California

Government Code

21,845 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 8586.7 — (a) (1) The office and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shall jointly establish and lead the Wildfire Forecast and Threat Intelligence Integration Center.
• § 8586.8 — (a) For purposes of this section, “office” means the Office of Wildfire Technology Research and Development.
• § 8586.9 — (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall administer the Special District Fire Response Fund established pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 2.
• § 8587 — (a) During a state of war emergency, a state of emergency, or a local emergency, the secretary shall coordinate the emergency activities of all state agencies in connection with that emergency, and ev
• § 8587.11 — (a) There is in state government, within the office, both of the following: (1) The California Earthquake Early Warning Program.
• § 8587.12 — (a) On or before February 1, 2018, the office, in consultation with the board, shall develop and submit a business plan for the program to the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization, the Assemb
• § 8587.5 — (a) The Department of Transportation shall, in cooperation with interested cities with Traffic Signal Override Systems, apply to the United States Secretary of Transportation for federal funding to co
• § 8587.6 — (a) Prior to January 1, 2018, the office shall adopt a public education program to enhance the public’s knowledge about how to identify and report suspected terrorist activity.
• § 8587.7 — (a) The Office of Emergency Services, in cooperation with the State Department of Education, the Department of General Services, and the Seismic Safety Commission, shall develop an educational pamphle
• § 8587.8 — (a) The Office of Emergency Services, in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the California Geological Survey, the University of California, the United States Geologic
• § 8587.9 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a critical need for a consistent and coordinated approach to seismic safety and earthquake-related programs in the State of California through the
• § 8588 — Whenever conditions exist within any region or regions of the state that warrant the proclamation by the Governor of a state of emergency and the Governor has not acted under the provisions of Section
• § 8588.1 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that this state can only truly be prepared for the next disaster if the public and private sector collaborate.
• § 8588.10 — (a) The director shall establish a Curriculum Development Advisory Committee to advise the office on the development of course curricula, as specified by the director.
• § 8588.11 — (a) The office shall contract with the California Fire Fighter Joint Apprenticeship Program to develop a fire service specific course of instruction on the responsibilities of first responders to terr
• § 8588.12 — (a) The Curriculum Development Advisory Committee, described in Section 8588.
• § 8588.15 — (a) The director shall appoint representatives of the access and functional needs population to serve on the evacuation, sheltering, communication, recovery, and other pertinent Standardized Emergency
• § 8588.2 — (a) The office shall establish a statewide donations system for private businesses and nonprofit organizations that are interested in donating services, goods, labor, equipment, resources, or dispensa
• § 8588.3 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the responsibility of the State of California to protect and preserve the right of its citizens to a safe and peaceful existence.
• § 8588.5 — To promote an increase in the number of trained disaster search dog teams, the office shall do all of the following: (a) Provide instruction to California disaster dog trainers in Swiss techniques.
• § 8588.7 — (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall procure mobile communication translators to enable mutual-aid emergency response agencies to communicate effectively while operating on incompatible frequenc
• § 8588.8 — Upon the proclamation of a state of emergency declared by the Governor, the Office of Emergency Services shall include, on an appropriate Internet Web site, information about Section 396 of the Penal
• § 8588.9 — (a) The California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program is hereby established under the administration of the director to improve the physical security of nonprofit organizations, including schools,
• § 8589 — The Office of Emergency Services shall be permitted the use of all state and local fair properties as conditions require.
• § 8589.1 — (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall plan to establish the State Computer Emergency Data Exchange Program (SCEDEP), which shall be responsible for collection and dissemination of essential data
• § 8589.10 — As used in this article: (a) “Acquire” means acquisition by purchase, grant, gift, or any other lawful means.
• § 8589.11 — The office may acquire new or used firefighting apparatus and equipment for resale to local agencies.
• § 8589.12 — If a state agency, including the office, proposes to make firefighting apparatus or equipment which is currently owned and operated by the state available to the office for use under this article, the
• § 8589.13 — (a) The office shall give first priority for the sale of new or used firefighting apparatus and equipment to a local agency that serves a rural area, and is authorized to contract with a local agency
• § 8589.14 — The office shall operate an information system which is capable of identifying firefighting apparatus and equipment which is available for acquisition, and local agencies which are interested in acqui
• § 8589.15 — The office may contract with the California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Authority to perform any of the responsibilities or services required or authorized by this article.
• § 8589.16 — There is hereby created in the General Fund the State Assistance for Fire Equipment Account, which, notwithstanding Section 13340, is continuously appropriated to the office for the purposes of Sectio
• § 8589.17 — Every contract with a local agency for the resale of firefighting apparatus and equipment shall specify that the local agency shall make the apparatus or equipment available to other local agencies in
• § 8589.18 — If a local agency defaults on a contract for the resale of firefighting apparatus and equipment, the office may either renegotiate the contract or take possession of the apparatus or equipment for sub
• § 8589.19 — (a) After consultation with the California Emergency Management Agency Fire Advisory Committee, hereafter to be referred to as the Office of Emergency Services Fire Advisory Committee, the director sh
• § 8589.2 — (a) The Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with the California Highway Patrol and other state and local agencies, shall establish a statewide plan for the delivery of hazardous material mut
• § 8589.20 — All state agencies, boards, and commissions shall cooperate with the office in implementing the programs created by this article.
• § 8589.21 — The director shall be responsible for the programs created by this article which, except as provided by Sections 8589.
• § 8589.3 — (a) A person who is acting as an agent for a transferor of real property that is located within a special flood hazard area (any type Zone “A” or “V”) designated by the Federal Emergency Management Ag
• § 8589.4 — (a) A person who is acting as an agent for a transferor of real property that is located within an area of potential flooding shown on an inundation map prepared pursuant to Section 6161 of the Water
• § 8589.45 — (a) In every lease or rental agreement for residential property entered into on or after July 1, 2018, the owner or person offering the property for rent shall disclose to a tenant, in no smaller than
• § 8589.5 — (a) For the purposes of this section, “emergency action plan” means a written document that outlines actions to be undertaken during an emergency in order to minimize or eliminate the potential loss o
• § 8589.6 — (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall develop model guidelines for local government agencies and community-based organizations planning to develop a disaster registry program.
• § 8589.65 — (a) The Office of Emergency Services and California Volunteers, in coordination with Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, also referred to as VOADs and VOAD member agencies, shall develop plann
• § 8589.7 — (a) In carrying out its responsibilities pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8574.
• § 8589.71 — (a) (1) There is in the Office of Emergency Services the Alfred E.
• § 8589.72 — (a) The commission shall elect annually from its membership its own chairperson and vice chairperson and may replace them with other commissioners by majority vote.
• § 8589.73 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the members of the Alfred E.
• § 8589.74 — The commission may appoint from its membership, the engineering and design professions, the geotechnical engineering, geology, and seismology professions, the building and construction industry, the a
• § 8589.75 — (a) The commission exists as a separate unit within the Office of Emergency Services, and may recommend policies, hold meetings, hold hearings, set dates of the meetings or hearings, and positions on
• § 8589.76 — The commission, in the discharge of its duties, may do any of the following to support monitoring and tracking of activities outlined in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 8589.
• § 8589.77 — In accordance with the administrative oversight and policies of the office, the commission shall appoint an executive director who shall be responsible for managing the affairs of the commission, subj
• § 8589.78 — (a) The personnel records of all transferred employees shall be transferred to the office.
• § 8589.8 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the State Assistance for Fire Equipment Act.
• § 8589.9 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a growing need to find new ways to acquire firefighting apparatus and equipment for use by local agencies.
• § 8590 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Firefighting Thermal Imaging Equipment Act of 2001.
• § 8590.1 — As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Agency” or “office” means the Office of Emergency Services.
• § 8590.15 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “California Residential Mitigation Program” or “CRMP” means the joint powers authority created in 2012 by agreement between the Calif
• § 8590.15.5 — Upon appropriation by the Legislature, pursuant to this article, CRMP shall fund the seismic retrofitting of affordable multifamily housing.
• § 8590.16 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there exists the California Residential Mitigation Program, also known as the CRMP, a joint powers authority created in 2012 by agreement between the Califo
• § 8590.17 — (a) The CRMP shall develop and administer the program in accordance with this article.
• § 8590.18 — (a) The CRMP shall develop criteria and a scoring methodology to prioritize financial assistance provided under the program that consider, but are not limited to considering, all of the following: (1)
• § 8590.19 — (a) The CRMP may accept any federal funds granted by an act of Congress or by executive order for any of the purposes of this article.
• § 8590.2 — There is established in the office a thermal imaging equipment purchasing program under which the office shall acquire firefighting thermal imaging equipment on behalf of local and state agencies that
• § 8590.20 — (a) By January 1, 2027, and annually thereafter until January 1, 2042, the CRMP shall submit a report to the Legislature pursuant to Section 9795 regarding the implementation of the program.
• § 8590.21 — This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2042, and, as of January 1, 2043, is repealed.
• § 8590.3 — In administering the purchasing program, the director shall do all of the following: (a) No later than 45 days after the effective date of this article, establish an advisory committee, which shall be
• § 8590.4 — (a) The director shall seek funding for the program from the private sector, grant programs, and other appropriate sources.
• § 8590.6 — For the purposes of this article: (a) “Comprehensive services” means primary services that include all of the following: (1) Shelter or established referral services for shelter on a 24 hours a day, s
• § 8590.7 — (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Human Trafficking Victims Assistance Fund.
• § 8591 — Nothing in this chapter shall operate to prevent the Governor or the Office of Emergency Services from formally recognizing committees or boards established by or with segments of the private sector,
• § 8591.5 — (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall establish, and oversee the development, approval, and adoption of, the California Olympic and Paralympic Public Safety Command (COPPSC) to facilitate the pla
• § 8591.6 — (a) No later than January 31, 2021, the Office of Emergency Services shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games,
• § 8591.7 — This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 8592 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Public Safety Communication Act of 2002.
• § 8592.1 — For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Backward compatibility” means that the equipment is able to function with older, existing equipment.
• § 8592.2 — (a) The committee shall have primary responsibility in state government for both of the following: (1) Developing and implementing a statewide integrated public safety communication system that facili
• § 8592.20 — (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Manny Alert Act.
• § 8592.21 — For purposes of this article, “office” means the Office of Emergency Services.
• § 8592.22 — (a) The office, in consultation with any persons that the office determines are relevant experts and stakeholders, shall complete a study to determine the feasibility of developing a statewide system
• § 8592.3 — (a) The committee shall consult with the following organizations and entities: (1) California State Peace Officers Association.
• § 8592.30 — As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Critical infrastructure controls” means networks and systems controlling assets so vital to the state that the incapacity or destru
• § 8592.35 — (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2018, the department shall, in consultation with the office and compliance with Section 11549.
• § 8592.4 — (a) The committee shall determine which state public safety departments listed in subdivision (b) of Section 8592.
• § 8592.40 — (a) Each state agency shall report on its compliance with the standards updated pursuant to Section 8592.
• § 8592.45 — The information required by subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 8592.
• § 8592.5 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a state department that purchases public safety radio communication equipment shall ensure that the equipment purchased complies with applicable provisions o
• § 8592.50 — (a) (1) The office shall direct the California Cybersecurity Integration Center to prepare a strategic, multiyear outreach plan that focuses on ways to assist the food and agriculture sector and the w
• § 8592.7 — (a) A budget proposal submitted by a state agency for support of a new or modified radio system shall be accompanied by a technical project plan that includes all of the following: (1) The scope of th
• § 8592.8 — A “911” call, as described in Section 2896.
• § 8592.9 — (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall take all necessary actions to maximize the efficiency of the “911” system.
• § 8593 — The Office of Emergency Services shall work with advocacy groups representing the deaf and hard of hearing, including, but not limited to, the California Association of the Deaf and the Coalition of D
• § 8593.1 — The Office of Emergency Services shall investigate the feasibility of, and the funding requirements for, establishing a “Digital Emergency Broadcast System” network, to be used by local and state gove
• § 8593.10 — (a) For the purposes of this section, all of the following definitions apply: (1) “Cooling center” means a facility established to mitigate the public health impacts of extreme heat.
• § 8593.11 — (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Evacuation order” means an order from the Governor, or a county emergency management official, county sheriff, chief of poli
• § 8593.2 — The Office of Emergency Services shall investigate the feasibility of establishing a toll-free 800 telephone hotline, including TDD (telecommunications device for the deaf) accessibility, which would
• § 8593.25 — (a) (1) A county, including a city and county, shall, in advance of the next update to its emergency plan, use the plan developed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 107250 of the Health and Safety
• § 8593.3 — (a) A county, including a city and county, shall, upon the next update to its emergency plan, integrate access and functional needs into its emergency plan by addressing, at a minimum, how the access
• § 8593.3.2 — (a) A county shall send a copy of its emergency plan to the Office of Emergency Services on or before March 1, 2022, and upon any update to the plan after that date.
• § 8593.3.5 — (a) A county, including a city and county, shall, upon the next update to its emergency plan, integrate cultural competence into its emergency plan by addressing, at a minimum, how culturally diverse
• § 8593.4 — (a) A local government may enter into an agreement to access the contact information of resident accountholders through the records of a public utility for the sole purpose of enrolling residents of t
• § 8593.5 — (a) A governing body of a postsecondary institution that receives state funds, including funds for student financial assistance, may access its own enrollment, registration, and personnel records for
• § 8593.6 — (a) No later than six months after securing funding for the purposes of this section, the Director of Emergency Services shall convene a working group for the purpose of assessing existing and future
• § 8593.7 — (a) On or before July 1, 2022, the Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with, at minimum, telecommunications carriers, the California cable and broadband industry, radio and television broadc
• § 8593.8 — (a) (1) A county, including a city and county, may enter into an agreement with an adjacent county, upon the request of the adjacent county, for purposes of permitting the adjacent county to borrow, f
• § 8593.9 — (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall, by January 1, 2022, develop best practices for counties developing and updating a county emergency plan.
• § 8594 — (a) If a law enforcement agency receives a report that an abduction has occurred or that a child has been taken by anyone, including, but not limited to, a custodial parent or guardian, and the agency
• § 8594.10 — (a) For purposes of this section, “Silver Alert” means a notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (b), designed to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to a person who is 65 years of
• § 8594.11 — (a) For purposes of this section, “Endangered Missing Advisory” means a notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (b), designed to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to a person who
• § 8594.13 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms apply: (1) “Feather Alert” means a notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (d), designed to issue and coordinate alerts with respec
• § 8594.14 — (a) For purposes of this section, “Ebony Alert” means a notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (b), designed to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to Black youth, including young
• § 8594.16 — (a) Translating emergency notifications into the most commonly spoken language other than English is a critically important governmental activity.
• § 8594.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, “blue alert” means a quick response system designed to issue and coordinate alerts following an attack upon a law enforcement officer as described in subdivision (b).
• § 8595 — The Governor may assign to a state agency any activity concerned with the mitigation of the effects of an emergency of a nature related to the existing powers and duties of such agency, including inte
• § 8596 — (a) Each department, division, bureau, board, commission, officer, and employee of this state shall render all possible assistance to the Governor and to the Director of Emergency Services in carrying
• § 8597 — Whenever a state of emergency is proclaimed to exist within any region or area, or whenever a state of war emergency exists, the following classes of state employees who are within the region or area
• § 8598 — Whenever a local emergency exists within a region or area of the state and the Department of the California Highway Patrol or the Department of Corrections or the Department of the Youth Authority emp
• § 8599 — The Office of Emergency Services shall develop a plan for state and local governmental agencies to utilize volunteer resources during a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor.
• § 8599.2 — The plan required by Section 8599 shall address, at a minimum, all of the following issues: (a) A formal system for the utilization of volunteer resources by state and local governmental agencies duri
• § 860 — As used in this chapter, “tax” includes a tax, assessment, fee or charge.
• § 860.2 — Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for an injury caused by: (a) Instituting any judicial or administrative proceeding or action for or incidental to the assessment or collection o
• § 860.4 — Nothing in this chapter affects any law relating to refund, rebate, exemption, cancellation, amendment or adjustment of taxes.
• § 8600 — (a) The Governor with the advice of the Office of Emergency Services is hereby authorized and empowered to divide the state into mutual aid regions for the more effective application, administration,
• § 8605 — Each county is designated as an operational area.
• § 8607 — (a) The Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with all interested state agencies with designated response roles in the state emergency plan and interested local emergency management agencies,
• § 8607.1 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that a statewide system for fire hydrants be adopted so that all firefighters can respond to emergencies calling for the use of water at any location in the sta
• § 8607.2 — (a) All public water systems, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, with 10,000 or more service connections shall review and revise their disaster preparedness
• § 8608 — The Office of Emergency Services shall approve and adopt, and incorporate the California Animal Response Emergency System (CARES) program developed under the oversight of the Department of Food and Ag
• § 8608.1 — A city or county that requires a kennel license or permit to operate a kennel within its jurisdiction shall require, as a condition for obtaining the license or permit, that the kennel owner create an
• § 8609 — State agencies granted authority by the Governor, the Business Continuity Task Force, the Emergency Preparedness Task Force, or the Executive Committee established by Executive Order D-3-99 to impleme
• § 8609.1 — Any disaster preparedness or response official may be specifically identified by name and title in any disaster, contingency, or business continuity plan developed pursuant to Executive Order D-3-99 i
• § 8610 — (a) Counties, cities and counties, and cities may create disaster councils by ordinance.
• § 8610.3 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) The Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services and affected counties, investigated the co
• § 8610.5 — (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Office” means the Office of Emergency Services.
• § 86100 — (a) The following persons shall register with the Secretary of State: (1) Lobbying firms.
• § 86101 — Every lobbying firm and lobbyist employer who is required to file a registration statement under this chapter shall register with the Secretary of State no later than 10 days after qualifying as a lob
• § 86102 — (a) The Secretary of State shall charge each lobbying firm and lobbyist employer required to file a registration statement under this chapter a fee of fifty dollars ($50) per year for each lobbyist re
• § 86103 — A lobbyist certification shall include all of the following: (a) A recent photograph of the lobbyist, in a size prescribed by the Secretary of State.
• § 86104 — The registration of a lobbying firm shall include: (a) The full name, business address, email address, and telephone number of the lobbying firm.
• § 86105 — The registration for a lobbyist employer that employs lobbyists or a lobbying coalition shall include: (a) The following information regarding the lobbyist employer or coalition: (1) The filer’s full
• § 86106 — Each registered lobbying firm and lobbyist employer which will be conducting activities which require registration shall renew its registration by filing photographs of its lobbyists, authorizations,
• § 86107 — (a) If any change occurs in any of the information contained in a registration statement, an appropriate amendment shall be filed both by online or electronic means and physically, submitting the orig
• § 86108 — The Secretary of State shall make all information listed on any registration statement and on any amendment, renewal, or notice of termination publicly available on the Internet as soon as possible af
• § 86109 — Within 140 days after the commencement of each regular session of the Legislature, the Secretary of State shall publish a directory of registered individual lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbyist emp
• § 86109.5 — (a) The Secretary of State shall establish and maintain on the Internet an online listing of lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbyist employers.
• § 8611 — Counties, cities and counties, and cities may provide for the calling of test exercises, either singularly or jointly, whenever, in the opinion of such political subdivisions, such test exercises are
• § 86110 — Lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbyist employers which receive payments, make payments or incur expenses or expect to receive payments, make payments or incur expenses in connection with activities w
• § 86111 — (a) “Activity expense” as used in this chapter means any expense incurred or payment made by a lobbyist, lobbying firm, lobbyist employer or a person described in subdivision (b) of Section 86115, or
• § 86112 — When a person is required to report activity expenses pursuant to this article, the following information shall be provided: (a) The date and amount of each activity expense.
• § 86112.3 — (a) Each person filing a report pursuant to this article who sends any written or printed invitation to an elected state officer, candidate for elective state office, legislative official or agency of
• § 86112.5 — (a) Each person filing a report pursuant to this article shall provide each beneficiary of a gift listed within the report the following information: (1) The date and amount of each gift reportable by
• § 86113 — (a) A lobbyist shall complete and verify a periodic report which contains: (1) A report of all activity expenses by the lobbyist during the reporting period; and (2) A report of all contributions of o
• § 86114 — (a) Lobbying firms shall file periodic reports containing all of the following: (1) The full name, business address, email address, and telephone number of the lobbying firm.
• § 86115 — Subject to the exceptions in Section 86300, the following persons shall file the statements required by Section 86116: (a) Any lobbyist employer; and (b) Any person who directly or indirectly makes pa
• § 86116 — Every person described in Section 86115 shall file periodic reports containing the following information: (a) The name, business address, and telephone number of the lobbyist employer or other person
• § 86116.5 — (a) In addition to the information required pursuant to Section 86116, all state and local agencies that file reports pursuant to Sections 86115 and 86116 shall disclose, except for overhead expenses,
• § 86117 — (a) Reports required by Sections 86114 and 86116 shall be filed during the month following each calendar quarter.
• § 86118 — (a) Reports required by Sections 86114 and 86116 shall be filed online or electronically with the Secretary of State.
• § 86119 — (a) (1) “Issue lobbying advertisement” means any advertisement as defined in paragraph (2) made for purposes of influencing a clearly identified legislative or administrative action, including an adve
• § 8612 — Any disaster council that both agrees to follow the rules and regulations established by the Office of Emergency Services pursuant to Section 8585.
• § 8613 — Should an accredited disaster council fail to comply with the rules and regulations of the Office of Emergency Services in any material degree, the office may revoke its certification and, upon the ac
• § 8614 — (a) Each department, division, bureau, board, commission, officer, and employee of each political subdivision of the state shall render all possible assistance to the Governor and to the Director of E
• § 8615 — It is the purpose of the Legislature in enacting this article to facilitate the rendering of aid to areas stricken by an emergency and to make unnecessary the execution of written agreements customari
• § 8616 — During any state of war emergency or state of emergency when the need arises for outside aid in any county, city and county, or city, such aid shall be rendered in accordance with approved emergency p
• § 8617 — In periods other than a state of war emergency, a state of emergency, or a local emergency, state agencies and political subdivisions have authority to exercise mutual aid powers in accordance with th
• § 8618 — Unless otherwise expressly provided by the parties, the responsible local official in whose jurisdiction an incident requiring mutual aid has occurred shall remain in charge at such incident, includin
• § 8619 — The Governor may on behalf of this state enter into reciprocal aid agreements or compacts, mutual aid plans, or other interstate arrangements for the protection of life and property with other states
• § 8619.5 — (a) The Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with relevant local and state agencies, shall develop and adopt a state fire service and rescue emergency mutual aid plan that does all of the fol
• § 862 — (a) As used in this section, “pesticide” means: (1) An “economic poison” as defined in Section 12753 of the Agricultural Code; (2) An “injurious material” the use of which is regulated or prohibited u
• § 8620 — During a state of war emergency the Governor shall have complete authority over all agencies of the state government and the right to exercise within the area or regions designated all police power ve
• § 86201 — “Gift” as used in this article means a gift made directly or indirectly to any state candidate, elected state officer, or legislative official, or to an agency official of any agency required to be li
• § 86203 — It shall be unlawful for a lobbyist, or lobbying firm, to make gifts to one person aggregating more than ten dollars ($10) in a calendar month, or to act as an agent or intermediary in the making of a
• § 86204 — It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to receive any gift which is made unlawful by Section 86203.
• § 86205 — No lobbyist or lobbying firm shall: (a) Do anything with the purpose of placing any elected state officer, legislative official, agency official, or state candidate under personal obligation to the lo
• § 86206 — Nothing in this article prohibits the payment of fees for contractual services provided to an investment manager by a placement agent, as defined in Section 82047.
• § 8621 — During a state of war emergency every department, commission, agency, board, officer, and employee of the state government and of every political subdivision, county, city and county, or city, public
• § 8622 — During a state of war emergency, the Governor, any state agency, or any agency acting under the authority of this chapter may exercise outside the territorial limits of this state any of the powers co
• § 8623 — During a state of war emergency, any person holding a license, certificate, or other permit issued by any state evidencing the meeting of the qualifications of such state for professional, mechanical,
• § 8624 — All of the powers granted the Governor by this chapter with respect to a state of war emergency shall terminate when: (a) The state of war emergency has been terminated by proclamation of the Governor
• § 8625 — The Governor is hereby empowered to proclaim a state of emergency in an area affected or likely to be affected thereby when: (a) He finds that circumstances described in subdivision (b) of Section 855
• § 8626 — Such proclamation shall be in writing and shall take effect immediately upon its issuance.
• § 8627 — During a state of emergency the Governor shall, to the extent he deems necessary, have complete authority over all agencies of the state government and the right to exercise within the area designated
• § 8627.5 — (a) The Governor may make, amend, or rescind orders and regulations during a state of emergency that temporarily suspend any state, county, city, or special district statute, ordinance, regulation, or
• § 8627.7 — (a) During a period for which the Governor has issued a proclamation of a state of emergency under this chapter based on drought conditions, a city, county, or city and county shall not impose a fine
• § 8628 — During a state of emergency the Governor may direct all agencies of the state government to utilize and employ state personnel, equipment, and facilities for the performance of any and all activities
• § 8628.5 — (a) During a state of emergency, the Governor may direct all state agencies to utilize, employ, and direct state personnel, equipment, and facilities for the performance of any and all activities desi
• § 8629 — The Governor shall proclaim the termination of a state of emergency at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant.
• § 8630 — (a) A local emergency may be proclaimed only by the governing body of a city, county, or city and county, or by an official designated by ordinance adopted by that governing body.
• § 86300 — The provisions of this chapter are not applicable to: (a) Any elected public official acting in the official’s official capacity, or any employee of the State of California acting within the scope of
• § 8631 — In periods of local emergency, political subdivisions have full power to provide mutual aid to any affected area in accordance with local ordinances, resolutions, emergency plans, or agreements theref