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This section defines key terms used in the CalSavers retirement savings title. This section creates the CalSavers Retirement Savings Board and sets rules for how the board, program administrator, and staff must operate. This section creates the CalSavers Retirement Savings Trust, assigns the board to administer it, requires the board to split trust money into a program fund and an administrative fund, and gives the Treasurer and the board investment-related powers. It also caps administrative fund spending at 1% of the total program fund after six years from implementation and exempts certain securities from specified Corporations Code sections. The CalSavers Retirement Savings Program must include one or more payroll deduction IRA arrangements, as determined by the board. The board has broad authority over the trust, including contracts, investments, staff, insurance, cooperation, and rulemaking.

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  1. 65098.2.8.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 2.8. Warehouse Design and Build Standards [65098 - 65098.9] ( Chapter 2.8 added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. )

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    Certain jurisdictions must adopt a warehouse-truck-route ordinance and related signage, mapping, and public-participation measures by specified deadlines, with penalties for violations.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 2.8. Warehouse Design and Build Standards [65098 - 65098.9] ( Chapter 2.8 added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. ) ## 65098.2.8. (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), a jurisdiction that is not in a warehouse concentration region shall adopt an ordinance, on or before January 1, 2028, that shall do all of the following: (1) Identify and establish specific travel routes for the transport of goods, materials, or freight for storage, transfer, or redistribution to safely accommodate additional truck traffic and avoid residential areas and sensitive receptors, as defined in Section 65098. (2) Maximize the use of interstate or divided highways as preferred routes for truck routes. The county or city shall also maximize use of arterial roads, major thoroughfares, and local roads that predominantly serve commercial, agricultural, or industrial uses when state or interstate highways are not utilized. Truck routes shall comply with all of the following. (A) Major or minor collector streets and local roads that predominantly serve commercial, agricultural, or industrial uses shall be used for truck routes only when strictly necessary to reach existing industrial zones. (B) Trucks shall be routed via transportation arteries that minimize exposure to sensitive receptors. (C) On and after January 1, 2028, or January 1, 2030, for a jurisdiction that is subject to subdivision (b), all proposed development of a logistics use development, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 65098, shall be accessible via arterial roads, major thoroughfares, or local roads that predominantly serve commercial, agricultural, or industrial uses. (i) The purpose of this section is to ensure that logistics use development are sited in locations that minimize adverse impacts on residential communities and enhance transportation efficiency. This is achieved by restricting logistics use developments to roadways that are suited to handle the associated traffic and that predominantly serve commercial, agricultural, or industrial uses. (ii) For purposes of this section, local roads shall be considered to predominantly serve commercial, agricultural, or industrial uses if more than 50 percent of the properties fronting the road within 1,000 feet are designed for commercial, agricultural, or industrial use according to the local zoning ordinance. (D) Notwithstanding any other provision in this paragraph, an ordinance may, but is not required to, regulate traffic from a primary agricultural use facility, located in that jurisdiction. For purposes of this subparagraph, a primary agricultural use facility means a logistics use facility that is less than 20,000 square feet, located in an unincorporated area, in which one or more agricultural commodities or forest products is produced, processed, or packaged, and that may include storage of those commodities or products incidental to production, processing, or packaging. (b) A jurisdiction that is a city with a population that is equal to, or less than, 50,000 persons or a county with a population that is equal to, or less than, 100,000 persons shall adopt the ordinance required pursuant to subdivision (a) on or before January 1, 2030. (c) The city or county may consult with the Department of Transportation and the California Freight Advisory Committee for technical assistance. (d) The city or county shall provide for posting of conspicuous signage to identify truck routes and additional signage for truck parking and appropriate idling facility locations. (e) The city or county shall make truck routes publicly available in geographic information system (GIS) format and share GIS maps of the truck routes with warehouse operators, fleet operators, and truck drivers. (f) The city or county shall provide opportunities for the involvement of citizens, California Native American Indian tribes, public agencies, public utility companies, and civic, educational, and other community groups through public hearings and any other means that the planning agency deems appropriate, consistent with Section 65351. (g) The city or county shall make a diligent effort to achieve public participation of all economic segments of the community in the development of the changes required pursuant to this section. (h) The requirement to adopt an ordinance pursuant to this section shall not apply to a city, county, or city and county that as of January 1, 2025, did not have any logistics use development within its jurisdiction. If any proposed new logistics use development is approved within a jurisdiction after January 1, 2025, a city, county, or city and county shall comply with the requirements in this section within two years after the date of final approval of a logistics use development. (i) (1) An action may be brought by the Attorney General against a city, county, or city and county that is in violation of this section. A city, county, or city and county that has been found by a court to be in violation of this section shall be subject to any of the following: (A) A civil penalty of up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) every six months, accrued from the date of the violation until the violation is cured. (B) Costs of investigating and prosecuting this action, including expert fees, reasonable attorney’s fees, and costs. (C) Other relief deemed appropriate by the court, including equitable and injunctive relief. (2) In determining the application of the remedies available under this section, the court shall consider whether there are any mitigating circumstances delaying the jurisdiction from coming into compliance with this section. The court may consider whether a city, county, or city and county is making a good faith effort to come into substantial compliance or is facing substantial undue hardships. (j) Civil penalties collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to the office of the Attorney General. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, any civil penalties collected pursuant subdivision (i) shall be distributed by the Attorney General and returned to the local air quality management district in which the civil penalty was imposed for the district’s efforts to improve air quality. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 316, Sec. 8. (SB 415) Effective January 1, 2026.)
  2. 65098.3.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 2.8. Warehouse Design and Build Standards [65098 - 65098.9] ( Chapter 2.8 added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. )

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    Logistics use developments must post anti-idling signs and certain truck-route signs at specified site locations.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 2.8. Warehouse Design and Build Standards [65098 - 65098.9] ( Chapter 2.8 added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. ) ## 65098.3. (a) Anti-idling signs indicating a three-minute heavy-duty truck engine idling restriction shall be posted at logistics use developments along entrances to the site and at the truck loading bays. (b) Signs shall be installed at all heavy-duty truck exit driveways directing truck drivers to the truck route as indicated in the truck routing plan, as described in Section 65098.4, and to the state highway system. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 316, Sec. 9. (SB 415) Effective January 1, 2026.)
  3. 65098.4.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 2.8. Warehouse Design and Build Standards [65098 - 65098.9] ( Chapter 2.8 added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. )

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    A logistics use development operator must prepare and submit a truck routing plan for approval before occupancy and resubmit a revised plan before a new tenant gets a business license.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 2.8. Warehouse Design and Build Standards [65098 - 65098.9] ( Chapter 2.8 added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. ) ## 65098.4. (a) Prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, a logistics use development operator shall establish and submit for approval to the planning director or equivalent position for the city, county, or city and county a truck routing plan to and from the state highway system based on the latest truck route map of the city, county, or city and county. The truck routing plan shall describe the operational characteristics of the logistic use and of the logistics use development operator, including, but not limited to, hours of operation, types of items to be stored within the building, and proposed truck routing to and from the logistics use development to designated truck routes that, to the greatest extent possible, avoid passing sensitive receptors. The truck routing plan shall include measures, such as signage and pavement markings, and queuing analysis for preventing truck queuing, circling, stopping, and parking on public streets. The logistics use development operator shall be responsible for communication of the truck routing plan internally and to external parties who may dispatch trucks to the facility. (b) A revised truck routing plan shall be submitted to the planning director or equivalent position prior to a business license being issued by the city, county, or city and county for any new tenant of the property. The planning director or equivalent position shall have discretion to determine if changes to the truck routing plan are necessary, including, but not limited to, any additional measures to alleviate truck routing and parking issues that may arise during the life of the logistics use development. (c) This section shall not be construed to expand or restrict any authority that the planning director may have pursuant to any local ordinance or regulation to regulate hours of operation. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 316, Sec. 10. (SB 415) Effective January 1, 2026.)
  4. 65098.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 2.8. Warehouse Design and Build Standards [65098 - 65098.9] ( Chapter 2.8 added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. )

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    Local governments may not approve logistics use developments unless they meet the chapter’s standards, and they may not enforce local rules that would block required physical features.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 2.8. Warehouse Design and Build Standards [65098 - 65098.9] ( Chapter 2.8 added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. ) ## 65098.5. (a) A city, county, or city and county shall not approve development of a logistics use development that does not meet or exceed the standards outlined in this chapter. (b) A city, county, or city and county shall not adopt or enforce any ordinance, standard, rule, or regulation to the extent that the ordinance, standard, rule, or regulation would prohibit or have the effect of physically precluding any physical feature of a logistics use development that is required by paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 65098, paragraphs (1) to (7), inclusive, of subdivision (g) of Section 65098, paragraphs (1), (4), and (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 65098.1, paragraphs (1), (4), and (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 65098.1, paragraphs (1), (4), and (6) of subdivision (c) of Section 65098.1, paragraphs (3) to (5), inclusive, and paragraph (7) of subdivision (d) of Section 65098.1, Section 65098.2, or Section 65098.2.5. (c) This section shall not be construed to restrict the existing authority of a city, county, or city and county to do either of the following: (1) Deny a logistics use development altogether. (2) Adopt or enforce an ordinance, standard, rule, or regulation that prohibits or has the effect of physically precluding a new logistics use development or the expansion of a logistics use development on any parcel. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 316, Sec. 11. (SB 415) Effective January 1, 2026.)
  5. 65098.6.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 2.8. Warehouse Design and Build Standards [65098 - 65098.9] ( Chapter 2.8 added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. )

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    Local governments must condition logistics-use development approvals on housing replacement, affordable housing, fee-account handling, and tenant compensation requirements.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 2.8. Warehouse Design and Build Standards [65098 - 65098.9] ( Chapter 2.8 added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. ) ## 65098.6. A city, county, or city and county shall condition approval of a logistics use development on the following: (a) Two-to-one replacement of any demolished housing unit that was occupied within the last 10 years, unless the housing unit was declared substandard by a building official, pursuant to Section 17920.3 of the Health and Safety Code, prior to purchase by the developer. For each housing unit demolished, regardless of market value of the unit, two units of affordable housing for persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, that are deed-restricted shall be built within the jurisdiction. Funds from any fee imposed for the replacement of demolished housing units shall be placed in a housing-specific set-aside account and shall be used for housing within three years of collection. (b) If residential dwellings are affected through purchase, the developer shall be required to provide any displaced tenant with an amount equivalent to 12 months’ rent at the current rate. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or preclude the applicability of Article 2 (commencing with Section 66300.5) of Chapter 12 to logistics uses. A logistics use that is subject to Article 2 (commencing with Section 66300.5) of Chapter 12 shall first comply with that article. Any additional replacement housing obligations or payments to displaced tenants that are not required pursuant to that article shall comply with this section. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 316, Sec. 12. (SB 415) Effective January 1, 2026.)
  6. 65098.7.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 2.8. Warehouse Design and Build Standards [65098 - 65098.9] ( Chapter 2.8 added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. )

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    This section says the chapter does not override mitigation measures required by the California Environmental Quality Act.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 2.8. Warehouse Design and Build Standards [65098 - 65098.9] ( Chapter 2.8 added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. ) ## 65098.7. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to supersede mitigation measures required by the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code). (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. (AB 98) Effective January 1, 2025.)
  7. 65098.8.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 2.8. Warehouse Design and Build Standards [65098 - 65098.9] ( Chapter 2.8 added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. )

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    This chapter is declared a matter of statewide concern and applies to all cities, including charter cities.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 2.8. Warehouse Design and Build Standards [65098 - 65098.9] ( Chapter 2.8 added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. ) ## 65098.8. The Legislature finds and declares that the movement and storage of freight and the impact of this activity on public health and communities across the state as set forth in this chapter is a matter of statewide concern and is not a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, this chapter applies to all cities, including charter cities. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. (AB 98) Effective January 1, 2025.)
  8. 65098.9.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 2.8. Warehouse Design and Build Standards [65098 - 65098.9] ( Chapter 2.8 added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. )

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    This chapter does not apply to a logistics use development if it is a mixed-use development that may create sensitive receptors on site and there are no existing sensitive receptors within 900 feet of the loading bay.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 2.8. Warehouse Design and Build Standards [65098 - 65098.9] ( Chapter 2.8 added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. ) ## 65098.9. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a logistics use development if it meets both of the following: (a) The logistics use development is a mixed-use development that may create sensitive receptors on the site of the new logistics use development. (b) There are no existing sensitive receptors within 900 feet of the loading bay. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 931, Sec. 1. (AB 98) Effective January 1, 2025.)
  9. 6510.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    An agreement may be continued for a definite term or until it is rescinded or terminated, and it may also set out how rescission or termination works.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6510. The agreement may be continued for a definite term or until rescinded or terminated. The agreement may provide for the method by which it may be rescinded or terminated by any party. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84.)
  10. 65100.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. )

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    Each city and county must have a planning agency, and the legislative body must assign that agency’s functions by ordinance or perform them itself if no assignment is made.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. ) ## 65100. There is in each city and county a planning agency with the powers necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. The legislative body of each city and county shall by ordinance assign the functions of the planning agency to a planning department, one or more planning commissions, administrative bodies or hearing officers, the legislative body itself, or any combination thereof, as it deems appropriate and necessary. In the absence of an assignment, the legislative body shall carry out all the functions of the planning agency. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2.)
  11. 65101.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. )

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    The legislative body may create planning commissions, but if it does, each commission must report to the legislative body and have at least five members.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. ) ## 65101. (a) The legislative body may create one or more planning commissions each of which shall report directly to the legislative body. The legislative body shall specify the membership of the commission or commissions. In any event, each planning commission shall consist of at least five members, all of whom shall act in the public interest. If it creates more than one planning commission, the legislative body shall prescribe the issues, responsibilities, or geographic jurisdiction assigned to each commission. If a development project affects the jurisdiction of more than one planning commission, the legislative body shall designate the commission which shall hear the entire development project. (b) Two or more legislative bodies may: (1) Create a joint area planning agency, planning commission, or advisory agency for all or prescribed portions of their cities or counties which shall exercise those powers and perform those duties under this title that the legislative bodies delegate to it. (2) Authorize their planning agencies, or any components of them, to meet jointly to coordinate their work, conduct studies, develop plans, hold hearings, or jointly exercise any power or perform any duty common to them. (Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 617, Sec. 25.)
  12. 65101.1.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. )

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    The Hoopa Valley Business Council may participate as a legislative body on the Humboldt County Association of Governments, and it is treated as a public agency for this article.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. ) ## 65101.1. The Hoopa Valley Business Council, as the governing body of the Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe, may participate as a legislative body, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 65101 on the Humboldt County Association of Governments and shall be deemed to be a public agency, pursuant to Section 6500, for purposes of Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1. The Legislature finds and declares that the unique circumstances of Humboldt County necessitate this special law. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 266, Sec. 4. (AB 307) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  13. 65102.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. )

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    A legislative body may set rules, procedures, or standards for its planning agency, as long as they do not conflict with state or federal law.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. ) ## 65102. A legislative body may establish for its planning agency any rules, procedures, or standards which do not conflict with state or federal laws. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2.)
  14. 65103.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. )

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    Each planning agency must carry out the listed general-planning functions.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. ) ## 65103. Each planning agency shall perform all of the following functions: (a) Prepare, periodically review, and revise, as necessary, the general plan. (b) Implement the general plan through actions including, but not limited to, the administration of specific plans and zoning and subdivision ordinances. (c) Annually review the capital improvement program of the city or county and the local public works projects of other local agencies for their consistency with the general plan, pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 65400). (d) Endeavor to promote public interest in, comment on, and understanding of the general plan, and regulations relating to it. (e) Consult and advise with public officials and agencies, public utility companies, civic, educational, professional, and other organizations, and citizens generally concerning implementation of the general plan. (f) Promote the coordination of local plans and programs with the plans and programs of other public agencies. (g) Perform other functions as the legislative body provides, including conducting studies and preparing plans other than those required or authorized by this title. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2.)
  15. 65103.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. )

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    A local planning agency must make protected architectural drawings available to the public without enabling copying, and it may not post or provide copies of those drawings online except for specific internal or hearing-related uses.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. ) ## 65103.5. (a) In compliance with Section 65102, a local planning agency shall ensure architectural drawings that contain protected information are made available to the public in a manner that does not facilitate their copying, as provided in this section. (b) A local planning agency may maintain official copies of each set of architectural drawings submitted to the agency. Unless permission is granted by the design professional or the owner of the copyright, if different from the design professional, if an official copy of the architectural drawings maintained by the planning agency contains protected information, that copy shall be subject to the following restrictions: (1) It shall be open for inspection and public review only on the premises of the planning agency as a public record. (2) It shall not be copied by a member of the public without the permission of the design professional or the owner of the copyright, if different from the design professional. (3) A local planning agency shall not provide copies of architectural drawings or postarchitectural drawings that contain protected information on the internet. (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a local planning agency may do any of the following regarding architectural drawings that contain protected information: (1) Make copies of the architectural drawings for internal official review by the planning agency, legislative body, government agencies, or other government bodies responsible for the official review of architectural drawings. (2) Distribute copies to members of the legislative body and members of the planning agency’s governing body. Those copies shall not be required to be made available to the public pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code). (3) Display a copy on the internet and a copy physically on premise during a public hearing of the planning agency or legislative body where a development application that incorporates those architectural drawings is being considered by the planning commission or legislative body. (d) A local planning agency may provide a copy of or post a site plan or massing diagram, or both, on the internet and may allow a site plan or massing diagram, or both, to be copied. (e) Upon submission of an official copy of architectural drawings to a local planning agency, the design professional or the owner of the copyright, if different from the design professional, may also submit to the planning agency a site plan or a massing diagram for posting online or for distribution to the public, upon request. If the design professional or the owner of the copyright, if different from the design professional, elects not to submit a site plan or massing diagram upon submission of an official copy of architectural drawings to a local planning agency, permission is deemed granted for the purposes of subdivision (b) and the planning agency shall not be subject to any restrictions on the copying or distribution of those architectural documents. The planning agency, or other governing body, shall not compel such permission. (f) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Massing diagram” means a document that displays the three-dimensional form of a building and describes the general profile, bulk, setbacks, and size of the building, but does not contain specific architectural detail. (2) “Protected information” means an architectural drawing that meets both of the following conditions: (A) It is protected by the federal Copyright Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-553) as amended by the federal Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-650). (B) It contains a copyright annotation indicating it is protected by the federal Copyright Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-553). (3) “Site plan” means a document for a project that is drawn to scale and displays all of the following: (A) Property lines. (B) Setback lines. (C) Easements. (D) Utilities. (E) Driveways. (F) Surrounding streets and traffic flow. (G) Parking lots and parking spaces. (H) Landscaped areas. (I) Setback distance between buildings and property lines. (J) Outline of existing and proposed buildings and structures. (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 29, Sec. 1. (SB 1048) Effective January 1, 2025.)
  16. 65104.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. )

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    The legislative body must provide the planning agency with needed funds, equipment, and accommodations, and any fees it sets for that purpose cannot exceed the reasonable cost of the service.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. ) ## 65104. The legislative body shall provide the funds, equipment, and accommodations necessary or appropriate for the work of the planning agency. If the legislative body, including that of a charter city, establishes any fees to support the work of the planning agency, the fees shall not exceed the reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee is charged. The legislative body shall impose the fees pursuant to Section 66016. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1572, Sec. 7.)
  17. 65105.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. )

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    Planning agency personnel may enter any land to conduct examinations and surveys while performing their functions, so long as they do not interfere with the use of the land by lawful possessors.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. ) ## 65105. In the performance of their functions, planning agency personnel may enter upon any land and make examinations and surveys, provided that the entries, examinations, and surveys do not interfere with the use of the land by those persons lawfully entitled to the possession thereof. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2.)
  18. 65106.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. )

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    Public officials must provide available information to the planning agency when asked, within a reasonable time.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. ) ## 65106. Upon request all public officials shall furnish to the planning agency within a reasonable time any available information as may be required for the work of the planning agency. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 617, Sec. 26.)
  19. 65107.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. )

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    Superior court actions relating to this chapter may be sent to mediation under Chapter 9.3.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Local Planning [65100 - 65107] ( Article 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 690, Sec. 2. ) ## 65107. Any action brought in the superior court relating to this chapter may be subject to a mediation proceeding conducted pursuant to Chapter 9.3 (commencing with Section 66030). (Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 699, Sec. 20. (SB 894) Effective January 1, 2011.)
  20. 6511.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    The agreement must provide for how property acquired through the joint exercise of powers will be disposed of, divided, or distributed.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6511. The agreement shall provide for the disposition, division, or distribution of any property acquired as the result of the joint exercise of powers. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84.)
  21. 6512.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    The agreement must provide that any surplus money left after the purpose is completed is returned in proportion to the contributions made.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6512. The agreement shall provide that after the completion of its purpose, any surplus money on hand shall be returned in proportion to the contributions made. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84.)
  22. 6512.1.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    An agreement for a revenue-producing facility may include repayment or return of contributions and payment of revenues to the parties.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6512.1. If the purpose set forth in the agreement is the acquisition, construction or operation of a revenue-producing facility, the agreement may provide (a) for the repayment or return to the parties of all or any part of any contributions, payments or advances made by the parties pursuant to Section 6504 and (b) for payment to the parties of any sum or sums derived from the revenues of said facilities. Payments, repayments or returns pursuant to this section shall be made at the time and in the manner specified in the agreement and may be made at any time on or prior to the rescission or termination of the agreement or the completion of the purpose of the agreement. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 942.)
  23. 6512.2.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    An agreement for pooling self-insurance claims of local public entities may set rules about termination, repayment of contributions, and returning surplus money.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6512.2. If the purpose set forth in the agreement is to pool the self-insurance claims of two or more local public entities, the agreement may provide that termination by any party to the agreement shall not be construed as a completion of the purpose of the agreement and shall not require the repayment or return to the parties of all or any part of any contributions, payments, or advances made by the parties until the agreement is rescinded or terminated as to all parties. If the purpose set forth in the agreement is to pool the self-insurance claims of two or more local public entities, it shall not be considered an agreement for the purposes of Section 895.2, provided that the agency responsible for carrying out the agreement is a member of the pool and the pool purchases insurance or reinsurance to cover the activities of that agency in carrying out the purposes of the agreement. The agreement may provide that after the completion of its purpose, any surplus money remaining in the pool shall be returned in proportion to the contributions made and the claims or losses paid. (Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 38, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
  24. 6513.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    Public agency officers, agents, and employees keep the same liability protections, legal exemptions, and listed benefits when performing qualifying functions outside their territorial limits under this article.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6513. All of the privileges and immunities from liability, exemptions from laws, ordinances and rules, all pension, relief, disability, workmen’s compensation, and other benefits which apply to the activity of officers, agents or employees of any such public agency when performing their respective functions within the territorial limits of their respective public agencies, shall apply to them to the same degree and extent while engaged in the performance of any of their functions and duties extraterritorially under the provisions of this article. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 560.)
  25. 6514.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    A state department or agency concerned with services or facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities and their families may enter into agreements under this chapter.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6514. A state department or agency concerned with the provisions of services or facilities to persons with intellectual disabilities and their families may enter into agreements under this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 457, Sec. 14. (SB 1381) Effective January 1, 2013.)
  26. 6514.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    Any public agency may enter into agreements with other state agencies, if doing so follows Section 11256.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6514.5. Any public agency may enter into agreements with other state agencies pursuant to the provisions of Section 11256. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 729, Sec. 1.)
  27. 6515.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    This section lets certain joint-powers entities issue revenue bonds for water-related projects, and requires the irrigation district and city to hold their own elections after the resolution is adopted.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6515. In addition to other powers, any agency, commission or board provided for by a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of this chapter between an irrigation district and a city, if such entity has the power to acquire, construct, maintain or operate systems, plants, buildings, works and other facilities and property for the supplying of water for domestic, irrigation, sanitation, industrial, fire protection, recreation or any other public or private uses, may issue revenue bonds pursuant to the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (commencing with Section 54300) to pay the cost and expenses of acquiring, constructing, improving and financing a project for any or all of such purposes. Upon the entity adopting the resolution referred to in Article 3 (commencing with Section 54380) the irrigation district and the city shall implement the same by each conducting the election in its own territory. The proposition authorizing the bonds shall be deemed adopted if it receives the affirmative vote of a majority of all the voters voting on the proposition within the entity. The provisions of this section shall be of no further force and effect after December 31, 1973, unless the entity is unable to accomplish the purpose of this section by reason of litigation, in which case this section shall continue to be effective until the final determination of such litigation and for one year thereafter. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1603. Inoperative on January 1, 1974, or later date prescribed by its own provisions.)
  28. 6516.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    Some public agencies, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and certain counties may enter joint powers agreements to create insurance pooling arrangements for fair-related losses; public entities using this section must also keep a reserve fund.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6516. Public agencies conducting agricultural, livestock, industrial, cultural, or other types of fairs or exhibitions may enter into a joint powers agreement to form an insurance pooling arrangement for the payment of workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, tort liability, public liability, or other losses incurred by those agencies. An insurance and risk pooling arrangement formed in accordance with a joint powers agreement pursuant to this section is not subject to Section 11007.7 of the Government Code. The Department of Food and Agriculture may enter into such a joint powers agreement for the California Exposition and State Fair, district agricultural associations, or citrus fruit fairs, and the department shall have authority to contract with the California Exposition and State Fair, district agricultural associations, or citrus fruit fairs with respect to such a joint powers agreement entered into on behalf of the California Exposition and State Fair, district agricultural association, or citrus fruit fair. Any county contracting with a nonprofit corporation to conduct a fair pursuant to Sections 25905 and 25906 of the Government Code may enter into such a joint powers agreement for a fair conducted by the nonprofit corporation, and shall have authority to contract with a nonprofit corporation with respect to such a joint powers agreement entered into on behalf of the fair of the nonprofit corporation. Any county contracting with a nonprofit corporation to conduct a fair shall assume all workers’ compensation and liability obligations accrued prior to the dissolution or nonrenewal of the nonprofit corporation’s contract with the county. Any public entity entering into a joint powers agreement under this section shall establish or maintain a reserve fund to be used to pay losses incurred under the agreement. The reserve fund shall contain sufficient moneys to maintain the fund on an actuarially sound basis. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 373, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
  29. 6516.3.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    In Orange County, a joint powers agency may issue bonds to buy local agency obligations or make loans to local agencies, and the local agencies may borrow those funds for specified financing purposes.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6516.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a joint powers agency established in Orange County pursuant to a joint powers agreement in accordance with this chapter may issue bonds pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 6540) of this chapter or Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) of this chapter, in order to purchase obligations of local agencies or make loans to local agencies, which moneys the local agencies are hereby authorized to borrow, to finance the local agencies’ unfunded actuarial pension liability or to purchase, or to make loans to finance the purchase of, any obligations arising out of any delinquent assessments or taxes levied on the secured roll by the local agencies, the county, or any other political subdivision of the state. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including Section 53854 or subdivision (d) of Section 4705 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the joint powers agency bonds and the local agency obligations or loans, if any, shall be repaid in the time, manner and amounts, with interest, security, and other terms as agreed to by the county or the local agency and the joint powers authority. (Added by Stats. 1995, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 1. Effective May 15, 1995.)
  30. 6516.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    A qualifying joint powers agency may set up risk-pooling arrangements to pay certain general liability losses, but program payments cannot exceed the amount in the pool for that program.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6516.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a joint powers agency provided for by a joint powers agreement pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of this chapter may create risk pooling arrangements for the payment of general liability losses incurred by participants and exhibitors in fair sponsored programs and special events users of fair facilities, provided that the aggregate payments made under each program shall not exceed the amount available in the pool established for that program. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 507, Sec. 1.)
  31. 6516.6.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    This section lets joint powers agencies and authorities issue bonds and work with local agencies to finance certain delinquent tax or assessment collections, while setting repayment, payment, reporting, cost, and transfer rules.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6516.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a joint powers agency established pursuant to a joint powers agreement in accordance with this chapter may issue bonds pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 6540) or Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584), in order to purchase obligations of local agencies or make loans to local agencies, which moneys the local agencies are hereby authorized to borrow, to finance the local agencies’ unfunded actuarial pension liability or to purchase, or to make loans to finance the purchase of, delinquent assessments or taxes levied on the secured roll by the local agencies, the county, or any other political subdivision of the state. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including Section 53854, the local agency obligations or loans, if any, shall be repaid in the time, manner and amounts, with interest, security, and other terms as agreed to by the local agency and the joint powers authority. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a joint powers authority established pursuant to a joint powers agreement in accordance with this chapter may issue bonds pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 6540) or Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584), in order to purchase or acquire, by sale, assignment, pledge, or other transfer, any or all right, title, and interest of any local agency in and to the enforcement and collection of delinquent and uncollected property taxes, assessments, and other receivables that have been levied by or on behalf of the local agency and placed for collection on the secured, unsecured, or supplemental property tax rolls. Local agencies, including, cities, counties, cities and counties, school districts, redevelopment agencies, and all other special districts that are authorized by law to levy property taxes on the county tax rolls, are hereby authorized to sell, assign, pledge, or otherwise transfer to a joint powers authority any or all of their right, title, and interest in and to the enforcement and collection of delinquent and uncollected property taxes, assessments, and other receivables that have been levied by or on behalf of the local agency for collection on the secured, unsecured, or supplemental property tax rolls in accordance with the terms and conditions that may be set forth in an agreement with a joint powers authority. (c) Notwithstanding Division 1 (commencing with Section 50) of the Revenue and Taxation Code, upon any transfer authorized in subdivision (b), the following shall apply: (1) A local agency shall be entitled to timely payment of all delinquent taxes, assessments, and other receivables collected on its behalf on the secured, unsecured, and supplemental tax rolls, along with all penalties, interest, costs, and other charges thereon, no later than 30 calendar days after the close of the preceding monthly or four-week accounting period during which the delinquencies were paid by or on account of any property owner. (2) Upon its receipt of the delinquent taxes, assessments, and receivables that it had agreed to be transferred, a local agency shall pay those amounts, along with all applicable penalties, interest, costs, and other charges, to the joint powers authority in accordance with the terms and conditions that may be agreed to by the local agency and the joint powers authority. (3) The joint powers authority shall be entitled to assert all right, title, and interest of the local agency in the enforcement and collection of the delinquent taxes, assessments, and receivables, including without limitation, its lien priority, its right to receive the proceeds of delinquent taxes, assessments, and receivables, and its right to receive all penalties, interest, administrative costs, and any other charges, including attorney fees and costs, if otherwise authorized by law to be collected by the local agency. (4) (A) For any school district that participates in a joint powers authority using financing authorized by this section and that does not participate in the alternative method of distribution of tax levies under Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Part 8 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the amount of property tax receipts to be reported in a fiscal year for the district under subdivision (f) of Section 75.70 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or any other similar law requiring reporting of school district property tax receipts, shall be equal to 100 percent of the school district’s allocable share of the taxes distributed to it for the then fiscal year, plus 100 percent of the school district’s share of any delinquent secured and supplemental property taxes assigned from that year and 100 percent of its share of any delinquent secured and supplemental property taxes from any prior years which the school district has assigned to a joint powers authority in that fiscal year, as such delinquent taxes are shown on the delinquent tax roll prescribed by Section 2627 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, on an abstract list if one is kept pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4372) of Part 7 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or other records maintained by the county, plus all other delinquent taxes that the school district has not assigned to a joint powers authority which are collected and distributed to the school district as otherwise provided by law, less any reduction amount required by subparagraph (B). One hundred percent of the school district’s allocable share of the delinquent taxes assigned for the current fiscal year, and 100 percent of the school district’s allocable share of the delinquent taxes assigned for all years prior thereto, as shown on the delinquent roll, abstract list, or other records maintained by the county, whether or not those delinquent taxes are ever collected, shall be paid by the joint powers authority to the county auditor and shall be distributed to the school district by the county auditor in the same time and manner otherwise specified for the distribution of tax revenues generally to school districts pursuant to current law. Any additional amounts shall not be so reported and may be provided directly to a school district by a joint powers authority. (B) When a joint powers authority finances delinquent taxes for a school district pursuant to this section, and continuing as long as adjustments are made to the delinquent taxes previously assigned to a joint powers authority, the school district’s tax receipts to be reported as set forth in subparagraph (A) shall be reduced by the amount of any adjustments made to the school district’s allocable share of taxes shown on the applicable delinquent tax roll, abstract list, if one is kept, or other records maintained by the county, occurring for any reason whatsoever other than redemption, which reduce the amount of the delinquent taxes assigned to the joint powers authority. (C) A joint powers authority financing delinquent school district taxes and related penalties pursuant to this subdivision shall be solely responsible for, and shall pay directly to the county, all reasonable and identifiable administrative costs and expenses of the county which are incurred as a direct result of the compliance of the county tax collector or county auditor, or both, with any new or additional administrative procedures required for the county to comply with this subdivision. Where reasonably possible, the county shall provide a joint powers authority with an estimate of the amount of and basis for any additional administrative costs and expenses within a reasonable time after written request for an estimate. (D) In no event shall the state be responsible or liable for a joint powers authority’s failure to actually pay the amounts required by subparagraphs (A) and (B), nor shall a failure constitute a basis for a claim against the state by a school district, county, or joint powers authority. (E) The phrase “school district,” as used in this section, includes all school districts of every kind or class, including, without limitation, community college districts and county superintendents of school. (d) The powers conferred by this section upon joint powers authorities and local agencies shall be complete, additional, and cumulative to all other powers conferred upon them by law. Except as otherwise required by this section, the agreements authorized by this section need not comply with the requirements of any other laws applicable to the same subject matter. (e) An action to determine the validity of any bonds issued, any joint powers agreements entered into, any related agreements, including, without limitation, any bond indenture or any agreements relating to the sale, assignment, or pledge entered into by a joint powers authority or a local agency, the priority of any lien transferred in accordance with this section, and the respective rights and obligations of any joint powers authority and any party with whom the joint powers authority may contract pursuant to this chapter, may be brought by the joint powers authority pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Any appeal from a judgment in the action shall be commenced within 30 days after entry of judgment. (f) This section shall not be construed to affect the manner in which an agency participates in or withdraws from the alternative distribution method established by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 4701) of Part 8 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (g) Notwithstanding any other law, on and after January 1, 2007, a joint powers authority shall not purchase or acquire, and an Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund shall not sell, assign, pledge, or otherwise transfer to a joint powers authority, the right, title, or interest of an Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund in the enforcement and collection of delinquent and uncollected property tax revenues, assessments, or other receivables placed for collection on the secured, unsecured, or supplemental rolls. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 366, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
  32. 6516.7.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    Certain public agencies and qualifying private child care entities may form a joint powers agreement for insurance pooling, but they must maintain a reserve fund and cannot finance unemployment insurance coverage unless each member separately meets specified requirements.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6516.7. One or more public agencies and one or more private entities that provide child care or operate child day care facilities, as defined in Section 1596.750 of the Health and Safety Code, may enter into a joint powers agreement to form an insurance pooling arrangement for the payment of unemployment compensation or tort liability losses incurred by these public and private entities. A joint powers agency or entity formed pursuant to this section may not elect to finance unemployment insurance coverage under Article 5 (commencing with Section 801) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Unemployment Insurance Code unless each member entity individually satisfies the requirements set forth in Section 801 or 802 of the Unemployment Insurance Code. Either a public agency or private entity entering into a joint powers agreement under this section shall establish or maintain a reserve fund to be used to pay losses incurred under the agreement. The reserve fund shall contain sufficient moneys to maintain the fund on an actuarially sound basis. (Added by renumbering Section 6516.5 (as added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1316) by Stats. 1993, Ch. 726, Sec. 14. Effective October 4, 1993.)
  33. 6516.8.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    Two or more harbor agencies may establish a joint powers authority under the referenced Harbors and Navigation Code provision.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6516.8. Any two or more harbor agencies may establish a joint powers authority pursuant to Part 1 (commencing with Section 1690) of Division 6 of the Harbors and Navigation Code. (Added by renumbering Section 6516.5 (as added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1235) by Stats. 1994, Ch. 146, Sec. 64. Effective January 1, 1995.)
  34. 6516.9.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    A joint powers agency or entity may create and run risk-pooling arrangements for certain losses, and related public agencies and nonprofit or auxiliary organizations may enter joint powers agreements.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6516.9. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a joint powers agency or entity provided for by a joint powers agreement pursuant to this article, the members of which may conduct agricultural, livestock, industrial, cultural, or other types of fairs and exhibitions, or educational programs and activities, may establish and administer risk pooling arrangements for the payment of liability losses, workers’ compensation losses, and other types of losses incurred by members of the joint powers agency or entity and by nonprofit corporations conducting or benefiting agricultural, livestock, industrial, cultural, or other types of fairs and exhibitions, or educational programs and activities, and by members of the joint powers agency or entity and by nonprofit corporations or auxiliary organizations operating facilities, programs, or events at public schools, the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California. For purposes of this section, one or more public agencies and one or more nonprofit corporations or auxiliary organizations operating facilities, programs, or events at public schools, the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California may enter into a joint powers agreement. The joint powers agency or entity may provide the nonprofit corporations with any services or nonrisk pooling programs provided to the agency’s or entity’s members. Aggregate payments made under each risk pooling arrangement shall not exceed the amount available in the pool established for that arrangement. The joint powers agency or entity may establish and administer as many separate risk pooling arrangements as it deems desirable. A liability risk pooling arrangement established pursuant to this section also may provide for the payment of losses incurred by special events users, lessees, and licensees of facilities operated by nonprofit corporations, auxiliary organizations, public schools, the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California and for the payment of losses incurred by employees, participants and exhibitors in programs sponsored by those entities. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 202, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
  35. 6517.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    The Department of General Services may make joint powers agreements for state office-building and parking projects, and the resulting agency can acquire land, build facilities, and issue revenue bonds.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6517. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Department of General Services may enter into a joint powers agreement with any other public agency for the purpose of creating an agency or entity to finance the acquisition of land and the design and construction of state office buildings and parking facilities thereon. The joint powers agency or entity shall have the power to acquire land and construct office and parking facilities and to issue revenue bonds for these purposes. (b) The department may lease state property to, and enter into a lease-purchase agreement with, the joint powers agency or entity on behalf of the State of California for terms not exceeding 50 years. The lease may contain any other terms and conditions which the Director of the Department of General Services determines to be in the best interests of the state. (c) Any joint powers agreement and any agreement between the state and any joint powers agency or entity created pursuant to this section shall be submitted to the Legislature for approval through the budgetary process before execution. (d) This section shall not apply to or in any way limit the powers of any authority authorized under Section 8169.4. (Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 102, Sec. 45. Effective June 28, 1981.)
  36. 6517.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    The agency may advance up to $4,000,000 to help plan a proposed state office building, and the department or authority must decide by June 30, 1987 whether to proceed.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6517.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles may advance funds, not to exceed four million dollars ($4,000,000), to the Department of General Services and the Los Angeles State Office Building Authority to complete plans and prepare bid specifications and related documents for a proposed state office building to be located in the City of Los Angeles between Spring Street, Main Street, Third Avenue, and Fourth Street, subject to the requirements of this section. (b) The department or the authority shall make a determination on whether to proceed with construction of the state office building by June 30, 1987. (c) If the department or the authority determines not to proceed with construction of the state office building, the department shall reimburse the agency by December 31, 1987, from the Special Fund for Capital Outlay, for any and all funds advanced by the agency to the department or to the authority for completing plans, preparing bid documents, and taking other actions, including the employment of legal counsel, relating to the design development phase, construction document phase, and bidding phase for the state office building. (d) If the department or the authority determines to proceed with construction of the state office building, the agency shall be reimbursed for any and all funds advanced by the agency from the bond proceeds or from other financing available for construction of the state office building. (e) The authority may acquire, own, construct, and operate parking facilities to serve the state office building, as the authority may deem to be in the best interests of the people of the State of California. (f) The department and the agency may amend the authority agreement to provide for longer terms of office and to remove the restrictions on the number of terms for the members of the governing board of the authority, as the department and agency may deem appropriate. (g) As used in this section, “funds advanced by the agency” means the principal amount of the agency’s advance. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1302, Sec. 1.)
  37. 6517.6.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    The Department of General Services may make a joint powers agreement for this real-property financing project, but must give advance notices to the Legislature and the California Transportation Commission.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6517.6. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the Department of General Services may enter into a joint powers agreement with any other public agency to finance the acquisition of real property authorized by Section 14015 and all costs incidental or related thereto. The joint powers agency or entity shall have the power to acquire office and parking facilities and to issue certificates of participation as determined by the Treasurer in accordance with Section 14015. (2) Upon the request of the department, the Treasurer is hereby further authorized to serve as treasurer of the joint powers agency established pursuant to this section and to serve as trustee or fiscal agent for the certificates of participation. (3) The department may lease property from, and enter into an agreement with, the joint powers agency or entity created pursuant to subdivision (a) to purchase real property and improvements thereon on behalf of the state for terms not exceeding 25 years. (4) The department shall provide the Legislature with a 30-day notification of intent to advertise for proposals pursuant to this section. The department shall further provide the Legislature and the California Transportation Commission with notification of intent to acquire the real property 30 days prior to the acquisition. (b) Following the acquisition and occupation of the real property being acquired, the Department of Transportation shall sell or cause to be sold the exisiting office building located at 150 Oak Street in the City and County of San Francisco. The proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund to be used to reduce the amount to finance the acquired facility. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1472, Sec. 2. Effective September 28, 1988.)
  38. 6518.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    This section lets a joint powers agency finance or refinance transit equipment, but it also requires specific acknowledgments, approvals, filings, and marking of vehicles.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6518. (a) A joint powers agency, without being subject to any limitations of any party to the joint powers agreement pursuant to Section 6509, may also finance or refinance the acquisition or transfer of transit equipment or transfer federal income tax benefits with respect to any transit equipment by executing agreements, leases, purchase agreements, and equipment trust certificates in the forms customarily used by a private corporation engaged in the transit business to effect purchases of transit equipment, and dispose of the equipment trust certificates by negotiation or public sale upon terms and conditions authorized by the parties to the agreement. Payment for transit equipment, or rentals therefor, may be made in installments, and the deferred installments may be evidenced by equipment trust certificates payable from any source or sources of funds specified in the equipment trust certificates that are authorized by the parties to the agreement. Title to the transit equipment shall not vest in the joint powers agency until the equipment trust certificates are paid. (b) An agency that finances or refinances transit equipment or transfers federal income tax benefits with respect to transit equipment under subdivision (a) may provide in the agreement to purchase or lease transit equipment any of the following: (1) A direction that the vendor or lessor shall sell and assign or lease the transit equipment to a bank or trust company, duly authorized to transact business in the state as trustee, for the benefit and security of the equipment trust certificates. (2) A direction that the trustee shall deliver the transit equipment to one or more designated officers of the entity. (3) An authorization for the joint powers agency to execute and deliver simultaneously therewith an installment purchase agreement or a lease of equipment to the joint powers agency. (c) An agency that finances or refinances transit equipment or transfers federal income tax benefits with respect to transit equipment under subdivision (a) shall do all of the following: (1) Have each agreement or lease duly acknowledged before a person authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds and be acknowledged in the form required for acknowledgment of deeds. (2) Have each agreement, lease, or equipment trust certificate authorized by resolution of the joint powers agency. (3) Include in each agreement, lease, or equipment trust certificate any covenants, conditions, or provisions that may be deemed necessary or appropriate to ensure the payment of the equipment trust certificate from legally available sources of funds, as specified in the equipment trust certificates. (4) Provide that the covenants, conditions, and provisions of an agreement, lease, or equipment trust certificate do not conflict with any of the provisions of any trust agreement securing the payment of any bond, note, or certificate of the joint powers agency. (5) File an executed copy of each agreement, lease, or equipment trust certificate in the office of the Secretary of State, and pay the fee, as set forth in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 12195 of the Government Code, for each copy filed. (d) The Secretary of State may charge a fee for the filing of an agreement, lease, or equipment trust certificate under this section. The agreement, lease, or equipment trust certificate shall be accepted for filing only if it expressly states thereon in an appropriate manner that it is filed under this section. The filing constitutes notice of the agreement, lease, or equipment trust certificate to any subsequent judgment creditor or any subsequent purchaser. (e) Each vehicle purchased or leased under this section shall have the name of the owner or lessor plainly marked on both sides thereof followed by the appropriate words “Owner and Lessor” or “Owner and Vendor,” as the case may be. (Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1000, Sec. 42. Effective January 1, 2000.)
  39. 6519.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    California pledges that it will not change the composition of certain joint powers bond issuers unless the change is approved by the required majority vote.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6519. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State of California does hereby pledge to, and agree with, the holders of bonds issued by any agency or entity created by a joint exercise of powers agreement by and among two or more cities, counties, or cities and counties, that the state will not change the composition of the issuing agency or entity unless such change in composition is authorized by a majority vote of the legislative body of each such city, county, or city and county, or by a majority vote of the qualified electors of each such city, county, or city and county. “Change in composition,” as used in this section, means the addition of any public agency or person to any agency or entity created by a joint exercise of powers agreement pursuant to this chapter, the deletion of any public agency from any such joint powers agency or entity, or the addition to, or deletion from, the governing body of any such joint powers agency, or entity of any public official of any member public agency or other public agency, or any other person. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 170, Sec. 1.)
  40. 6520.1.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    Siskiyou County supervisors and city councils may form a joint powers agency to run and improve the Randolph E. Collier Safety Roadside Rest Area and use it as an interpretive center.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6520.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the Board of Supervisors of Siskiyou County and the city councils of the cities within Siskiyou County may create, by joint powers agreement, the Collier Interpretive and Information Center Agency to construct, improve, finance, lease, maintain, and operate the Randolph E. Collier Safety Roadside Rest Area as an information and safety rest facility and to expand the use of the site into a cultural, tourist, river fisheries, water, natural resource, and aquatic habitat interpretive center. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 1993.)
  41. 6522.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    A state department or agency that enters a joint powers agreement to create a joint powers agency must make specified participation goals part of the agreement and apply them to the agency’s contracts.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6522. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any state department or agency entering into a joint powers agreement with a federal, county, or city government or agency or public district in order to create a joint powers agency, shall ensure that the participation goals specified in Section 16850 and Section 10115 of the Public Contract Code and in Article 6 (commencing with Section 999) of Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code become a part of the agreement, and shall apply to contracts executed by the joint powers agency. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1214, Sec. 1.)
  42. 6523.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    The West Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency is authorized to carry out flood-control purposes, use certain reclamation-district powers, create indebtedness before January 1, 2009, and continue levying special assessments to repay that debt.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6523. (a) The West Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, a joint powers entity that is created pursuant to an agreement entered into, in accordance with this article, by the City of West Sacramento, Reclamation District No. 537, and Reclamation District No. 900 is granted the authority to accomplish the purposes and projects necessary to achieve and maintain at least a 200-year level of flood protection, and may exercise the authority granted to reclamation districts under Part 7 (commencing with Section 51200) and Part 8 (commencing with Section 52100) of Division 15 of the Water Code for the purposes of Sections 12670.2, 12670.3, and 12670.4 of the Water Code. (b) Prior to January 1, 2009, the agency may create indebtedness and thereafter continue to levy special assessments to repay that indebtedness for the purposes described in subdivision (a), pursuant to any of the following provisions: (1) The Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Streets and Highways Code). (2) The Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Division 12 (commencing with Section 1000) of the Streets and Highways Code). (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 553, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
  43. 6523.10.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    A private nonprofit hospital in El Dorado County may join a joint powers agreement with a public agency, but emergency services cannot be reduced or eliminated because of the agreement unless there is a public hearing, with at least 14 days’ notice to affected communities.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6523.10. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of El Dorado may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500. (b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes. (c) This section shall not be construed to grant any power to a nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. This section shall not permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 124, Sec. 1. (AB 545) Effective January 1, 2018.)
  44. 6523.11.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    A private nonprofit hospital in Santa Barbara County may enter a joint powers agreement with a public agency, but emergency services cannot be reduced or eliminated because of the agreement unless there is a public hearing, with 14 days’ public notice and a description of the proposed changes.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6523.11. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of Santa Barbara may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500. (b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes. (c) This section shall not be construed to grant any power to a nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. This section shall not permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section. (Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 706, Sec. 1. (AB 653) Effective January 1, 2019.)
  45. 6523.4.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    Selma Community Hospital may enter a joint powers agreement with specified public hospital districts, but the authority’s activities are limited and emergency services cannot be reduced or eliminated without a public hearing.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6523.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Selma Community Hospital, a private, nonprofit hospital in Fresno County, may enter into a joint powers agreement with one or more of the following public agencies: (1) The Alta Hospital District. (2) The Kingsburg Hospital District. (3) The Sierra-Kings Hospital District. (b) The joint powers authority created pursuant to subdivision (a) may perform only the following functions: (1) Engage in joint planning for health care services. (2) Allocate health care services among the different facilities operated by the hospitals. (3) Engage in joint purchasing, joint development, and joint ownership of health care delivery and financing programs. (4) Consolidate or eliminate duplicative administrative, clinical, and medical services. (5) Engage in joint contracting and negotiations with health plans. (6) Take cooperative actions in order to provide for the health care needs of the residents of the communities they serve. (c) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes. (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any power to any nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. Nothing in this section shall permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section. (e) Nothing in this section shall authorize activities that corporations and other artificial legal entities are prohibited from conducting by Section 2400 of the Business and Professions Code. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 55, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
  46. 6523.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    A private nonprofit hospital in Contra Costa County may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6523.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of Contra Costa may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2001.)
  47. 6523.6.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    A private nonprofit hospital in Tulare County may enter a joint powers agreement with a public agency. If emergency services could be reduced or eliminated because of the agreement, that cannot happen without a public hearing, and the authority must give at least 14 days’ public notice.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6523.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of Tulare may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500. (b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any power to any nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. Nothing in this section shall permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2001.)
  48. 6523.7.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    A private nonprofit hospital in Kings County may join a joint powers agreement with a public agency, but participating parties may not cut emergency services without a public hearing, and the authority must give at least 14 days’ public notice of that hearing.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6523.7. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of Kings may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500. (b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any power to any nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. Nothing in this section shall permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2001.)
  49. 6523.8.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    A Tuolumne County nonprofit hospital may enter a joint powers agreement with a public agency, but emergency services cannot be reduced or eliminated because of the agreement without a public hearing, and public notice of that hearing must be given at least 14 days in advance.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6523.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a nonprofit hospital in the County of Tuolumne may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500. (b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. (c) The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes. (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any power to any nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. Nothing in this section shall permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 227, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
  50. 6523.9.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    A nonprofit hospital in San Diego County may enter a joint powers agreement with a public agency, but participating hospitals and agencies cannot reduce or eliminate emergency services without a public hearing, and the authority must give at least 14 days’ public notice.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6523.9. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a nonprofit hospital in the County of San Diego may enter into a joint powers agreement with any public agency, as defined in Section 6500. (b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. (c) The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes. (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any power to any nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. Nothing in this section shall permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section. (Added by renumbering Section 6523.75 by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2001.)
  51. 6524.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    A private nonprofit children’s hospital in a county of the third class may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6524. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit children’s hospital in a county of the third class may enter into a joint powers agreement with any public agency, as defined in Section 6500. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 212, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
  52. 6525.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    Mutual water companies may enter joint powers agreements with public agencies. Water corporations face conditions, filing duties, and limits when joining risk-pooling agreements, and the Public Utilities Commission may block a join if customers would not benefit more than under the current insurance policy.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6525. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a mutual water company may enter into a joint powers agreement with any public agency for the purpose of jointly exercising any power common to the contracting parties. (b) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a mutual water company and a public agency, or a water corporation, a mutual water company, and one or more public agencies, may enter into a joint powers agreement for the purpose of risk pooling in accordance with Section 990.8, provided that the agreement shall ensure that no participating public agency becomes responsible for the underlying debts or liabilities of the joint powers agency, and shall indemnify any participating public agency against those debts and liabilities. (2) A joint powers agency established pursuant to this subdivision shall solely utilize any revenues it generates through the insurance provided to its members under this section for its necessary operating expenses, and to provide technical support, continuing education, safety engineering, and operational and managerial advisory assistance to its members for the purpose of reducing risk liabilities and furthering the technical managerial and financial capacity of those members. (3) (A) A water corporation shall not enter into a joint powers agreement for the purpose of risk pooling in accordance with Section 990.8, unless a mutual water company is already a party to that agreement and the joint powers agency is eligible, pursuant to subparagraph (B). (B) An eligible joint powers agency shall be 100 percent reinsured with no joint and several liability, no assessments, and no financial liability attributable to the participating members irrespective of whether they are public, nonprofit, or for-profit agencies. (4) A joint powers agency created pursuant to this subdivision that includes a water corporation shall not join any other joint powers agencies or public agencies or exercise any powers, except as described in this subdivision. (5) (A) Before a water corporation can enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to this subdivision, the water corporation shall submit an information filing to the Public Utilities Commission that includes three years of historical insurance costs and current-year estimated insurance costs. (B) The Public Utilities Commission shall not allow a water corporation to join a joint powers agency for insurance coverage if there are no greater benefits to the customers of the water corporation than are provided by the water corporation’s current insurance policy. (6) If a water corporation enters into a joint powers agreement pursuant to this subdivision, the water corporation shall ensure any cost savings or expansion of insurance coverage attributable to its membership in the joint powers agency shall be used solely to reduce rates, improve service, or both, for California customers of the water corporation. (7) If a water corporation enters into a joint powers agreement pursuant to this subdivision, the water corporation shall submit an annual information filing to the Public Utilities Commission and the joint powers agency that reports both of the following: (A) The estimated level of savings resulting from its membership in the joint powers agency, including three years of historical insurance costs, estimated current-year insurance costs resulting from membership in the joint powers agency, and estimated current-year costs for obtaining comparable coverage on the private insurance market, if available. (B) How the savings described in subparagraph (A) was used to benefit customers of the water corporation. (c) For purposes of this section: (1) “Mutual water company” has the same meaning as defined in Section 14300 of the Corporations Code. (2) “Water corporation” has the same meaning as defined in Section 241 of the Public Utilities Code. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 151, Sec. 2. (AB 428) Effective January 1, 2026.)
  53. 65250.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Long Range Planning Trust Fund [65250- 65250.] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 937, Sec. 1. )

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    A large city may create a Long Range Planning Trust Fund by resolution, and the fund money may be used only for long-term land use planning and general plan revisions.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 4. Long Range Planning Trust Fund [65250- 65250.] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 937, Sec. 1. ) ## 65250. (a) A city with a population in excess of three million may establish a Long Range Planning Trust Fund in accordance with subdivision (b) to consist of those moneys that are voluntarily paid by an assessee of real property on the property tax bill in an amount equal to one dollar ($1) for each parcel of assessed real property of one acre or less, or one dollar ($1) per acre, and any additional fractional portion thereof, for each parcel of assessed real property of more than one acre, and are collected and deposited pursuant to an agreement as described in subdivision (d). (b) A city as described in subdivision (a) shall establish a Long Range Planning Trust Fund by a resolution, adopted by a majority vote of the city’s governing body. That resolution shall require that moneys in the fund shall be expended upon the vote of that city’s governing body only for purposes of long-term land use planning and general plan revisions. (c) Upon adoption of a resolution pursuant to subdivision (b), a city may solicit voluntary contributions as described in subdivision (a), and upon receiving authorization to collect a contribution by an assessee of real property, may transmit to the county assessor, county auditor, and county tax collector any information regarding the assessee that may be necessary to collect the contribution pursuant to an agreement as specified in subdivision (d). (d) The county assessor, county auditor, county tax collector and the adopting city may enter into a joint agreement for the collection and allocation of voluntary contributions as described in subdivision (a), that may provide for the collection of contributions by the tax collector. The agreement shall provide for the allocation to the county assessor, county auditor, and tax collector from moneys collected of amounts equal to the actual and reasonable costs incurred by those persons in collecting and allocating contributions. (Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 589, Sec. 78. Effective January 1, 1994.)
  54. 6526.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    Certain member public agencies may use powers granted by the joint powers agreements for these entities, even if they did not sign the agreements or are not otherwise authorized by law, when doing so promotes efficient administration.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6526. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any public agency that is a member of the South East Regional Reclamation Authority, the Aliso Water Management Agency, the South Orange County Reclamation Authority, or the San Juan Basin Authority may exercise any power granted to those entities by any of the joint powers agreements creating those entities, whether or not that public agency is a signatory to any of these joint powers agreements granting that power or is otherwise authorized by law to exercise that power, for the purpose of promoting efficiency in the administration of these joint powers entities. (Added by renumbering Section 6524 (as added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 230) by Stats. 1995, Ch. 91, Sec. 44. Effective January 1, 1996.)
  55. 6527.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    This section allows certain health care districts and related nonprofit providers to participate in joint powers risk-pooling arrangements, but only with required public findings, reserve-fund support, and other limits.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6527. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where two or more health care districts have joined together to pool their self-insurance claims or losses, a nonprofit corporation that provides health care services that may be carried out by a health care district may participate in the pool, provided that its participation in an existing joint powers agreement, as authorized by this section, shall be permitted only after the public agency members, or public agency representatives on the governing body of the joint powers entity make a finding, at a public meeting, that the agreement provides both of the following: (1) The primary activities conducted under the joint powers agreement will be substantially related to and in furtherance of the governmental purposes of the public agency. (2) The public agency participants will maintain control over the activities conducted under the joint powers agreement through public agency control over governance, management, or ownership of the joint powers authority. (b) Any public agency or private entity entering into a joint powers agreement under this section shall establish or maintain a reserve fund to be used to pay losses incurred under the agreement. The reserve fund shall contain sufficient moneys to maintain the fund on an actuarially sound basis. (c) In any risk pooling arrangement created under this section, the aggregate payments made under each program shall not exceed the amount available in the pool established for that program. (d) A public meeting shall be held prior to the dissolution or termination of any enterprise operating under this section to consider the disposition, division, or distribution of any property acquired as a result of exercise of the joint exercise of powers. (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to do any of the following: (1) Relieve a public benefit corporation that is a health facility from charitable trust obligations. (2) Exempt a public benefit corporation that is a health facility from existing law governing joint ventures, or the sale, transfer, lease, exchange, option, conveyance, or other disposition of assets. (3) Grant any power to any private, nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. (4) Permit any entity, other than a private, nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section. (5) Permit an agency or entity created pursuant to a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to this section to act in a manner inconsistent with the laws that apply to public agencies, including, but not limited to, the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000)), the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5), and the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000)). (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Self-Insurers’ Security Fund established pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 3740) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code shall owe no duties or obligations to any entity that participates as a party to an agreement authorized pursuant to this section, or to its employees, and shall not be required, under any circumstances, to assume the workers’ compensation liabilities of this entity if it becomes insolvent or otherwise unable to pay those liabilities. (g) For purposes of this section, “self-insurance claims or losses” includes, but is not limited to, claims or losses incurred pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 3700) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 145. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
  56. 6528.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    A charter school may be treated as a public agency for eligibility to join a joint powers agreement for risk-pooling.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6528. A charter school, including a charter school organized pursuant to Section 47604 of the Education Code, may be considered a public agency, as defined in Section 6500, for the purpose of being eligible for membership in a joint powers agreement for risk-pooling. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 14, Sec. 1. Effective May 5, 2000.)
  57. 6529.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    This section lets the Elk Valley Rancheria Tribal Council and the Smith River Rancheria Tribal Council enter certain joint powers agreements, and treats them as public agencies for this chapter. It also limits bond authority for the joint powers authorities created under this section after January 1, 2004, unless the listed ownership and revenue conditions are met.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6529. (a) (1) The Elk Valley Rancheria Tribal Council, as the governing body of the Elk Valley Rancheria, California, a federally recognized Indian tribe, may enter into a joint powers agreement with the County of Del Norte and the City of Crescent City, or both, and shall be deemed to be a public agency for purposes of this chapter. (2) The Smith River Rancheria Tribal Council, as the governing body of the Smith River Rancheria, California, a federally recognized Indian tribe, may enter into a joint powers agreement to participate in the Border Coast Regional Airport Authority, and may also enter into a joint powers agreement with the County of Del Norte and the City of Crescent City, or both, to assist, facilitate, develop, or enhance sewer, stormwater, drinking water, or transportation services, and, for those purposes, shall be deemed to be a public agency for purposes of this chapter. (b) On and after January 1, 2004, the joint powers authorities created pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not have the power to authorize or issue bonds pursuant to the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) of Chapter 5 of Division 7) unless the public improvements to be funded by the bonds will be owned and maintained by the authorities or one or more of its public agency members, and the revenue streams pledged to repay the bonds derive from the authorities or one or more of its public agency members. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 85, Sec. 1. (AB 798) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  58. 6529.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    A joint powers authority that includes a federally recognized Indian tribe may not authorize or issue certain bonds unless the funded improvements will be owned and maintained by the authority or its public agency members, and the repayment revenue comes from specified public sources.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6529.5. (a) Any joint powers authority that includes a federally recognized Indian tribe shall not have the authority to authorize or issue bonds pursuant to the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584)) unless the public improvements to be funded by the bonds will be owned and maintained by the authority or one or more of its public agency members, and the revenue streams pledged to repay the bonds derive from the authority, one or more of its public agency members, or any governmental or public fund or account the proceeds of which may be used for that purpose. (b) As used in this section, “governmental or public fund or account” includes, but is not limited to, any fund or account that is funded by moneys or revenue streams derived from, held by, belonging to, due to, or otherwise held for the benefit of, one or more public agency members, but shall not include any fund or account that is funded by any grants distributed pursuant to Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 12710) of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 266, Sec. 2. (AB 307) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  59. 65300.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    Planning agencies must prepare, and county and city legislative bodies must adopt, a comprehensive long-term general plan; chartered cities must adopt plans that include the mandatory elements in Section 65302.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65300. Each planning agency shall prepare and the legislative body of each county and city shall adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the county or city, and of any land outside its boundaries which in the planning agency’s judgment bears relation to its planning. Chartered cities shall adopt general plans which contain the mandatory elements specified in Section 65302. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 3.)
  60. 65300.2.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    This section defines “200-year flood plain” and “levee protection zone” for this article.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65300.2. (a) For the purposes of this article, a “200-year flood plain” is an area that has a 1 in 200 chance of flooding in any given year, based on hydrological modeling and other engineering criteria accepted by the Department of Water Resources. (b) For the purposes of this article, a “levee protection zone” is an area that is protected, as determined by the Central Valley Flood Protection Board or the Department of Water Resources, by a levee that is part of the facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control, as defined under Section 5096.805 of the Public Resources Code. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 369, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
  61. 65300.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    This section states that a general plan and its elements should be treated as an integrated, internally consistent, and compatible set of policies, and that this article is intended to support climate and environmental objectives.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65300.5. (a) In construing the provisions of this article, the Legislature intends that the general plan and elements and parts thereof comprise an integrated, internally consistent and compatible statement of policies for the adopting agency. (b) The Legislature intends that the provisions of this article, as stated in paragraph (4) of subdivision (g) of Section 65302, support and encourage communities in reaching the state’s environmental and climate objectives. Climate change causes catastrophic threats to lives, property, and resources in California, and continues to affect all parts of the Californian economy and environment. This provision is intended to encourage measures that enable communities to adapt to the impacts of climate change including, but not limited to, higher average temperatures, decreased air and water quality, the spread of infectious and vectorborne diseases, other public health impacts, extreme weather events, sea level rise, flooding, heat waves, wildfires, and drought. (Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 710, Sec. 1. (SB 932) Effective January 1, 2023.)
  62. 65300.7.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    Planning agencies and legislative bodies should implement this article in a way that fits local conditions and circumstances while still meeting the article’s minimum requirements.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65300.7. The Legislature finds that the diversity of the state’s communities and their residents requires planning agencies and legislative bodies to implement this article in ways that accommodate local conditions and circumstances, while meeting its minimum requirements. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 837.)
  63. 65300.9.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    The Legislature states that California cities and counties differ in their ability to respond to state planning laws and that this chapter is intended to give each city and county an opportunity to coordinate local budget planning and local planning for federal and state program activities with land use planning.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65300.9. The Legislature recognizes that the capacity of California cities and counties to respond to state planning laws varies due to the legal differences between cities and counties, both charter and general law, and to differences among them in physical size and characteristics, population size and density, fiscal and administrative capabilities, land use and development issues, and human needs. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide an opportunity for each city and county to coordinate its local budget planning and local planning for federal and state program activities, such as community development, with the local land use planning process, recognizing that each city and county is required to establish its own appropriate balance in the context of the local situation when allocating resources to meet these purposes. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 3.5.)
  64. 65301.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    A general plan must be prepared so the legislative body can adopt all or part of it for the county, city, or related outside territory, and it must address the Section 65302 elements when those subjects exist in the planning area.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65301. (a) The general plan shall be so prepared that all or individual elements of it may be adopted by the legislative body, and so that it may be adopted by the legislative body for all or part of the territory of the county or city and any other territory outside its boundaries that in its judgment bears relation to its planning. The general plan may be adopted in any format deemed appropriate or convenient by the legislative body, including the combining of elements. The legislative body may adopt all or part of a plan of another public agency in satisfaction of all or part of the requirements of Section 65302 if the plan of the other public agency is sufficiently detailed and its contents are appropriate, as determined by the legislative body, for the adopting city or county. (b) The general plan may be adopted as a single document or as a group of documents relating to subjects or geographic segments of the planning area. (c) The general plan shall address each of the elements specified in Section 65302 to the extent that the subject of the element exists in the planning area. The degree of specificity and level of detail of the discussion of each element shall reflect local conditions and circumstances. However, this section shall not affect the requirements of subdivision (c) of Section 65302, nor be construed to expand or limit the authority of the Department of Housing and Community Development to review housing elements pursuant to Section 65585 of this code or Section 50459 of the Health and Safety Code. The requirements of this section shall apply to charter cities. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 890, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
  65. 65301.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    Adopting a general plan, any part of it, or an amendment to it is treated as a legislative act and may be reviewed under Code of Civil Procedure section 1085.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65301.5. The adoption of the general plan or any part or element thereof or the adoption of any amendment to such plan or any part or element thereof is a legislative act which shall be reviewable pursuant to Section 1085 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 837.)
  66. 65302.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    This section requires a general plan to include specified planning elements and sets detailed content rules for land use, circulation, conservation, noise, safety, and environmental justice elements.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65302. The general plan shall consist of a statement of development policies and shall include a diagram or diagrams and text setting forth objectives, principles, standards, and plan proposals. The plan shall include the following elements: (a) A land use element that designates the proposed general distribution and general location and extent of the uses of the land for housing, business, industry, open space, including agriculture, natural resources, recreation, and enjoyment of scenic beauty, education, public buildings and grounds, solid and liquid waste disposal facilities, greenways, as defined in Section 816.52 of the Civil Code, and other categories of public and private uses of land. The location and designation of the extent of the uses of the land for public and private uses shall consider the identification of land and natural resources pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (d). The land use element shall include a statement of the standards of population density and building intensity recommended for the various districts and other territory covered by the plan. The land use element shall identify and annually review those areas covered by the plan that are subject to flooding identified by flood plain mapping prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or the Department of Water Resources. The land use element shall also do both of the following: (1) Designate in a land use category that provides for timber production those parcels of real property zoned for timberland production pursuant to the California Timberland Productivity Act of 1982 (Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 51100) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5). (2) Consider the impact of new growth on military readiness activities carried out on military bases, installations, and operating and training areas, when proposing zoning ordinances or designating land uses covered by the general plan for land, or other territory adjacent to military facilities, or underlying designated military aviation routes and airspace. (A) In determining the impact of new growth on military readiness activities, information provided by military facilities shall be considered. Cities and counties shall address military impacts based on information from the military and other sources. (B) The following definitions govern this paragraph: (i) “Military readiness activities” mean all of the following: (I) Training, support, and operations that prepare the members of the military for combat. (II) Operation, maintenance, and security of any military installation. (III) Testing of military equipment, vehicles, weapons, and sensors for proper operation or suitability for combat use. (ii) “Military installation” means a base, camp, post, station, yard, center, homeport facility for any ship, or other activity under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Defense as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of Section 2687 of Title 10 of the United States Code. (b) (1) A circulation element consisting of the general location and extent of existing and proposed major thoroughfares, transportation routes, terminals, any military airports and ports, and other local public utilities and facilities, all correlated with the land use element of the plan. (2) (A) Commencing January 1, 2011, upon any substantive revision of the circulation element, the legislative body shall modify the circulation element to plan for a balanced, multimodal transportation network that meets the needs of all users of streets, roads, and highways for safe and convenient travel in a manner that is suitable to the rural, suburban, or urban context of the general plan. (B) Upon any substantive revision of the circulation element on or after January 1, 2025, the legislative body shall do all of the following: (i) Incorporate the principles of the Federal Highway Administration’s Safe System Approach, in the circulation element by including policies that aim to eliminate fatal and serious injuries for all road users through a holistic view of the roadway system, including provisions that account for human error, recognize vulnerable road users, and promote redundant and proactive safety measures. (ii) Develop bicycle plans, pedestrian plans, and traffic calming plans based on the policies and goals in the circulation element that shall address all of the following for any urbanized area within the scope of the general plan: (I) Identify safety corridors and any land or facility that generates high concentrations of bicyclists or pedestrians. (II) Use evidence-based strategies, including strategies identified in the United States Department of Transportation’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan to develop safety measures specific to those areas that are intended to eliminate traffic fatalities, with an emphasis on fatalities of bicyclists, pedestrians, and users of any other form of micromobility device in the areas identified in subclause (I). (III) Set goals for initiation and completion of all actions identified in the plans within 25 years of the date of adoption of the modified circulation element based upon projected development activities within urbanized areas within the scope of the general plan and projected availability of revenues. (C) (i) A county or city shall begin implementation of the modified circulation element plan specified in subparagraph (B) within two years of the date of adoption of the plan. (ii) A county or city shall regularly review the progress towards and identify impediments to completing implementation of the plan for a multimodal transportation network, including all bicycle plans, pedestrian plans, and traffic calming plans iterated in the modified circulation element, and the construction of any related infrastructure. (iii) A county or city shall consider revising the circulation element if, following the review under clause (ii), the county or city determines it will not reach the goals of the bicycle, pedestrian, or traffic calming plans within 25 years of the date of adoption of the modified circulation element. (D) For the purposes of this paragraph, the following definitions shall apply: (i) “Business activity district” has the same meaning as defined in Section 22358.9 of the Vehicle Code. (ii) “Land facilities that generate high concentrations of bicyclists or pedestrians” has the same meaning as described in Section 22358.7 of the Vehicle Code. (iii) “Micromobility device” means a bicycle, electric bicycle, or motorized scooter as those terms are defined and described in Division 1 (commencing with Section 100) of the Vehicle Code. (iv) “Safety corridor” has the same meaning as defined in Section 22358.7 of the Vehicle Code. (v) “Urbanized area” has the same meaning as defined in Section 21071 of the Public Resources Code. (E) For purposes of this paragraph, “users of streets, roads, and highways” mean bicyclists, children, persons with disabilities, motorists, movers of commercial goods, pedestrians, users of public transportation, and seniors. (c) A housing element as provided in Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580). (d) (1) A conservation element for the conservation, development, and utilization of natural resources, including water and its hydraulic force, forests, soils, rivers and other waters, harbors, fisheries, wildlife, minerals, and other natural resources. The conservation element shall consider the effect of development within the jurisdiction, as described in the land use element, on natural resources located on public lands, including military installations. The conservation element shall consider the effect of development within the jurisdiction, as described in the land use element, on the movement of wildlife and habitat connectivity. That portion of the conservation element including waters shall be developed in coordination with any countywide water agency and with all district and city agencies, including flood management, water conservation, or groundwater agencies that have developed, served, controlled, managed, or conserved water of any type for any purpose in the county or city for which the plan is prepared. Coordination shall include the discussion and evaluation of any water supply and demand information described in Section 65352.5, if that information has been submitted by the water agency to the city or county. (2) The conservation element may also cover all of the following: (A) The reclamation of land and waters. (B) Prevention and control of the pollution of streams and other waters. (C) Regulation of the use of land in stream channels and other areas required for the accomplishment of the conservation plan. (D) Prevention, control, and correction of the erosion of soils, beaches, and shores. (E) Protection of watersheds. (F) The location, quantity, and quality of the rock, sand, and gravel resources. (3) Upon the next revision of the housing element on or after January 1, 2009, the conservation element shall identify rivers, creeks, streams, flood corridors, riparian habitats, and land that may accommodate floodwater for purposes of groundwater recharge and stormwater management. (4) Upon the adoption or next revision of one or more elements on or after January 1, 2028, the conservation element shall be updated to: (A) Identify and analyze connectivity areas, permeability, and natural landscape areas within the jurisdiction, as those terms are defined in Section 158 of the Streets and Highways Code. (B) Identify and analyze existing or planned wildlife passage features, as defined in Section 158 of the Streets and Highways Code, including, but not limited to, wildlife passage features included in the inventory of connectivity needs on the state highway system, as described in Section 158.1 of the Streets and Highways Code, to ensure that planned development does not undermine the effectiveness of existing and potential wildlife passage features, as defined in Section 158 of the Streets and Highways Code. (C) (i) Consider the impacts of development and the barriers caused by development to wildlife and habitat connectivity. (ii) For the purposes of this subparagraph, “wildlife” has the same meaning as defined in Section 89.5 of the Fish and Game Code. (D) Avoid, minimize, or mitigate impacts and barriers to wildlife movement to the extent feasible. (E) Analyze and consider opportunities to remediate existing barriers to wildlife connectivity and restore degraded habitat and open space. (5) If a city, county, or city and county has already included policies in existing plans, including its certified local coastal plan, that meet the requirements of paragraph (4), the city, county, or city and county may incorporate the plan by reference into the general plan to comply with this section. (6) In preparing to update the conservation element, the city, county, or city and county may do any of the following: (A) Consider incorporating appropriate standards, policies, and feasible implementation programs such as wildlife-friendly fencing and lighting, buffers from sensitive resources, prohibitions on invasive plants, habitat connectivity overlay zones, and compact development standards, or consider whether adoption of ordinances is necessary to feasibly implement these standards, policies, and implementation programs, and include goals to adopt any necessary ordinances. (B) Consult with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, any California Native American tribe that is on the contact list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission and that has traditional lands located within the city, county, or city and county’s jurisdiction, and any open-space district that owns lands designated for conservation within the city, county, or city and county’s jurisdiction. Upon receiving a request for consultation, the department, tribe, or district may, in its sole discretion, accept or refuse to consult, based on the priority of natural resources impacted or other factors. (C) Consider relevant best available science as appropriate, including, but not limited to, peer-reviewed literature, citable publicly available datasets, publicly sourced online datasets, and information and reports from government agencies, California Native American tribes, and academic institutions. (D) Consider the most appropriately scaled scientific information on linkages, corridors, and other locations that are essential to maintain landscape connectivity, including, but not limited to, any of the following: (i) Habitat linkages and wildlife corridors, such as those identified and summarized in the Areas of Conservation Emphasis, as defined by subdivision (a) of Section 1851 of the Fish and Game Code, and in regional habitat connectivity assessments. (ii) Wildlife corridors, such as migration corridors identified by global positioning system collar studies. (iii) Wildlife movement barriers, such as connectivity areas, as defined by subdivision (a) of Section 158 of the Street and Highways Code, and barriers identified by the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Restoring California’s Wildlife Connectivity report. (iv) Other connectivity considerations, such as those outlined in the State Wildlife Action Plan, habitat conservation plans approved pursuant to Section 1539 of Title 16 of the United States Code, natural community conservation plans approved pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 2800) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code, regional conservation investment strategies approved pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 1850) of Division 2 of the Fish and Game Code, and other relevant plans, policies, and ordinances adopted by neighboring jurisdictions. (7) In preparing to update the conservation element, the city, county, or city and county may consult with other appropriate local, state, or federal agencies, or academic institutions, as deemed appropriate by the city or county. (8) The city, county, or city and county may meet the requirements in paragraphs (4) through (6), inclusive, in a separate component or section of the general plan entitled a wildlife connectivity element. (e) An open-space element as provided in Article 10.5 (commencing with Section 65560). (f) (1) A noise element that shall identify and appraise noise problems in the community. The noise element shall analyze and quantify, to the extent practicable, as determined by the legislative body, current and projected noise levels for all of the following sources: (A) Highways and freeways. (B) Primary arterials and major local streets. (C) Passenger and freight online railroad operations and ground rapid transit systems. (D) Commercial, general aviation, heliport, helistop, and military airport operations, aircraft overflights, jet engine test stands, and all other ground facilities and maintenance functions related to airport operation. (E) Local industrial plants, including, but not limited to, railroad classification yards. (F) Other ground stationary noise sources, including, but not limited to, military installations, identified by local agencies as contributing to the community noise environment. (2) Noise contours shall be shown for all of these sources and stated in terms of community noise equivalent level (CNEL) or day-night average sound level (Ldn). The noise contours shall be prepared on the basis of noise monitoring or following generally accepted noise modeling techniques for the various sources identified in subparagraphs (A) to (F) of paragraph (1), inclusive. (3) The noise contours shall be used as a guide for establishing a pattern of land uses in the land use element that minimizes the exposure of community residents to excessive noise. (4) The noise element shall include implementation measures and possible solutions that address existing and foreseeable noise problems, if any. The adopted noise element shall serve as a guideline for compliance with the state’s noise insulation standards. (g) (1) A safety element for the protection of the community from any unreasonable risks associated with the effects of seismically induced surface rupture, ground shaking, ground failure, tsunami, seiche, and dam failure; slope instability leading to mudslides and landslides; subsidence; liquefaction; and other seismic hazards identified pursuant to Chapter 7.8 (commencing with Section 2690) of Division 2 of the Public Resources Code, and other geologic hazards known to the legislative body; flooding; and wildland and urban fires. The safety element shall include mapping of known seismic and other geologic hazards. It shall also address evacuation routes, military installations, peakload water supply requirements, and minimum road widths and clearances around structures, as those items relate to identified fire and geologic hazards. (2) The safety element, upon the next revision of the housing element on or after January 1, 2009, shall also do the following: (A) Identify information regarding flood hazards, including, but not limited to, the following: (i) Flood hazard zones. As used in this subdivision, “flood hazard zone” means an area subject to flooding that is delineated as either a special hazard area or an area of moderate or minimal hazard on an official flood insurance rate map issued by FEMA. The identification of a flood hazard zone does not imply that areas outside the flood hazard zones or uses permitted within flood hazard zones will be free from flooding or flood damage. (ii) National Flood Insurance Program maps published by FEMA. (iii) Information about flood hazards that is available from the United States Army Corps of Engineers. (iv) Designated floodway maps that are available from the Central Valley Flood Protection Board. (v) Dam failure inundation maps prepared pursuant to Section 6161 of the Water Code that are available from the Department of Water Resources. (vi) Awareness Floodplain Mapping Program maps and 200-year flood plain maps that are or may be available from, or accepted by, the Department of Water Resources. (vii) Maps of levee protection zones. (viii) Areas subject to inundation in the event of the failure of project or nonproject levees or floodwalls. (ix) Historical data on flooding, including locally prepared maps of areas that are subject to flooding, areas that are vulnerable to flooding after wildfires, and sites that have been repeatedly damaged by flooding. (x) Existing and planned development in flood hazard zones, including structures, roads, utilities, and essential public facilities. (xi) Local, state, and federal agencies with responsibility for flood protection, including special districts and local offices of emergency services. (B) Establish a set of comprehensive goals, policies, and objectives based on the information identified pursuant to subparagraph (A), for the protection of the community from the unreasonable risks of flooding, including, but not limited to: (i) Avoiding or minimizing the risks of flooding to new development. (ii) Evaluating whether new development should be located in flood hazard zones, and identifying construction methods or other methods to minimize damage if new development is located in flood hazard zones. (iii) Maintaining the structural and operational integrity of essential public facilities during flooding. (iv) Locating, when feasible, new essential public facilities outside of flood hazard zones, including hospitals and health care facilities, emergency shelters, fire stations, emergency command centers, and emergency communications facilities or identifying construction methods or other methods to minimize damage if these facilities are located in flood hazard zones. (v) Establishing cooperative working relationships among public agencies with responsibility for flood protection. (C) Establish a set of feasible implementation measures designed to carry out the goals, policies, and objectives established pursuant to subparagraph (B). (3) Upon the next revision of the housing element on or after January 1, 2014, the safety element shall be reviewed and updated as necessary to address the risk of fire for land classified as state responsibility areas, as defined in Section 4102 of the Public Resources Code, and land classified as very high fire hazard severity zones, as defined in Section 51177. This review shall consider the advice included in the Office of Planning and Research’s most recent publication of “Fire Hazard Planning, General Plan Technical Advice Series” and shall also include all of the following: (A) Information regarding fire hazards, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (i) Fire hazard severity zone maps available from the Office of the State Fire Marshal. (ii) Any historical data on wildfires available from local agencies or a reference to where the data can be found. (iii) Information about wildfire hazard areas that may be available from the United States Geological Survey. (iv) General location and distribution of existing and planned uses of land in very high fire hazard severity zones and in state responsibility areas, including structures, roads, utilities, and essential public facilities. The location and distribution of planned uses of land shall not require defensible space compliance measures required by state law or local ordinance to occur on publicly owned lands or open-space designations of homeowner associations. (v) Local, state, and federal agencies with responsibility for fire protection, including special districts and local offices of emergency services. (B) A set of goals, policies, and objectives based on the information identified pursuant to subparagraph (A) for the protection of the community from the unreasonable risk of wildfire. (C) A set of feasible implementation measures designed to carry out the goals, policies, and objectives based on the information identified pursuant to subparagraph (B), including, but not limited to, all of the following: (i) Avoiding or minimizing the wildfire hazards associated with new uses of land. (ii) Locating, when feasible, new essential public facilities outside of high fire risk areas, including, but not limited to, hospitals and health care facilities, emergency shelters, emergency command centers, and emergency communications facilities, or identifying construction methods or other methods to minimize damage if these facilities are located in a state responsibility area or very high fire hazard severity zone. (iii) Designing adequate infrastructure if a new development is located in a state responsibility area or in a very high fire hazard severity zone, including safe access for emergency response vehicles, visible street signs, and water supplies for structural fire suppression. (iv) Working cooperatively with public agencies with responsibility for fire protection. (D) If a city or county has adopted a fire safety plan or document separate from the general plan, an attachment of, or reference to, a city or county’s adopted fire safety plan or document that fulfills commensurate goals and objectives and contains information required pursuant to this paragraph. (4) Upon the next revision of a local hazard mitigation plan, adopted in accordance with the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-390), on or after January 1, 2017, or, if a local jurisdiction has not adopted a local hazard mitigation plan, beginning on or before January 1, 2022, the safety element shall be reviewed and updated as necessary to address climate adaptation and resiliency strategies applicable to the city or county. This review shall consider advice provided in the Office of Planning and Research’s General Plan Guidelines and shall include all of the following: (A) (i) A vulnerability assessment that identifies the risks that climate change poses to the local jurisdiction and the geographic areas at risk from climate change impacts, including, but not limited to, an assessment of how climate change may affect the risks addressed pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3). (ii) Information that may be available from federal, state, regional, and local agencies that will assist in developing the vulnerability assessment and the adaptation policies and strategies required pursuant to subparagraph (B), including, but not limited to, all of the following: (I) Information from the internet-based Cal-Adapt tool. (II) Information from the most recent version of the California Adaptation Planning Guide. (III) Information from local agencies on the types of assets, resources, and populations that will be sensitive to various climate change exposures. (IV) Information from local agencies on their current ability to deal with the impacts of climate change. (V) Historical data on natural events and hazards, including locally prepared maps of areas subject to previous risk, areas that are vulnerable, and sites that have been repeatedly damaged. (VI) Existing and planned development in identified at-risk areas, including structures, roads, utilities, and essential public facilities. (VII) Federal, state, regional, and local agencies with responsibility for the protection of public health and safety and the environment, including special districts and local offices of emergency services. (B) A set of adaptation and resilience goals, policies, and objectives based on the information specified in subparagraph (A) for the protection of the community. (C) A set of feasible implementation measures designed to carry out the goals, policies, and objectives identified pursuant to subparagraph (B), including, but not limited to, all of the following: (i) Feasible methods to avoid or minimize climate change impacts associated with new uses of land. (ii) The location, when feasible, of new essential public facilities outside of at-risk areas, including, but not limited to, hospitals and health care facilities, emergency shelters, emergency command centers, and emergency communications facilities, or identifying construction methods or other methods to minimize damage if these facilities are located in at-risk areas. (iii) The designation of adequate and feasible infrastructure located in an at-risk area. (iv) Guidelines for working cooperatively with relevant local, regional, state, and federal agencies. (v) The identification of natural infrastructure that may be used in adaptation projects, where feasible. Where feasible, the plan shall use existing natural features and ecosystem processes, or the restoration of natural features and ecosystem processes, when developing alternatives for consideration. For purposes of this clause, “natural infrastructure” means using natural ecological systems or processes to reduce vulnerability to climate change related hazards, or other related climate change effects, while increasing the long-term adaptive capacity of coastal and inland areas by perpetuating or restoring ecosystem services. This includes, but is not limited to, the conservation, preservation, or sustainable management of any form of aquatic or terrestrial vegetated open space, such as beaches, dunes, tidal marshes, reefs, seagrass, parks, rain gardens, and urban tree canopies. It also includes systems and practices that use or mimic natural processes, such as permeable pavements, bioswales, and other engineered systems, such as levees that are combined with restored natural systems, to provide clean water, conserve ecosystem values and functions, and provide a wide array of benefits to people and wildlife. (D) (i) If a city or county has adopted the local hazard mitigation plan, or other climate adaptation plan or document that fulfills commensurate goals and objectives and contains the information required pursuant to this paragraph, separate from the general plan, an attachment of, or reference to, the local hazard mitigation plan or other climate adaptation plan or document. (ii) Cities or counties that have an adopted hazard mitigation plan, or other climate adaptation plan or document that substantially complies with this section, or have substantially equivalent provisions to this subdivision in their general plans, may use that information in the safety element to comply with this subdivision, and shall summarize and incorporate by reference into the safety element the other general plan provisions, climate adaptation plan or document, specifically showing how each requirement of this subdivision has been met. (5) Upon the next revision of the housing element on or after January 1, 2020, the safety element shall be reviewed and updated as necessary to identify residential developments in any hazard area identified in the safety element that do not have at least two emergency evacuation routes. (6) After the initial revision of the safety element pursuant to paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5), the planning agency shall review and, if necessary, revise the safety element upon each revision of the housing element or local hazard mitigation plan, but not less than once every eight years, to identify new information relating to flood and fire hazards and climate adaptation and resiliency strategies applicable to the city or county that was not available during the previous revision of the safety element. (7) Cities and counties that have flood plain management ordinances that have been approved by FEMA that substantially comply with this section, or have substantially equivalent provisions to this subdivision in their general plans, may use that information in the safety element to comply with this subdivision, and shall summarize and incorporate by reference into the safety element the other general plan provisions or the flood plain ordinance, specifically showing how each requirement of this subdivision has been met. (8) Before the periodic review of its general plan and before preparing or revising its safety element, each city and county shall consult the California Geological Survey of the Department of Conservation, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, if the city or county is located within the boundaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District, as set forth in Section 8501 of the Water Code, and the Office of Emergency Services for the purpose of including information known by and available to the department, the agency, and the board required by this subdivision. (9) To the extent that a county’s safety element is sufficiently detailed and contains appropriate policies and programs for adoption by a city, a city may adopt that portion of the county’s safety element that pertains to the city’s planning area in satisfaction of the requirement imposed by this subdivision. (h) (1) An environmental justice element, or related goals, policies, and objectives integrated in other elements, that identifies disadvantaged communities within the area covered by the general plan of the city, county, or city and county, if the city, county, or city and county has a disadvantaged community. The environmental justice element, or related environmental justice goals, policies, and objectives integrated in other elements, shall do all of the following: (A) Identify objectives and policies to reduce the unique or compounded health risks in disadvantaged communities by means that include, but are not limited to, the reduction of pollution exposure, including the improvement of air quality, and the promotion of public facilities, food access, safe and sanitary homes, and physical activity. (B) Identify objectives and policies to promote civic engagement in the public decisionmaking process. (C) Identify objectives and policies that prioritize improvements and programs that address the needs of disadvantaged communities. (2) A city, county, or city and county subject to this subdivision shall adopt or review the environmental justice element, or the environmental justice goals, policies, and objectives in other elements, upon the adoption or next revision of two or more elements concurrently on or after January 1, 2018. (3) By adding this subdivision, the Legislature does not intend to require a city, county, or city and county to take any action prohibited by the United States Constitution or the California Constitution. (4) For purposes of this subdivision, the following terms shall apply: (A) “Disadvantaged communities” means an area identified by the California Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code or an area that is a low-income area that is disproportionately affected by environmental pollution and other hazards that can lead to negative health effects, exposure, or environmental degradation. (B) “Public facilities” includes public improvements, public services, and community amenities, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 66000. (C) “Low-income area” means an area with household incomes at or below 80 percent of the statewide median income or with household incomes at or below the threshold designated as low income by the Department of Housing and Community Development’s list of state income limits adopted pursuant to Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 67, Sec. 102. (AB 1170) Effective January 1, 2026.)
  67. 65302.01.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    City and county planning bodies must update safety-element reviews for extreme heat, and may rely on certain heat plans and hazard plans to do so.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65302.01. (a) Upon the next update of one or more elements described in Section 65302, on or after January 1, 2028, the safety element shall be reviewed and updated as necessary to address the hazard of extreme heat. (1) A city or county that has adopted an extreme heat action plan or other document that fulfills commensurate goals and objectives may use that information in the safety element to comply with this subdivision and, in that event, shall summarize and incorporate into the safety element that other plan or document. (2) A city or county may use or reference information in the Extreme Heat Action Plan described in Section 71361 of the Public Resources Code and the State Hazard Mitigation Plan required pursuant to the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-390) to comply with the requirements of this subdivision. (b) In addition to the requirements in paragraph (6) of subdivision (g) of Section 65302, after the initial revision of the safety element pursuant to subdivision (a), the planning agency shall review and, if necessary, revise the safety element upon each revision of the housing element or local hazard mitigation plan, but not less than once every eight years, to identify new information relating to extreme heat hazards applicable to the city or county that was not available during the previous revision of the safety element. (c) For purposes of this section, “extreme heat” has the same meaning as defined in Section 71410 of the Public Resources Code. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 1009, Sec. 2. (AB 2684) Effective January 1, 2025.)
  68. 65302.02.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    Some counties and cities must update circulation plans for truck routes, signage, GIS publication, and public participation, and logistics developments must have road access meeting specified route types by 2028.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65302.02. (a) A county or city that is located in a warehouse concentration region, as defined in Section 65098, shall update its circulation element, as required by subdivision (b) of Section 65302, to do all of the following on or before January 1, 2026: (1) Identify and establish specific travel routes for the transport of goods, materials, or freight for storage, transfer, or redistribution to safely accommodate additional truck traffic and avoid residential areas and sensitive receptors, as defined by Section 65098. (2) Maximize the use of interstate or state divided highways as preferred routes for truck routes. The county or city shall also maximize use of arterial roads, major thoroughfares, and local roads that predominantly serve commercial, agricultural, or industrial uses when state or interstate highways are not utilized. Truck routes shall comply with the following: (A) Major or minor collector streets and local roads that predominantly serve commercial, agricultural, or industrial uses shall be used for truck routes only when strictly necessary to reach existing industrial zones. (B) Trucks shall be routed via transportation arteries that minimize exposure to sensitive receptors. (b) On and after January 1, 2028, all proposed development of a logistics use development, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 65098, shall be accessible via arterial roads, major thoroughfares, or local roads that predominantly serve commercial, agricultural, or industrial uses. (c) The purpose of this section is to ensure that logistics use developments are sited in locations that minimize adverse impacts on residential communities and enhance transportation efficiency. This is achieved by restricting logistics use developments to roadways that are suited to handle the associated traffic and that predominantly serve commercial, agricultural, or industrial uses. (d) For purposes of this section, local roads shall be considered to predominantly serve commercial, agricultural, or industrial uses if more than 50 percent of the properties fronting the road within 1,000 feet of the truck entrances and exits are designated for commercial, agricultural, or industrial use according to the local zoning ordinance. (e) The county or city may consult with the Department of Transportation and the California Freight Advisory Committee for technical assistance. (f) The county or city shall provide for posting of conspicuous signage to identify truck routes and additional signage for truck parking and appropriate locations for idling and parking. (g) The county or city shall make truck routes publicly available in geographic information system (GIS) format and share GIS maps of the truck routes with warehouse operators, fleet operators, and truck drivers. (h) The city or county shall provide opportunities for the involvement of citizens, California Native American Indian tribes, public agencies, public utility companies, and civic, educational, and other community groups through public hearings and any other means the planning agency deems appropriate, consistent with Section 65351. (i) The city or county shall make a diligent effort to achieve public participation of all economic segments of the community in the development of the changes required pursuant to this section. (j) (1) An action may be brought by the Attorney General against a jurisdiction that is in violation of this section. A city, county, or city and county found by a court to be in violation of this section shall be subject to any of the following: (A) A civil penalty of up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) every six months, accrued from the date of the violation until the violation is cured. (B) All costs of investigating and prosecuting this action, including expert fees, reasonable attorney’s fees, and costs. (C) Other relief deemed appropriate by the court, including equitable and injunctive relief. (2) In determining the application of the remedies available pursuant to this section, the court shall consider whether there are any mitigating circumstances delaying the jurisdiction from coming into compliance with this section. The court may consider whether a city, county, or city and county is making a good faith effort to come into substantial compliance or is facing substantial undue hardship. (k) Civil penalties collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to the office of the Attorney General. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, any civil penalties collected pursuant to subdivision (j), shall be distributed by the Attorney General and returned to the local air quality management district in which the civil penalty was imposed for the district’s efforts to improve air quality. (Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 316, Sec. 13. (SB 415) Effective January 1, 2026.)
  69. 65302.1.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    Cities and counties in the district must update their general plans for air quality and follow draft-review steps with the district.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65302.1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The San Joaquin Valley has a serious air pollution problem that will take the cooperation of land use and transportation planning agencies, transit operators, the development community, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District and the public to solve. The solution to the problem requires changes in the way we have traditionally built our communities and constructed the transportation systems. It involves a fundamental shift in priorities from emphasis on mobility for the occupants of private automobiles to a multimodal system that more efficiently uses scarce resources. It requires a change in attitude from the public to support development patterns and transportation systems different from the status quo. (2) In 2003 the district published a document entitled, Air Quality Guidelines for General Plans. This report is a comprehensive guidance document and resource for cities and counties to use to include air quality in their general plans. It includes goals, policies, and programs that when adopted in a general plan will reduce vehicle trips and miles traveled and improve air quality. (3) Air quality guidelines are recommended strategies that do, when it is feasible, all of the following: (A) Determine and mitigate project level and cumulative air quality impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code). (B) Integrate land use plans, transportation plans, and air quality plans. (C) Plan land uses in ways that support a multimodal transportation system. (D) Local action to support programs that reduce congestion and vehicle trips. (E) Plan land uses to minimize exposure to toxic air pollutant emissions from industrial and other sources. (F) Reduce particulate matter emissions from sources under local jurisdiction. (G) Support district and public utility programs to reduce emissions from energy consumption and area sources. (4) The benefits of including air quality concerns within local general plans include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (A) Lower infrastructure costs. (B) Lower public service costs. (C) More efficient transit service. (D) Lower costs for comprehensive planning. (E) Streamlining of the permit process. (F) Improved mobility for the elderly and children. (b) The legislative body of each city and county within the jurisdictional boundaries of the district shall amend the appropriate elements of its general plan, which may include, but are not limited to, the required elements dealing with land use, circulation, housing, conservation, and open space, to include data and analysis, goals, policies, and objectives, and feasible implementation strategies to improve air quality. (c) The adoption of air quality amendments to a general plan to comply with the requirements of subdivision (d) shall include all of the following: (1) A report describing local air quality conditions including air quality monitoring data, emission inventories, lists of significant source categories, attainment status and designations, and applicable state and federal air quality plans and transportation plans. (2) A summary of local, district, state, and federal policies, programs, and regulations that may improve air quality in the city or county. (3) A comprehensive set of goals, policies, and objectives that may improve air quality consistent with the strategies listed in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a). (4) A set of feasible implementation measures designed to carry out those goals, policies, and objectives. (d) At least 45 days prior to the adoption of air quality amendments to a general plan pursuant to this section, each city and county shall send a copy of its draft document to the district. The district may review the draft amendments to determine whether they may improve air quality consistent with the strategies listed in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a). Within 30 days of receiving the draft amendments, the district shall send any comments and advice to the city or county. The legislative body of the city or county shall consider the district’s comments and advice prior to the final adoption of air quality amendments to the general plan. If the district’s comments and advice are not available by the time scheduled for the final adoption of air quality amendments to the general plan, the legislative body of the city or county may act without them. The district’s comments shall be advisory to the city or county. (e) The legislative body of each city and county within the jurisdictional boundaries of the district shall comply with this section no later than one year from the date specified in Section 65588 for the next revision of its housing element that occurs after January 1, 2004. (f) As used in this section, “district” means the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 472, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
  70. 65302.10.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    Cities and counties must review and update their general plan land use element for nearby unincorporated communities by the next housing-element deadline, and update it again on later housing-element revisions if needed.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65302.10. (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Community” means an inhabited area within a city or county that is comprised of no less than 10 dwellings adjacent or in close proximity to one another. (2) “Disadvantaged unincorporated community” means a fringe, island, or legacy community in which the median household income is 80 percent or less than the statewide median household income. (3) “Fringe community” means any inhabited and unincorporated territory that is within a city’s sphere of influence. (4) “Island community” means any inhabited and unincorporated territory that is surrounded or substantially surrounded by one or more cities or by one or more cities and a county boundary or the Pacific Ocean. (5) “Legacy community” means a geographically isolated community that is inhabited and has existed for at least 50 years. (b) On or before the due date for the next adoption of its housing element pursuant to Section 65588, each city or county shall review and update the land use element of its general plan, based on available data, including, but not limited to, the data and analysis developed pursuant to Section 56430, of unincorporated island, fringe, or legacy communities inside or near its boundaries. The updated land use element shall include all of the following: (1) In the case of a city, an identification of each island or fringe community within the city’s sphere of influence that is a disadvantaged unincorporated community. In the case of a county, an identification of each legacy community within the boundaries of the county that is a disadvantaged unincorporated community, but not including any area within the sphere of influence of any city. This identification shall include a description of the community and a map designating its location. (2) For each identified community, an analysis of water, wastewater, stormwater drainage, and structural fire protection needs or deficiencies. (3) An analysis, based on then existing available data, of benefit assessment districts or other financing alternatives that could make the extension of services to identified communities financially feasible. (c) On or before the due date for each subsequent revision of its housing element pursuant to Section 65588, each city and county shall review, and if necessary amend, its general plan to update the analysis required by this section. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 330, Sec. 14. (SB 1090) Effective January 1, 2013.)
  71. 65302.13.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    Certain California cities, counties, and city and counties over 75,000 residents must adopt or integrate a planning document for electrification and decarbonization by the stated deadline.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65302.13. (a) On or after January 1, 2027, but no later than January 1, 2030, each city, county, or city and county shall prepare and adopt an electrification plan, decarbonization plan, community energy plan, or other similar plan, or integrate a plan into the next adoption or revision of the city’s, county’s, or city and county’s general plan, that includes all of the following: (1) Locally based goals, objectives, policies, and feasible implementation measures that include, but are not limited to, the following components: (A) Identification of opportunities to expand electric vehicle charging and other zero-emission vehicle fueling infrastructure to meet the needs of the city’s, county’s, or city and county’s current and future visitors, residents, and businesses, including, but not limited to, removal of any barriers to expanding electric vehicle charging and other zero-emission vehicle refueling. (B) Identification of opportunities to expand electric vehicle charging in residential, retail, and commercial parking lots and structures, and on public streets, including, but not limited to, consideration of the creation of public electric charging corridors on public streets, to the extent necessary to meet the needs of the city’s, county’s, or city and county’s current and future visitors, residents, businesses, disadvantaged communities, and low-income households. (C) (i) Identification of strategies for the public electrification and decarbonization of new and existing buildings, including consideration of incentivizing and subsidizing property owners and low-income households and removing any barriers to support this transition. (ii) This subparagraph shall not be construed to require a city, county, or city and county to include in a plan adopted or integrated pursuant to this section any building code requirements to the extent prohibited by state or federal law. (D) Identification of opportunities to expand zero-emission and renewable distributed energy resources to increase clean energy generation and local energy reliability, including, but not limited to, rooftop solar, community solar, microgrid, and battery storage technologies. (E) Identification of areas where infrastructure may be needed and strategies to meet the existing and projected needs of public and private medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicle fleets operating within the city, county, or city and county. (F) In coordination with the corresponding local publicly owned electric utilities, electrical corporations, and, if applicable, other corresponding load-serving entities, identification of areas where grid infrastructure upgrades are needed to meet the transportation, decarbonization, and building electrification needs of visitors, residents, businesses, and governmental entities within the city, county, or city and county. (2) Policies or implementation measures that address the needs of disadvantaged communities, low-income households, and small businesses for equitable and prioritized investments in zero-emission technologies that directly benefit these groups. (b) (1) If a city, county, or city and county has already adopted a similar plan, apart from the general plan, that meets the requirements of this section, the city, county, or city and county may designate that plan to comply with this section. (2) If the general plan has provisions in existing elements that meet the requirements of this section, the city, county, or city and county may use those provisions to comply with this section. (c) The requirements of this section shall only apply to a city, county, or city and county with a population greater than 75,000 residents. (d) A plan adopted pursuant to, or designated to comply with, this section shall be deemed a regional plan for purposes of Section 15125 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations. (e) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Decarbonization” does not include either of the following: (A) Any building code requirements, except as specified in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a). (B) Any building material requirements. (2) “Disadvantaged communities” means an area identified by the California Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code, or an area that is a low-income community, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code. (3) “Electrical corporation” has the same meaning as in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code. (4) “Load-serving entity” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (k) of Section 380 of the Public Utilities Code. (5) “Local publicly owned electric utility” has the same meaning as in Section 224.3 of the Public Utilities Code. (6) “Low-income households” means households of persons and families of very low and low income, as defined in Sections 50093 and 50105 of the Health and Safety Code. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 356, Sec. 2. (AB 39) Effective January 1, 2026.)
  72. 65302.15.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    Local governments must review and update the safety element to address evacuation routes, evacuation locations, and related hazard information on the stated schedule.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65302.15. (a) Upon the next revision of a local hazard mitigation plan, adopted in accordance with the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-390), on or after January 1, 2022, or, if a local jurisdiction has not adopted a local hazard mitigation plan, beginning on or before January 1, 2022, the safety element adopted pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 65302 shall be reviewed and updated as necessary to identify evacuation routes and their capacity, safety, and viability and evacuation locations under a range of emergency scenarios. A county or city that has adopted a local hazard mitigation plan, emergency operations plan, or other document that fulfills commensurate goals and objectives may use that information in the safety element to comply with this section and, in that event, shall summarize and incorporate into the safety element that other plan or document. (b) After the initial revision of the safety element pursuant to subdivision (a), the planning agency shall review and, if necessary, revise the safety element upon each revision of the housing element or local hazard mitigation plan, but not less than once every eight years, to identify new information relating to flood and fire hazards and climate adaptation and resiliency strategies applicable to the city or county that was not available during the previous revision of the safety element. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 481, Sec. 1. (AB 1409) Effective January 1, 2022.)
  73. 65302.2.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    A city or county must use any urban water management plan submitted by a water agency as a source document when adopting or revising its general plan, for actions on or after January 1, 1996.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65302.2. Upon the adoption, or revision, of a city or county’s general plan, on or after January 1, 1996, the city or county shall utilize as a source document any urban water management plan submitted to the city or county by a water agency. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 881, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
  74. 65302.3.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    General and applicable specific plans must match certain referenced plans and standards, and must be amended within 180 days after the referenced plan changes.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65302.3. (a) The general plan, and any applicable specific plan prepared pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 65450), shall be consistent with the plan adopted or amended pursuant to Section 21675 of the Public Utilities Code. (b) The general plan, and any applicable specific plan, shall be amended, as necessary, within 180 days of any amendment to the plan required under Section 21675 of the Public Utilities Code. (c) If the legislative body does not concur with any provision of the plan required under Section 21675 of the Public Utilities Code, it may satisfy the provisions of this section by adopting findings pursuant to Section 21676 of the Public Utilities Code. (d) In each county where an airport land use commission does not exist, but where there is a military airport, the general plan, and any applicable specific plan prepared pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 65450), shall be consistent with the safety and noise standards in the Air Installation Compatible Use Zone prepared for that military airport. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 971, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
  75. 65302.4.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    The land use element and related zoning ordinances may describe community intentions about urban form and design.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65302.4. The text and diagrams in the land use element that address the location and extent of land uses, and the zoning ordinances that implement these provisions, may also express community intentions regarding urban form and design. These expressions may differentiate neighborhoods, districts, and corridors, provide for a mixture of land uses and housing types within each, and provide specific measures for regulating relationships between buildings, and between buildings and outdoor public areas, including streets. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 179, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
  76. 65302.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    Counties and cities must send draft and adopted safety element materials to state agencies before adoption, and local officials must consider and respond to fire-safety recommendations before approving changes.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65302.5. (a) At least 45 days prior to adoption or amendment of the safety element, each county and city shall submit to the California Geological Survey of the Department of Conservation one copy of a draft of the safety element or amendment and any technical studies used for developing the safety element. The division may review drafts submitted to it to determine whether they incorporate known seismic and other geologic hazard information, and report its findings to the planning agency within 30 days of receipt of the draft of the safety element or amendment pursuant to this subdivision. The legislative body shall consider the division’s findings prior to final adoption of the safety element or amendment unless the division’s findings are not available within the above prescribed time limits or unless the division has indicated to the city or county that the division will not review the safety element. If the division’s findings are not available within those prescribed time limits, the legislative body may take the division’s findings into consideration at the time it considers future amendments to the safety element. Each county and city shall provide the division with a copy of its adopted safety element or amendments. The division may review adopted safety elements or amendments and report its findings. All findings made by the division shall be advisory to the planning agency and legislative body. (b) (1) The draft element of or draft amendment to the safety element of a county or a city’s general plan shall be submitted to the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection and to every local agency that provides fire protection to territory in the city or county at least 90 days prior to either of the following: (A) The adoption or amendment to the safety element of its general plan for each county that contains state responsibility areas. (B) The adoption or amendment to the safety element of its general plan for each city or county that contains a very high fire hazard severity zone as defined pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 51177. (2) The State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection shall, and a local agency may, review the draft or an existing safety element and recommend changes to the planning agency within 60 days of its receipt regarding both of the following: (A) Uses of land and policies in state responsibility areas and very high fire hazard severity zones that will protect life, property, and natural resources from unreasonable risks associated with wild land fires. (B) Methods and strategies for wild land fire risk reduction and prevention within state responsibility areas and very high fire hazard severity zones. These methods and strategies shall reflect accepted best practices in the most recent guidance document entitled “Fire Hazard Planning, General Plan Technical Advice Series,” as identified in Section 65040.21. (3) (A) Prior to the adoption of its draft element or draft amendment, the board of supervisors of the county or the city council of a city shall consider the recommendations, if any, made by the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection and any local agency that provides fire protection to territory in the city or county. If the board of supervisors or city council determines not to accept all or some of the recommendations, if any, made by the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection or local agency, the board of supervisors or city council shall communicate in writing to the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection or the local agency, its reasons for not accepting the recommendations. (B) If the board of supervisors or city council proposes not to adopt the board’s recommendations concerning its draft element or draft amendment, the board, within 15 days of receipt of the board of supervisors’ or city council’s written response, may request in writing a consultation with the board of supervisors or city council to discuss the board’s recommendations and the board of supervisors’ or city council’s response. The consultation may be conducted in person, electronically, or telephonically. If the board requests a consultation pursuant to this subparagraph, the board of supervisors or city council shall not approve the draft element or draft amendment until after consulting with the board. The consultation shall occur no later than 30 days after the board’s request. (4) If the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection’s or local agency’s recommendations are not available within the time limits required by this section, the board of supervisors or city council may act without those recommendations. The board of supervisors or city council shall take the recommendations into consideration the next time it considers amendments to the safety element. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 641, Sec. 5. (AB 2911) Effective January 1, 2019.)
  77. 65302.6.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    Cities, counties, and city and counties may adopt a local hazard mitigation plan with their safety element, and such plans must include required federal elements.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65302.6. (a) A city, county, or a city and county may adopt with its safety element pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 65302 a local hazard mitigation plan (HMP) specified in the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-390). The hazard mitigation plan shall include all of the following elements called for in the federal act requirements: (1) An initial earthquake performance evaluation of public facilities that provide essential services, shelter, and critical governmental functions. (2) An inventory of private facilities that are potentially hazardous, including, but not limited to, multiunit, soft story, concrete tilt-up, and concrete frame buildings. (3) A plan to reduce the potential risk from private and governmental facilities in the event of a disaster. (b) Local jurisdictions that have not adopted a local hazard mitigation plan shall be given preference by the Office of Emergency Services in recommending actions to be funded from the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program, the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, and the Flood Mitigation Assistance Program to assist the local jurisdiction in developing and adopting a local hazard mitigation plan, subject to available funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 312. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
  78. 65302.7.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    Certain counties and cities must send draft safety element materials to flood-protection authorities before adoption, and those authorities must review and respond within 60 days.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65302.7. (a) For the purposes of complying with Section 65302.5, each county or city located within the boundaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District, as set forth in Section 8501 of the Water Code, shall submit the draft element of, or draft amendment to, the safety element to the Central Valley Flood Protection Board and to every local agency that provides flood protection to territory in the city or county at least 90 days prior to the adoption of, or amendment to, the safety element of its general plan. (b) The Central Valley Flood Protection Board and each local agency described in paragraph (1) shall review the draft or an existing safety element and report their respective written recommendations to the planning agency within 60 days of the receipt of the draft or existing safety element. The Central Valley Flood Protection Board and each local agency shall review the draft or existing safety element and may offer written recommendations for changes to the draft or existing safety element regarding both of the following: (1) Uses of land and policies in areas subjected to flooding that will protect life, property, and natural resources from unreasonable risks associated with flooding. (2) Methods and strategies for flood risk reduction and protection within areas subjected to flooding. (c) Prior to the adoption of its draft element or draft amendments to the safety element, the board of supervisors of the county or the city council of a city shall consider the recommendations made by the Central Valley Flood Protection Board and any local agency that provides flood protection to territory in the city or county. If the board of supervisors or the city council determines not to accept all or some of the recommendations, if any, made by the Central Valley Flood Protection Board or the local agency, the board of supervisors or the city council shall make findings that state its reasons for not accepting a recommendation and shall communicate those findings in writing to the Central Valley Flood Protection Board or to the local agency. (d) If the Central Valley Flood Protection Board’s or the local agency’s recommendations are not available within the time limits required by this section, the board of supervisors or the city council may act without those recommendations. The board of supervisors or city council shall consider the recommendations at the next time it considers amendments to its safety element. (Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 369, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
  79. 65302.8.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    A county or city that adopts or amends a general plan element limiting annual housing construction must include findings explaining why the change reduces regional housing opportunities.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65302.8. If a county or city, including a charter city, adopts or amends a mandatory general plan element which operates to limit the number of housing units which may be constructed on an annual basis, such adoption or amendment shall contain findings which justify reducing the housing opportunities of the region. The findings shall include all of the following: (a) A description of the city’s or county’s appropriate share of the regional need for housing. (b) A description of the specific housing programs and activities being undertaken by the local jurisdiction to fulfill the requirements of subdivision (c) of Section 65302. (c) A description of how the public health, safety, and welfare would be promoted by such adoption or amendment. (d) The fiscal and environmental resources available to the local jurisdiction. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 823.)
  80. 65302.9.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    Cities and counties in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley must update their general plans within 24 months to include flood-related data, hazard locations, goals, and implementation measures.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65302.9. (a) Within 24 months of July 2, 2013, each city and county within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley shall amend its general plan to contain all of the following: (1) (A) The data and analysis contained in the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan pursuant to Section 9612 of the Water Code, including, but not limited to, the locations of the facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control and the locations of the real property protected by those facilities. (B) The locations of flood hazard zones, including, but not limited to, locations mapped by the Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Map or the Flood Hazard Boundary Map, locations that participate in the National Flood Insurance Program, locations of undetermined risk areas, and locations mapped by a local flood agency or flood district. (2) Goals, policies, and objectives, based on the data and analysis identified pursuant to paragraph (1), for the protection of lives and property that will reduce the risk of flood damage. (3) Feasible implementation measures designed to carry out the goals, policies, and objectives established pursuant to paragraph (2). (b) An undetermined risk area shall be presumed to be at risk during flooding that has a 1-in-200 chance of occurring in any given year unless deemed otherwise by the State Plan of Flood Control, an official National Flood Insurance Program rate map issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or a finding made by a city or county based on a determination of substantial evidence by a local flood agency. (c) To assist each city or county in complying with this section, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, the Department of Water Resources, and local flood agencies shall collaborate with cities or counties by providing them with information and other technical assistance. (d) In implementing this section, each city and county, both general law and charter, within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley, shall comply with this article, including, but not limited to, Sections 65300.5, 65300.7, 65300.9, and 65301. (e) Notwithstanding any other law, this section shall apply to all cities, including charter cities, and counties within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley. The Legislature finds and declares that flood protection in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers drainage areas is a matter of statewide concern and not a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. (f) This section shall not be construed to limit or remove any liability of a city or county prior to the amendment of the general plan except as provided in Section 8307 of the Water Code. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 553, Sec. 2. (SB 1278) Effective January 1, 2013.)
  81. 65303.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    The general plan may include other elements or subjects if the legislative body judges they relate to the physical development of the county or city.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65303. The general plan may include any other elements or address any other subjects which, in the judgment of the legislative body, relate to the physical development of the county or city. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 9.)
  82. 65303.4.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    Certain state agencies may develop site design and planning policies to help local agencies that request assistance with general plan guidelines.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 5. Authority for and Scope of General Plans [65300 - 65303.4] ( Article 5 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65303.4. The Department of Water Resources or the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, as appropriate, and the Department of Fish and Game may develop site design and planning policies to assist local agencies which request help in implementing the general plan guidelines for meeting flood control objectives and other land management needs. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 369, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.)
  83. 6532.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    This section lets Santa Clara entities create a stadium authority and, under specified conditions, use a design-build contract for the stadium. It also limits certain funding sources, requires subcontract bidding rules, and requires a project report after completion.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6532. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the best interest of the communities located in and around the City of Santa Clara that a joint powers agency that includes the City of Santa Clara and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara formed to construct, operate, and maintain a stadium for use by a professional football team be authorized to let a sole source contract for the stadium construction project to a qualified design-build contractor. This authorization may enable that joint powers agency to contain costs, improve efficiency, and benefit from specialized expertise. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any contract relating to the development of the stadium between the joint powers agency and any private party other than a design-build contract awarded pursuant to this section. (b) (1) Consistent with existing law, the City of Santa Clara and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara may enter into a joint powers agreement to create and operate a joint powers agency for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a stadium and related facilities located within the North Bayshore Redevelopment Project Area that are suitable for use by a professional football team. The joint powers agency created pursuant to this section shall be known as the Santa Clara Stadium Authority. In addition to, and without limitation on, any powers common to the City of Santa Clara and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara, the Santa Clara Stadium Authority shall have the power to acquire, finance, construct, manage, maintain, and operate a stadium and related facilities suitable for use by a professional football team. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Santa Clara Stadium Authority and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara shall not expend any property tax increment revenues allocated to the redevelopment agency pursuant to Section 33670 of the Health and Safety Code to operate or maintain a stadium within the North Bayshore Redevelopment Project Area. (c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to subdivision (d), the Santa Clara Stadium Authority may award a design-build contract to a qualified design-build contractor to construct the stadium without utilizing an otherwise applicable competitive bid process, provided that all of the following have occurred: (A) A ballot measure endorsing the development of a stadium suitable for use by a professional football team is approved by voters in the City of Santa Clara in a citywide election. (B) The governing body of the Santa Clara Stadium Authority determines that the cost of the contract is reasonable. (C) The governing body of the Santa Clara Stadium Authority determines that the award of the contract is in its best interest. (2) The contract awarded to the qualified design-build contractor pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not be funded, either through direct payment or reimbursement, using funds contributed by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara or by a community facilities district established under the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5), except that these funds may be used to pay for or reimburse for subcontract work pursuant to subcontracts awarded by the design-build contractor to the lowest responsible bidder as provided in subdivision (e). (d) The Santa Clara Stadium Authority shall not award a design-build contract pursuant to subdivision (c) unless all of the following conditions are met: (1) The design-build contract does not require expenditure of money from the general fund or enterprise funds of the City of Santa Clara. (2) The obligation of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara to contribute funding is limited to a specified maximum amount, exclusive of debt service and other related financing costs, and these funds are used only to pay for or reimburse for subcontract work pursuant to subcontracts awarded by the design-build contractor to the lowest responsible bidder as provided in subdivision (e). Nothing in this subdivision modifies the requirements and limitations set forth in the Community Redevelopment Law (Part 1 (commencing with Section 33000) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code) with respect to the financial obligations of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara to the joint powers agency. (3) A private party will be responsible for any construction cost overruns. (e) If the Santa Clara Stadium Authority awards a design-build contract pursuant to this section, it shall establish a competitive bid process for awarding subcontracts, and it shall require the design-build contractor to award subcontracts using this process. This competitive bid process shall provide that subcontracts be awarded using either the lowest responsible bidder or by best value, as defined in Section 20133 of the Public Contract Code. Subcontracts awarded on the basis of best value shall not be funded, either through direct payment or reimbursement, using funds contributed by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara or by a community facilities district established under the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5). Funds contributed by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara or a community facilities district may be used only to fund subcontracts awarded to the lowest responsible bidder in a manner consistent with the process applicable to the City of Santa Clara under its charter. (f) Notwithstanding Section 3248 of the Civil Code, for design-build contracts awarded pursuant to this section, the Santa Clara Stadium Authority may specify that the payment bond shall be in a sum not less than one-half of the contract price or three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000), whichever is less. (g) If the Santa Clara Stadium Authority elects to proceed under this section and uses the design-build method to construct a stadium suitable for use by a professional football team, it shall submit to the Legislative Analyst’s Office, within six months following the completion of construction of the stadium, a report regarding the project that shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following information: (1) A brief description of the project. (2) The gross square footage of the project. (3) The design-build entity that was awarded the project. (4) Where appropriate, the estimated and actual length of time to complete the project. (5) The estimated and actual project costs. (6) A description of any written protests concerning any aspect of the solicitation, bid, proposal, or award of the design-build project, including the resolution of the protests. (7) An assessment of the prequalification process and criteria. (8) A description of the method used to award the contract. If best value, as defined in Section 20133 of the Public Contract Code, was the method, the report shall describe the factors used to evaluate the bid, including the weighting of each factor and an assessment of the effectiveness of the methodology. (h) It is not the intent of the Legislature, under the provisions of this section, to authorize design-build for other infrastructure, including, but not limited to, streets and highways, public rail transit, or water resource facilities and infrastructure not located on the stadium site or adjacent city streets and property. (i) If the construction and operation or maintenance of a stadium as contemplated by this section is deemed by the Department of Transportation under otherwise applicable law to require improvements on the state highway system, all of the following provisions shall apply: (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, for any project on the state highway system deemed necessary by the department due to the construction, operation, or maintenance of the stadium as contemplated by this section, the department is the responsible agency for the performance of project development services, including performance specifications, preliminary engineering, prebid services, the preparation of project reports and environmental documents, project design, and construction inspection services. The department is also the responsible agency for the preparation of documents that may include, but need not be limited to, the size, type, and desired design character of the project, performance specifications covering quality of materials, equipment, and workmanship, preliminary and final plans and specifications, and any other information deemed necessary to design and construct a project that meets the needs of the department. (2) The department may use department employees or consultants to perform these services, consistent with Article XXII of the California Constitution. Department resources, including personnel requirements necessary for the performance of those services, shall be included in the department’s capital outlay support program for workload purposes in the annual Budget Act. (j) The provisions of this section are severable. If any provision of this section or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. Except as provided in this section, nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the application of any other law. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 330, Sec. 1. (SB 43) Effective January 1, 2010.)
  84. 6533.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    The joint powers agency may fund water acquisition and may impose and collect a plan implementation charge, but it must follow notice, hearing, accounting, and protest rules.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6533. (a) The board of directors of the Eastern Water Alliance Joint Powers Agency may grant available funds to a member public agency for the purposes of assisting that member public agency in acquiring water if the board determines that that water supply will benefit the Eastern San Joaquin County Groundwater Basin as a whole and that that member public agency would otherwise be unable to acquire that water. Section 10753.1 of the Water Code applies to any groundwater regulation under this section. As used in this section, the term “groundwater” has the same definition as set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 10752 of the Water Code. (b) (1) For the purpose of supplementing the general operating revenues of the joint powers agency, upon the request of the board of directors of the joint powers agency, the Board of Supervisors of San Joaquin County may grant to the joint powers agency funds from the county general fund or Zone 2 of the San Joaquin County Flood Control and Water Conservation District that are available to carry out any purpose of the joint powers agency for which the county or district is authorized to expend funds. (2) Nothing in paragraph (1) grants a preference to the joint powers agency over other public agencies for the purposes of receiving funds described in that paragraph. (c) The joint powers agency shall deposit any county or district funds received pursuant to subdivision (b) in a separate account, and upon request of the county or district, shall demonstrate that all expenditures made from that account are being used only to carry out the powers, projects, and purposes of the joint powers agency and San Joaquin County or Zone 2 of the San Joaquin County Flood Control and Water Conservation District. (d) Subject to Article XIII D of the California Constitution, the joint powers agency may impose a plan implementation charge, in accordance with this subdivision, on landowners within its boundaries for the property related service received from improved groundwater management and planning, and for improved groundwater levels and availability, provided by the joint powers agency. This plan implementation charge shall be a charge for water subject to the procedures and requirements set forth in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 6 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution, as follows: (1) Each year the board of directors of the joint powers agency may fix a plan implementation charge that may not exceed the annual cost of carrying out the actions financed by the charge. The board of directors may use multiyear budgeting to determine the plan implementation charge for up to five years and adopt a schedule of charges for this time period. (2) Before imposing the plan implementation charge, the board of directors of the joint powers agency shall identify the parcels of land within the joint powers agency to be benefited by the actions financed by the charge, the need for the plan implementation charge, and the amount of the charge to be imposed on each parcel. The amount of the charge upon any parcel may not exceed the proportional costs of the actions financed by the charge attributable to that parcel. The joint powers agency shall provide written notice of the plan implementation charge and conduct a public hearing as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 6 of Article XIII D of the California Constitution. The joint powers agency may not impose the plan implementation charge if written protests against the charge are presented by a majority of the owners of the identified parcels upon which the charge will be imposed. (3) (A) The plan implementation charge, at the option of the joint powers agency, may be collected on the tax rolls of the county in the same manner, by the same persons, and at the same time as, together with and not separate from, county ad valorem property taxes. In that event, of the amount collected pursuant to this paragraph, the county auditor may deduct that amount required to reimburse the county for its actual cost of collection. (B) In lieu of that option, the joint powers agency shall collect plan implementation charges at the same time, together with penalties and interest at the same rates as is prescribed for the collection of county ad valorem property taxes. (4) The amount of an unpaid plan implementation charge, together with any penalty and interest thereon, shall constitute a lien on that land as of the same time and in the same manner as does the tax lien securing county ad valorem property taxes. (5) In lieu of a plan implementation charge being imposed on parcels within the boundaries of any individual member public agency of the joint powers agency, any member of the joint powers agency may determine by resolution to make payment to the joint powers agency of funds in an amount equal to the amount that would be raised by imposition of the plan implementation charge within the boundaries of that member, to be paid at the same time that the plan implementation charge would be collected if imposed. (e) For the purposes of this section, “joint powers agency” means the Eastern Water Alliance Joint Powers Agency. (f) For the purposes of this section, “Eastern San Joaquin County Groundwater Basin” means the Eastern San Joaquin County Basin described on pages 38 and 39 of the Department of Water Resources’ Bulletin No. 118-80. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 740, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)
  85. 6534.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    The Department of Corrections may enter joint powers agreements with health care districts to create regional inmate health service agencies, and those authorities may be used for inmate health care service activities.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6534. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Prison Inmate Health Service Reform Act. (b) The Department of Corrections may enter into joint powers agreements under this chapter with one or more health care districts established in accordance with Division 23 (commencing with Section 32000) of the Health and Safety Code, in order to establish regional inmate health service joint powers agencies. (c) Inmate health service joint powers authorities may be utilized for any purpose related to the provision, acquisition, or coordination of inmate health care services, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) The provision of district hospital-based surgical, diagnostic, emergency, trauma, acute care, skilled nursing, long-term, and inpatient psychiatric care. (2) Health care utilization review services. (3) Health facility management consultation services. (4) Health care contract design, negotiation, management, and related consultation services. (5) Health care quality monitoring, management, and oversight consulting services. (6) Physician and health care staff recruitment services. (7) The design, construction, and operation of dedicated, secure, community-based health care facilities for the provision of inmate health care services. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)
  86. 6535.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    Certain licensed joint-powers entities must follow the same governance, public records, open meeting, and conflict-of-interest rules as the referenced Welfare and Institutions Code entity.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6535. Any entity that is established pursuant to a joint powers agreement authorized under this article that is also licensed under Chapter 2.2 (commencing with Section 1340) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, where one of the parties to the joint powers agreement is an entity established pursuant to Section 14018.7, 14087.31, 14087.35, 14087.36, 14087.38, or 14087.9605 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, shall be subject to all of the same provisions, including, but not limited to, governance, public records requirements, open meeting requirements, and conflicts of interest as is the entity established pursuant to Section 14018.7, 14087.31, 14087.35, 14087.36, 14087.38, or 14087.9605 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, as applicable, that is a party to the joint powers agreement. (Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 516, Sec. 1. Effective October 4, 2005.)
  87. 65350.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    Cities and counties must prepare, adopt, and amend general plans and their elements as this article requires.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65350. Cities and counties shall prepare, adopt, and amend general plans and elements of those general plans in the manner provided in this article. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5.)
  88. 65350.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    Before adopting or substantially amending a city or county general plan, the planning agency must review and consider specified water-related matters.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65350.5. Before the adoption or any substantial amendment of a city’s or county’s general plan, the planning agency shall review and consider all of the following: (a) An adoption of, or update to, a groundwater sustainability plan or groundwater management plan pursuant to Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720) or Part 2.75 (commencing with Section 10750) of Division 6 of the Water Code or groundwater management court order, judgment, or decree. (b) An adjudication of water rights. (c) An order or interim plan by the State Water Resources Control Board pursuant to Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 10735) of Part 2.74 of Division 6 of the Water Code. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 347, Sec. 2. (AB 1739) Effective January 1, 2015.)
  89. 65351.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    The planning agency must give people and groups opportunities to participate when preparing or amending the general plan.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65351. During the preparation or amendment of the general plan, the planning agency shall provide opportunities for the involvement of citizens, California Native American Indian tribes, public agencies, public utility companies, and civic, education, and other community groups, through public hearings and any other means the planning agency deems appropriate. (Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 22, Sec. 102. Effective January 1, 2006.)
  90. 65352.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    Before adopting or substantially amending a general plan, the planning agency must refer the proposal to specified entities, and recipients generally have 45 days to comment.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65352. (a) Before a legislative body takes action to adopt or substantially amend a general plan, the planning agency shall refer the proposed action to all of the following entities: (1) A city or county, within or abutting the area covered by the proposal, and any special district that may be significantly affected by the proposed action, as determined by the planning agency. (2) An elementary, high school, or unified school district within the area covered by the proposed action. (3) The local agency formation commission. (4) An areawide planning agency whose operations may be significantly affected by the proposed action, as determined by the planning agency. (5) A federal agency, if its operations or lands within its jurisdiction may be significantly affected by the proposed action, as determined by the planning agency. (6) The branches of the United States Armed Forces that have provided the Office of Planning and Research with a military point of contact pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 65944, if the proposed action is within 1,000 feet of a military installation, or lies within special use airspace, or beneath a low-level flight path, as defined in Section 21098 of the Public Resources Code. (7) A public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, with 3,000 or more service connections, that serves water to customers within the area covered by the proposal. The public water system shall have at least 45 days to comment on the proposed plan, in accordance with subdivision (b), and to provide the planning agency with the information set forth in Section 65352.5. (8) Any groundwater sustainability agency that has adopted a groundwater sustainability plan pursuant to Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720) of Division 6 of the Water Code or local agency that otherwise manages groundwater pursuant to other provisions of law or a court order, judgment, or decree within the planning area of the proposed general plan. (9) The State Water Resources Control Board, if it has adopted an interim plan pursuant to Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 10735) of Part 2.74 of Division 6 of the Water Code that includes territory within the planning area of the proposed general plan. (10) The Bay Area Air Quality Management District for a proposed action within the boundaries of the district. (11) A California Native American tribe that is on the contact list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission and that has traditional lands located within the city’s or county’s jurisdiction. (12) The Central Valley Flood Protection Board for a proposed action within the boundaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District, as set forth in Section 8501 of the Water Code. (13) (A) The State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection and every local agency that provides fire protection to territory in the city or county, if the proposed action includes either of the following: (i) The adoption or amendment of the safety element of its general plan for any county that contains a state responsibility area. (ii) The adoption or amendment of the safety element of its general plan for any city or county that contains a very high fire hazard severity zone, as defined in subdivision (i) of Section 51177. (B) A referral made pursuant to this paragraph shall be made no later than the date on which the county or city sends notice of preparation pursuant to Section 21080.4 of the Public Resources Code, if any, for the project. (b) An entity receiving a proposed general plan or amendment of a general plan pursuant to this section shall have 45 days from the date the referring agency mails it or delivers it to comment unless a longer period is specified by the planning agency. (c) (1) This section is directory, not mandatory, and the failure to refer a proposed action to the entities specified in this section does not affect the validity of the action, if adopted. (2) To the extent that the requirements of this section conflict with the requirements of Chapter 4.4 (commencing with Section 65919), the requirements of Chapter 4.4 shall prevail. (Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 142, Sec. 1. (SB 242) Effective January 1, 2020.)
  91. 65352.2.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    This section requires school districts, planning agencies, and local governments to exchange information and meet on school siting and related planning when requested.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65352.2. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to foster improved communication and coordination between cities, counties, and school districts related to planning for school siting. (b) Following notification by a local planning agency pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65352, the governing board of any elementary, high school, or unified school district, in addition to any comments submitted, may request a meeting with the planning agency to discuss possible methods of coordinating planning, design, and construction of new school facilities and schoolsites in coordination with the existing or planned infrastructure, general plan, and zoning designations of the city and county in accordance with subdivision (d). If a meeting is requested, the planning agency shall meet with the school district within 15 days following notification. (c) At least 45 days prior to completion of a school facility needs analysis pursuant to Section 65995.6, a master plan pursuant to Sections 16011 and 16322 of the Education Code, or other long-range plan, that relates to the potential expansion of existing schoolsites or the necessity to acquire additional schoolsites, the governing board of any school district shall notify and provide copies of any relevant and available information, master plan, or other long-range plan, including, if available, any proposed school facility needs analysis, that relates to the potential expansion of existing schoolsites or the necessity to acquire additional schoolsites, to the planning commission or agency of the city or county with land use jurisdiction within the school district. Following notification, or at any other time, the affected city or county may request a meeting in accordance with subdivision (d). If a meeting is requested, the school district shall meet with the city or county within 15 days following notification. After providing the information specified in this section within the 45-day time period specified in this subdivision, the governing board of the affected school district may complete the affected school facility needs analysis, master plan, or other long-range plan without further delay. (d) At any meeting requested pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) the parties may review and consider, but are not limited to, the following issues: (1) Methods of coordinating planning, design, and construction of new school facilities and schoolsites in coordination with the existing or planned infrastructure, general plan, and zoning designations of the city and county. (2) Options for the siting of new schools and whether or not the local city or counties existing land use element appropriately reflects the demand for public school facilities, and ensures that new planned development reserves location for public schools in the most appropriate locations. (3) Methods of maximizing the safety of persons traveling to and from schoolsites. (4) Opportunities to coordinate the potential siting of new schools in coordination with existing or proposed community revitalization efforts by the city or county. (5) Opportunities for financial assistance which the local government may make available to assist the school district with site acquisition, planning, or preparation costs. (6) Review all possible methods of coordinating planning, design, and construction of new school facilities and schoolsites or major additions to existing school facilities and recreation and park facilities and programs in the community. (Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 587, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2004.)
  92. 65352.3.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    Before adopting or amending a city or county general plan, the city or county must consult specified California Native American tribes and keep certain related information confidential.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65352.3. (a) (1) Prior to the adoption or any amendment of a city or county’s general plan, proposed on or after March 1, 2005, the city or county shall conduct consultations with California Native American tribes that are on the contact list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission for the purpose of preserving or mitigating impacts to places, features, and objects described in Sections 5097.9 and 5097.993 of the Public Resources Code that are located within the city or county’s jurisdiction. (2) From the date on which a California Native American tribe is contacted by a city or county pursuant to this subdivision, the tribe has 90 days in which to request a consultation, unless a shorter timeframe has been agreed to by that tribe. (b) Consistent with the guidelines developed and adopted by the Office of Planning and Research pursuant to Section 65040.2, the city or county shall protect the confidentiality of information concerning the specific identity, location, character, and use of those places, features, and objects. (Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 670, Sec. 3. Effective October 7, 2005.)
  93. 65352.4.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    This section defines “consultation” and says consultation between government agencies and Native American tribes must be conducted respectfully and with attention to tribal confidentiality needs.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65352.4. For purposes of Section 65351, 65352.3, and 65562.5, “consultation” means the meaningful and timely process of seeking, discussing, and considering carefully the views of others, in a manner that is cognizant of all parties’ cultural values and, where feasible, seeking agreement. Consultation between government agencies and Native American tribes shall be conducted in a way that is mutually respectful of each party’s sovereignty. Consultation shall also recognize the tribes’ potential needs for confidentiality with respect to places that have traditional tribal cultural significance. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 905, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2005.)
  94. 65352.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    When a city or county notifies under Section 65352, certain water agencies must give the planning agency specified water supply or groundwater information.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65352.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is vital that there be close coordination and consultation between California’s water supply or management agencies and California’s land use approval agencies to ensure that proper water supply and management planning occurs to accommodate projects that will result in increased demands on water supplies or impact water resource management. (b) It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to provide a standardized process for determining the adequacy of existing and planned future water supplies to meet existing and planned future demands on these water supplies and the impact of land use decisions on the management of California’s water supply resources. (c) Upon receiving, pursuant to Section 65352, notification of a city’s or a county’s proposed action to adopt or substantially amend a general plan, a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, with 3,000 or more service connections, shall provide the planning agency with the following information, as is appropriate and relevant: (1) The current version of its urban water management plan, adopted pursuant to Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 10610) of Division 6 of the Water Code. (2) The current version of its capital improvement program or plan, as reported pursuant to Section 31144.73 of the Water Code. (3) A description of the source or sources of the total water supply currently available to the water supplier by water right or contract, taking into account historical data concerning wet, normal, and dry runoff years. (4) A description of the quantity of surface water that was purveyed by the water supplier in each of the previous five years. (5) A description of the quantity of groundwater that was purveyed by the water supplier in each of the previous five years. (6) A description of all proposed additional sources of water supplies for the water supplier, including the estimated dates by which these additional sources should be available and the quantities of additional water supplies that are being proposed. (7) A description of the total number of customers currently served by the water supplier, as identified by the following categories and by the amount of water served to each category: (A) Agricultural users. (B) Commercial users. (C) Industrial users. (D) Residential users. (8) Quantification of the expected reduction in total water demand, identified by each customer category set forth in paragraph (7), associated with future implementation of water use reduction measures identified in the water supplier’s urban water management plan. (9) Any additional information that is relevant to determining the adequacy of existing and planned future water supplies to meet existing and planned future demands on these water supplies. (d) Upon receiving, pursuant to Section 65352, notification of a city’s or a county’s proposed action to adopt or substantially amend a general plan, a groundwater sustainability agency, as defined in Section 10721 of the Water Code, or an entity that submits an alternative under Section 10733.6 of the Water Code shall provide the planning agency with the following information, as is appropriate and relevant: (1) The current version of its groundwater sustainability plan or alternative adopted pursuant to Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720) of Division 6 of the Water Code. (2) If the groundwater sustainability agency manages groundwater pursuant to a court order, judgment, decree, or agreement among affected water rights holders, or if the State Water Resources Control Board has adopted an interim plan pursuant to Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 10735) of Part 2.74 of Division 6 of the Water Code, the groundwater sustainability agency shall provide the planning agency with maps of recharge basins and percolation ponds, extraction limitations, and other relevant information, or the court order, judgment, or decree. (3) A report on the anticipated effect of proposed action to adopt or substantially amend a general plan on implementation of a groundwater sustainability plan pursuant to Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720) of Division 6 of the Water Code. (Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 231. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.)
  95. 65353.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    If a city or county planning commission reviews a general plan or amendment, it must hold at least one public hearing and give notice as required; in some cases the notice rules expand or can be adjusted.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65353. (a) When the city or county has a planning commission authorized by local ordinance or resolution to review and recommend action on a proposed general plan or proposed amendments to the general plan, the commission shall hold at least one public hearing before approving a recommendation on the adoption or amendment of a general plan. Notice of the hearing shall be given pursuant to Section 65090. (b) If a proposed general plan or amendments to a general plan would affect the permitted uses or intensity of uses of real property, notice of the hearing shall also be given pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 65091. (c) If the number of owners to whom notice would be mailed or delivered pursuant to subdivision (b) is greater than 1,000, a local agency may, in lieu of mailed or delivered notice, provide notice by publishing notice pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 65091. (d) If the hearings held under this section are held at the same time as hearings under Section 65854, the notice of the hearing may be combined. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 382, Sec. 5. (SB 194) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  96. 65354.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    The planning commission must make a written recommendation on adopting or amending a general plan and send it to the legislative body.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65354. The planning commission shall make a written recommendation on the adoption or amendment of a general plan. A recommendation for approval shall be made by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the total membership of the commission. The planning commission shall send its recommendation to the legislative body. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5.)
  97. 65354.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    A city or county with a planning agency must set up a process for interested parties to request a legislative-body hearing within five days after the planning agency acts on a proposed general plan amendment.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65354.5. (a) A city or county with a planning agency, other than the legislative body itself, which has the authority to consider and recommend the approval, conditional approval, or disapproval of a proposed amendment to a general plan, shall establish procedures for any interested party to file a written request for a hearing by the legislative body with its clerk within five days after the planning agency acts on the proposed amendment. Notice of the hearing shall be given pursuant to Section 65090. (b) The legislative body may establish a fee to cover the cost of establishing the procedures and conducting the hearing pursuant to subdivision (a). The legislative body shall impose the fee pursuant to Section 66016. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1572, Sec. 8.)
  98. 65355.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    Before adopting or amending a general plan, the legislative body must hold at least one public hearing.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65355. Prior to adopting or amending a general plan, the legislative body shall hold at least one public hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be given pursuant to Section 65090. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5.)
  99. 65356.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    The legislative body must adopt or amend a general plan by resolution, with a majority vote of its total membership. It may approve, modify, or disapprove a planning commission recommendation, and substantial changes not already heard by the commission must be sent back for recommendation.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65356. (a) The legislative body shall adopt or amend a general plan by resolution, which resolution shall be adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the total membership of the legislative body. The legislative body may approve, modify, or disapprove the recommendation of the planning commission, if any. However, any substantial modification proposed by the legislative body not previously considered by the commission during its hearings, shall first be referred to the planning commission for its recommendation. The failure of the commission to report within 45 calendar days after the reference, or within the time set by the legislative body, shall be deemed a recommendation for approval. (b) A general plan of a charter city shall be adopted by resolution of the legislative body of the city, or the planning commission if the charter so provides. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 856, Sec. 2. (SB 1333) Effective January 1, 2019.)
  100. 65357.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    The clerk must make adopted general plan documents available quickly, and must provide copies on request after payment of reasonable copying costs. Cities or counties may charge a fee tied to copying cost.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65357. (a) A copy of the adopted general plan or amendment to the general plan shall be sent to all public entities specified in Section 65352 and any other public entities that submitted comments on the proposed general plan or amendment to the general plan during its preparation. Failure to send the adopted general plan or amendment as provided in this section shall not affect its validity in any manner. (b) Copies of the documents adopting or amending the general plan, including the diagrams and text, shall be made available to the general public as follows: (1) Within one working day following the date of adoption, the clerk of the legislative body shall make the documents adopting or amending the plan, including the diagrams and text, available to the public for inspection. (2) Within two working days after receipt of a request for a copy of the adopted documents adopting or amending the plan, including the diagrams and text, accompanied by payment for the reasonable cost of copying, the clerk shall furnish the requested copy to the person making the request. (c) A city or county may charge a fee for a copy of the general plan or amendments to the general plan that is reasonably related to the cost of providing that document. (Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 338, Sec. 1.)
  101. 65358.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    The legislative body may amend an adopted general plan, and may require a deposit covering estimated preparation costs when it allows public requests for amendments.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65358. (a) If it deems it to be in the public interest, the legislative body may amend all or part of an adopted general plan. An amendment to the general plan shall be initiated in the manner specified by the legislative body. Notwithstanding Section 66016, a legislative body that permits persons to request an amendment of the general plan may require that an amount equal to the estimated cost of preparing the amendment be deposited with the planning agency prior to the preparation of the amendment. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c) or (d), no mandatory element of a general plan shall be amended more frequently than four times during any calendar year. Subject to that limitation, an amendment may be made at any time, as determined by the legislative body. Each amendment may include more than one change to the general plan. (c) The limitation on the frequency of amendments to a general plan contained in subdivision (b) does not apply to amendments of the general plan requested and necessary for a single development of residential units, at least 25 percent of which will be occupied by or available to persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined by Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code. The specified percentage of low- or moderate-income housing may be developed on the same site as the other residential units proposed for development, or on another site or sites encompassed by the general plan, in which case the combined total number of residential units shall be considered a single development proposal for purposes of this section. (d) This section does not apply to the adoption of any element of a general plan or to the amendment of any element of a general plan in order to comply with any of the following: (1) A court decision made pursuant to Article 14 (commencing with Section 65750). (2) Subdivision (b) of Section 65302.3. (3) Subdivision (b) of Section 30500 of the Public Resources Code. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 343, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2008.)
  102. 65359.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    A city or county plan that covers the same areas or matters as a general plan amendment must be reviewed and amended as needed to stay consistent with the general plan.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65359. Any specific plan or other plan of the city or county that is applicable to the same areas or matters affected by a general plan amendment shall be reviewed and amended as necessary to make the specific or other plan consistent with the general plan. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5.)
  103. 6536.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    A qualifying private nonprofit corporation may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency for mutually beneficial use of the public land.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6536. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit corporation that conducts fairs and other events and exhibitions on land leased from the County of Los Angeles may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500, for mutually beneficial uses of the public land. The agency formed pursuant to this joint powers agreement shall be deemed a public entity as described in Section 6507. (Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 122, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)
  104. 65360.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    A newly incorporated city or newly formed county’s legislative body must adopt a general plan within 30 months after incorporation or formation.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65360. The legislative body of a newly incorporated city or newly formed county shall adopt a general plan within 30 months following incorporation or formation. During that 30-month period of time, the city or county is not subject to the requirement that a general plan be adopted or the requirements of state law that its decisions be consistent with the general plan, if all of the following requirements are met: (a) The city or county is proceeding in a timely fashion with the preparation of the general plan. (b) The planning agency finds, in approving projects and taking other actions, including the issuance of building permits, pursuant to this title, each of the following: (1) There is a reasonable probability that the land use or action proposed will be consistent with the general plan proposal being considered or studied or which will be studied within a reasonable time. (2) There is little or no probability of substantial detriment to or interference with the future adopted general plan if the proposed use or action is ultimately inconsistent with the plan. (3) The proposed use or action complies with all other applicable requirements of state law and local ordinances. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5.)
  105. 65361.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    A city or county may apply for more time to prepare and adopt all or part of its general plan, and the Director of Planning and Research must grant a reasonable extension of up to two years if required findings are made.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65361. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon application by a city or county, the Director of Planning and Research shall grant a reasonable extension of time not to exceed two years from the date of issuance of the extension, for the preparation and adoption of all or part of the general plan, if the legislative body of the city or county, after a public hearing, makes any of the following findings: (1) Data required for the general plan shall be provided by another agency and it has not yet been provided. (2) In spite of sufficient budgetary provisions and substantial recruiting efforts, the city or county has not been able to obtain necessary staff or consultant assistance. (3) A disaster has occurred requiring reassignment of staff for an extended period or requiring a complete reevaluation and revision of the general plan, or both. (4) Local review procedures require an extended public review process that has resulted in delaying the decision by the legislative body. (5) The city or county is jointly preparing all or part of the general plan with one or more other jurisdictions pursuant to an existing agreement and timetable for completion. (6) Other reasons exist that justify the granting of an extension, so that the timely preparation and adoption of a general plan is promoted. (b) The director shall not grant an extension of time for the preparation and adoption of a housing element except in the case of a newly incorporated city or newly formed county that cannot meet the deadline set by Section 65360. Before the director grants an extension of time pursuant to this subdivision, he or she shall consult with the Director of Housing and Community Development. (c) The application for an extension shall contain all of the following: (1) A resolution of the legislative body of the city or county adopted after public hearing setting forth in detail the reasons why the general plan was not previously adopted as required by law or needs to be revised, including one or more of the findings made by the legislative body pursuant to subdivision (a), and the amount of additional time necessary to complete the preparation and adoption of the general plan. (2) A detailed budget and schedule for preparation and adoption of the general plan, including plans for citizen participation and expected interim action. The budget and schedule shall be of sufficient detail to allow the director to assess the progress of the applicant at regular intervals during the term of the extension. The schedule shall provide for adoption of a complete and adequate general plan within two years of the date of the application for the extension. (3) A set of proposed policies and procedures which would ensure, during the extension of time granted pursuant to this section, that the land use proposed in an application for a subdivision, rezoning, use permit, variance, or building permit will be consistent with the general plan proposal being considered or studied. (d) The director may impose any conditions on extensions of time granted that the director deems necessary to ensure compliance with the purposes and intent of this title. Those conditions shall apply only to those parts of the general plan for which the extension has been granted. In establishing those conditions, the director may adopt or modify and adopt any of the policies and procedures proposed by the city or county pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c). (e) During the extension of time specified in this section, the city or county is not subject to the requirement that a complete and adequate general plan be adopted, or the requirements that it be adopted within a specific period of time. Development approvals shall be consistent with those portions of the general plan for which an extension has been granted, except as provided by the conditions imposed by the director pursuant to subdivision (d). Development approvals shall be consistent with any element or elements that have been adopted and for which an extension of time is not sought. (f) If a city or county that is granted a time extension pursuant to this section determines that it cannot complete the elements of the general plan for which the extension has been granted within the prescribed time period, the city or county may request one additional extension of time, which shall not exceed one year, if the director determines that the city or county has made substantial progress toward the completion of the general plan. This subdivision shall not apply to an extension of time granted pursuant to subdivision (b). (g) An extension of time granted pursuant to this section for the preparation and adoption of all or part of a city or county general plan is exempt from Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 62. Effective January 1, 1997.)
  106. 65362.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. )

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    A local government whose extension-of-time request under Section 65361 is denied or conditionally approved may appeal to the Planning Advisory and Assistance Council.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 6. Preparation, Adoption, and Amendment of the General Plan [65350 - 65362] ( Article 6 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5. ) ## 65362. Any city, county, or city and county whose application for an extension of time under Section 65361 has been denied or approved with conditions by the director may appeal that denial or approval with conditions to the Planning Advisory and Assistance Council. The council may review the action of the director and act upon the application and approve, conditionally approve, or deny the application, and the decision of the council shall be final. If the council acts on an appeal and by doing so grants a one-year extension, that extension of time shall run from the date of the action by the council. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 13.5.)
  107. 6537.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    Certain joint powers agencies for the Monterey Peninsula may issue water rate relief bonds, but only if the commission finds the issuance will save water customers money; if the agency issues bonds under this section, it cannot file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy while the bonds and related financing costs are unpaid, and for one year and one day after repayment.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6537. (a) The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the communities on the Monterey Peninsula that any joint exercise of powers authority formed under this article to which the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District and one or more other public agencies are members is authorized to issue water rate relief bonds, hereafter “agency bonds,” the proceeds of which will be used to purchase water rate relief bonds that are authorized to be issued by an affiliate of a qualifying water utility in a financing order issued pursuant to Article 5.7 (commencing with Section 849) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code, to fund any necessary reserves and to pay the costs of issuance of the agency bonds. The agency bonds may be issued only if the commission finds in a financing order that the issuance, due to the availability of a federal or state income tax exemption, will provide savings to water customers on the Monterey Peninsula. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the joint powers agency may issue bonds pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 6540) or Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584). If the agency issues bonds under this section, the agency, notwithstanding Article 5 (commencing with Section 53760) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, shall not be eligible to file for bankruptcy pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 901) of Title 11 of the United States Code as long as the bonds and any related financing costs are outstanding and unpaid and shall remain ineligible for a period of one year and one day after repayment of the bonds and any related financing costs. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 482, Sec. 5. (SB 936) Effective January 1, 2015.)
  108. 6538.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    Certain qualifying nonprofit corporations may join a joint powers authority or agreement for zero-emission transportation services, but the authority cannot incur debt.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6538.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, one or more private, nonprofit mutual benefit corporations that are organized pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, formed for purposes of providing services to zero-emission transportation systems or facilities, including, but not limited to, finance, design, construction, operation, or maintenance, or authorized by their board of directors to provide such services, may join a joint powers authority or enter into a joint powers agreement with one or more public agencies otherwise established pursuant to this chapter. Any joint powers authority formed pursuant to a joint powers agreement as described in this subdivision shall be deemed a public entity, as described in Section 6507, except that, notwithstanding any other law, the authority shall not have the power to incur debt. (b) The purpose of a joint powers authority or agreement formed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be to facilitate the development, construction, and operation of zero-emission transportation systems or facilities that lower greenhouse gases, reduce vehicle congestion and vehicle miles traveled, and improve public transit connections. (c) An authority formed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be governed by a board of directors, the composition of which shall be determined by the participating public agency or agencies. The representation of private, nonprofit mutual benefit corporations on the board of directors shall not exceed 50 percent. (d) (1) (A) For a project undertaken by a joint powers authority formed pursuant to a joint powers agreement as described in this section, the joint powers authority shall obtain an enforceable commitment that any bidder, contractor, or other entity undertaking the project will use a skilled and trained workforce to complete the project. (B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply if either of the following are met: (i) The joint powers authority has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project to use a skilled and trained workforce. (ii) The bidder, contractor, or other entity has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors at every tier performing work on the project to use a skilled and trained workforce. (2) For a project undertaken by a bidder, contractor, or other entity that is a private entity under contract to or otherwise performing the work for a joint powers authority formed pursuant to a joint powers agreement as described in this section, the private entity shall do both of the following: (A) Certify, in writing and under penalty of perjury, to the joint powers authority that either of the following is true: (i) The entirety of the project is a public work for purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code. (ii) If the project is not in its entirety a public work and the project applicant is not required to pay prevailing wages to all construction workers under Article 2 (commencing with Section 1720) of Chapter 1 of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code, all construction workers employed on construction of the project will be paid at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for the type of work and geographic area, as determined by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Sections 1773 and 1773.9 of the Labor Code, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate. If the project is subject to this clause, then for those portions of the project that are not a public work all of the following shall apply: (I) The joint powers authority shall ensure that the prevailing wage requirement is included in all contracts for the performance of all construction work. (II) All contractors and subcontractors at every tier shall pay to all construction workers employed in the execution of the work at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate. (III) Except as provided in subclause (V), all contractors and subcontractors at every tier shall maintain and verify payroll records pursuant to Section 1776 of the Labor Code and make those records available for inspection and copying by the joint powers authority and the public as provided by Section 1776 of the Labor Code. (IV) Except as provided in subclause (V), the obligation of the contractors and subcontractors at every tier to pay prevailing wages may be enforced by the Labor Commissioner through the issuance of a civil wage and penalty assessment pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, which may be reviewed pursuant to Section 1742 of the Labor Code, within 18 months after the completion of the project, or by an underpaid worker through an administrative complaint or civil action, or by a joint labor-management committee through a civil action under Section 1771.2 of the Labor Code. If a civil wage and penalty assessment is issued, the contractor, subcontractor, and surety on a bond or bonds issued to secure the payment of wages covered by the assessment shall be liable for liquidated damages pursuant to Section 1742.1 of the Labor Code. (V) Subclauses (III) and (IV) do not apply if all contractors and subcontractors at every tier performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires the payment of prevailing wages to all construction workers employed in the execution of the project and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure. (VI) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1773.1 of the Labor Code, the requirement that employer payments not reduce the obligation to pay the hourly straight time or overtime wages found to be prevailing shall not apply if otherwise provided in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement covering the worker. The requirement to pay at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages does not preclude use of an alternative workweek schedule adopted pursuant to Section 511 or 514 of the Labor Code. (B) Certify, in writing and under penalty of perjury, to the joint powers authority that a skilled and trained workforce will be used to perform all construction work on the project. All of the following requirements shall apply to the project: (i) The joint powers authority shall require in all contracts for the performance of work that every contractor and subcontractor at every tier will individually use a skilled and trained workforce to construct the project. (ii) Every contractor and subcontractor shall use a skilled and trained workforce to construct the project. (iii) (I) Except as provided in subclause (II), the private entity shall provide to the joint powers authority, on a monthly basis while the project or contract is being performed, a report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. A monthly report provided to the joint powers authority pursuant to this subclause shall be a public record under the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1) and shall be open to public inspection. A private entity that fails to provide a monthly report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code shall be subject to a civil penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per month for each month for which the report has not been provided. Any contractor or subcontractor that fails to use a skilled and trained workforce shall be subject to a civil penalty of two hundred dollars ($200) per day for each worker employed in contravention of the skilled and trained workforce requirement. Penalties may be assessed by the Labor Commissioner within 18 months of completion of the project using the same procedures for issuance of civil wage and penalty assessments pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, and may be reviewed pursuant to the same procedures in Section 1742 of the Labor Code. Penalties shall be paid to the State Public Works Enforcement Fund. (II) Subclause (I) shall not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires compliance with the skilled and trained workforce requirement and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure. (e) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following definitions: (1) “Project” means any zero-emission transportation system or facility that is developed, constructed, or operated by a joint powers authority formed pursuant to subdivision (a). (2) “Project labor agreement” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code. (3) “Skilled and trained workforce” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 2601 of the Public Contract Code and as described in Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. (f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2032, and as of that date is repealed. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 423, Sec. 1. (SB 1226) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2032, by its own provisions.)
  109. 6538.6.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    Certain nonprofit health-care corporations may join a joint powers authority, but the authority cannot incur debt or practice medicine, and the section imposes workforce, wage, reporting, and penalty rules for covered projects.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6538.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, one or more private, nonprofit mutual benefit corporations that are organized pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, formed for purposes of providing health care services, may join a joint powers authority or enter into a joint powers agreement with one or more public agencies otherwise established pursuant to this chapter formed for purposes of providing health care services. Any joint powers authority formed pursuant to a joint powers agreement as described in this section shall be deemed a public entity, as described in Section 6507, except that, notwithstanding any other law, the authority shall not have the power to incur debt or the power to employ physicians and surgeons, charge for professional services rendered by physicians and surgeons, or otherwise engage in the practice of medicine. (b) An authority formed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be governed by a board of directors, the composition of which shall be determined by the participating public agency or agencies. The representation of private, nonprofit mutual benefit corporations on the board of directors shall not exceed 50 percent. (c) (1) (A) When applicable to the construction or refurbishment of health facilities, a project undertaken by a joint powers authority formed pursuant to a joint powers agreement as described in this section, the joint powers authority shall obtain an enforceable commitment that any bidder, contractor, or other entity undertaking the project will use a skilled and trained workforce to complete the project. (B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply if either of the following are met: (i) The joint powers authority has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project to use a skilled and trained workforce. (ii) The bidder, contractor, or other entity has entered into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors at every tier performing work on the project to use a skilled and trained workforce. (2) For a project undertaken by a bidder, contractor, or other entity that is a private entity under contract to or otherwise performing the work for a joint powers authority formed pursuant to a joint powers agreement as described in this section, the private entity shall do both of the following: (A) Certify, in writing and under penalty of perjury, to the joint powers authority that either of the following is true: (i) The entirety of the project is a public work for purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code. (ii) If the project is not in its entirety a public work and the project applicant is not required to pay prevailing wages to all construction workers under Article 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Chapter 1 of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code, all construction workers employed on construction of the project will be paid at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for the type of work and geographic area, as determined by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Sections 1773 and 1773.9 of the Labor Code, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate. If the project is subject to this clause, then for those portions of the project that are not a public work all of the following shall apply: (I) The joint powers authority shall ensure that the prevailing wage requirement is included in all contracts for the performance of all construction work. (II) All contractors and subcontractors at every tier shall pay to all construction workers employed in the execution of the work at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate. (III) Except as provided in subclause (V), all contractors and subcontractors at every tier shall maintain and verify payroll records pursuant to Section 1776 of the Labor Code and make those records available for inspection and copying by the joint powers authority and the public as provided by Section 1776 of the Labor Code. (IV) Except as provided in subclause (V), the obligation of the contractors and subcontractors at every tier to pay prevailing wages may be enforced by the Labor Commissioner through the issuance of a civil wage and penalty assessment pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, which may be reviewed pursuant to Section 1742 of the Labor Code, within 18 months after the completion of the project, or by an underpaid worker through an administrative complaint or civil action, or by a joint labor-management committee through a civil action under Section 1771.2 of the Labor Code. If a civil wage and penalty assessment is issued, the contractor, subcontractor, and surety on a bond or bonds issued to secure the payment of wages covered by the assessment shall be liable for liquidated damages pursuant to Section 1742.1 of the Labor Code. (V) Subclauses (III) and (IV) do not apply if all contractors and subcontractors at every tier performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires the payment of prevailing wages to all construction workers employed in the execution of the project and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure. (VI) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1773.1 of the Labor Code, the requirement that employer payments not reduce the obligation to pay the hourly straight time or overtime wages found to be prevailing shall not apply if otherwise provided in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement covering the worker. The requirement to pay at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages does not preclude use of an alternative workweek schedule adopted pursuant to Section 511 or 514 of the Labor Code. (B) Certify, in writing and under penalty of perjury, to the joint powers authority that a skilled and trained workforce will be used to perform all construction work on the project. All of the following requirements shall apply to the project: (i) The joint powers authority shall require in all contracts for the performance of work that every contractor and subcontractor at every tier will individually use a skilled and trained workforce to construct the project. (ii) Every contractor and subcontractor shall use a skilled and trained workforce to construct the project. (iii) (I) Except as provided in subclause (II), the private entity shall provide to the joint powers authority, on a monthly basis while the project or contract is being performed, a report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. A monthly report provided to the joint powers authority pursuant to this subclause shall be a public record under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000)) and shall be open to public inspection. A private entity that fails to provide a monthly report demonstrating compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code shall be subject to a civil penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per month for each month for which the report has not been provided. Any contractor or subcontractor that fails to use a skilled and trained workforce shall be subject to a civil penalty of two hundred dollars ($200) per day for each worker employed in contravention of the skilled and trained workforce requirement. Penalties may be assessed by the Labor Commissioner within 18 months of completion of the project using the same procedures for issuance of civil wage and penalty assessments pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, and may be reviewed pursuant to the same procedures in Section 1742 of the Labor Code. Penalties shall be paid to the State Public Works Enforcement Fund. (II) Subclause (I) shall not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project are subject to a project labor agreement that requires compliance with the skilled and trained workforce requirement and provides for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure. (d) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following definitions: (1) “Health facilities” has the same meaning as in Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code. (2) “Health care services” has the same meaning as in Section 234(d)(2) of Title 42 of the United States Code. (3) “Project” means any health facilities that are developed, constructed, or operated by a joint powers authority formed pursuant to subdivision (a). (4) “Project labor agreement” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code. (5) “Skilled and trained workforce” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 2601 of the Public Contract Code and as described in Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2034, and as of that date is repealed. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 710, Sec. 1. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2025. Repealed as of January 1, 2034, by its own provisions.)
  110. 6539.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    The Board of Directors of the Orange County Fire Authority may not include alternate members.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6539. Notwithstanding any other law, the composition of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Fire Authority shall not include alternate members. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 504, Sec. 1. (AB 1217) Effective January 1, 2017.)
  111. 6539.1.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    Local agencies may form a joint powers agreement to create and run a regional housing trust, and the trust must follow specific board, reporting, and funding rules.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6539.1. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, two or more local agencies may enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to this chapter to create and operate a regional housing trust to fund housing to assist the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, within their jurisdictions. (2) A federally recognized tribal government may also enter into the joint powers agreement described in paragraph (1). If a tribal government enters into the joint powers agreement, the tribal government shall designate one of its members to join the board of directors described in subdivision (b). The tribal government shall determine how this member is selected. (b) (1) A regional housing trust created pursuant to this section shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of a minimum of five directors. (2) At least three members of the board of directors shall be elected members from a local agency that is a party to the joint powers agreement. The local agencies that are party to the joint powers agreement shall determine how these members are selected. (3) At least two additional board members shall be experts in homeless or housing policy that are not elected officials of a local agency. The board members appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall be selected by a majority vote of the other members of the board of directors. (4) Any additional members of the board of directors shall meet the requirements of either paragraph (2), paragraph (3), or paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), provided that at least a majority of the board of directors remains elected officials from the local agencies that are a party to the joint powers agreement. (5) The board of directors shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its members at the first meeting held in each calendar year. (6) Members of the board of directors shall serve without compensation. Members of the board of directors may be reimbursed for actual expenses that are approved before they are incurred. (7) A member of the board of directors shall serve a term of two years. If a vacancy occurs on the board of directors, the remaining members of the board of directors shall make an appointment to fill that vacancy that shall be effective only for the remainder of the term of the office that became vacated. (c) Notwithstanding any other law, a regional housing trust created pursuant to this section may do any of the following: (1) Fund any of the following: (A) The planning and construction of housing of all types and tenures for the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, including, but not limited to, permanent supportive housing. (B) The acquisition of housing of five or more units for the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, including, but not limited to, permanent supportive housing. (C) The acquisition of housing of any number of units for the purpose of assisting a nonprofit corporation described in subdivision (a) of Section 214.15 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (2) Receive public and private financing and funds. (3) Authorize and issue bonds, certificates of participation, or any other debt instrument repayable from funds and financing received pursuant to paragraph (2) and pledged by the regional housing trust. (d) A regional housing trust created pursuant to this section shall incorporate into its joint powers agreement annual financial reporting and auditing requirements that shall maximize transparency and public information as to the receipt and use of funds by the agency. The annual financial report shall show how the funds have furthered the purposes of the regional housing trust. (e) A regional housing trust created pursuant to this section shall comply with the regulatory guidelines of each specific state funding source received. (f) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a local agency from requesting a special statute that provides exemptions from the requirements of this section if it believes that unique local circumstances exist. (g) For purposes of this section, “local agency” means a city, county, or council of governments. (Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 147, Sec. 2. (SB 20) Effective January 1, 2024.)
  112. 6539.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    Orange County and its cities may form a joint powers agency to fund housing, and the agency must follow reporting, auditing, and state funding rules.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6539.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the County of Orange and any of the cities within the County of Orange may enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to this chapter to create and operate a joint powers agency to fund housing to assist the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, within the County of Orange. (2) The joint powers agency created pursuant to this section shall be known as the Orange County Housing Finance Trust, and shall be created and operate in accordance with this section. (b) The Orange County Housing Finance Trust shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of elected officials representing the County of Orange and representative cities that are party to the joint powers agreement. (c) Notwithstanding any other law, the Orange County Housing Finance Trust may do any of the following: (1) Fund the planning and construction of housing of all types and tenures for the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, including, but not limited to, permanent supportive housing. (2) Receive public and private financing and funds. (3) Authorize and issue bonds, certificates of participation, or any other debt instrument repayable from funds and financing received pursuant to paragraph (2) and pledged by the Orange County Housing Finance Trust. (d) The Orange County Housing Finance Trust shall incorporate into its joint powers agreement annual financial reporting and auditing requirements that shall maximize transparency and public information as to the receipt and use of funds by the agency. The annual financial report shall show how the funds have furthered the purposes of the Orange County Housing Finance Trust. (e) The Orange County Housing Finance Trust shall comply with the regulatory guidelines of each specific state funding source received. (Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 336, Sec. 2. (AB 448) Effective January 1, 2019.)
  113. 6539.6.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    This section lets the County of Los Angeles and certain San Gabriel Valley cities form a joint powers agency to fund housing, and requires the agency to have specified governance, reporting, and compliance rules.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6539.6. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the County of Los Angeles and any or all of the cities within the jurisdiction of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments may enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to this chapter to create and operate a joint powers agency to fund housing to assist the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, within the San Gabriel Valley region. (2) The joint powers agency created pursuant to this section shall be known as the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust, and shall be created and operate in accordance with this section. (b) (1) The San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of nine directors appointed by the governing board of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments. (2) (A) Seven members of the board of directors shall be local elected officials from the County of Los Angeles or members of a city council from a city that is a member of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments that represents either of the following: (i) A city that is a party to the joint powers agreement. (ii) A County of Los Angeles board of supervisors district that is located wholly or partially within the territory of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, if the county is a party to the joint powers agreement. (B) Two members of the board of directors shall be experts in homeless or housing policy. These experts shall meet all of the following criteria: (i) They shall not be local elected officials or employees of a city that currently has a representative on the board of directors. (ii) They shall have regional experience with affordable housing projects in multiple San Gabriel Valley cities. (iii) They shall have at least five years of experience in homeless or housing policy. (3) The board of directors shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its members at the first meeting held in each calendar year. (4) (A) Members of the board of directors shall serve without compensation. (B) Members of the board of directors may be reimbursed for actual expenses subject to the approval of the governing board of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments. Actual expenses shall be approved before they are incurred. (5) (A) A member of the board of directors shall serve a term of two years. After initial members of the board are selected, the governing board of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments shall designate staggered terms for the board of directors to require five members to be appointed in odd-numbered years and four members to be appointed in even-numbered years. (B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), staggered terms shall be established by drawing lots at the first meeting of the board so that a simple majority of the members shall initially serve a two-year term, and the remainder shall initially serve a one-year term. (C) If a vacancy occurs on the board of directors, the governing board of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments shall appoint a qualified individual to fill the vacancy within 60 days of the vacancy. An appointment to fill a vacancy pursuant to this subparagraph shall be effective only for the remainder of the term of the office that became vacated. (6) Each member of the board of directors that represents a city that is a party to the joint powers agreement shall be a resident of a different city. (c) Notwithstanding any other law, the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust may do any of the following: (1) Fund the planning and construction of housing of all types and tenures for the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, including, but not limited to, permanent supportive housing. (2) Receive public and private financing and funds. (3) Authorize and issue bonds, certificates of participation, or any other debt instrument repayable from funds and financing received pursuant to paragraph (2) and pledged by the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust. (d) The San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust shall incorporate into its joint powers agreement annual financial reporting and auditing requirements that shall maximize transparency and public information as to the receipt and use of funds by the agency. The annual financial report shall show how the funds have furthered the purposes of the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust. (e) The San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust shall comply with the regulatory guidelines of each specific state funding source received. (Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 206, Sec. 1. (SB 1212) Effective January 1, 2021.)
  114. 6539.7.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    Riverside County, eligible western Riverside cities, and the Western Riverside Council of Governments members may form a joint powers agreement to create a housing finance trust.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6539.7. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the County of Riverside and any of the cities located within western Riverside County that are members of the Western Riverside Council of Governments may enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to this chapter to create and operate a joint powers agency to fund housing to assist the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, within the County of Riverside. (2) The joint powers agency created pursuant to this section shall be known as the Western Riverside County Housing Finance Trust, and shall be created and operate in accordance with this section. (b) The Western Riverside County Housing Finance Trust shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of elected officials representing the County of Riverside and representative cities that are party to the joint powers agreement. (c) Notwithstanding any other law, the Western Riverside County Housing Finance Trust may do any of the following: (1) Fund the planning and construction of housing of all types and tenures for the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, including, but not limited to, permanent supportive housing. (2) Receive public and private financing and funds. (3) Authorize and issue bonds, certificates of participation, or any other debt instrument repayable from funds and financing received pursuant to paragraph (2) and pledged by the Western Riverside County Housing Finance Trust. (d) The Western Riverside County Housing Finance Trust shall incorporate into its joint powers agreement annual financial reporting and auditing requirements that shall maximize transparency and public information as to the receipt and use of funds by the agency. The annual financial report shall show how the funds have furthered the purposes of the Western Riverside County Housing Finance Trust. (e) The Western Riverside County Housing Finance Trust shall comply with the regulatory guidelines of each specific state funding source received. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 120, Sec. 1. (AB 687) Effective January 1, 2022.)
  115. 6539.8.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    Burbank, Glendale, and Pasadena may form a joint powers housing trust, and the trust must follow reporting, auditing, and state-funding compliance rules.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6539.8. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the Cities of Burbank, Glendale, and Pasadena may enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to this chapter to create and operate a joint powers agency to fund housing to assist the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, low, and moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code within those jurisdictions. (2) The joint powers agency created pursuant to this section shall be known as the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Regional Housing Trust, and shall be created and operated in accordance with this section and pursuant to the joint powers agreement entered pursuant to paragraph (1). (b) (1) The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Regional Housing Trust shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of a minimum of three directors who are elected officials representing the cities that are party to the joint powers agreement. Those directors shall consist of members equally appointed by each of the three representative cities that are a party to the joint powers agreement. (2) The board of directors shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its members at the first meeting held in each calendar year. (3) (A) Members of the board of directors shall serve without compensation. (B) Members of the board of directors may be reimbursed for actual expenses. Actual expenses shall be approved before they are incurred. (4) (A) A member of the board of directors shall serve a term of two years. (B) If a vacancy occurs on the board of directors, an individual shall fill the vacancy as outlined in the joint powers agreement. An appointment to fill a vacancy pursuant to this subparagraph shall be effective only for the remainder of the term of the office that became vacated. (c) Notwithstanding any other law, the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Regional Housing Trust may do any of the following: (1) Fund the planning, acquisition, and construction of housing of all types and tenures for the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, low, and moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, including, but not limited to, permanent supportive housing. (2) Receive public and private financing and funds. (3) Authorize and issue bonds, certificates of participation, or any other debt instrument repayable from funds and financing received pursuant to paragraph (2) and pledged by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Regional Housing Trust. (d) The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Regional Housing Trust shall incorporate into its joint powers agreement annual financial reporting and auditing requirements that shall maximize transparency and public information as to the receipt and use of funds by the agency. The annual financial report shall show how the funds have furthered the purposes of the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Regional Housing Trust. (e) The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Regional Housing Trust shall comply with the regulatory guidelines of each specific state funding source received. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 62. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024.)
  116. 6539.9.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    Los Angeles County and nearby cities may form a joint powers agency to fund housing, and the agency must follow reporting and funding-source rules.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6539.9. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the County of Los Angeles and any or all of the cities within the jurisdiction of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments may enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to this chapter to create and operate a joint powers agency to fund housing to assist the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, within the South Bay Cities region. (2) The joint powers agency created pursuant to this section shall be known as the South Bay Regional Housing Trust and shall operate in accordance with this section. (b) (1) The South Bay Regional Housing Trust shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of an appropriate number of directors to be determined by the governing board of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments. (2) (A) The board of directors shall be appointed by the governing board of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments and shall include mayors, council members, or County of Los Angeles supervisors that represent either of the following: (i) A city that is a party to the joint powers agreement. (ii) A County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors district that is located wholly or partially within the territory of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments, if the county is a party to the joint powers agreement. (B) Two members of the board of directors shall be experts in homeless or housing policy. (3) The board of directors shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its members at the first meeting held in each calendar year. (4) (A) Members of the board of directors shall serve without compensation. (B) Members of the board of directors may be reimbursed for actual expenses subject to the approval of the governing board of the South Bay Regional Housing Trust. Actual expenses shall be approved before they are incurred. (5) If a vacancy occurs on the board of directors, the governing board of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments shall appoint a qualified individual to fill the vacancy within 60 days of the vacancy. (c) Notwithstanding any other law, the South Bay Regional Housing Trust may do any of the following: (1) Fund the planning and construction of housing of all types and tenures for the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, including, but not limited to, permanent supportive housing. (2) Receive public and private financing and funds. (3) Authorize and issue bonds, certificates of participation, or any other debt instrument repayable from funds and financing received pursuant to paragraph (2) and pledged by the South Bay Regional Housing Trust. (d) The South Bay Regional Housing Trust shall incorporate into its joint powers agreement annual financial reporting and auditing requirements that shall maximize transparency and public information as to the receipt and use of funds by the agency. The annual financial report shall show how the funds have furthered the purposes of the South Bay Regional Housing Trust. (e) The South Bay Regional Housing Trust shall comply with the regulatory guidelines of each specific state funding source received. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 672, Sec. 2. (SB 1444) Effective January 1, 2023.)
  117. 6539.9.1.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. )

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    The March Joint Powers Authority may transfer jurisdiction over certain districts to the County of Riverside.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements [6500 - 6539.9.1] ( Article 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## 6539.9.1. (a) Notwithstanding any law, for purposes of streamlining the return of land use authority to the County of Riverside and ensuring the continued maintenance of public infrastructure, the March Joint Powers Authority may do any of the following: (1) Transfer jurisdiction over any landscaping and lighting maintenance districts, established pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 (Part 2 (commencing with Section 22500) of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways Code), to the County of Riverside pursuant to a joint resolution setting forth the mutually agreed upon terms and conditions under which the transfer is to take place. (2) Transfer jurisdiction over any community facilities districts, established pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5), to the County of Riverside pursuant to the requirements of that act and in the same manner as a county may transfer the authority for the governance of those districts to a city under that act. (b) For purposes of this section, the “March Joint Powers Authority” means a public entity created pursuant to this article and composed of the Cities of Moreno Valley, Perris, and Riverside and the County of Riverside. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 28, Sec. 1. (SB 994) Effective January 1, 2025.)
  118. 6540.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    This section defines “bonds” for this article as revenue bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6540. As used in this article “bonds” means revenue bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329.)
  119. 65400.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Administration of General Plan [65400 - 65404] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    The planning agency must prepare an annual general plan report, make recommendations on implementation, and submit the report by April 1 each year.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Administration of General Plan [65400 - 65404] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65400. (a) After the legislative body has adopted all or part of a general plan, the planning agency shall do both of the following: (1) Investigate and make recommendations to the legislative body regarding reasonable and practical means for implementing the general plan or element of the general plan so that it will serve as an effective guide for orderly growth and development, preservation and conservation of open-space land and natural resources, and the efficient expenditure of public funds relating to the subjects addressed in the general plan. (2) Provide by April 1 of each year an annual report to the legislative body, the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, and the Department of Housing and Community Development that includes all of the following: (A) The status of the plan and progress in its implementation. (B) (i) (I) The progress in meeting its share of regional housing needs determined pursuant to Section 65584, including the need for extremely low income households, as determined pursuant to Section 65583, and local efforts to remove governmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 65583. (II) The annual report shall include the progress in meeting the city’s or county’s progress in meeting its share of regional housing need, as described in subclause (I), for the sixth and previous revisions of the housing element. (ii) The housing element portion of the annual report, as required by this paragraph, shall be prepared through the use of standards, forms, and definitions adopted by the Department of Housing and Community Development. The department may review, adopt, amend, and repeal the standards, forms, or definitions to implement this article. Any standards, forms, or definitions adopted to implement this article shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2. Before and after adoption of the forms, the housing element portion of the annual report shall include a section that describes the actions taken by the local government towards completion of the programs and status of the local government’s compliance with the deadlines in its housing element. The report shall be considered at an annual public meeting before the legislative body where members of the public shall be allowed to provide oral testimony and written comments. (iii) The report may include the number of units that have been completed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 65583.1. For purposes of this paragraph, committed assistance may be executed throughout the planning period, and the program under paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 65583.1 shall not be required. The report shall document how the units meet the standards set forth in that subdivision. (iv) The planning agency shall include the number of units in a student housing development for lower income students for which the developer of the student housing development was granted a density bonus pursuant to subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 65915. (v) The report may include the number of units of existing deed-restricted affordable housing with an average affordability no greater than 45 percent of area median income that are at least 15 years old and have been substantially rehabilitated with at least sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) per unit in funds awarded from the city or, for unincorporated areas, the county, inclusive of forgiveness of principal or interest on existing debt. Any units included in the report pursuant to this clause shall not be considered when determining affordability requirements for purposes of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 65913.4. (C) The number of housing development applications received in the prior year, including both of the following, when applicable: (i) Whether each housing development application is subject to a ministerial or discretionary approval process. (ii) Beginning with the report due by April 1, 2027, whether each application is subject to a replacement housing or relocation assistance obligation pursuant to local, state, or federal law, including, but not limited to, Section 65583.2, 65915, or 66300.6. (D) The number of units included in all development applications in the prior year. (E) (i) The number of units approved and disapproved in the prior year, which shall include all of the following subcategories: (I) The number of units located within an opportunity area. (II) For the seventh and each subsequent revision of the housing element, the number of units approved and disapproved for acutely low income households within each opportunity area. (III) For the seventh and each subsequent revision of the housing element, the number of units approved and disapproved for extremely low income households within each opportunity area. (IV) The number of units approved and disapproved for very low income households within each opportunity area. (V) The number of units approved and disapproved for lower income households within each opportunity area. (VI) The number of units approved and disapproved for moderate-income households within each opportunity area. (VII) The number of units approved and disapproved for above moderate-income households within each opportunity area. (ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, “opportunity area” means a highest, high, moderate, or low resource area pursuant to the most recent “CTCAC/HCD Opportunity Map” published by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee and the Department of Housing and Community Development. (F) The degree to which its approved general plan complies with the guidelines developed and adopted pursuant to Section 65040.2 and the date of the last revision to the general plan. (G) A listing of sites rezoned to accommodate that portion of the city’s or county’s share of the regional housing need for each income level that could not be accommodated on sites identified in the inventory required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 65583 and Section 65584.09. The listing of sites shall also include any additional sites that may have been required to be identified by Section 65863. (H) (i) The number of units of housing demolished and new units of housing, including both rental housing and for-sale housing and any units that the County of Napa or the City of Napa may report pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to Section 65584.08, that have been issued a completed entitlement, a building permit, or a certificate of occupancy, thus far in the housing element cycle, and the income category, by area median income category, that each unit of housing satisfies. That production report shall do the following: (I) For each income category described in this subparagraph, distinguish between the number of rental housing units and the number of for-sale units that satisfy each income category. (II) For each entitlement, building permit, or certificate of occupancy, include a unique site identifier that must include the assessor’s parcel number, but may also include street address, or other identifiers. (III) Beginning with the report due by April 1, 2027, for each entitlement, building permit, or certificate of occupancy, include the total number of replacement housing units by income level required pursuant to local, state, or federal law, including, but not limited to, Section 65583.2, 65915, or 66300.6. (IV) Beginning with the report due by April 1, 2027, for each entitlement, building permit, or certificate of occupancy, include the number, by income level, of replacement housing units entitled, permitted, or issued a certificate of occupancy. (ii) For the County of Napa and the City of Napa, the production report may report units identified in the agreement entered into pursuant to Section 65584.08. (I) The number of applications submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 65913.4, the location and the total number of developments approved pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 65913.4, the total number of building permits issued pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 65913.4, the total number of units including both rental housing and for-sale housing by area median income category constructed using the process provided for in subdivision (c) of Section 65913.4. (J) If the city or county has received funding pursuant to the Local Government Planning Support Grants Program (Chapter 3.1 (commencing with Section 50515) of Part 2 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code), the information required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 50515.04 of the Health and Safety Code. (K) The progress of the city or county in adopting or amending its general plan or local open-space element in compliance with its obligations to consult with California Native American tribes, and to identify and protect, preserve, and mitigate impacts to places, features, and objects described in Sections 5097.9 and 5097.993 of the Public Resources Code, pursuant to Chapter 905 of the Statutes of 2004. (L) The following information with respect to density bonuses granted in accordance with Section 65915: (i) The number of density bonus applications received by the city or county. (ii) The number of density bonus applications approved by the city or county. (iii) Data from all projects approved to receive a density bonus from the city or county, including, but not limited to, the percentage of density bonus received, the percentage of affordable units in the project, the number of other incentives or concessions granted to the project, and any waiver or reduction of parking standards for the project. (M) The following information with respect to each application submitted pursuant to Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 65912.100): (i) The location of the project. (ii) The status of the project, including whether it has been entitled, whether a building permit has been issued, and whether or not it has been completed. (iii) The number of units in the project. (iv) The number of units in the project that are rental housing. (v) The number of units in the project that are for-sale housing. (vi) The household income category of the units, as determined pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 65584. (N) A list of all historic designations listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the California Register of Historical Resources, or a local register of historic places by the city or county in the past year, and the status of any housing development projects proposed for the new historic designations, including all of the following: (i) Whether the housing development project has been entitled. (ii) Whether a building permit has been issued for the housing development project. (iii) The number of units in the housing development project. (O) The following information with respect to housing development projects under Section 65913.16: (i) The number of applications submitted under Section 65913.16. (ii) The location and number of developments approved under Section 65913.16. (iii) The total number of building permits issued pursuant to Section 65913.16. (iv) The total number of units constructed under Section 65913.16 and the income category of those units. (P) Beginning with the report due by April 1, 2027, a report on the demolition of housing units for any purpose, which shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (i) The total number of housing units approved for demolition during the year. (ii) The total number of housing units demolished during the year. (iii) For each approved or completed demolition, all of the following: (I) The location of the approved or completed demolition, using a unique site identifier that shall include the assessor’s parcel number, and may also include the street address or other identifiers. (II) The date the demolition was approved. (III) The total number of rental and ownership units demolished or approved for demolition. (IV) The number, by income level, of protected units, as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 66300.5, demolished or approved for demolition. (V) A description of any approved uses on the site. (VI) A description of any relocation assistance provided as required pursuant to local, state, or federal law, including, but not limited to, the relocation assistance required to be provided to each displaced occupant of any demolished protected unit pursuant to Section 66300.6. (Q) Beginning with the report due by April 1, 2027, a report on replacement housing units required pursuant to local, state, or federal law, including, but not limited to, Section 66300.6, for approved development projects that are not housing development projects, which shall include, for each applicable development project, all of the following: (i) The approved or proposed location of the replacement units, using a unique site identifier that shall include the assessor’s parcel number, and may also include the street address or other identifiers. (ii) The entity that is developing the replacement units. (iii) The anticipated completion date of the replacement units. (R) The status of a development of land disposed pursuant to Section 54222.3.1, including, but not limited to, all of the following information: (i) The total square footage of the residential and nonresidential development. (ii) The total square footage of low barrier navigation centers. (iii) The number of residential units and beds that have been permitted. (iv) The percentage of the residential units that have been permitted that are restricted for persons and families of low or moderate income, or lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code. (S) The information each county and city is required to include in its central inventory of surplus land and report to the department pursuant to Section 54230. (T) Any city or county that identifies sites that contain permanent housing units located on a military base undergoing closure or conversation as a result of action pursuant to the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-510), or any subsequent act requiring the closure or conversion of a military base, as an adequate site pursuant to Section 65583.1 shall address progress in meeting that section. (U) Information related to the adequate sites program alternative as required and pursuant to the scheduled specified in paragraph (7) of subdivision (c) of Section 65583.1 (V) A listing of sites owned by the city or county included in the inventory prepared pursuant to Section 65583.2 that have been sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of in the prior year. The list shall include the entity to whom each site was transferred and the intended use for the site. (W) The number of housing units approved within a zone that comply with the criteria in subdivision (c) of Section 65623 during the previous fiscal year. (X) The number of units constructed pursuant to Section 65852.21. (Y) The number of sites developed and the number of units constructed pursuant to Section 65852.24. (Z) The number of applications for parcel maps for urban lot splits pursuant to Section 66411.7. (b) (1) (A) The department may request corrections to the housing element portion of an annual report submitted pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) within 90 days of receipt. A planning agency shall make the requested corrections within 30 days after which the department may reject the report if the report is not in substantial compliance with the requirements of that paragraph. (B) If the department rejects the housing element portion of an annual report as authorized by subparagraph (A), the department shall provide the reasons the report is inconsistent with paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) to the planning agency in writing. (2) If a court finds, upon a motion to that effect, that a city, county, or city and county failed to submit, within 60 days of the deadline established in this section, the housing element portion of the report required pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) that substantially complies with the requirements of this section, the court shall issue an order or judgment compelling compliance with this section within 60 days. If the city, county, or city and county fails to comply with the court’s order within 60 days, the plaintiff or petitioner may move for sanctions, and the court may, upon that motion, grant appropriate sanctions. The court shall retain jurisdiction to ensure that its order or judgment is carried out. If the court determines that its order or judgment is not carried out within 60 days, the court may issue further orders as provided by law to ensure that the purposes and policies of this section are fulfilled. This subdivision applies to proceedings initiated on or after the first day of October following the adoption of forms and definitions by the Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), but no sooner than six months following that adoption. (c) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall post a report submitted pursuant to this section on its internet website within a reasonable time of receiving the report. (Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 56, Sec. 3. (SB 1426) Effective June 30, 2026.)
  120. 65400.2.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Administration of General Plan [65400 - 65404] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    This section lets planning agencies count certain converted multifamily units in housing reports if strict affordability and monitoring conditions are met.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Administration of General Plan [65400 - 65404] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65400.2. (a) For purposes of the housing element portion of the annual report required by paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65400, for up to 25 percent of a jurisdiction’s moderate-income regional housing need allocation, the planning agency may include the number of units in an existing multifamily building that were converted to deed-restricted rental housing for moderate-income households by the imposition of affordability covenants and restrictions for the unit. The report shall clearly indicate that these were not newly constructed units, and shall provide all relevant project- and unit-level information as described in subparagraph (H) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65400. (b) For purposes of this section, a unit may be reported as a converted unit under subdivision (a) only if all of the following apply to the unit: (1) The rent for the unit prior to conversion was not affordable to very low, low-, or moderate-income households. (2) The unit is subject to a long-term recorded regulatory agreement with a public entity that requires the unit to be affordable to, and occupied by, persons of moderate income for a term of 55 years. (3) (A) The initial postconversion rent for the unit is at least 10 percent less than the average monthly rent charged over the 12 months prior to conversion. (B) To determine the maximum rental rate in subsequent years, the initial postconversion rent for the unit shall be compared to the rent limit at the 100-percent income level established by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee for the year of conversion, and the regulatory agreement shall limit the rent on the unit for the term of the regulatory agreement to that ratio multiplied by the 100-percent income level rent limit for the respective year. (C) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B), a project owner may shift rent restrictions on units within a given property so long as the overall distribution of regulated rents remain the same. (4) The unit is in decent, safe, and sanitary condition at the time of occupancy following the conversion. (5) The unit was not acquired by eminent domain as part of the conversion. (6) The unit is subject to a governmental monitoring program to ensure continued affordability and occupancy by qualifying households. (7) Unless the development is subject to a regulatory agreement with the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, a public entity shall hold an assignable right to purchase the development, any interest in the development, or any interest in a partnership that owns the development for a price that does not exceed the principal amount of outstanding indebtedness secured by the building and all federal, state, and local taxes attributable to that sale. (c) For any units that qualify to be reported pursuant to this section that were converted between the start of the projection period and the deadline for adoption of the housing element, a city or county may reduce its share of the regional housing need on a unit-for-unit basis, provided that the reduction does not exceed 25 percent of the need in the moderate-income category. (d) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall not be required to implement this section until January 1, 2023. However, for reports issued after January 1, 2023, planning agencies may report conversions pursuant to subdivision (a) that occurred on or after January 1, 2022. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 350, Sec. 1. (AB 787) Effective January 1, 2022.)
  121. 65400.3.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Administration of General Plan [65400 - 65404] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    The planning agency may count certain converted multifamily housing units in its annual housing report, but only if the conversion meets listed affordability and monitoring conditions.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Administration of General Plan [65400 - 65404] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65400.3. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Acutely low income” has the same meaning as defined in Section 65582. (2) “Affordable housing cost” has the same meaning as defined in Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code. (3) “Affordable rent” has the same meaning as defined in Section 50053 of the Health and Safety Code. (4) “Extremely low income” has the same meaning as defined in Section 65582. (5) “Low income” has the same meaning as defined in Section 65582. (6) “Very low income” has the same meaning as defined in Section 65582. (b) (1) For purposes of the housing element portion of the annual report required by paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65400, beginning with the report due by April 1, 2027, for up to 25 percent of a jurisdiction’s regional housing need allocation for low-, very low, extremely low, or acutely low income households, the planning agency may include the number of units in an existing multifamily building that were converted to affordable housing by imposition of long-term affordability covenants and restrictions that require the unit to be available to persons or families of low, very low, extremely low, or acutely low income at an affordable rent or affordable housing cost for at least 55 years. (2) The report shall clearly indicate that the units described in paragraph (1) were not newly constructed units and shall provide all relevant project- and unit-level information, as described in subparagraph (H) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65400. (c) For purposes of this section, a unit may be reported as a converted unit under subdivision (b) only if all of the following apply to the unit: (1) The unit was not subject to any affordability covenants or restrictions prior to the conversion. (2) The unit is subject to a long-term recorded regulatory agreement with a public entity that requires the unit to be affordable to, and occupied by, persons of low, very low, extremely low, or acutely low income for a term of at least 55 years. (3) Notwithstanding the occupancy restrictions required by paragraph (2), the unit is subject to a requirement that a household or member of a household that resides in the property at the time of conversion shall not be evicted, nor shall their tenancy be terminated, on the basis of their income or other eligibility requirements for deed-restricted units in the property. (4) Any occupants temporarily displaced by rehabilitation or improvements related to the conversion have been provided temporary replacement housing during the period of their temporary displacement. (5) The unit is in decent, safe, and sanitary condition after conversion, including, but not limited to, any necessary initial rehabilitation. (6) The unit is subject to a governmental monitoring program to ensure continued affordability and occupancy by qualifying households throughout the term of the affordability restriction. (d) Units reported under this section shall be separated into the following categories: (1) Acutely low income units. (2) Extremely low income units. (3) Very low income units. (4) Low-income units. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 701, Sec. 2. (AB 670) Effective January 1, 2026.)
  122. 65401.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Administration of General Plan [65400 - 65404] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    If a general plan has been adopted, certain local officers and public bodies must submit proposed public works lists, and the receiving official agency must classify them and prepare a coordinated program for planning-agency review.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Administration of General Plan [65400 - 65404] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65401. If a general plan or part thereof has been adopted, within such time as may be fixed by the legislative body, each county or city officer, department, board, or commission, and each governmental body, commission, or board, including the governing body of any special district or school district, whose jurisdiction lies wholly or partially within the county or city, whose functions include recommending, preparing plans for, or constructing, major public works, shall submit to the official agency, as designated by the respective county board of supervisors or city council, a list of the proposed public works recommended for planning, initiation or construction during the ensuing fiscal year. The official agency receiving the list of proposed public works shall list and classify all such recommendations and shall prepare a coordinated program of proposed public works for the ensuing fiscal year. Such coordinated program shall be submitted to the county or city planning agency for review and report to said official agency as to conformity with the adopted general plan or part thereof. (Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590.)
  123. 65402.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Administration of General Plan [65400 - 65404] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    Certain property acquisitions, disposals, street vacations, and public building projects must be reviewed for conformity with an adopted general plan before they proceed.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Administration of General Plan [65400 - 65404] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65402. (a) If a general plan or part thereof has been adopted, no real property shall be acquired by dedication or otherwise for street, square, park or other public purposes, and no real property shall be disposed of, no street shall be vacated or abandoned, and no public building or structure shall be constructed or authorized, if the adopted general plan or part thereof applies thereto, until the location, purpose and extent of such acquisition or disposition, such street vacation or abandonment, or such public building or structure have been submitted to and reported upon by the planning agency as to conformity with said adopted general plan or part thereof. The planning agency shall render its report as to conformity with said adopted general plan or part thereof within forty (40) days after the matter was submitted to it, or such longer period of time as may be designated by the legislative body. If the legislative body so provides, by ordinance or resolution, the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to: (1) the disposition of the remainder of a larger parcel which was acquired and used in part for street purposes; (2) acquisitions, dispositions, or abandonments for street widening; or (3) alignment projects, provided such dispositions for street purposes, acquisitions, dispositions, or abandonments for street widening, or alignment projects are of a minor nature. (b) A county shall not acquire real property for any of the purposes specified in paragraph (a), nor dispose of any real property, nor construct or authorize a public building or structure, in another county or within the corporate limits of a city, if such city or other county has adopted a general plan or part thereof and such general plan or part thereof is applicable thereto, and a city shall not acquire real property for any of the purposes specified in paragraph (a), nor dispose of any real property, nor construct or authorize a public building or structure, in another city or in unincorporated territory, if such other city or the county in which such unincorporated territory is situated has adopted a general plan or part thereof and such general plan or part thereof is applicable thereto, until the location, purpose and extent of such acquisition, disposition, or such public building or structure have been submitted to and reported upon by the planning agency having jurisdiction, as to conformity with said adopted general plan or part thereof. Failure of the planning agency to report within forty (40) days after the matter has been submitted to it shall be conclusively deemed a finding that the proposed acquisition, disposition, or public building or structure is in conformity with said adopted general plan or part thereof. The provisions of this paragraph (b) shall not apply to acquisition or abandonment for street widening or alignment projects of a minor nature if the legislative body having the real property within its boundaries so provides by ordinance or resolution. (c) A local agency shall not acquire real property for any of the purposes specified in paragraph (a) nor dispose of any real property, nor construct or authorize a public building or structure, in any county or city, if such county or city has adopted a general plan or part thereof and such general plan or part thereof is applicable thereto, until the location, purpose and extent of such acquisition, disposition, or such public building or structure have been submitted to and reported upon by the planning agency having jurisdiction, as to conformity with said adopted general plan or part thereof. Failure of the planning agency to report within forty (40) days after the matter has been submitted to it shall be conclusively deemed a finding that the proposed acquisition, disposition, or public building or structure is in conformity with said adopted general plan or part thereof. If the planning agency disapproves the location, purpose or extent of such acquisition, disposition, or the public building or structure, the disapproval may be overruled by the local agency. Local agency as used in this paragraph (c) means an agency of the state for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries. Local agency does not include the state, or county, or a city. (Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 700.)
  124. 65403.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Administration of General Plan [65400 - 65404] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    Certain districts and agencies may prepare a five-year capital improvement program, but if they do, it must be adopted and annually reviewed by resolution, sent for city/county planning review in advance, and accompanied by required notices and a public hearing.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Administration of General Plan [65400 - 65404] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65403. (a) Each special district, each unified, elementary, and high school district, and each agency created by a joint powers agreement pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 that constructs or maintains public facilities essential to the growth and maintenance of an urban population may prepare a five-year capital improvement program. This section shall not preclude, limit, or govern any other method of capital improvement planning and shall not apply to any district or agency unless it specifically determines to implement this section. As used in this section, “public facilities” means any of the following: (1) Public buildings, including schools and related facilities. (2) Facilities for the storage, treatment, and distribution of nonagricultural water. (3) Facilities for the collection, treatment, reclamation, and disposal of sewage. (4) Facilities for the collection and disposal of storm waters and for flood control purposes. (5) Facilities for the generation of electricity and the distribution of gas and electricity. (6) Transportation and transit facilities, including, but not limited to, streets, roads, harbors, ports, airports, and related facilities. (7) Parks and recreation facilities. However, this section shall not apply to a special district which constructs or maintains parks and recreation facilities if the annual operating budget of the district does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). (b) The five-year capital improvement program shall indicate the location, size, time of availability, means of financing, including a schedule for the repayment of bonded indebtedness, and estimates of operation costs for all proposed and related capital improvements. The five-year capital improvement program shall also indicate a schedule for maintenance and rehabilitation and an estimate of useful life of all existing and proposed capital improvements. (c) The capital improvement program shall be adopted by, and shall be annually reviewed and revised by, resolution of the governing body of the district or local agency. Annual revisions shall include an extension of the program for an additional year to update the five-year program. At least 60 days prior to its adoption or annual revision, as the case may be, the capital improvement program shall be referred to the planning agency of each affected city and county within which the district or agency operates, for review as to its consistency with the applicable general plan, any applicable specific plans, and all elements and parts of the plan. Failure of the planning agency to report its findings within 40 days after receipt of a capital improvement program or revision of the program shall be conclusively deemed to constitute a finding that the capital improvement program is consistent with the general plan. A district or local agency shall not carry out its capital improvement program or any part of the program if the planning agency finds that the capital improvement program or a part of the capital improvement program is not consistent with the applicable general plan, any specific plans, and all elements and parts of the plan. A district or local agency may overrule the finding and carry out its capital improvement program. (d) Before adopting its capital improvement program, or annual revisions of the program, the governing body of each special district, each unified, elementary, and high school district, and each agency created by a joint powers agreement shall hold at least one public hearing. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given pursuant to Section 65090. In addition, mailed notice shall be given to any city or county which may be significantly affected by the capital improvement program. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 15.)
  125. 65404.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Administration of General Plan [65400 - 65404] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. )

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    The Governor must develop processes by January 1, 2005 to resolve specified planning conflicts and make mediation available in certain land-use conflict situations.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 7. Administration of General Plan [65400 - 65404] ( Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## 65404. (a) On or before January 1, 2005, the Governor shall develop processes to do all of the following: (1) Resolve conflicting requirements of two or more state agencies for a local plan, permit, or development project. (2) Resolve conflicts between state functional plans. (3) Resolve conflicts between state infrastructure projects. (4) Provide, to the extent permitted under federal law, for the availability of mediation between a branch of the United States Armed Forces, a local agency, and a project applicant, in circumstances where a conflict arises between a proposed land use within special use airspace beneath low-level flight paths, or within 1,000 feet of a military installation. (b) The process may be requested by a local agency, project applicant, or one or more state agencies. The mediation process identified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) may also be requested by a branch of the United States Armed Forces. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 906, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)
  126. 6541.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    This section defines “bondholder” or “holder of bonds” for this article.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6541. “Bondholder” or “holder of bonds” or any similar term, as used in this article, shall mean any person who shall be the bearer of any outstanding revenue bond or the owner of bonds which shall at the time be registered to other than to bearer. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329.)
  127. 6542.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    This section defines “entity” for this article as certain agencies, boards, or commissions created under a joint powers agreement.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6542. “Entity” as used in this article means any agency, board or commission provided for by a joint powers agreement pursuant to Article 1 of this chapter. Such agency, board or commission is an entity separate from the public agencies which are parties to such agreement. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329.)
  128. 6542.1.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    This section defines “fair and exhibition authority” as an entity created under a joint powers agreement to finance or help facilitate fairs or exhibitions.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6542.1. “Fair and exhibition authority,” as used in this article, means an entity created by a joint powers agreement for the purpose of financing or otherwise facilitating agricultural, livestock, industrial, cultural, or other types of fairs or exhibitions. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1356.)
  129. 6542.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    This section defines “local agency” for this article.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6542.5. “Local agency” as used in this article means any public agency designated in Section 6500 other than the federal government or any federal department or agency, this state, an adjoining state, or any state department or agency. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 721.)
  130. 6543.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    This section defines “governing body” for this article.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6543. “Governing body” as used in this article means the board or commission provided for by a joint powers agreement, pursuant to Article 1 of this chapter. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329.)
  131. 6544.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    This section defines “indenture” for this article as the instrument setting the terms and conditions for issuing revenue bonds, and says it may take the form of a resolution, order, agreement, or another instrument.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6544. “Indenture” as used in this article means the instrument providing the terms and conditions for the issuance of the revenue bonds, and may be a resolution, order, agreement or other instrument. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329.)
  132. 6545.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    This section defines “project” for this article to include several types of property and related facilities, contracts, and purposes.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6545. “Project” as used in this article includes buildings, structures, improvements and all facilities appurtenant thereto or provided therefor together with land and offstreet parking facilities necessary therefor to be financed by revenue bonds issued pursuant to this article. In addition, with respect to a facility for the generation or transmission of electric energy, a project also includes an ownership interest or a capacity right in that facility that may be situated in whole or in part within or without the state. In addition, with respect to a telecommunication system or service, a project also includes a contract for the installation, provision, or maintenance of that system or service. In addition, a project also includes any of the purposes specified in an agreement pursuant to Section 6516. (Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 190, Sec. 1. Effective July 26, 1993.)
  133. 65450.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Specific Plans [65450 - 65457] ( Article 8 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18. )

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    After a general plan is adopted, the planning agency may prepare specific plans; if the legislative body directs it, the agency must do so.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Specific Plans [65450 - 65457] ( Article 8 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18. ) ## 65450. After the legislative body has adopted a general plan, the planning agency may, or if so directed by the legislative body, shall, prepare specific plans for the systematic implementation of the general plan for all or part of the area covered by the general plan. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18.)
  134. 65451.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Specific Plans [65450 - 65457] ( Article 8 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18. )

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    A specific plan must include a text and diagrams that describe required land-use and infrastructure details, standards for development, implementation measures, and its relationship to the general plan.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Specific Plans [65450 - 65457] ( Article 8 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18. ) ## 65451. (a) A specific plan shall include a text and a diagram or diagrams which specify all of the following in detail: (1) The distribution, location, and extent of the uses of land, including open space, within the area covered by the plan. (2) The proposed distribution, location, and extent and intensity of major components of public and private transportation, sewage, water, drainage, solid waste disposal, energy, and other essential facilities proposed to be located within the area covered by the plan and needed to support the land uses described in the plan. (3) Standards and criteria by which development will proceed, and standards for the conservation, development, and utilization of natural resources, where applicable. (4) A program of implementation measures including regulations, programs, public works projects, and financing measures necessary to carry out paragraphs (1), (2), and (3). (b) The specific plan shall include a statement of the relationship of the specific plan to the general plan. (Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1199, Sec. 5.)
  135. 65452.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Specific Plans [65450 - 65457] ( Article 8 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18. )

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    A specific plan may include additional subjects if the planning agency thinks they are necessary or desirable to carry out the general plan.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Specific Plans [65450 - 65457] ( Article 8 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18. ) ## 65452. The specific plan may address any other subjects which in the judgment of the planning agency are necessary or desirable for implementation of the general plan. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18.)
  136. 65453.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Specific Plans [65450 - 65457] ( Article 8 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18. )

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    A specific plan must be prepared, adopted, and amended like a general plan, but it may be adopted by resolution or ordinance and may be repealed the same way it is amended.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Specific Plans [65450 - 65457] ( Article 8 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18. ) ## 65453. (a) A specific plan shall be prepared, adopted, and amended in the same manner as a general plan, except that a specific plan may be adopted by resolution or by ordinance and may be amended as often as deemed necessary by the legislative body. (b) A specific plan may be repealed in the same manner as it is required to be amended. (Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1199, Sec. 6.)
  137. 65454.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Specific Plans [65450 - 65457] ( Article 8 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18. )

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    A specific plan may be adopted or amended only if the proposed plan or amendment is consistent with the general plan.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Specific Plans [65450 - 65457] ( Article 8 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18. ) ## 65454. No specific plan may be adopted or amended unless the proposed plan or amendment is consistent with the general plan. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18.)
  138. 65455.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Specific Plans [65450 - 65457] ( Article 8 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18. )

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    Local approvals and zoning actions within an area covered by a specific plan must be consistent with the adopted specific plan.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Specific Plans [65450 - 65457] ( Article 8 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18. ) ## 65455. No local public works project may be approved, no tentative map or parcel map for which a tentative map was not required may be approved, and no zoning ordinance may be adopted or amended within an area covered by a specific plan unless it is consistent with the adopted specific plan. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18.)
  139. 65456.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Specific Plans [65450 - 65457] ( Article 8 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18. )

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    A legislative body may charge certain specific plan fees, and cities or counties may require deposits and copy fees tied to the cost of preparing or providing specific plan documents.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Specific Plans [65450 - 65457] ( Article 8 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18. ) ## 65456. (a) The legislative body, after adopting a specific plan, may impose a specific plan fee upon persons seeking governmental approvals which are required to be consistent with the specific plan. The fees shall be established so that, in the aggregate, they defray but as estimated do not exceed, the cost of preparation, adoption, and administration of the specific plan, including costs incurred pursuant to Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. As nearly as can be estimated, the fee charged shall be a prorated amount in accordance with the applicant’s relative benefit derived from the specific plan. It is the intent of the Legislature in providing for such fees to charge persons who benefit from specific plans for the costs of developing those specific plans which result in savings to them by reducing the cost of documenting environmental consequences and advocating changed land uses which may be authorized pursuant to the specific plan. (b) Notwithstanding Section 66016, a city or county may require a person who requests adoption, amendment, or repeal of a specific plan to deposit with the planning agency an amount equal to the estimated cost of preparing the plan, amendment, or repeal prior to its preparation by the planning agency. (c) Copies of the documents adopting or amending the specific plan, including the diagrams and text, shall be made available to local agencies, and shall be made available to the general public as follows: (1) Within one working day following the date of adoption, the clerk of the legislative body shall make the documents adopting or amending the plan, including the diagrams and text, available to the public for inspection. (2) Within two working days after receipt of a request for a copy of the documents adopting or amending the plan, including the diagrams and text, accompanied by payment for the reasonable cost of copying, the clerk shall furnish the requested copy to the person making the request. (d) A city or county may charge a fee for a copy of a specific plan or amendments to a specific plan in an amount that is reasonably related to the cost of providing that document. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1572, Sec. 10.)
  140. 65457.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Specific Plans [65450 - 65457] ( Article 8 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18. )

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    Certain residential development projects and zoning changes tied to qualifying specific plans are exempt from Division 13 environmental review rules, but the exemption can lapse if a Section 21166 event occurs until a supplemental EIR is prepared and certified.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8. Specific Plans [65450 - 65457] ( Article 8 repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1009, Sec. 18. ) ## 65457. (a) Any residential development project, including any subdivision, or any zoning change that is undertaken to implement and is consistent with a specific plan for which an environmental impact report has been certified after January 1, 1980, is exempt from the requirements of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. However, if after adoption of the specific plan, an event as specified in Section 21166 of the Public Resources Code occurs, the exemption provided by this subdivision does not apply unless and until a supplemental environmental impact report for the specific plan is prepared and certified in accordance with the provisions of Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. After a supplemental environmental impact report is certified, the exemption specified in this subdivision applies to projects undertaken pursuant to the specific plan. (b) An action or proceeding alleging that a public agency has approved a project pursuant to a specific plan without having previously certified a supplemental environmental impact report for the specific plan, where required by subdivision (a), shall be commenced within 30 days of the public agency’s decision to carry out or approve the project. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 643, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2007.)
  141. 65458.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.2. Community Plans [65458 - 65458.4] ( Article 8.2 added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 228, Sec. 2. )

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    This section defines “community plan,” “development project,” “local jurisdiction,” and “update” for this article.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.2. Community Plans [65458 - 65458.4] ( Article 8.2 added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 228, Sec. 2. ) ## 65458. For purposes of this article: (a) “Community plan” means a plan that meets all of the following requirements: (1) The plan was adopted by a local jurisdiction for a defined geographic area within its jurisdictional boundaries. (2) The plan serves as the land use element, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 65302, for the area covered by the plan. (3) The plan has not been updated for more than 10 years from the date the plan was adopted or last updated, whichever is later. (4) The plan includes two or more transit priority areas, as defined in Section 21099 of the Public Resources Code. (5) The local jurisdiction that adopts the plan has adopted or amended, on or after January 1, 2015, a circulation or mobility element as a part of the general plan. (6) The local jurisdiction that adopts the plan has a housing element that includes housing capacity to sufficiently accommodate regional housing needs projects as set forth in Section 65584.01. (7) The local jurisdiction that adopts the plan has adopted a vehicle miles traveled threshold of significance for the area covered by the plan in compliance with Section 15064.3 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations. (8) The area covered by the plan update is located within an urbanized area, as defined by Section 21071 of the Public Resources Code. (9) The local jurisdiction that adopts the plan has also adopted any required ordinances or regulations related to either of the following: (A) The designation of very high fire hazard severity zones pursuant to Section 51179. (B) Flood plain management in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Program, pursuant to Part 60 (commencing with Section 60.1) of Subchapter B of Chapter I of Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (b) “Development project” has the same meaning as defined in Section 65928. (c) “Local jurisdiction” means a city, county, or city and county. (d) “Update” means a comprehensive amendment to a community plan that is intended to bring the community plan up to date with the most current land use policies and that includes amendments to both the plain text and plan land use map, as well as the adoption or amendment of any zoning ordinances necessary to bring zoning into consistency with the community plan. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 228, Sec. 2. (SB 611) Effective October 1, 2025.)
  142. 65458.1.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.2. Community Plans [65458 - 65458.4] ( Article 8.2 added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 228, Sec. 2. )

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    In certain challenges involving community plan updates, the court may not invalidate or set aside a development project approval on the basis of the cited noncompliance.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.2. Community Plans [65458 - 65458.4] ( Article 8.2 added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 228, Sec. 2. ) ## 65458.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 21168.9 of the Public Resources Code, in any order that results from an action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the acts or decisions of the local jurisdiction, in adopting an update to a community plan on the grounds of noncompliance with Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code, the court shall not, on the basis of that noncompliance, invalidate, review, void, or set aside the approval of any development project for which either of the following applies: (1) The development project is approved before the court issues a stay in connection with the action or proceeding or an order or writ requiring the challenged environmental impact report or community plan update to be rescinded or set aside. (2) The application for the development project is deemed complete, pursuant to Section 65943, before the court issues a stay, order, or writ described in subdivision (a). (b) This section applies to an update to a community plan that is adopted on or after January 1, 2025. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 228, Sec. 2. (SB 611) Effective October 1, 2025.)
  143. 65458.2.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.2. Community Plans [65458 - 65458.4] ( Article 8.2 added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 228, Sec. 2. )

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    This section says the article does not change certain approval obligations or limit certain challenges to development project approvals, except where Section 65458.1 expressly provides otherwise.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.2. Community Plans [65458 - 65458.4] ( Article 8.2 added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 228, Sec. 2. ) ## 65458.2. This article does not do either of the following: (a) Affect or alter the obligation for the approval of a development project that is consistent with an approved community plan to comply with Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. (b) Except as expressly provided in Section 65458.1, preclude or limit an action to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the approval of a development project that is consistent with an approved community plan pursuant to Section 21167 of the Public Resources Code. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 228, Sec. 2. (SB 611) Effective October 1, 2025.)
  144. 65458.3.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.2. Community Plans [65458 - 65458.4] ( Article 8.2 added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 228, Sec. 2. )

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    This article applies to development projects only if the application was filed with, and accepted as complete by, the local jurisdiction on or before January 1, 2036.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.2. Community Plans [65458 - 65458.4] ( Article 8.2 added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 228, Sec. 2. ) ## 65458.3. This article applies to a development project for which an application has been filed with, and accepted as complete by, the local jurisdiction on or before January 1, 2036. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 228, Sec. 2. (SB 611) Effective October 1, 2025.)
  145. 65458.4.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.2. Community Plans [65458 - 65458.4] ( Article 8.2 added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 228, Sec. 2. )

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    This article applies to all cities, including charter cities.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.2. Community Plans [65458 - 65458.4] ( Article 8.2 added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 228, Sec. 2. ) ## 65458.4. The Legislature finds and declares that the expedited approval of development projects to address the state’s ongoing housing and homelessness crisis and to provide economic opportunities is a matter of statewide concern and is not a municipal affair as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Therefore, this article applies to all cities, including charter cities. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 228, Sec. 2. (SB 611) Effective October 1, 2025.)
  146. 6546.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    Certain joint-powers agencies, commissions, or boards may issue revenue bonds to fund specified projects and programs.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6546. In addition to other powers, any agency, commission, or board provided for by a joint powers agreement pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) may issue revenue bonds pursuant to this article to pay the cost and expenses of acquiring or constructing a project or conducting a program for any or all of the following purposes: (a) An exhibition building or other place for holding fairs or exhibitions for the display of agricultural, livestock, industrial, or other products, including movable equipment, entertainment facilities, and other facilities to be used in conjunction with holding a fair or exposition in several locations, including those projects and facilities specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 19606.1 of the Business and Professions Code, those projects and facilities specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 3205 of the Food and Agricultural Code, that project and facility authorized by Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 4161) of Chapter 6 of Part 3 of Division 3 of the Food and Agricultural Code, and for those purposes specified in an agreement pursuant to Section 6516 of the Government Code. (b) A coliseum, a stadium, a sports arena or sports pavilion, or other building for holding sports events, athletic contests, contests of skill, exhibitions, spectacles, and other public meetings. (c) Any other public buildings, including, but not limited to, general administrative facilities of a city, county, city and county, special district, or authority. (d) A regional or local public park, recreational area, or recreational center, and all facilities and improvements related thereto. (e) A facility for the generation or transmission of electrical energy for public or private uses and all rights, properties, and improvements necessary therefor, including fuel and water facilities and resources. As used in this chapter, “transmission of electric energy” does not include the final distribution of electric energy to the consumer. (f) A facility for the disposal, treatment, or conversion to energy and reusable materials of solid or hazardous waste or toxic substances. (g) Facilities for the production, storage, transmission, or treatment of water or wastewater. (h) Local streets, roads, and bridges. (i) Bridges and major thoroughfares construction pursuant to Sections 50029 and 66484.3. (j) Mass transit facilities or vehicles. (k) Publicly owned or operated commercial or general aviation airports and airport-related facilities. (l) Police or fire stations. (m) Public works facilities, including corporation yards. (n) Public health facilities owned or operated by a city, county, city and county, special district, or authority. (o) Criminal justice facilities, including court buildings, jails, juvenile halls, and juvenile detention facilities. (p) Public libraries. (q) Publicly owned or operated parking garages. (r) Low-income housing projects owned or operated by a city, county, city and county, or housing authority. (s) Public improvements authorized in a project area created pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law, Part 1 (commencing with Section 33000) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code. (t) Public improvements authorized pursuant to the Improvement Act of 1911, Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Streets and Highways Code, the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code, the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913, Division 12 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Streets and Highways Code, and the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5. (u) Telecommunication systems or service, including, but not limited to, the installation, provision, or maintenance of that system or service. (v) (1) Programs, facilities, rights, properties, and improvements for the management, conservation, reuse, or recycling of electric capacity or energy, natural gas, water, wastewater, or recycled water, including demand side or load management and other programs and facilities designed to reduce the demand for, or permit or promote the efficient use of, those resources. (2) “Programs,” for the purpose of this subdivision, shall include activities only to the extent the costs thereof may be charged to a capital account under applicable generally accepted accounting principles or are of a type required to be charged to a capital account by entities subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission or other regulatory body of the state. (w) Equipment necessary to support the above-listed facilities or necessary to deliver public services therefrom, including, but not limited to, telecommunications equipment, computers, and service vehicles. (x) Bonds may be issued pursuant to this article if the joint powers entity, or its individual parties that contract pursuant to Section 6547.5, 6547.6, or 6547.7 to make payments to be applied to the payment of the indebtedness, have the power to acquire, construct, maintain, or operate one or more of the projects specified in this section. (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 559, Sec. 73. (AB 2143) Effective January 1, 2025.)
  147. 6546.1.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    The section lets the local airport entity issue revenue bonds and operate the airport, but it imposes noise limits and bans certain airport actions; property tax revenues generally cannot be used to redeem the bonds without voter-approved ordinance.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6546.1. In the County of Los Angeles, any agency, commission, or board provided for by joint powers agreement entered into by cities pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of this chapter for the purpose of the acquisition, operation, repair, maintenance, improvement and administration of the Hollywood-Burbank Airport as a public airport, pursuant to the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, may carry out such purpose and may authorize the issuance of revenue bonds, pursuant to this article, to pay for acquiring, repairing, improving, financing and refinancing such project including all facilities and improvements and all expenses incidental thereto or connected therewith. Property tax revenues accruing to, levied by, or collected by any local agency which is a party to such a joint powers agreement shall not be used to redeem such revenue bonds unless an ordinance authorizing the use of such property tax revenues for such purposes is approved by a majority vote of the electors of the local agency voting on the issue. In operating the airport, the separate public entity above mentioned shall not permit or authorize any activity in conjunction with the airport which results in an increase in the size of the noise impact area based on a community noise equivalent level of 70 decibels as established pursuant to Title 21, California Administrative Code, Chapter 2.5, Subchapter 6, and shall further comply with the future community noise equivalent levels prescribed by such title as it now exists or is hereafter amended. The separate public entity shall implement the noise monitoring requirements set forth in Title 21, California Administrative Code, Chapter 2.5, Subchapter 6. In addition, the entity shall diligently pursue all reasonable avenues available to insure that the adverse effects of noise are being mitigated to the greatest extent reasonably possible. The separate public entity shall not authorize or permit the lengthening of runways defined herein as the paved portions of the runways presently on airport property, or the purchase of fee title to condemned real property zoned for residential use as of the effective date of this statute. The power to issue revenue bonds under this section shall be of no further force and effect after December 31, 1980, unless (1) the entity shall have initially issued revenue bonds on or prior to December 31, 1980, or (2) the entity is unable to initially issue revenue bonds to accomplish the purpose of this section by reason of litigation, in which case the power to initially issue revenue bonds under this section shall continue to be effective until the final determination of such litigation and for one year thereafter. If the entity shall have initially issued revenue bonds within either of the time periods permitted by the prior sentence of this paragraph, the power to issue revenue bonds under this section shall continue so long as this section shall be in effect. (Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 62.)
  148. 6546.11.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    A covered joint powers entity may issue revenue bonds, but only for the purposes and under the procedures specified in the referenced Health and Safety Code provisions.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6546.11. In addition to other powers, any joint powers entity created to exercise the powers granted by Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 33750) of Part 1 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code or Part 13 (commencing with Section 37910) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code, may issue revenue bonds for the purposes, and in accordance with the procedures, specified in those statutory provisions. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1159, Sec. 1.)
  149. 6546.12.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    Certain joint-powers entities in large counties may carry out the project purpose and issue revenue bonds for it.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6546.12. In any county with a population determined by the last official census of 4,000,000 or more, any agency, commission, or board provided for by joint powers agreement entered into by cities pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) for the purpose of the acquisition of land, design, engineering, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, and administration of an intermodal container transfer facility, may carry out that purpose and may authorize the issuance of revenue bonds, pursuant to this article, to pay for acquiring the land, designing, engineering, constructing, and improving that project, including all facilities, improvements, and all expenses incidental thereto or connected therewith. The power to issue revenue bonds under this section shall be of no further force and effect after December 31, 1995, unless (1) the entity has initially issued revenue bonds on or prior to December 31, 1995, or (2) the entity is unable to initially issue revenue bonds to accomplish the purpose of this section by reason of litigation relating to the initial issuance, in which case the power to initially issue revenue bonds under this section shall continue to be effective until the final determination of that litigation and for one year thereafter. If the entity has initially issued revenue bonds within either of the time periods permitted by the prior sentence of this paragraph, the power to issue subsequent issues of revenue bonds under this section shall continue so long as this section shall be in effect. (Added by renumbering Section 6546.6 (as amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 914) by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 33.)
  150. 6546.13.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, or its successor, may issue revenue bonds for specified project purposes, but not for corridor maintenance, operations, or administration.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6546.13. (a) The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, or its successor organization, may issue revenue bonds pursuant to this article or bonds pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584), for the limited purpose of paying for acquiring the land, and designing, engineering, constructing, and improving that project, including all facilities and improvements of the consolidated transportation corridor, and including all associated financing costs. Ineligible expenses shall include any expenses for the maintenance, operations, and administration of the consolidated transportation corridor. (b) For the purposes of this section, “consolidated transportation corridor” means a transportation corridor created to improve highway or rail access to the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. (c) Anticipated sources of revenue or other funds to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds authorized by this section may include a pledge or revenues from the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, railroad use fees, truck fees, and pledges from other public and private sources. (d) Any joint powers entity seeking authorization to issue revenue bonds pursuant to this section shall do so in compliance with Sections 6547 and 6547.5. (e) Any joint powers entity under this section seeking to issue bonds pursuant to the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584)) shall do so in compliance with all of the provisions under Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584). (f) The authority to issue revenue bonds under this article or bonds under Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) shall be of no further force and effect after December 31, 2015, unless (1) the joint powers authority has initially issued revenue bonds or bonds on or prior to December 31, 2015, or (2) the joint powers authority is unable to initially issue revenue bonds or bonds to accomplish the purpose of this section by reason of litigation relating to the initial issuance, in which case the authority to initially issue revenue bonds under this article and bonds under Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) shall continue to be effective until the final determination of that litigation and for one year thereafter. If the joint powers authority has initially issued revenue bonds or bonds within either of the time periods permitted by this subdivision, the authority to issue subsequent issues of revenue bonds or bonds and to refund any issue of revenue bonds under this article or bonds under Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) shall continue as long as initially issued revenue bonds or bonds remain outstanding and unpaid. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 568, Sec. 1.)
  151. 6546.2.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    Certain joint-powers agencies, commissions, or boards in a county of the third class may, by ordinance, authorize revenue bonds for park-related projects.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6546.2. In addition to other powers, any agency, commission or board provided for by joint powers agreement pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of this chapter and created in a county of the third class as determined by Sec. 28020 may, by ordinance, authorize the issuance of revenue bonds pursuant to this article to pay the cost and expenses of acquiring or improving a regional public park or regional public recreation area and all facilities and improvements related thereto. (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 514.)
  152. 6546.3.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    A local agency may enter certain leases or rental agreements only after an ordinance authorizing them takes effect, and that ordinance must be approved by the local voters.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6546.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any local agency entering into one or more leases or rental contracts or agreements with a joint powers entity formed for the purposes specified in Section 6546.2 shall do so only following the effective date of an ordinance adopted by the governing body of the local agency authorizing the local agency to enter into one or more such leases or rental contracts or agreements. Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall not take effect until and unless it shall first have been approved by a majority of the voters of the local agency. The ordinance submitted to the voters shall, in general terms: (a) Describe the property or facilities to be leased or rented. (b) State the maximum time period for which the lease or rental contract or agreement will run. (c) State the maximum amount to be paid by the local agency to the joint powers entity under the lease or rental contract or agreement and the maximum yearly or monthly payments to be made thereon. In the event that the governing body of the local agency desires to levy, or have levied on its behalf, a property tax rate in addition to the maximum property tax rate established pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 2260) of Chapter 3 of Part 4 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, to provide funds for the preparation of plans and specifications, the payment of rentals and other amounts payable by the local agency under any such lease or rental contract or agreement or the payment of other costs and expenses related to the operation or maintenance of the regional public park or regional public recreation area, the governing body may specify in the ordinance to be submitted to the voters the additional property tax rate to be authorized for such purposes and the number of years for which such additional property tax rate shall be authorized. The revenue from such an additional property tax rate shall be used only for the purposes specified in the ordinance. Such additional property tax rate, when levied, shall be reported to the State Controller as provided in Section 2325 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. As used in this section, “property tax rate” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2213 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. For purposes of this section “lease or rental contract or agreement” means any lease, sublease, contract or other agreement involving land or buildings, structures or other facilities which are permanently attached to land, where the lease, sublease, contract or agreement is made directly or indirectly between a local agency and a joint powers entity, if the proceeds of the lease, sublease, contract or agreement provided by the local agency will be used in whole or in part by such joint powers entity for payment of principal or interest on any bonds issued by it pursuant to Section 6546.2. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 580.)
  153. 6546.4.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    A local agency’s governing body must call and run an election to submit an ordinance to the voters, and the ordinance does not take effect until a certified vote canvass is filed with the Secretary of State.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6546.4. The governing body of any local agency adopting an ordinance pursuant to Section 6546.3 shall call an election for purposes of submitting to the qualified electors of the agency the question of whether the ordinance shall be adopted. Such election shall be called, held, conducted and the votes canvassed in the same manner, or as near thereto as is possible, as an election at which the local agency submits a general obligation bond proposal to its voters. For purposes of this section the voters of the local agency shall be the voters entitled to vote at elections for members of the governing board of the agency, if the agency has an elected governing board, and the vote of each such voter shall be given the same weight as it would be given in an election for members of the governing board. If a local agency does not have an elected governing board, the voters of the agency shall be the voters residing within the boundaries of the agency who would be qualified to vote for candidates for Governor at any gubernatorial election. If a majority of the votes cast within a local agency are for adoption of the ordinance, the ordinance shall be deemed adopted; provided, however, that the ordinance shall not take effect until a certified copy of the record of the final canvass of votes is filed with the Secretary of State. If a local agency does not have statutory power to introduce an ordinance and submit it to the voters of the agency, the governing body of such local agency may introduce and submit such ordinance at any regular meeting by the approving votes of a majority of all of its members. (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 514.)
  154. 6546.6.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    Certain joint-powers agencies in a county of the fifth class may issue revenue bonds for sewage, waste, or stormwater facilities if they have power to build, maintain, or operate those facilities.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6546.6. In addition to any other powers, any agency, commission, or board provided for by joint powers agreement entered into by cities pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) and created in a county of the fifth class, as determined by Section 28020, may issue revenue bonds pursuant to this article to pay all or part of the cost and expenses of acquiring, constructing, or improving, facilities for the collection, treatment or disposal of sewage, waste, or stormwater, provided that entity has the power to construct, maintain, or operate the facilities. (Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. Effective March 2, 1981.)
  155. 6546.7.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    Public agencies may create a fair and exhibition authority through a joint powers agreement, and that authority may issue revenue bonds for qualifying project financing.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6546.7. Public agencies may enter into a joint powers agreement for the purposes of creating a fair and exhibition authority with the power to issue revenue bonds for financing projects under this article. A fair and exhibition authority of which the Department of Food and Agriculture is a contracting party, may contract with citrus fruit fairs for the financing of projects for such fairs and may issue revenue bonds for such purpose. A fair and exhibition authority of which a county is a contracting party, which county contracts with a nonprofit corporation to conduct a fair pursuant to Sections 25905 and 25906 of the Government Code, or any similar or successor provision, may contract with such nonprofit corporation for the financing of projects for such fairs, and may issue revenue bonds for such purpose. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1356.)
  156. 65460.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. )

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    This section names the law as the Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 and says it may be cited by that name.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. ) ## 65460. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
  157. 65460.1.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. )

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    This section states findings about transit villages and defines key terms used in the article, including bus hub, bus transfer station, district, peak hours, and transit station.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. ) ## 65460.1. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) Federal, state, and local governments in California are investing in new and expanded transit systems in areas throughout the state, including Los Angeles County, the San Francisco Bay area, San Diego County, Santa Clara County, and Sacramento County. (2) This public investment in transit is unrivaled in the state’s history and represents well over ten billion dollars ($10,000,000,000) in planned investment alone. (3) Recent studies of transit ridership in California indicate that persons who live within a one-half-mile radius of transit stations utilize the transit system in far greater numbers than does the general public living elsewhere. (4) The greater use of public transit facilitated by the development of transit villages improves local street, road, and highway congestion by providing viable alternatives to automobile use. (5) The development of transit village development districts can improve environmental conditions by increasing the use of public transit, facilitating the creation of and improvement to walkable, mixed-use communities, and decreasing automobile use. (6) The development of transit village development districts throughout the state should be environmentally conscious and sustainable, and related construction should meet or exceed the requirements of the California Green Building Standards Code, Part 11 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, or its successor code. (7) Only a few transit stations in California have any concentration of housing proximate to the station. (8) Interest in clustering housing and commercial development around transit stations, called transit villages, has gained momentum in recent years. (b) For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Bus hub” means an intersection of three or more bus routes, with a minimum route headway of 10 minutes during peak hours. (2) “Bus transfer station” means an arrival, departure, or transfer point for the area’s intercity, intraregional, or interregional bus service having permanent investment in multiple bus docking facilities, ticketing services, and passenger shelters. (3) “District” means a transit village development district as defined in Section 65460.4. (4) “Peak hours” means the time between 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., inclusive, and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., inclusive, Monday through Friday. (5) “Transit station” means a rail or light-rail station, ferry terminal, bus hub, or bus transfer station. (Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 354, Sec. 1. (AB 987) Effective January 1, 2011.)
  158. 65460.10.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. )

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    A city, county, or city and county may require a developer to sign a development agreement to implement a density bonus in a transit village plan.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. ) ## 65460.10. A city, county, or city and county may require a developer to enter into a development agreement pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 65864) of Chapter 4 to implement a density bonus specified in the transit village plan pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 65460.2. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
  159. 65460.11.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. )

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    A city, county, or city and county may declare certain qualifying pre-2006 plans to be a transit village plan if it gives notice, makes required findings, and acts by December 31, 2006.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. ) ## 65460.11. Any portion of a specific plan or redevelopment plan adopted prior to January 1, 2006, that conforms to the requirements set forth in Section 65460.2, as amended by Chapter 42 of the Statutes of 2004, may be declared a transit village plan by a city, county, or city and county if that entity does both of the following: (a) After publishing a notice pursuant to Section 6061, in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the entity’s jurisdiction at least 10 days prior to the public meeting, makes findings and declarations demonstrating the conformity of the existing plan to Section 65460.2, as amended by Chapter 42 of the Statutes of 2004. The notice shall state the entity’s intent to declare a portion of the existing plan as a transit village plan, describe the general location of the proposed transit village plan, and state the date, time, and place of the public meeting. (b) Takes action prior to December 31, 2006, to declare that the conforming plan constitutes its transit village plan. (Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 309, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.)
  160. 65460.2.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. )

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    A city or county may prepare a transit village plan for a transit village development district.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. ) ## 65460.2. A city or county may prepare a transit village plan for a transit village development district that addresses the following characteristics: (a) A neighborhood centered around a transit station that is planned and designed so that residents, workers, shoppers, and others find it convenient and attractive to patronize transit. (b) A mix of housing types, including apartments, within not more than one-half mile of the main entrance of the transit station. (c) Other land uses, including a retail district oriented to the transit station and civic uses, including day care centers and libraries. (d) Pedestrian and bicycle access to the transit station, with attractively designed and landscaped pathways. (e) A transit system that should encourage and facilitate intermodal service, and access by modes other than single occupant vehicles. (f) Demonstrable public benefits beyond the increase in transit usage, including any six of the following: (1) Relief of traffic congestion. (2) Improved air quality. (3) Increased transit revenue yields. (4) Increased stock of affordable housing. (5) Redevelopment of depressed and marginal inner-city neighborhoods. (6) Live-travel options for transit-needy groups. (7) Promotion of infill development and preservation of natural resources. (8) Promotion of a safe, attractive, pedestrian-friendly environment around transit stations. (9) Reduction of the need for additional travel by providing for the sale of goods and services at transit stations. (10) Promotion of job opportunities. (11) Improved cost-effectiveness through the use of the existing infrastructure. (12) Increased sales and property tax revenue. (13) Reduction in energy consumption. (14) Minimization of the impact of goods movement on air quality, traffic, and public safety through the provision of dedicated loading and unloading facilities for commercial space. (g) Sites where a density bonus of at least 25 percent may be granted pursuant to specified performance standards. (h) Other provisions that may be necessary, based on the report prepared pursuant to subdivision (b) of former Section 14045, as enacted by Section 3 of Chapter 1304 of the Statutes of 1990. (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 88, Sec. 1. (AB 2008) Effective January 1, 2015.)
  161. 65460.3.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. )

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    Local, regional, and state plans should direct new development near transit stations, and those entities should provide financial incentives to help implement the plans.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. ) ## 65460.3. To increase transit ridership and to reduce vehicle traffic on the highways, local, regional, and state plans should direct new development close to the transit stations. These entities should provide financial incentives to implement these plans. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
  162. 65460.4.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. )

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    A transit village development district must include all land within one-half mile of the main entrance of a designated transit station.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. ) ## 65460.4. A transit village development district shall include all land within not more than one-half mile of the main entrance of a transit station designated by the legislative body of a city, county, or city and county that has jurisdiction over the station area. (Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 354, Sec. 3. (AB 987) Effective January 1, 2011.)
  163. 65460.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. )

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    A city or county that establishes a district and prepares a plan under this article is eligible for available transportation funding.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. ) ## 65460.5. A city or county establishing a district and preparing a plan pursuant to this article shall be eligible for available transportation funding. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 78, Sec. 3. (AB 2605) Effective January 1, 2017.)
  164. 65460.6.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. )

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    An agency responsible for preparing and adopting a congestion management program may exclude district impacts when determining conformance with level of service standards.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. ) ## 65460.6. An agency responsible for the preparation and adoption of the congestion management program may exclude district impacts from the determination of conformance with level of service standards pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 65089.3. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
  165. 65460.7.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. )

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    Transit village plans must be prepared, adopted, and amended like a general plan, except for plans qualified under Section 65460.11. A transit village plan may also be repealed the same way it would be amended.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. ) ## 65460.7. (a) A transit village plan shall be prepared, adopted, and amended in the same manner as a general plan, except for plans qualified as transit village plans pursuant to Section 65460.11. (b) A transit village plan may be repealed in the same manner as it is required to be amended. (Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 309, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)
  166. 65460.8.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. )

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    A transit village plan cannot be adopted or amended unless it is consistent with the general plan.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. ) ## 65460.8. No transit village plan may be adopted or amended unless the proposed plan or amendment is consistent with the general plan. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
  167. 65460.9.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. )

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    Within an area covered by a transit village plan, approvals and zoning changes must be consistent with the adopted plan.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 8.5. Transit Village Development Planning Act of 1994 [65460 - 65460.11] ( Article 8.5 added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. ) ## 65460.9. No local public works project may be approved, no tentative map or parcel map for which a tentative map was not required may be approved, and no zoning ordinance may be adopted or amended within an area covered by a transit village plan unless it is consistent with the adopted transit village plan. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 780, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
  168. 6547.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    This section lets an entity issue revenue bonds, but usually only after authorization by the parties to the joint powers agreement or by the required governing-body resolution.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6547. The power of the entity to issue revenue bonds is additional to the powers common to the parties to the joint powers agreement, but shall not be exercised until authorized by the parties to that agreement. However, in the case of the issuance of revenue bonds by a fair and exhibition authority this authorization shall not be required. In the case of the issuance of revenue bonds by an entity created pursuant to this chapter to construct bridges and major thoroughfares, as referred to in Section 66484.3, the power of the entity to issue revenue bonds shall be exercised by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of the governing body of the entity during a regular meeting held pursuant to Section 54954. However, no member of the entity may vote on the question of bond issuance unless the member has been authorized to vote on that particular question by previous resolution of the public agency the member represents. In the case of the issuance of revenue bonds by an entity created pursuant to this chapter to carry out a consolidated transportation corridor project, as referred to in Section 6546.13, the power of the entity to issue revenue bonds shall be exercised by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of the governing body of the entity. In the case of a project for the generation or transmission of electric energy or a project for the disposal, treatment, or conversion to energy and reusable materials of solid waste, or a project for an intermodal container transfer facility, or a project for the construction of bridges and major thoroughfares pursuant to Section 66484.3, this power shall include the power to issue notes for the purpose of financing studies, the acquisition of options, permits, and other preliminary costs to be incurred prior to the undertaking of the construction or acquisition of a project, and for the purpose of providing temporary financing of costs of construction or acquisition of a project. These notes may be issued at public or private sale, and may be renewed from time to time, and the principal and interest with respect thereto may be made payable from the revenues of the entity unless paid from the proceeds of revenue bonds. Every local agency shall make any authorization, as permitted under the first sentence of this section, by ordinance, unless otherwise prescribed in this section. Except as provided in this section, the ordinance shall describe in general terms the project, or projects, to be funded by the revenue bonds, the maximum amount of the bonds proposed to be issued, and the anticipated sources of revenue to redeem the bonds. In the case of a project for the generation or transmission of electric energy or a project for the disposal, treatment, or conversion to energy and reusable materials of solid waste, or a project for an intermodal container transfer facility, or a project for the construction of bridges and major thoroughfares pursuant to Section 66484.3, the ordinance shall describe in general terms the project or the studies or other preliminary costs therefor to be funded by the revenue bonds or notes, the estimate of the maximum amount of bonds to be issued for the project or the studies or other preliminary costs, and the anticipated sources of revenue or other funds to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds or notes. In the case of a project for a consolidated transportation corridor pursuant to Section 6546.13, the authorizing resolution shall describe in general terms, the project or projects to be funded by the revenue bonds, the maximum amount of bonds proposed to be issued for the project or projects, and the anticipated sources of revenue or other funds to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds. However, the statement of the estimated maximum amount of the bonds or notes shall not be deemed to prevent the authorization by the ordinance of the issuance of bonds or notes by the entity in amounts that may exceed the estimate without further authorization under the ordinance if and to the extent the additional bonds or notes shall be required to complete the financing of the project or the studies or other preliminary costs. Each ordinance shall state that it is subject to the provisions for referendum prescribed by Section 9142 of the Elections Code. A separate authorization shall be required for each separate bond issue proposed by the entity, except that, in the case of a project for the generation or transmission of electric energy or a project for the disposal, treatment, or conversion to energy and reusable materials of solid waste, or a project for an intermodal container transfer facility, or a project for the construction of bridges and major thoroughfares pursuant to Section 66484.3, a single authorization shall be sufficient for bonds that may be issued in installments from time to time for a project or the costs of studies or other preliminary costs therefor that shall be identified in the authorization. The requirement of an ordinance and the right to referendum thereon shall not apply to the issuance of revenue bonds if, prior to March 4, 1971, one or more local or public agencies shall have taken formal action to implement any one or more projects to be acquired or constructed pursuant to a joint powers agreement. Formal action to implement any one or more projects shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following: (a) The incurring of liability for a substantial portion of an architectural or engineering contract or other contract relating to a project. (b) The acquisition of land or improvements for the project. (c) The making of a substantial contribution toward the project. Notwithstanding the requirement that parties to a joint powers agreement authorize the issuance of revenue bonds, in the case of a project that consists of the generation or transmission of electric energy financed in whole or in part by the issuance of revenue bonds, only those local agencies that contract to make payments to be applied to the payment of the revenue bonds shall be required to authorize the issuance of the revenue bonds. Any authorizations required by this section for the issuance of revenue bonds to construct bridges and major thoroughfares projects pursuant to Section 50029 or 66484.3 may be by ordinance or resolution. (Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 557, Sec. 3. (SB 99) Effective January 1, 2010.)
  169. 6547.1.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    An entity authorized to issue revenue bonds may also incur other indebtedness, but not until the parties to the agreement authorize it.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6547.1. Any entity which shall have been authorized to exercise the power to issue revenue bonds pursuant to this article shall have the further additional power to incur other forms of indebtedness pursuant to this section. Said further additional power shall not be exercised until authorized by the parties to the agreement. Said indebtedness may be evidenced by one or more bonds of any denomination issued pursuant to this article, or may consist of a note, warrant or other evidence of indebtedness which may be secured by a pledge, with the power of sale, of all or any part of bonds theretofore authorized or issued under this article. Said bond or bonds, or notes, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness may be issued in negotiable form, in which case they shall be negotiable. The resolution authorizing the incurring of an indebtedness pursuant to this section may make any of the covenants and provide any of the terms or conditions authorized to be made or provided for in the case of bonds issued under this article, may provide for the sale or other disposition of any pledged bonds, and may contain any other covenant, term or condition which the governing body of the entity deems necessary or desirable to facilitate the incurring of said indebtedness or for the protection of the lender. Any such indebtedness shall be payable only from such sources as are authorized under this article for the payment of principal and interest on bonds or from the proceeds of refunding bonds issued pursuant to this article. Such indebtedness of the entity shall not constitute a debt, liability or obligation of any of the public agencies who are parties to the agreement creating such entity. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 943.)
  170. 6547.2.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    This section sets a 15-day publication deadline for notice of certain ordinances and gives local agency governing bodies power to enact or refer those ordinances in specified situations. It also gives local electors a right to petition for referendum.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6547.2. Notice of the enactment of an ordinance subject to referendum under Section 6547 shall be published after adoption as required by Section 6040.1 within 15 days after the adoption of the ordinance. If a local agency does not otherwise have statutory power to enact an ordinance pursuant to Section 6547, the governing body of the local agency is hereby empowered to introduce and enact the ordinance at any regular or adjourned regular meeting by the approving votes of a majority of all of its members. If ordinances of a local agency are not otherwise subject to referendum, then (1) the governing body of the local agency may refer any ordinance enacted pursuant to Section 6547 to the electors of the local agency in the same manner as the board of supervisors of a county may refer county questions pursuant to Section 9140 of the Elections Code, and (2) the electors of the local agency shall have the right to petition for referendum on the ordinance in the same manner and subject to the same rules as are set forth in Sections 9141 to 9145, inclusive, of the Elections Code, except that all computations referred to in those sections and officers of the county mentioned in those sections shall be construed to refer to comparable computations and officers of the local agency. If the governing board of a local agency is an elected board the electors of the local agency for the purposes of this section shall be the electors of the territory entitled to vote at elections for members of the governing board. If a local agency does not have an elected governing board, the electors residing within the boundaries of the local agency who would be qualified to vote for candidates for Governor at any gubernatorial election shall be the electors of the local agency for the purposes of this section. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 35. Effective January 1, 1995.)
  171. 6547.3.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    A local agency may not pass a new ordinance authorizing the same revenue bonds for one year after certain events affecting an existing ordinance.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6547.3. In the event that an ordinance enacted pursuant to Section 6547 authorizing the entity to issue revenue bonds is subjected to a successful referendum election or is repealed or rescinded by a local agency, no ordinance authorizing the entity to issue revenue bonds for the same purpose shall be passed by that local agency for a period of one year from the date of such referendum, repeal or rescission. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 721.)
  172. 6547.4.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    This section says the 1971 amendments to Section 6547 do not limit or affect existing rights of public agencies to join a joint powers agreement for bond issuance, except for the ordinance requirement and referendum right.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6547.4. Except for the requirement of an ordinance and the right to referendum thereon, the amendments to Section 6547 adopted at the 1971 Regular Session of the Legislature shall not limit or affect any heretofore existing right of any public agency to be a party to a joint powers agreement which authorizes an entity to issue bonds under this article, including the right to accomplish a public purpose of such public agency regardless of whether such public agency is obligated to make any contribution or payment of public funds or property. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 721.)
  173. 6547.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    A joint powers entity may issue revenue bonds if the parties that will pay for the bonds authorize it by ordinance, and nonparticipating parties incur no financial obligations from the issuance.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6547.5. A joint powers entity created pursuant to this chapter may issue revenue bonds pursuant to this article upon authorization by ordinance of only those individual parties to the joint powers agreement which contract to make payments to be applied to the payment of the revenue bonds, provided that the nonparticipating parties to the agreement incur no financial obligations under the issuance. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 868, Sec. 3. Effective September 23, 1985.)
  174. 6547.6.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    A joint powers entity may incur other indebtedness for specified projects if authorized by ordinance of the contracting parties, and nonparticipating parties incur no financial obligations.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6547.6. A joint powers entity created pursuant to this chapter may incur other forms of indebtedness pursuant to Section 6547.1 for one or more projects specified in Section 6546 upon authorization by ordinance of only those individual parties to the joint powers agreement which contract to make payments to be applied to the payment of the instruments of indebtedness, provided that the nonparticipating parties to the agreement incur no financial obligations under such instruments of indebtedness. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 868, Sec. 4. Effective September 23, 1985.)
  175. 6547.7.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    A joint powers entity created under this chapter may issue certain mortgage revenue bonds, broadband infrastructure revenue bonds, and industrial development bonds.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6547.7. A joint powers entity created pursuant to this chapter may issue mortgage revenue bonds pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 52000) of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, revenue bonds for the deployment of broadband infrastructure by a public entity or nonprofit organization that are supported in whole or in part by funding granted pursuant to Section 281.2 of the Public Utilities Code, and industrial development bonds pursuant to the California Industrial Development Financing Act (Title 10 (commencing with Section 91500)). (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 112, Sec. 2. (SB 156) Effective July 20, 2021.)
  176. 6547.8.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    Members of the authority’s governing body are not personally liable for bonds issued under this chapter.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6547.8. No member of the governing body of the authority shall be personally liable on the bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance of bonds pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 920, Sec. 1. Effective October 12, 1997.)
  177. 6547.9.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    The Treasurer may approve or certify certain debt issuances for a joint powers agency when federal tax law requires it, if the agency chooses to use that approval.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6547.9. The Treasurer is designated as an elected representative for federal tax purposes of a joint powers agency created pursuant to this chapter. In the discretion of the joint powers agency, the Treasurer is authorized to approve or certify the issuance of bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness, issued by or on behalf of that joint powers agency, to the extent this approval is required by federal tax law. (Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 186, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
  178. 65470.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 9. Transit Priority Project Program [65470- 65470.] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 446, Sec. 3. )

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    This section lets a city or county join the Transit Priority Project Program, but only if it adopts an ordinance and forms an infrastructure financing district. Participating projects must meet detailed location, design, parking, transit-pass, open-space, affordable-housing, and wage requirements.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 9. Transit Priority Project Program [65470- 65470.] ( Article 9 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 446, Sec. 3. ) ## 65470. (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a process for cities and counties to create development patterns in the form of transit priority projects that comply with Chapter 4.2 (commencing with Section 21155) of Division 13 of the Public Resources Code, create jobs, reduce vehicle miles traveled, expand the availability of accessible open-space, build the density needed for transit viability, and meet regional housing targets. (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that, when implemented, a Transit Priority Project Program will help a development project in meeting the standards for expedited review under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 65950. (b) (1) A city or county may participate in the Transit Priority Project Program by adopting an ordinance indicating its intent to participate in the program and by forming an infrastructure financing district pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 53395) of Chapter 2.8 of Part 1 of Title 5. (2) Nothing in this article shall be construed to add to the definitions of or to the requirements to implement Chapter 4.2 (commencing with Section 21155) of Division 13 of the Public Resources Code. (c) If a city or county elects to participate in the program by adopting the ordinance described in subdivision (b) and forms an infrastructure financing district, the city or county shall amend, if necessary, the general plan and any related specific plan to authorize participating developers to build at an increased height of a minimum of three stories within the boundaries of the infrastructure financing district created pursuant to subdivision (b). (d) A Transit Priority Project Program development project shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) Is located in a designated transit priority project and within one-half of one mile of a transit station, pursuant to Section 21155 of the Public Resources Code. (2) Is located within a zone in which buildings of three stories or more are authorized. (3) Meets State Air Resources Board land use guidelines with respect to distance from major emitters. (4) Provides onsite bicycle parking. (5) Provides for car sharing if a car sharing program is available in the city or county. The car sharing area may be onsite, or the developer may pay a fee to the city or county to cover the cost of providing for car sharing at an offsite location near the project. The developer shall provide one car share for the first 20 units and one car share for every 50 units thereafter. (6) Provides unbundled parking. (7) Provides to all units transit passes for 10 years as part of the rent or condo fees if transit passes are available from local providers. (8) Provides to tenants recycling for bottles, cans, paper, and plastic containers. (9) Provides open space onsite, including, but not limited to, accessible roof gardens, or pays a fee into a fund established for local open space. The fee shall not exceed 10 cents ($0.10) per square foot. (10) Provides 20 percent affordable units in rental or owner occupied housing for low- or moderate-income persons and families, or pays a fee in an amount equivalent to the cost to provide affordable units elsewhere within the city’s or county’s jurisdiction, as determined by the city or county. The developer shall require, by covenants or restrictions, that the housing units built pursuant to this paragraph shall remain available at affordable housing cost to, and occupied by, persons and families of low- or moderate-income households for the longest feasible time, but for not less than 55 years for rental units and 45 years for owner-occupied units. (11) Pays prevailing wages to construction workers for residential projects over 100 units pursuant to Sections 1770, 1773, and 1773.1 of the Labor Code. (12) For purposes of this subdivision, “unbundled parking” means renting a parking space for the residential units separately from the residential units, or pays a fee to the appropriate local transit management fund to cover one-half of the cost to provide a parking space. (e) (1) A development project that meets the criteria established in subdivision (d) shall comply with any local design guidelines that were adopted prior to the submission of the project application. (2) The infrastructure financing district formed pursuant to subdivision (b) may reimburse a developer of a project that is consistent with the requirements established in subdivision (d) for any permit costs, or costs associated with the construction of the affordable housing units required pursuant to paragraph (10) of subdivision (d). (f) This article shall not apply to a city or county that has adopted language in its charter or by ordinance or resolution that does either of the following: (1) Provides that the requirements of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code do not apply to some or all work awarded or funded by the city or county that would otherwise be subject to those requirements. (2) Prohibits a contractor, subcontractor, or other person or firm engaged in the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, conversion, extension, maintenance, repair, or improvement of public works, from executing or otherwise becoming a party to any prehire, collective bargaining, or similar agreement entered into with one or more labor organizations, employees, or employee representatives that establishes the terms and conditions of employment on a construction project, or the city or county from incorporating such an agreement into the bid specifications or contract for a construction project, or the governing body of the city or county from deciding that the city or county should enter into such an agreement for a particular construction project or projects. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 446, Sec. 3. (SB 310) Effective January 1, 2012.)
  179. 6548.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    Revenue bonds may be issued to finance a project, and the bond proceeds must be used only for that project.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6548. The revenue bonds may be issued to provide all or any part of the funds required for the acquisition, construction and financing of said project, including any or all expenses incidental thereto or connected therewith, and such expenses may include engineering, inspection, legal and fiscal agents’ fees, costs of the issuance and sale of said bonds, working capital, reserve fund, and bond interest estimated to accrue during the construction period and for a period of not to exceed 12 months after completion of construction. The proceeds of the bonds shall be used only for the project provided for in the indenture pursuant to which such revenue bonds are issued. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 943.)
  180. 6548.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    The level of fees or charges for issuing bonds under this article must be disclosed in the final sale report sent to the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6548.5. The level of fees or charges imposed by, or on behalf of, an agency or entity for the issuance of bonds pursuant to this article shall be disclosed in a report of final sale submitted to the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission pursuant to Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 8855) of Division 1 of Title 2. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 557, Sec. 4. (SB 99) Effective January 1, 2010.)
  181. 6549.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    An indenture for issuing the bonds must be adopted in or approved by resolution, and it must describe the revenues and funds that will pay the bonds.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6549. An indenture providing the terms and conditions for the issuance of the bonds and the covenants relating thereto shall be adopted in or approved by resolution. Such indenture shall describe or state the revenues and funds from which the bonds shall be payable. Such funds or revenues shall include the revenues derived from the operation of the project or projects for which the bond proceeds are used or expended and any other revenues derived therefrom, and may also include revenue, including existing funds, of the entity derived from any other building or buildings, coliseum, stadium, facilities or other sources and any or all extensions or renewals thereof. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 943.)
  182. 6550.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    The principal and interest of the bonds must be paid first from project revenues, then from other revenues or existing funds described as security in the indenture.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6550. The principal and interest of the bonds shall be payable: (a) First, out of the revenue derived from the operation of the project or projects for which the bond proceeds were or are to be used or expended, or any other revenues derived from said project; (b) Second, from such other revenues, including existing funds, of the entity as are described or stated as security for the bonds in the indenture in accordance with Section 6549 hereof. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 943.)
  183. 6551.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    Revenue bonds issued under this article, and related contracts or obligations, are not treated as a debt, liability, or obligation of the public agencies that are parties to the agreement creating the entity.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6551. Revenue bonds issued under this article and contracts or obligations entered into to carry out the purposes for which bonds are issued, payable in whole or in part from the proceeds of said bonds, shall not constitute a debt, liability or obligation of any of the public agencies who are parties to the agreement creating such entity. (Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 972.)
  184. 6552.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    The entity must make its issued bonds include a face recital saying the principal and interest are not debts, liabilities, or obligations of the participating public agencies.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6552. All bonds issued by the entity shall contain a recital on their face that neither the payment of the principal or any part thereof nor any interest thereon constitutes a debt, liability or obligation of any of the public agencies who are parties to the agreement creating such entity. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329.)
  185. 6553.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    The bond indenture must state the bond purposes, principal amount, interest terms, issue dates, maturity dates, payment funds, and any other authorized provisions. The bonds must be issued in negotiable form and be negotiable.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6553. The indenture authorizing the issuance of the bonds shall recite the objects and purposes for which the bonds are to be issued, which may include any or all of the purposes stated in this article and which shall comprise the project, the principal amount of the bonds, the maximum rate of interest to be payable thereon which shall not exceed the maximum rate permitted by Section 53531, payable at the intervals which the governing body determines, and which may be fixed or variable and simple or compound, the date or dates of issue of the bonds, the maturity date or dates thereof, and the fund or funds from which the bonds and the interest thereon and premiums upon the redemption of any thereof are to be payable, and any other provisions authorized by this article as the governing body of the entity deems necessary or desirable. However, in the case of a project for the generation or transmission of electric energy, the maximum rate of interest shall not be applicable to bonds issued to continue or complete financing of a project for which bonds shall have theretofore been issued. The bonds shall be issued in negotiable form and shall be negotiable. The recitals or regularity of proceedings in any revenue bond issued and sold under this article shall be conclusive evidence of compliance with this article and of the validity of the bond. The bonds may be issued and sold to the United States of America, or the State of California, or to any appropriate department or agency thereof, to provide a source for the payment of principal and interest on any loan made by the United States of America, or the State of California, or agency thereof, to any agency created by an agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 212, Sec. 1. Effective July 23, 1987.)
  186. 6554.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    The bond indenture must specify the bond terms and related forms, including denomination, payment details, places of payment, bond and coupon forms, temporary bond terms, and required signatures.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6554. The indenture authorizing the issuance of such bonds shall provide the denomination or denominations of the bonds, the medium of payment of principal thereof and interest thereon, the place or places of payment of said bonds and interest, which may be within or without the State of California, the form of said bonds (including recitals of regularity of the proceedings for the issuance thereof) and of interest coupons appertaining thereto, the form, denominations and conditions of any temporary bonds or interim certificates, and the manual and facsimile signatures to be attached to the bonds or certificates (one signature upon which must be manual) and the manual or facsimile signature to be affixed to the interest coupons. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329.)
  187. 6555.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    The governing body may add terms, conditions, provisions, or covenants in the bond indenture.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6555. In the indenture authorizing the issuance of said bonds the governing body may also fix additional terms and conditions and may in any article, section or clause thereof make such provision or covenant as it may deem necessary or desirable to facilitate the issuance and sale of the bonds or for the protection or security of the holders thereof, including, without affecting the generality of the foregoing, provision for any or all of the matters stated in Sections 6556 to 6568 of this article. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329.)
  188. 6556.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. )

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    An indenture may set terms for paying, early redeeming, exchanging, registering, transferring, and negotiating bonds. A bond cannot be redeemed before maturity unless the bond says so substantially.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000] ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS [6000 - 7599.200] ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. ) ## CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers [6500 - 6599.3] ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84. ) ## ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds [6540 - 6579.5] ( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329. ) ## 6556. Said indenture may provide the terms and conditions under which said bonds may be paid, redeemed before maturity (including the premiums, if any, to be payable upon bonds redeemed prior to maturity), exchanged, registered, transferred, and negotiated. No bond shall be redeemable prior to maturity unless a statement substantially to that effect is contained in the bond. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329.)
  189. 65560.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. )

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    This section defines key terms for open-space and farmland planning.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. ) ## 65560. For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Amount of land converted to agricultural use” means those lands that were brought into agricultural use or reestablished in agricultural use and were not shown as agricultural land on Important Farmland Series maps maintained by the department in the most recent biennial report. (b) “Amount of land converted from agricultural use” means those lands that were permanently converted or committed to urban or other nonagricultural uses and were shown as agricultural land on Important Farmland Series maps maintained by the department and in the most recent biennial report. (c) “Category of agricultural land” means prime farmland, farmland of statewide importance, unique farmland, and farmland of local importance, as defined pursuant to the United States Department of Agriculture’s land inventory and monitoring criteria, as modified for California, and grazing land. “Grazing land” means land on which the existing vegetation, whether grown naturally or through management, is suitable for grazing or browsing of livestock. (d) “Department” means the Department of Conservation. (e) “Interim Farmland maps” means those maps prepared by the department for areas that do not have the current soil survey information needed to compile Important Farmland Series maps. The Interim Farmland maps shall indicate areas of irrigated agriculture, dry-farmed agriculture, grazing lands, urban and built-up lands, and any areas committed to urban or other nonagricultural uses. (f) “Important Farmland Series maps” means those maps compiled by the United States Soil Conservation Service and updated and modified by the department’s Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program pursuant to Section 65570. (g) “Local open-space plan” means the open-space element of a county or city general plan adopted by the board or council, either as the local open-space plan or as the interim local open-space plan adopted pursuant to Section 65563. (h) “Open-space land” means any parcel or area of land or water that is devoted to an open-space use as defined in this section, and that is designated on a local, regional, or state open-space plan as any of the following: (1) Open space for the preservation of natural resources, including, but not limited to, areas required for the preservation of plant and animal life, including habitat for fish and wildlife species; areas required for ecologic and other scientific study purposes; rivers, streams, bays, and estuaries; and coastal beaches, lakeshores, banks of rivers and streams, and watershed lands. (2) Open space used for the managed production of resources, including, but not limited to, forest lands, rangeland, agricultural lands, and areas of economic importance for the production of food or fiber; areas required for recharge of groundwater basins; bays, estuaries, marshes, rivers, and streams that are important for the management of commercial fisheries; and areas containing major mineral deposits, including those in short supply. (3) Open space for outdoor recreation, including, but not limited to, areas of outstanding scenic, historic, and cultural value; areas particularly suited for park and recreation purposes, including access to lakeshores, beaches, and rivers and streams; and areas that serve as links between major recreation and open-space reservations, including utility easements, banks of rivers and streams, trails, and scenic highway corridors. (4) Open space for public health and safety, including, but not limited to, areas that require special management or regulation because of hazardous or special conditions such as earthquake fault zones, unstable soil areas, flood plains, watersheds, areas presenting high fire risks, areas required for the protection of water quality and water reservoirs, and areas required for the protection and enhancement of air quality. (5) Open space in support of the mission of military installations that comprises areas adjacent to military installations, military training routes, and underlying restricted airspace that can provide additional buffer zones to military activities and complement the resource values of the military lands. (6) Open space for the protection of places, features, and objects described in Sections 5097.9 and 5097.997 of the Public Resources Code. (i) “Priority land” means any part, or all of a category of, agricultural or open space lands, identified by a local government in that local government’s agricultural land component of its open-space element or agricultural land element of the general plan, that are prioritized for conservation, taking into consideration the need to balance competing land uses. (Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 434, Sec. 4. (SB 732) Effective January 1, 2018.)
  190. 65561.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. )

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    The Legislature states that preserving open-space land is necessary and calls for coordinated planning and action by cities, counties, regional agencies, and the state.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. ) ## 65561. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) That the preservation of open-space land, as defined in this article, is necessary not only for the maintenance of the economy of the state, but also for the assurance of the continued availability of land for the production of food and fiber, for the enjoyment of scenic beauty, for recreation and for the use of natural resources. (b) That discouraging premature and unnecessary conversion of open-space land to urban uses is a matter of public interest and will be of benefit to urban dwellers because it will discourage noncontiguous development patterns which unnecessarily increase the costs of community services to community residents. (c) That the anticipated increase in the population of the state demands that cities, counties, and the state at the earliest possible date make definite plans for the preservation of valuable open-space land and take positive action to carry out such plans by the adoption and strict administration of laws, ordinances, rules and regulations as authorized by this chapter or by other appropriate methods. (d) That in order to assure that the interests of all its people are met in the orderly growth and development of the state and the preservation and conservation of its resources, it is necessary to provide for the development by the state, regional agencies, counties and cities, including charter cities, of statewide coordinated plans for the conservation and preservation of open-space lands. (e) That for these reasons this article is necessary for the promotion of the general welfare and for the protection of the public interest in open-space land. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590.)
  191. 65562.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. )

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    The Legislature states that open-space land should be conserved where possible and that cities and counties should prepare and carry out open-space plans.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. ) ## 65562. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article: (a) To assure that cities and counties recognize that open-space land is a limited and valuable resource which must be conserved wherever possible. (b) To assure that every city and county will prepare and carry out open-space plans which, along with state and regional open-space plans, will accomplish the objectives of a comprehensive open-space program. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590.)
  192. 65562.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. )

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    If certain open-space land contains protected archaeological or similar resources, the city or county must consult with any notified California Native American tribe.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. ) ## 65562.5. On and after March 1, 2005, if land designated, or proposed to be designated as open space, contains a place, feature, or object described in Sections 5097.9 and 5097.993 of the Public Resources Code, the city or county in which the place, feature, or object is located shall conduct consultations with the California Native American tribe, if any, that has given notice pursuant to Section 65092 for the purpose of determining the level of confidentiality required to protect the specific identity, location, character, or use of the place, feature, or object and for the purpose of developing treatment with appropriate dignity of the place, feature, or object in any corresponding management plan. (Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 670, Sec. 5. Effective October 7, 2005.)
  193. 65563.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. )

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    Cities and counties must prepare, adopt, and submit open-space plans to the Secretary of the Resources Agency by the stated deadlines.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. ) ## 65563. On or before December 31, 1973, every city and county shall prepare, adopt and submit to the Secretary of the Resources Agency a local open-space plan for the comprehensive and long-range preservation and conservation of open-space land within its jurisdiction. Every city and county shall by August 31, 1972, prepare, adopt and submit to the Secretary of the Resources Agency, an interim open-space plan, which shall be in effect until December 31, 1973, containing, but not limited to, the following: (a) The officially adopted goals and policies which will guide the preparation and implementation of the open-space plan; and (b) A program for orderly completion and adoption of the open-space plan by December 31, 1973, including a description of the methods by which open-space resources will be inventoried and conservation measures determined. (Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 120.)
  194. 65564.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. )

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    Every local open-space plan must include an action program with specific programs the legislative body intends to pursue.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. ) ## 65564. Every local open-space plan shall contain an action program consisting of specific programs which the legislative body intends to pursue in implementing its open-space plan. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590.)
  195. 65565.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. )

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    A city or county may create an agricultural land component or separate agricultural land element, but if it does, the section requires specific mapping, planning, and submission steps.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. ) ## 65565. (a) A city or county may develop an agricultural land component of the city or county’s open-space element or a separate agricultural land element. If a city or county chooses to develop an agricultural land component of the open-space element or an agricultural land element, the agricultural land component of the open-space element or the agricultural land element shall do the following: (1) Identify and map, utilizing the designations in the Farmland Monitoring and Mapping Program pursuant to Section 65570 or soil surveys conducted by the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service where applicable, agricultural lands within the city’s or county’s jurisdiction. That portion of the plan shall include all of the following: (A) All parcels subject to a contract executed pursuant to the Williamson Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5). (B) All parcels subject to a conservation easement. (C) All agricultural preserves established pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 51230) of Chapter 7 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5. (D) All parcels subject to a farmland security zone contract established pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 51296) of Chapter 7 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5. (E) All parcels being used for agricultural purposes within a sphere of influence or municipal service boundary and not subject to a permanent easement. (F) The total acreage of land classified as a category of agricultural land and a breakdown of agricultural land by Farmland Monitoring and Mapping Program classification. (G) The total acreage of agricultural land that is located within two miles of land zoned for housing, including rural residential uses, business, or industry in the land use element prepared pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 65302. The city or county shall not identify the individual parcels subject to this subparagraph. (H) All public agencies with responsibility for preservation of agricultural land within the jurisdiction, including resource conservation districts established pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 9001) of the Public Resources Code. (I) The total acreage and Farmland Monitoring and Mapping Program classification of former agricultural land that has been developed since 1984. All land that was, at any time, classified as agricultural land shall be included, even if it was subsequently classified as “other” land. (J) The total acreage of land that qualifies as a category of agricultural land that is likely to be developed in the next eight years. (K) An identification and designation of priority land for conservation. (2) Establish a comprehensive set of goals, policies, and objectives based on the information identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to support long-term protection of agricultural land. In developing these goals, policies, and objectives, a city or county may include, but is not limited to, the following: (A) Evaluating and amending as necessary the action plan developed pursuant to Section 65564. (B) Avoiding or minimizing, when feasible, new development that is located on priority land. (C) Locating, when feasible, new essential public facilities no less than one mile from priority land. (D) Adopting land use and zoning policies to discourage leapfrog development. (E) Creating procedures for cooperating with other public agencies and agricultural associations to protect priority land. (F) Developing strategies to promote the development of multicounty and city-county agreements for the protection of priority land. (G) Identifying the total acreage of agricultural land to be preserved within the jurisdiction. (H) Prioritizing the development of housing, including affordable housing, and commercial development within existing areas zoned for housing and commercial development, when feasible. (3) Identify and establish a set of feasible implementation measures designed to carry out and promote the goals, policies, and objectives established pursuant to paragraph (2). Implementation measures may include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (A) Establishing, or entering into an agreement with a resource conservation district, pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 9151) of Division 9 of the Public Resources Code. (B) Establishing public-private partnerships for the long-term protection and stewardship of agricultural lands. (C) Establishing streamlined procedures for the development of housing within areas identified as adequate housing sites in the housing element developed pursuant to Section 65583. (D) Promoting the development of housing and utilizing the reforms and incentives to facilitate and expedite the construction of affordable housing that are identified in Section 65582.1. (E) Repealing ordinances that limit development in existing or planned urban areas, including, but not limited to, density limitations, permit caps, and height restrictions. (F) Identifying all urban parcels suitable for infill development. (b) Subject to available funding, and pursuant to the grant application requirements of Section 10281.5 of the Public Resources Code, the department may award grants to cities or counties to implement the requirements of this section. (c) (1) At least 45 days before adopting or amending the open-space element, or at least 45 days before adopting or amending an agricultural land element, each county and city shall submit to the department one copy of a draft of the agricultural land component of the open-space plan or amendment, or the agricultural land element or amendment, and any maps used in creating that component or element. (2) The department may review drafts so submitted to determine whether the drafts incorporate all known agricultural land and reasonable measures for the long-term protection of agricultural land, and report its recommendations to the city or county within 30 days of receipt of the draft of the open-space element or amendment, or the agricultural land element or amendment, pursuant to this subdivision. (3) The legislative body of the city or county shall consider the department’s recommendations before the final adoption of the open-space element or amendment, or the agricultural land element or amendment, unless the department’s recommendations are not available within the above-prescribed time limits as described in paragraph (4), or unless the department has indicated to the city or county that the department will not review the agricultural component of the open-space element or amendment or the agricultural land element or amendment. (4) If the department’s recommendations are not available within those prescribed time limits, the legislative body of the city or county may take the department’s recommendations into consideration at the time it considers future amendments to the agricultural component of the open-space element or agricultural land element. (5) All recommendations made by the department shall be advisory to the planning agency and legislative body of the city or county. (d) This section does not require a city or county with an existing adopted agricultural land component of their open-space element, or an existing separate agricultural land element, that is in place before January 1, 2018, to update that element to require the information specified in this section. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 434, Sec. 5. (SB 732) Effective January 1, 2018.)
  196. 65565.1.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. )

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    The department must give priority consideration for certain funding to qualifying cities or counties, and it may issue regulations and nonbinding guidance to carry out this chapter.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. ) ## 65565.1. (a) The department shall give priority consideration for any grants, bond proceeds, and other local assistance funding provided by the department to a city or county that does all of the following: (1) Completes the agricultural land component of the open space element or an agricultural land element as described in Section 65565. (2) Provides the department with any geographical information system (GIS) data corresponding with the information identified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 65565. (3) Continues to review, and revise if necessary, the agricultural land component of the open-space element or the agricultural land element upon each revision of the housing element to identify new information that was not available during the previous revision of the open-space element or the agricultural land element. (b) A city or county with an existing agricultural land component of their open-space element or an existing separate agricultural land element that substantially complies with Section 65565 may apply to the department for priority consideration pursuant to subdivision (a) by doing all of the following: (1) Submitting a copy of the agricultural land component of their open-space element or the separate agricultural land element to the department. The department shall determine whether the component substantially complies with Section 65565. (2) Submitting any other supporting background documentation that corresponds with the information identified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 65565. (3) Continuing to review, and revise if necessary, the agricultural land component of the open-space element or the agricultural land element upon each revision of the housing element to identify new information that was not available during the previous revision of the open-space element or the agricultural land element. (c) The department may promulgate regulations, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2), that are necessary to carry out its duties under this chapter. (d) The department, in consultation with the Office of Planning and Research and the Department of Housing and Community Development, may develop nonbinding guidance for local governments on agricultural land conservation planning and policy, including model policies. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 434, Sec. 6. (SB 732) Effective January 1, 2018.)
  197. 65565.5.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. )

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    Every city and county must review and update its local open-space plan by January 1, 2026, and the update must address access, climate resilience, and rewilding opportunities.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. ) ## 65565.5. (a) Every city and county shall review and update its local open-space plan by January 1, 2026. The update shall include plans and an action program, as required by Section 65564, that address all of the following: (1) Access to open space for all residents in a manner that considers social, economic, and racial equity, correlated with the environmental justice element or environmental justice policies in the general plan, as applicable. (2) Climate resilience and other cobenefits of open space, correlated with the safety element. (3) Rewilding opportunities, correlated with the land use element. (b) For purposes of this section, “rewilding opportunities” may include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Opportunities to preserve, enhance, and expand an integrated network of open space to support beneficial uses, such as habitat, recreation, natural resources, historic and tribal resources, water management, and aesthetics. (2) Establishing a natural communities conservation plan to provide for coordinated mitigation of the impacts of new development. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 997, Sec. 1. (SB 1425) Effective January 1, 2023.)
  198. 65566.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. )

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    A county or city must make sure actions involving open-space land match the local open-space plan.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. ) ## 65566. Any action by a county or city by which open-space land or any interest therein is acquired or disposed of or its use restricted or regulated, whether or not pursuant to this part, must be consistent with the local open-space plan. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590.)
  199. 65567.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. )

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    Building permits, subdivision map approvals, and open-space zoning ordinances may not be issued or adopted unless the proposal is consistent with the local open-space plan.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. ) ## 65567. No building permit may be issued, no subdivision map approved, and no open-space zoning ordinance adopted, unless the proposed construction, subdivision or ordinance is consistent with the local open-space plan. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590.)
  200. 65568.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. )

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    If part of this article is held invalid, the rest of it still applies.

    ## Government Code - GOV ## TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000 - 66499.58] ( Heading of Title 7 amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000 - 66345.4] ( Heading of Division 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1536. ) ## CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100 - 65763] ( Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1880. ) ## ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560 - 65570] ( Article 10.5 added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590. ) ## 65568. If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person is held invalid, the remainder of the article and the application of such provision to other persons shall not be affected thereby. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1590.)

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