Title GOV — California Gov. Code

Any action to determine the validity or adoption of any tax, fee, or other charge provided for in, or the validity of bonds issued pursuant to, this title, or any of the proceedings, contracts, agreements, or other arrangements or matters entered into, shall be commenced within 6…

(a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution and subject to approval by the board before the agency takes action to approve the placement of a measure on the ballot, the agency may impose, by resolution or by ordinance, a parcel tax within Los Angeles…

(a) (1) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution and subject to approval by the board before the agency takes action to approve the placement of a measure on the ballot, the agency may impose, by resolution or by ordinance, or via action by the design…

The special taxes authorized in this article may also be imposed by qualified voter initiative.

Taxes levied pursuant to Section 64811 shall be collected in the following manner: (a) The county tax collector shall be responsible for collecting the tax revenue. (b) The county shall create policies and procedures necessary to collect tax revenue, including, but not limited to…

Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, either the designated elections official or the board may act by resolution or by ordinance to place a measure on the ballot seeking voter approval of a special documentary transfer tax pursuant to Part 6.7 (c…

All special taxes levied pursuant to this article shall be administered in the following manner: (a) Taxes collected shall be deposited in a separate fund, which shall be established in the treasury of the county and used only as prescribed by this title. (b) The county shall tra…

The board may, by majority vote, initiate proceedings to issue bonds pursuant to this chapter by adopting a resolution or ordinance stating its intent to issue the bonds.

(a) The agency, with approval of two-thirds of the voters, may levy ad valorem property taxes to secure debt pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution. (b) For purposes of incurring bonded indebtedness pursuant to t…

(a) (1) For purposes of this section, “agency revenues” includes, without limitation, revenues generated by any special tax, fee, or charge imposed by the agency, other than ad valorem property taxes. (2) The agency may issue revenue bonds, payable from agency revenues allocated …

The agency may issue mortgage revenue bonds pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 52000) of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, and other applicable law.

The agency may issue private activity bonds pursuant to the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-514) and Sections 1112 and 1401 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, as it read prior to repeal (26 U.S.C. Secs. 54a and 1400U-1).

(a) The agency or any person executing the bonds issued pursuant to this title shall not be personally liable on the bonds by reason of their issuance. (b) The bonds and other obligations of the agency are not a debt of any city or Los Angeles County, or any of its affiliated ent…

(a) Every two years after the issuance of bonds pursuant to this section, the agency shall contract for an independent financial and performance audit. The audit shall be conducted according to guidelines established by the Controller. A copy of the completed audit shall be provi…

Bonds issued pursuant to this article are fully negotiable.

Any action to determine the validity of any tax, fee, or other charge provided for in, or the validity of bonds issued pursuant to, this title, or any of the proceedings, contracts, agreements, or other arrangements or matters entered into, shall be commenced within 60 days from …

This chapter may be cited and shall be known as the Regional Planning Law.

The Legislature finds and declares that the people of California have a fundamental interest in the orderly development of the urban regions of the State in which large segments of the State’s population are concentrated.

The Legislature further finds and declares: (a) That the State has a positive interest in the preparation and maintenance of a long-term, general plan for the physical development of each of the State’s urban areas that can serve as a guide to the affected local governmental unit…

“District,” as used in this chapter, means a district created and operating under this chapter.

“Board,” as used in this chapter, means the regional planning board.

“Official census,” as used in this chapter, means any decennial or special federal census, or an official estimate of the State Department of Finance.

“Region,” as used in this chapter, means the area included within a district.

“Regional plan,” as used in this chapter, means a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the region, and any land outside its boundaries which in the board’s judgment bears relation to its planning. The regional plan shall consist of a text and a ma…

A regional plan shall be advisory only and shall not have any binding effect on the counties and cities located within the boundaries of the regional planning district for which the regional plan is adopted.

There is hereby created a regional planning district in each of the regional areas designated by the Council on Intergovernmental Relations for the purposes of this chapter after a public hearing within the region. No county, city and county, or city shall be divided in determini…

The boundaries of every regional planning district shall be coextensive with the boundaries of the region within which it is situated.

A district shall not transact any business or exercise any of its powers under this chapter unless the legislative bodies of two-thirds of the counties and two-thirds of the cities, located within the boundaries of the district, by resolution declare that there is a need for such…

A district shall not transact any business or exercise any of its powers under this chapter if two-thirds of the cities and counties within the district are participating in regional planning pursuant to a joint powers agreement under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of D…

The city selection committee organized in each county within a district pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 50270) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 shall meet within 60 days after the date upon which the district becomes operative for the purpose of mak…

The Regional Planning Board shall be the governing body of the district, and shall be selected as provided in this article.

The number of members of the board to which each county is entitled shall be determined as follows: (a) Each county having, within the district, a population of 350,000 or less shall have two (2) members of the regional planning board, one (1) appointed by the board of supervisor…

Within 60 days after the date the district first becomes operative, the board of supervisors of each county in the district shall appoint as members of the regional planning board of said district the number authorized by Section 65063.1. The members of the regional planning boar…

The members of the regional planning board appointed by the city selection committee shall be mayors or members of the city councils of the cities.

A member of the board of supervisors of any county, or a mayor or member of a city council of any city within any county, in the district may be appointed to and serve contemporaneously as a member of the regional planning board.

After the members of the regional planning board to be appointed by the city selection committees and the county boards of supervisors have been designated, they shall meet and appoint one citizen-at-large member for each county included in the district who will be full members o…

The term of office of the member shall be four years and until the appointment and qualification of his successor; provided that the first members of the board shall classify themselves by lot within the city and county group and the citizen-at-large group so that approximately o…

No supervisor, mayor, or city council member shall hold office on the regional planning board after ceasing to hold the office of supervisor, mayor, or city council member, respectively, and that person’s membership on the board shall thereafter be considered vacant, except that …

Any vacancy on the regional planning board shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the power which originally appointed the member whose position had become vacant.

No person while serving as a member of the regional planning board shall be eligible to be appointed to any salaried office or employment in the service of the district nor shall he become eligible for such appointment within one (1) year after he has ceased to be a member.

The board is the governing body of the district and shall exercise all of the powers of the district, except as otherwise provided.

A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business and may act for the board.

The board may elect a chairman and other officers as it deems necessary from among its own members.

The board may appoint an executive committee, consisting of the chairman of the board, and not more than eight or less than four other members of the board, and such executive committee may carry on the administrative and executive functions of the board between full meetings.

The board shall meet at least six times in each year, and may call additional meetings at its own discretion, or, during periods between meetings, at the discretion of the chairman or of a majority of the executive committee.

Each member of the board shall receive the actual and necessary expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties, plus a compensation of twenty dollars ($20) for each day attending the meetings of the board, but such compensation shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1…

The provisions for the executive committee set forth in this article shall not be construed to limit the board or the executive committee from setting up any other committees or groups which it may see fit.

The district shall have power to establish and maintain such offices as are judged best to facilitate the accomplishment of the purposes of the district, and to take by grant, purchase, devise, or gift, or to lease or rent, and to hold, use, and enjoy any property necessary or co…

The district may perform the following four major functions: (a) The district may prepare, maintain, and regularly review and revise, a regional plan as defined in Section 65060.7, and may, after at least two public hearings in different parts of the region and such other public …

The district shall have power to contract or otherwise participate in, and to accept grants, funds, or services from the federal government, its agencies or instrumentalities in connection with any federal program judged by the board to be relevant to its functions; and the board…