The department is under the direction of an executive officer known as the Director of Civil Rights, who is appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by …

The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 apply to the director and the director is the head of a department within the meaning of such chapter. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 992.)

There is in the Civil Rights Department the Civil Rights Council. The council shall consist of seven members, to be known as council members, who shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and one of whom shall be designated as chairpers…

Any member chosen to fill a vacancy on the council occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the member whose vacancy is being filled. Four members of the council shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting the busines…

Each member of the council shall serve without compensation but shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day actually spent in the performance of duties under this part and shall also be entitled to expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of those d…

Any member of the council may be removed by the Governor for inefficiency, for neglect of duty, misconduct or malfeasance in office, after being given a written statement of the charges and an opportunity to be heard thereon. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 46, Sec. 32. (SB 1038) Ef…

(a) The Civil Rights Enforcement and Litigation Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, to be administered by the Civil Rights Department. (b) The fund shall consist of any attorney’s fees and costs awarded by a court to the Civil Rights Department when the department i…

(a) As used in this chapter, “board” means the California Victim Compensation Board. (b) Except as provided by Section 14659.01, whenever the term “California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board” appears in any statute, regulation, contract, or any other code, it shal…

(a) There is within the Government Operations Agency the California Victim Compensation Board. (b) The board consists of the Secretary of Government Operations or his or her designee and the Controller, both acting ex officio, and a third member who shall be appointed by and serv…

(a) If the third member is not a state officer acting ex officio, the member shall receive fifty dollars ($50) for every day of actual attendance at meetings of the board not in excess of eight meetings per month, together with necessary traveling expenses in attending these meet…

The Secretary of Government Operations shall serve as chair of the board. (Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 248. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)

The board shall keep a record of all its proceedings and any member may cause his dissent to the action of the majority upon any matter to be entered upon such record. (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 112.)