text:
(a) (1) A local agency, as defined in Section 7920.510, may, at the request of the governing board of a California Community College district, enter into a memorandum of understanding that would allow the agency and the district to share electronically collected personal information about users, subject to compliance with subdivision (a) of Section 11015.5, unless the user has not provided informed written consent for that disclosure.

(2) Electronically collected personal information provided by the local agency to the California Community College district pursuant to paragraph (1) shall only be used for facilitating outreach to, and enrollment of, individuals in the California Community Colleges system and notifying the user of all available support resources.

(3) The California Community College district shall not provide student personal information or student level data to the local agency unless it is for the purposes described in Section 76241 of the Education Code.

(4) In enacting this subdivision, it is the intent of the Legislature that a local agency comply with subdivision (a) of Section 11015.5 before distributing any electronically collected personal information.

(5) A California Community College district that enters into a memorandum of understanding pursuant to this section shall do all of the following:

(A) Comply with the United States Constitution and applicable federal laws, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g) and its implementing regulations (34 C.F.R. 99).

(B) Comply with the California Constitution, and applicable state laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, Section 1798.24 of the Civil Code.

(C) (i) Ensure that material used by the California Community College district for outreach, enrollment, and notification of resources protects the user’s identity so that the user’s membership in the targeted population is not revealed.

(ii) To ensure that the user’s identifying information is protected, the memorandum of understanding shall stipulate that only permanent employees of the California Community College district whose job responsibilities require access to perform the functions described in clause (i) shall handle unitary data. A student classified as either an employee or volunteer shall not have access to any user identifying information.

(D) Limit the memorandum of understanding to personal identifying user data received from the local agency to the service area of the community college district. A California Community College district that receives data from the service area of another community college district shall delete the data without using it.

(6) A California Community College district shall not use the electronically collected personal information provided by the local agency for purposes of prepopulating admission applications or enrollment documents.

(7) Upon first contact with the user, the California Community College district shall notify the individual of any educational services available to them and include an opportunity to opt out of future contact. In any and all subsequent contact, the California Community College district shall notify the user of the opportunity to opt out of future contact. The California Community College district shall delete without reuse or distribution any electronically collected information upon the request by the user or when the user has enrolled at the California Community College district.

(8) A California Community College district shall not disclose the electronically collected personal information provided by the local agency.

(b) For purposes of this section, both of the following definitions apply:

(1) “Electronically collected personal information” means a user’s name, home address, home telephone number, cellular phone number, electronic mail address, and education.

(2) “User” means an individual who communicates with a state or local agency or with an agency employee or official electronically.

(c) This section does not permit an agency to act in a manner inconsistent with the standards and limitations adopted pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1) or the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Title 1.8 (commencing with Section 1798) of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 80, Sec. 67. (SB 1525) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 4. Miscellaneous


kind: section

code: GOV

text: This article shall be known and may be cited as the Video Customer Service Act.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1198, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)

division: 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

chapter: 1. General

article: 4.5. Video Customer Service Act

path: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES > 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES > 1. General > 4.5. Video Customer Service Act


text:
(a) “Video provider” means any person, company, or service which provides one or more channels of video programming to a residence, including a home, condominium, or apartment where some fee is paid, whether directly or as included in dues or rental charges, for that service, whether or not public rights-of-way are utilized in the delivery of the video programming. A “video provider” shall include, but not be limited to, providers of cable television, master antenna television, satellite master antenna television, direct broadcast satellite, multipoint distribution services, and other providers of video programming, whatever their technology. A video provider shall not include a landlord providing only broadcast video programming to a single-family home or other residential dwelling consisting of four units or less.

(b) “Material breach” means any substantial and repeated failure to comply with the consumer service standards set forth in Section 53088.2.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 4.5. Video Customer Service Act


text:
(a) Every video provider shall render reasonably efficient service, make repairs promptly, and interrupt service only as necessary.

(b) All video provider personnel contacting subscribers or potential subscribers outside the office of the provider shall be clearly identified as associated with the video provider.

(c) At the time of installation, and annually thereafter, all video providers shall provide to all customers a written notice of the programming offered, the prices for that programming, the provider’s installation and customer service policies, and the name, address, and telephone number of the local franchising authority.

(d) All video providers shall have knowledgeable, qualified company representatives available to respond to customer telephone inquiries Monday to Friday, inclusive, excluding holidays, during normal business hours.

(e) All video providers shall provide to customers a toll-free or local telephone number for installation, and service, and complaint calls. These calls shall be answered promptly by the video providers. The city, county, or city and county may establish standards for what constitutes promptness.

(f) All video providers shall render bills that are accurate and understandable.

(g) All video providers shall respond to a complete outage in a customer’s service promptly. The response shall occur within 24 hours of the reporting of the outage to the provider, except in those situations beyond the reasonable control of the video provider. A video provider shall be deemed to respond to a complete outage when a company representative arrives at the outage location within 24 hours and begins to resolve the problem.

(h) All video providers shall provide a minimum of 30 days’ written notice before increasing rates or deleting channels. All video providers shall make every reasonable effort to submit the notice to the city, county, or city and county in advance of the distribution to customers. The 30-day notice is waived if the increases in rates or deletion of channels were outside the control of the video provider. In those cases the video provider shall make reasonable efforts to provide customers with as much notice as possible.

(i) Every video provider shall allow every residential customer who pays his or her bill directly to the video provider at least 15 days from the date the bill for services is mailed to the customer, to pay the listed charges unless otherwise agreed to pursuant to a residential rental agreement establishing tenancy. Customer payments shall be posted promptly. No video provider may terminate residential service for nonpayment of a delinquent account unless the video provider furnishes notice of the delinquency and impending termination at least 15 days prior to the proposed termination. The notice shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the customer to whom the service is billed. Notice shall not be mailed until the 16th day after the date the bill for services was mailed to the customer. The notice of delinquency and impending termination may be part of a billing statement. No video provider may assess a late fee any earlier than the 22nd day after the bill for service has been mailed.

(j) Every notice of termination of service pursuant to subdivision (i) shall include all of the following information:

(1) The name and address of the customer whose account is delinquent.

(2) The amount of the delinquency.

(3) The date by which payment is required in order to avoid termination of service.

(4) The telephone number of a representative of the video provider who can provide additional information and handle complaints or initiate an investigation concerning the service and charges in question.

Service may only be terminated on days in which the customer can reach a representative of the video provider either in person or by telephone.

(k) Any service terminated without good cause shall be restored without charge for the service restoration. Good cause includes, but is not limited to, failure to pay, payment by check for which there are insufficient funds, theft of service, abuse of equipment or system personnel, or other similar subscriber actions.

(l) A video provider shall cease charging a customer for services within seven business days of receiving a request to terminate service. If the customer requests that service be terminated and provides seven or more business day’s notice before the date for termination of service, the video provider shall cease charging the customer for additional services as of midnight of the last day of service. Nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit a video provider from billing for charges incurred by the customer prior to the date for termination of service.

(m) All video providers shall issue requested refund checks promptly, but no later than 45 days following the resolution of any dispute, and following the return of the equipment supplied by the video provider, if service is terminated.

(n) All video providers shall issue security or customer deposit refund checks promptly, but no later than 45 days following the termination of service, less any deductions permitted by law.

(o) Video providers shall not disclose the name and address of a subscriber for commercial gain to be used in mailing lists or for other commercial purposes not reasonably related to the conduct of the businesses of the video providers or their affiliates, unless the video providers have provided to the subscriber a notice, separate or included in any other customer notice, that clearly and conspicuously describes the subscriber’s ability to prohibit the disclosure. Video providers shall provide an address and telephone number for a local subscriber to use without toll charge to prevent disclosure of the subscriber’s name and address.

(p) Disputes concerning the provisions of this article shall be resolved by the city, county, or city and county in which the customer resides. For video providers under Section 53066, the franchising authority shall resolve disputes. All other video providers shall register with the city in which they provide service or, where the customers reside in an unincorporated area, in the county in which they provide service. The registration shall include the name of the company, its address, its officers, telephone numbers, and customer service and complaint procedures. Counties and cities may charge these other video providers operating in the state a fee to cover the reasonable cost of administering this division.

(q) Nothing in this division limits any power of a city, county, or city and county or video provider to adopt and enforce service standards and consumer protection standards that exceed those established in this division.

(r) The legislative body of the city, county, or city and county, may, by ordinance, provide a schedule of penalties for the material breach by a video provider of subdivisions (a) to (p), inclusive. No monetary penalties shall be assessed for a material breach if the breach is out of the reasonable control of the video provider. Further, no monetary penalties may be imposed prior to the effective date of this section. Any schedule of monetary penalties adopted pursuant to this section shall in no event exceed two hundred dollars ($200) for each day of each material breach, not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600) for each occurrence of material breach. However, if a material breach of any of subdivisions (a) to (p), inclusive, has occurred and the city, county, or city and county has provided notice and a fine or penalty has been assessed, in a subsequent material breach of the same nature occurring within 12 months, the penalties may be increased by the city, county, or city and county to a maximum of four hundred dollars ($400) for each day of each material breach, not to exceed one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) for each occurrence of the material breach. If a third or further material breach of the same nature occurs within those same 12 months, and the city, county, or city and county has provided notice and a fine or penalty has been assessed, the penalties may be increased to a maximum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day of each material breach, not to exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000) for each occurrence of the material breach. With respect to video providers subject to a franchise or license, any monetary penalties assessed under this section shall be reduced dollar for dollar to the extent any liquidated damage or penalty provision of a current cable television ordinance, franchise contract, or license agreement imposes a monetary obligation upon a video provider for the same customer service failures, and no other monetary damages may be assessed. However, this section shall in no way affect the right of franchising authorities concerning assessment or renewal of a cable television franchise under the provisions of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 (47 U.S.C. Sec. 521 et seq.).

(s) If the legislative body of a city, county, or city and county adopts a schedule of monetary penalties pursuant to subdivision (q), the following procedures shall be followed:

(1) The city, county, or city and county shall give the video provider written notice of any alleged material breaches of the consumer service standards of this division and allow the video provider at least 30 days from receipt of the notice to remedy the specified breach.

(2) A material breach for the purposes of assessing penalties shall be deemed to have occurred for each day, following the expiration of the period specified in paragraph (1), that any material breach has not been remedied by the video provider, irrespective of the number of customers affected.

(t) Notwithstanding subdivision (o), or any other provision of law, this section shall not preclude a party affected by this section from utilizing any judicial remedy available to that party without regard to this section. Actions taken by a local legislative body, including a franchising authority, pursuant to this section shall not be binding upon a court of law. For this purpose, a court of law may conduct de novo review of any issues presented.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 429, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 4.5. Video Customer Service Act


text:
The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows:

(a) It is a common practice in the sale or lease of cable television services for a fee to be imposed upon a consumer’s failure to make full and timely payment of periodic charges for those services.

(b) It is desirable to establish certain reasonable minimum standards to prevent abuse or overcharges.

(c) Complicated and expensive accounting determinations are required to fairly assess the exact costs which are incurred for collection and accounting for delinquent payments.

(d) Currently, the Federal Communications Commission excludes late fees from inclusion when setting benchmark rates.

(e) It is desirable to encourage the practice of extending services and avoiding the immediate termination of services notwithstanding a short-term delinquency.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 666, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

path: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES > 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES > 1. General > 4.6. Consumer Contracts:  Cable Television


text:
Notwithstanding Section 53088.2, a fee may not be imposed upon consumers for any delinquent payment for sale of cable television services unless all of the following apply:

(a) For all contracts entered into on or after January 1, 1997, at or before the time the consumer enters into the initial agreement for services, the consumer is provided with written notice that it is the policy of the seller to impose a fee on delinquent accounts.

(b) At least 10 days prior to the date a fee is imposed, the consumer is warned on the face of the notice, in writing of the late fee that will be imposed if a consumer’s delinquency is not paid. This notice shall specify the date on or after which a late fee will be charged.

(c) The consumer’s invoice specifies a due date that is not earlier than the 10th day of the service period for which the invoice is issued.

(d) The fee is assessed no earlier than 27 days after the due date specified in the invoice.

(e) The fee is assessed on a delinquent balance of more than ten dollars ($10).

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 4.6. Consumer Contracts:  Cable Television


text:
Notwithstanding Section 53088.2, a delinquency fee charged in a cable television transaction which is not in excess of four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75) and which is imposed in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 53088.6 shall be valid. The delinquency fee may not exceed four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75), unless the Federal Communications Commission expressly requires late fees to be fully included when setting benchmark rates applicable to a cable television operator. If this requirement is imposed by the Federal Communications Commission, then the maximum delinquency fee charged by the cable television provider shall be 112 percent of the delinquent amount in the relevant franchise areas for as long as late fees are fully included in benchmark rates.

(b) A collection fee which is not in excess of ten dollars ($10) and is in addition to the delinquency fee shall also be valid in a cable television consumer service transaction if the service provider sends an employee or contractor to the customer’s residence in order to collect payment or disconnect service and the fee is imposed in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 53088.6.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES


text: This article shall apply to the sale or lease of cable television services on or after January 1, 1997. This article shall not apply to late fee practices reflected in cable television service contracts that are specified in or subject to a court order or judgment entered on or before that date unless expressly provided to the contrary in that order or judgment.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES


text:
As used in this article:

(a) “Local agency” means an agency of the state for the local performance of governmental or proprietary function within limited boundaries. “Local agency” does not include the state, a city, a county, a rapid transit district, or a rail transit district whose board of directors is appointed by public bodies or officers or elected from election districts within the area comprising the district, or a district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code.

(b) “Building ordinances” means ordinances of a county or city regulating building and construction and removal of buildings, including ordinances relating to the matters set forth in Section 38660 and similar matters, and including ordinances relating to building permits and building inspection.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 341, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

path: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES > 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES > 1. General > 5. Regulation of Local Agencies by Counties and Cities


text:
(a) Each local agency shall comply with all applicable building ordinances and zoning ordinances of the county or city in which the territory of the local agency is situated.

(b) On projects for which state school building aid is requested by a local agency for construction of school facilities, the county or city planning commission in which the local agency is located shall consider in its review for approval information relating to attendance area enrollment, adequacy of the site upon which the construction is proposed, safety features of the site and proposed construction, and present and future land utilization, and report thereon to the State Allocation Board. If the local agency is situated in more than one city or county or partly in a city and partly in a county, the local agency shall comply with the ordinances of each county or city with respect to the territory of the local agency that is situated in the particular county or city, and the ordinances of a county or city shall not be applied to any portion of the territory of the local agency that is situated outside the boundaries of the county or city. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, this section does not require a school district or the state when acting under the State Contract Act (Article 1 (commencing with Section 10100) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code) to comply with the building ordinances of a county or city.

(c) Each local agency required to comply with building ordinances and zoning ordinances pursuant to this section and each school district whose school buildings are inspected by a county or city pursuant to Section 53092 shall be subject to the applicable ordinances of a county or city requiring the payment of fees, but the amount of those fees charged to a local agency or school district shall not exceed the amount charged under the ordinance to nongovernmental agencies for the same services or permits.

(d) Building ordinances of a county or city shall not apply to the location or construction of facilities for the production, generation, storage, treatment, or transmission of water, wastewater, or electrical energy by a local agency.

(e) Zoning ordinances of a county or city shall not apply to the location or construction of facilities for the production, generation, storage, treatment, or transmission of water, or for the production or generation of electrical energy, facilities that are subject to Section 12808.5 of the Public Utilities Code, or electrical substations in an electrical transmission system that receives electricity at less than 100,000 volts. Zoning ordinances of a county or city shall apply to the location or construction of facilities for the storage or transmission of electrical energy by a local agency, if the zoning ordinances make provision for those facilities.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 267, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 5. Regulation of Local Agencies by Counties and Cities


text: The State Director of Public Works, upon recommendation of the Division of Architecture, may delegate to any county or city all or part of the powers and duties of the Division of Architecture relating to the inspection of construction of school buildings of school districts within the county or city if, as determined by the Division of Architecture, the county or city has an adequate building inspection program. No delegation under this section shall become effective without the consent of the legislative body of the county or city to which the delegation is made.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 2110.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, this article does not require a school district to comply with the zoning ordinances of a county or city unless the zoning ordinance makes provision for the location of public schools and unless the city or county has adopted a general plan.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the governing board of a school district, that has complied with the requirements of Section 65352.2 of this code and Section 21151.2 of the Public Resources Code, by a vote of two-thirds of its members, may render a city or county zoning ordinance inapplicable to a proposed use of property by the school district. The governing board of the school district may not take this action when the proposed use of the property by the school district is for nonclassroom facilities, including, but not limited to, warehouses, administrative buildings, and automotive storage and repair buildings.

(c) The governing board of the school district shall, within 10 days, notify the city or county concerned of any action taken pursuant to subdivision (b). If the governing board has taken such an action, the city or county may commence an action in the superior court of the county whose zoning ordinance is involved or in which is situated the city whose zoning ordinance is involved, seeking a review of the action of the governing board of the school district to determine whether it was arbitrary and capricious. The city or county shall cause a copy of the complaint to be served on the board. If the court determines that the action was arbitrary and capricious, it shall declare it to be of no force and effect, and the zoning ordinance in question shall be applicable to the use of the property by the school district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 396, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES


text: The provisions of this article shall prevail over Sections 17215 and 81035 of the Education Code and over Section 65402 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1058, Sec. 119. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the governing board of a local agency, by vote of four-fifths of its members, may render a city or county zoning ordinance inapplicable to a proposed use of property if the local agency at a noticed public hearing determines by resolution that there is no feasible alternative to its proposal. The governing board may not render a zoning ordinance inapplicable to a proposed use of property when the proposed use of the property by the local agency is for facilities not related to storage or transmission of water or electrical energy, including, but not limited to, warehouses, administrative buildings or automotive storage and repair buildings. The governing board of a local agency may make these determinations at the time it approves an environmental impact report on its proposal required by Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. Mailed notice of the public hearing shall be provided at least 10 days prior to the hearing, to the owners of all property within 300 feet of the location of the proposed facility and a notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the proposed site of the facility. If mailed notice as required above would result in notice to more than 250 persons, as an alternative to mailed notice, notice may be given by placing a display advertisement of at least one-fourth page in a newspaper of general circulation within the area affected by the proposed facility and by posting the notice in a conspicuous place at the proposed site of the facility.

(b) The board shall, within 10 days, notify the city or county, whose zoning ordinance has been rendered inapplicable under subdivision (a), of its action. If the governing board has taken this action, the city or county may commence an action in the superior court of the county whose zoning ordinance is involved or in which is situated the city whose zoning ordinance is involved, seeking a review of the action of the governing board to determine whether it was supported by substantial evidence. The evidence before the court shall include the record of the proceedings before the city, county, and district. The city or county shall cause a copy of the complaint to be served on the board. If the court determines that the action was not supported by substantial evidence, it shall declare it to be of no force and effect, and the zoning ordinance in question shall be applicable to the use of the property by the local agency.

(c) “Feasible” as used in this section means capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, environmental, social, and technological factors.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 267, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES


text: Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the governing board of a school district shall comply with any city or county ordinance (1) regulating drainage improvements and conditions, (2) regulating road improvements and conditions, or (3) requiring the review and approval of grading plans as these ordinance provisions relate to the design and construction of onsite improvements which affect drainage, road conditions, or grading, and shall give consideration to the specific requirements and conditions of city or county ordinances relating to the design and construction of offsite improvements. If a school district elects not to comply with the requirements of city or county ordinances relating to the design and construction of offsite improvements, the city or county shall not be liable for any injuries or for any damage to property caused by the failure of the school district to comply with those ordinances.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 275, Sec. 2.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, no school district may render a city or county ordinance inapplicable to a charter school facility pursuant to this article, unless the facility is physically located within the geographical jurisdiction of that school district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 935, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2003.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES


text: A county or city may inspect school buildings, as defined in Section 39141 of the Education Code, pursuant to guidelines adopted pursuant to Section 16500 of the Health and Safety Code or pursuant to any local ordinance regulating substandard conditions in buildings used for human habitation. The results of the inspections shall be forwarded to the office of the State Architect.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 953, Sec. 1.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, review, certification, and approval of any and all provisions of the San Francisco Bay Regional Environmental Management Plan, and any subsequent revision or amendments thereto by the Association of Bay Area Governments, shall be subject to the requirements of this article.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 934.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

path: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES > 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES > 1. General > 5.5. Regulation of the Environmental Management Plan by State Agencies


text: After adoption or the annual revision of the Environmental Management Plan by the General Assembly of the Association of Bay Area Governments, any state agency that is required, pursuant to federal law, to review, certify, approve, or otherwise act upon such plan shall transmit such plan without change to the federal Environmental Protection Agency, except as otherwise provided in this article.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 5.5. Regulation of the Environmental Management Plan by State Agencies


text:
(a) In the event that an appropriate state agency finds that the Environmental Management Plan, or portion thereof, does not satisfy an applicable environmental protection standard required by federal law, or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the state agency shall return such plan, or portion thereof, to the Association of Bay Area Governments for appropriate revision in order to bring such plan into compliance with such standard. Upon completion of the revision, the Association of Bay Area Governments shall submit such plan to the state agency.

(b) In the event that an appropriate state agency finds that the Environmental Management Plan, or portion thereof, after being revised as provided in subdivision (a), continues to not satisfy an applicable environmental protection standard required pursuant to federal law, it shall resubmit the plan or portion thereof to the Association of Bay Area Governments for further revision. A state agency may continue to resubmit the Environmental Management Plan, or portion thereof, for further revision if it determines that the revised plan, or portion thereof, does not satisfy applicable federal environmental protection standards.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES


text:
(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act.

(b) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is in the public interest to shorten the time required for a citizen to request and receive emergency aid. There currently exist thousands of different emergency phone numbers throughout the state, and present telephone exchange boundaries and central office service areas do not necessarily correspond to public safety and political boundaries. Provision of a single, primary three-digit emergency number through which emergency services can be quickly and efficiently obtained would provide a significant contribution to law enforcement and other public service efforts by making it less difficult to quickly notify public safety personnel. Such a simplified means of procuring emergency services will result in the saving of life, a reduction in the destruction of property, quicker apprehension of criminals, and ultimately the saving of money. The Legislature further finds and declares that the establishment of a uniform, statewide emergency number is a matter of statewide concern and interest to all inhabitants and citizens of this state. It is the purpose of this act to establish the number “911” as the primary emergency telephone number for use in this state and to encourage units of local government and combinations of such units to develop and improve emergency communication procedures and facilities in such a manner as to be able to quickly respond to any person calling the telephone number “911” seeking police, fire, medical, rescue, and other emergency services.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 443.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems

path: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES > 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES > 1. General > 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) The provision of fire protection services, rescue services, emergency medical services, hazardous material response services, ambulance services, and other services related to the protection of lives and property is a matter of public safety and critical to the public peace, health, and safety of the state.

(b) It is in the public interest that emergency services be deployed quickly and efficiently in the interest of saving lives and reducing the damage or destruction of property.

(c) The establishment of a uniform, statewide policy regarding a public agency’s ability to receive and process emergency calls is a matter of statewide concern and an interest to all inhabitants and citizens of this state.

(d) The purpose of the act that added this section is to affirm and clarify a public agency’s duty, responsibility, and jurisdiction to establish and improve emergency communication procedures and quickly respond to any person calling the telephone number “911” seeking fire, medical, rescue, or other emergency services.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 389, Sec. 1. (SB 438) Effective January 1, 2020.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: “Public agency,” as used in this article, means the state, and any city, county, city and county, municipal corporation, public district, or public authority located in whole or in part within this state which provides or has authority to provide firefighting, police, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1005.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: “Public safety agency,” as used in this article, means a functional division of a public agency which provides firefighting, police, medical, or other emergency services.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: “Direct dispatch method,” as used in this article, means a telephone service providing for the dispatch of an appropriate emergency service unit upon receipt of a telephone request for such services and a decision as to the proper action to be taken.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: “Relay method,” as used in this article, means a telephone service whereby pertinent information is noted by the recipient of a telephone request for emergency services, and is relayed to appropriate public safety agencies or other providers of emergency services for dispatch of an emergency service unit.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: “Transfer method,” as used in this article, means a telephone service which receives telephone requests for emergency services and directly transfers such requests to an appropriate public safety agency or other provider of emergency services.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: “Referral method,” as used in this article, means a telephone service which, upon the receipt of a telephone request for emergency services, provides the requesting party with the telephone number of the appropriate public safety agency or other provider of emergency services. The use of the referral method shall only be used for nonemergency situations.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: “Basic system,” as used in this article, means a telephone service which automatically connects a person dialing the digits “911” to an established public safety answering point through normal telephone service facilities.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: “Sophisticated system,” as used in this article, means a basic system with the additional capability of automatic identification of the caller’s number, holding the incoming call, reconnection on the same telephone line, clearing a telephone line, or automatic call routing or combinations of such capabilities.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: “Incremental costs”, as used in this article, mean any costs necessary for the establishment of a system required by this article and recommended for reimbursement by the advisory committee established by Section 53115.1 other than costs for (1) a basic system, (2) a basic system with telephone central office identification, or (3) a system employing automatic call routing, which are reasonable, necessary and unique for the planning and efficient implementation of a local agency’s 911 system.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 443.)

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article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: “Division,” as used in this article, means the Public Safety Communications Division within the Office of Emergency Services.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 353, Sec. 96. (SB 820) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 129 of Ch. 353.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text:
Every local public agency within its respective jurisdiction shall establish and have in operation by December 31, 1985, a basic system as provided in this article, or be part of such a system.

The establishment of such systems shall be centralized to the extent feasible. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit or discourage in any way the formation of multijurisdictional or regional systems, and any system established pursuant to this article may include the territory of more than one public agency or may include a segment of the territory of a public agency.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 352.)

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article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text:
The Legislature finds and declares that environmental considerations in the Tahoe region have halted or delayed the development of facilities necessary for the establishment of a local emergency telephone system in that area.

Accordingly, local public agencies in the Tahoe region, as defined in subdivision (a) of Article II of Section 66801 of the Government Code, shall comply with Section 53109 by December 31, 1986, rather than by December 31, 1985.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 928, Sec. 1.)

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article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text:
(a) Every system shall include police, firefighting, and emergency medical and ambulance services, and may include other emergency services, in the discretion of the affected local public agency, such as poison control services, suicide prevention services, and civil defense services. The system may incorporate private ambulance service. In areas in which a public safety agency of the state provides emergency services, the system shall include the public safety agency or agencies.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a public agency shall not delegate, assign, or enter into a contract for “911” call processing services for the dispatch of emergency response resources except as provided in subdivision (c) or if the delegation or assignment is to, or the contract or agreement is with, another public agency.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the following entities may delegate or assign to a nonpublic agency, or contract with a nonpublic agency for, “911” call processing services only as described in paragraphs (1) and (2).

(1) A joint powers authority that delegated, assigned, or contracted for “911” call processing services on or before January 1, 2019, may continue to delegate, assign, or contract for those services and may, upon the expiration of the delegation, assignment, or contract, renegotiate or adopt new contracts, if the membership of the joint powers authority includes all public safety agencies that provide prehospital emergency medical services and the joint powers authority consents to the continued delegation, assignment, or renegotiation or adoption of the contract.

(2) A public agency that has delegated, assigned, or contracted for “911” call processing services on or before January 1, 2019, may continue to do so with the concurrence of the public safety agencies that provide prehospital emergency medical services. If a public safety agency does not concur with the delegation, assignment, or contracting of the “911” call processing services within its jurisdictional boundaries, the following shall apply:

(A) The public agency may continue to delegate, assign, or contract for “911” call processing services as described in this paragraph for the remaining concurring public safety agencies, and the nonconcurring public safety agency shall discharge “911” call processing duties within its jurisdictional boundaries. Notwithstanding this subparagraph, if the delegation, assignment, or contract provided the option for one or more public safety agencies to withdraw from the delegation, assignment, or contract, the terms of that delegation, assignment, or contract shall prevail.

(B) If continuing the delegation, assignment, or contract described in subparagraph (A) is not feasible, the withdrawing public safety agency shall assume “911” call processing services for the service area originally subject to delegation, assignment, or contract.

(d) This section does not prohibit a public agency or public safety agency from entering into an agreement for backup “911” call processing services.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 389, Sec. 2. (SB 438) Effective January 1, 2020.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: The digits “911” shall be the primary emergency telephone number within the system, but a public agency or public safety agency may maintain a separate secondary backup number, and shall maintain a separate number for nonemergency telephone calls.

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article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text:
(a) All systems shall be designed to meet the specific requirements of each community and public agency served by the system. Every system, whether basic or sophisticated, shall be designed to have the capability of using at least three of the methods specified in Sections 53103 to 53106, inclusive, in response to emergency calls. The Legislature finds and declares that the most critical aspect of the design of any system is the procedure established for handling a telephone request for emergency services.

(b) To maximize efficiency and use of the system, all pay telephones within each system shall enable a caller to dial “911” for emergency services, and to reach an operator by dialing “0,” without the necessity of inserting a coin. At those “911” public safety answering points serving an area where 5 percent or more of the population, in accordance with the latest United States census information, speak a specific primary language other than English, operators who speak that other language, in addition to English, shall be on duty or available through interagency telephone conference procedures at all times for “911” emergency services.

(c) Each system shall require installation of a telecommunications device capable of servicing the needs of the deaf or severely hard of hearing at the “911” public safety answering point or points. The device shall be compatible with devices furnished by telephone corporations pursuant to Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code.

(d) By January 1, 2021, each public safety answering point shall deploy a text to 911 service that enables an individual to text “911” for emergency services that is capable of accepting Short Message Service (SMS) messages and Real-Time Text (RTT) messages.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 237, Sec. 1. (AB 1168) Effective January 1, 2020.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: The Legislature finds that, because of overlapping jurisdiction of public agencies, public safety agencies, and telephone service areas, a general overview or plan should be developed prior to the establishment of any system. In order to ensure that proper preparation and implementation of those systems is accomplished by all public agencies by December 31, 1985, the office, with the advice and assistance of the Attorney General, shall secure compliance by public agencies as provided in this article.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 353, Sec. 97. (SB 820) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 129 of Ch. 353.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: The office, with the advice and assistance of the Attorney General, shall coordinate the implementation of systems established pursuant to the provisions of this article. The office, with the advice and assistance of the Attorney General, shall assist local public agencies and local public safety agencies in obtaining financial help to establish emergency telephone service, and shall aid agencies in the formulation of concepts, methods, and procedures that will improve the operation of systems required by this article and that will increase cooperation between public safety agencies.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 353, Sec. 98. (SB 820) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 129 of Ch. 353.)

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article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: To accomplish the responsibilities specified in this article, the division is directed to consult at regular intervals with the State Fire Marshal, the State Department of Public Health, the Office of Traffic Safety, a local representative from a city, a local representative from a county, the public utilities in this state providing telephone service, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. These agencies shall provide all necessary assistance and consultation to the division to enable it to perform its duties specified in this article.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 28, Sec. 29. (SB 71) Effective June 27, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 93 of Ch. 28.)

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article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: On or before December 31, 1976, and each even-numbered year thereafter, after consultation with all agencies specified in Section 53114.1, the office shall review and update technical and operational standards for public agency systems.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 353, Sec. 99. (SB 820) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 129 of Ch. 353.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: The office shall monitor all emergency telephone systems to ensure they comply with minimal operational and technical standards as established by the office. If any system does not comply the office shall notify in writing the public agency or agencies operating the system of its deficiencies. The public agency shall bring the system into compliance with the operational and technical standards within 60 days of notice by the office. Failure to comply within this time shall subject the public agency to action by the Attorney General pursuant to Section 53116.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 353, Sec. 100. (SB 820) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 129 of Ch. 353.)

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article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text:
(a) There is in state government the State 911 Advisory Board.

(b) The advisory board shall be comprised of the following members appointed by the Governor who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor:

(1) The Deputy Director of Public Safety Communications shall serve as a nonvoting member of the board.

(2) One representative from the Department of the California Highway Patrol.

(3) Two representatives on the recommendation of the California Police Chiefs Association.

(4) Two representatives on the recommendation of the California State Sheriffs’ Association.

(5) Two representatives on the recommendation of the California Fire Chiefs Association.

(6) Two representatives on the recommendation of the CalNENA Executive Board.

(7) One representative on the joint recommendation of the executive boards of the state chapters of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International, Inc.

(c) Recommending authorities shall give great weight and consideration to the knowledge, training, and expertise of the appointee with respect to their experience within the California 911 system. Board members should have at least two years of experience as a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) manager or county coordinator, except where a specific person is designated as a member.

(d) Members of the advisory board shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, but may not serve more than two consecutive two-year terms, except as follows:

(1) The Deputy Director of Public Safety Communications shall serve for the duration of their tenure.

(2) Four of the members shall serve an initial term of three years.

(e) Advisory board members shall not receive compensation for their service on the board, but may be reimbursed for travel and per diem for time spent in attending meetings of the board.

(f) (1) The advisory board shall meet quarterly in public sessions in accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2). Public Safety Communications shall provide administrative support to the State 911 Advisory Board. The board, at its first meeting, shall adopt bylaws and operating procedures consistent with this article and establish committees as necessary.

(2) At its first meeting of each calendar year, or at another time the board deems appropriate, the board shall elect one of its voting members to serve as chair. The chair shall be elected by a majority vote of the members of the board present and voting, if a quorum is present.

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any member of the advisory board may designate a person to act as that member in their place and stead for all purposes, as though the member were personally present.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 84, Sec. 17. (SB 172) Effective July 13, 2026.)

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article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text:
(a) The State 911 Advisory Board shall advise and may make formal recommendations to the office on all of the following subjects:

(1) Policies, practices, and procedures for the California 911 Emergency Communications Office.

(2) Technical and operational standards for the California 911 system consistent with the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) standards.

(3) Training standards for county coordinators and Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) managers.

(4) Budget, funding, and reimbursement decisions related to the State Emergency Number Account.

(5) Proposed projects and studies conducted or funded by the State Emergency Number Account.

(6) Expediting the rollout of Enhanced 911 Phase II technology.

(b) Upon request of a local public agency, the board shall conduct a hearing on any conflict between a local public agency and the office regarding a final plan that has not been approved by the office pursuant to Section 53114. The board shall meet within 30 days following the request, and shall make a recommendation to resolve the conflict to the office within 90 days following the initial hearing by the board pursuant to the request.

(c) The board may enlist an independent technical expert for advisory purposes. The board shall not enlist an independent expert who has worked for the Office of Emergency Services, or who has been a current or former Next Generation 911 vendor, in the prior two years.

(d) Public Safety Communications shall timely share all information with the board relevant to the board’s requirement to advise the office.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 84, Sec. 18. (SB 172) Effective July 13, 2026.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: When proposed implementation of the 911 system by a single public agency within its jurisdiction may adversely affect the implementation of the system by a neighboring public agency or agencies, such neighboring public agency may request that the office evaluate the impact of implementation by the proposing public agency and evaluate and weigh that impact in its decision to approve or disapprove the proposing public agency’s final plan pursuant to Section 53115. In order to effectuate this process, each city shall file a notice of filing of its final plan with each adjacent city and with the county in which the proposing public agency is located at the same time such final plan is filed with the office and each county shall file a notice of filing of its final plan with each city within the county and each adjacent county at the time the final plan is filed with the office. Any public agency wishing to request review pursuant to this section shall file its request with the office within 30 days of filing of the final plan for which review is sought.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 353, Sec. 102. (SB 820) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 129 of Ch. 353.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: The Attorney General may, on behalf of the office or on his or her own initiative, commence judicial proceedings to enforce compliance by any public agency or public utility providing telephone service with the provisions of this article.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 353, Sec. 103. (SB 820) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 129 of Ch. 353.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: The Legislature declares that a major purpose in enacting this article is to eliminate instances in which a responding emergency service refuses to render aid to the requester because the requester is outside of the jurisdictional boundaries of the emergency service. A public safety agency which receives a request through the system for emergency services outside its jurisdictional boundaries shall transmit the request to the proper public safety answering point or public safety agency utilizing the methods described in Sections 53103 to 53105, inclusive. In the event an emergency unit is dispatched in response to a request through the system, such unit shall render its services to the requesting party without regard to whether the unit is operating outside its normal jurisdictional boundaries until properly relieved by the public safety agency responsible for that geographical area. Public agencies within a single system and public agencies in different systems but whose jurisdictional boundaries are contiguous are authorized to enter into joint powers agreements or any other form of written cooperative agreement to implement this requirement. These agreements may further provide for a public safety agency to render aid outside its normal jurisdictional boundaries when need arises on a day-to-day basis.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 443.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: Any telephone corporation serving rural telephone areas that cannot currently provide enhanced “911” emergency telephone service capable of selective routing, automatic number identification, or automatic location identification shall present to the office a comprehensive plan detailing a schedule by which those facilities will be converted to be compatible with the enhanced emergency telephone system.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 353, Sec. 104. (SB 820) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 129 of Ch. 353.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: The office shall not delay implementation of the enhanced “911” emergency telephone system in those portions of cities or counties, or both, served by a local telephone corporation that has equipment compatible with the enhanced “911” emergency telephone system.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 353, Sec. 105. (SB 820) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 129 of Ch. 353.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text:
(a) The Office of Emergency Services shall develop a plan and timeline of target dates for the testing, implementation, and operation of a Next Generation 911 emergency communication system, including text to 911 service, throughout California.

(b) In order to maximize efficiency and contain costs, the Next Generation 911 emergency communication system shall incorporate, where consistent with public safety and technologically feasible, shared infrastructure and elements of other public safety and emergency communications networks, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Public safety communications identified in the annual plan required by subdivision (b) of Section 15277.

(2) Local and regional public safety broadband networks authorized by the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).

(3) Public safety broadband networks authorized by the federal Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-96).

(4) Public safety radio and communications facilities used for the purpose of public warnings pursuant to Section 15254.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 926, Sec. 1. (SB 1211) Effective January 1, 2015.)

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article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text:
(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Independent evaluator” means the Rand Corporation.

(2) “Next Generation 911 system” means the Next Generation 911 emergency communication system described in Section 53121.

(3) “Office” means the Office of Emergency Services.

(4) “Regional network” means the approach for the Next Generation 911 system developed under the contracts entered into by the office in 2019 with regional network providers and a statewide backup, also known as prime provider, in which a single public safety answering point is connected to both the regional provider and the statewide provider at the same time.

(b) On or before August 15, 2026, the office shall enter into a contract with an independent evaluator for the purpose of performing an independent technical evaluation for the development and implementation of the Next Generation 911 system, subject to all of the following requirements:

(1) The independent technical evaluation shall do all of the following:

(A) Describe the state’s options for delivering reliable Next Generation 911 system services to the state and the strengths and weaknesses of each option, which shall include, but not be limited to, explanations of all of the following:

(i) How each option might impact public safety answering points both during and after transition.

(ii) How each option would respond to or resolve problems encountered to date, including interoperability challenges.

(iii) How each option would affect the length of time to decommission the legacy 911 system.

(iv) The redundancy, resiliency, privacy, and security of each option.

(B) Identify the recommended option to deliver cost-effective, safe, and reliable Next Generation 911 system services to the state and describe why that option is the best option. This evaluation shall include a description of the system architecture and optimal organization of contracted services required for the option.

(C) With regard to at least one option, assess whether the regional network can deliver a reliable Next Generation 911 system, and, if not, describe why the regional network cannot deliver a reliable system.

(D) Assess the best method for providing redundancy that preserves cost-effective, safe, and reliable Next Generation 911 services, including whether a statewide network is sufficiently redundant and reliable.

(E) The reports required pursuant to this section shall not include information that may do any of the following:

(i) Pose a security risk.

(ii) Compromise public safety.

(iii) Disclose trade secrets or other legally protected confidential or proprietary information.

(iv) Mandate a particular system architecture or state technical requirements that would undermine the integrity of any pending or anticipated request for proposal or other competitive procurement process.

(2) In carrying out the independent technical evaluation, the independent evaluator shall consider relevant factors, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(A) The emergency communication systems implemented in other states.

(B) The most recent standards and recommendations from the National Emergency Number Association.

(C) The means and manner by which the Next Generation 911 system will evolve with future innovations and prohibit technological obsolescence.

(D) Resiliency and redundancy in the face of technical failures, cyberattacks, natural disasters, and other threats to the Next Generation 911 system.

(E) Interoperability of the Next Generation 911 system.

(F) The cost to build and operate the Next Generation 911 system.

(G) Any management and vendor oversight requirements for the Next Generation 911 system.

(H) The impact of the Next Generation 911 system on the public safety answering points.

(I) Data privacy with respect to the Next Generation 911 system.

(3) On or before December 15, 2026, the independent evaluator shall provide an initial evaluation and preliminary report on the independent technical evaluation, which shall include near-term capability and procurement recommendations, simultaneously to all of the following entities:

(A) The office.

(B) The State 911 Advisory Board.

(C) The chairpersons of the relevant policy committees and budget subcommittees of the Legislature.

(D) The Joint Legislative Budget Committee.

(E) The Legislative Analyst’s Office.

(4) On or before May 1, 2027, the independent evaluator shall provide a final report on the independent technical evaluation simultaneously to all of the following entities:

(A) The office.

(B) The State 911 Advisory Board.

(C) The chairpersons of the relevant policy committees and budget subcommittees of the Legislature.

(D) The Joint Legislative Budget Committee.

(E) The Legislative Analyst’s Office.

(c) (1) (A) The office, the State 911 Advisory Board, and public safety answering points shall provide the independent evaluator with any requested assistance, including, but not limited to, providing any data or other information.

(B) The 911 system network vendors, including originating service providers, legacy 911 system service providers, and Next Generation 911 system service providers, shall provide the independent evaluator requested assistance, including providing trouble tickets, root cause analyses, corrective action plans, testing schedules and results, performance statistics, outage information, contract deliverables, and any other data or other information related to the vendor’s contracted work with the office on the Next Generation 911 project.

(2) (A) The office, and the 911 system network vendors, including originating service providers, legacy 911 system service providers, and Next Generation 911 service providers, shall provide any assistance requested by the independent evaluator pursuant to paragraph (1) within three business days of the request unless the independent evaluator agrees to a reasonably extended period of time.

(B) The public safety answering points and the State 911 Advisory Board shall provide any assistance requested by the independent evaluator pursuant to paragraph (1) to the best of their ability when requested.

(d) The office shall provide the independent evaluator with a primary point of contact, who shall be responsible for facilitating communications between the office and the independent evaluator, and with key stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the state’s primary points of contact at state public safety answering points, 911 system network vendors, including originating service providers, legacy 911 system providers, and Next Generation 911 system service providers, and the State 911 Advisory Board.

(e) In awarding a long-term contract, the office shall not issue a request for proposals or award a Next Generation 911 network services contract sooner than 60 days after both of the following circumstances have occurred:

(1) The final report described in subdivision (b) is complete and has been received by each of the entities described in that subdivision.

(2) The office has submitted a report to the appropriate budget subcommittees and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, in accordance with Section 9795, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office describing the actions that the office has taken or will take in response to the findings and recommendations in the preliminary report and the final report described in subdivision (b).

(f) Notwithstanding any other law, a contract entered into pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be exempt from the Public Contract Code, the State Contracting Manual, and any other state contracting requirements, and shall not be subject to the approval of the Department of General Services.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2026, Ch. 84, Sec. 19. (SB 172) Effective July 13, 2026.)

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article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text:
(a) For purposes of this section, both of the following definitions shall apply:

(1) “Next Generation 911 system” means the Next Generation 911 emergency communication system described in Section 53121.

(2) “Office” means the Office of Emergency Services.

(b) On or before October 1, 2026, and on or before each date specified in paragraph (1) thereafter, the office shall submit a quarterly report to the Legislature regarding the development and implementation of, and the total and current year funding spent on, the Next Generation 911 system.

(1) The office shall submit each quarterly report to the Legislature required pursuant to this subdivision on or before January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year until completion of the Next Generation 911 system project.

(2) A report to be submitted to the Legislature pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.

(c) Each report required by this section shall include the following information:

(1) Documentation of the progress toward, and major challenges facing, statewide development and implementation of a Next Generation 911 system, including technological, operational, and legal or contractual challenges.

(2) Proposed solutions to the challenges identified in paragraph (1), the potential costs of those solutions, effects on and changes to the implementation timeline and expected date of completion, and progress made in implementing a solution.

(3) Updates on advice or recommendations made by the State 911 Advisory Board to the office, and any actions taken in response.

(4) Quarterly expenditures, separated based on legacy, regional, bridge contract, location services, call handling equipment, external contractor or project management, and any additional categories determined relevant by the office.

(5) The status of public safety answering point transitions, including, but not limited to, the number of public safety answering points, by region, receiving information on the Next Generation 911 system, the legacy 911 system, or both, for each of the following types of information:

(A) Voice calls.

(B) Location.

(C) Text data.

(6) Updates on the transition of the public safety answering points located in the Los Angeles region in advance of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

(7) Any other information deemed relevant by the office.

(d) (1) The office shall also submit a copy of the quarterly reports required by this section to all the following:

(A) The chair of the budget committees of both houses of the Legislature.

(B) The chair of the emergency management committees of both houses of the Legislature.

(C) The State 911 Advisory Board.

(D) The Legislative Analyst’s Office.

(2) A report to be submitted to the chair of the budget committees of both houses of the Legislature and the chair of the emergency management committees of both houses of the Legislature pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2026, Ch. 84, Sec. 20. (SB 172) Effective July 13, 2026.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text:
(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Office” means the Office of Emergency Services.

(2) “Telecommunications service” has the same meaning as defined in Section 2892.1 of the Public Utilities Code, but does not include voice communication provided by a provider of satellite telephone service.

(b) (1) (A) On or before July 1, 2020, the office, by regulation, shall adopt appropriate thresholds for determining whether a telecommunications service outage constitutes a community isolation outage based on the risks to public health and safety resulting from the outage.

(B) On or before July 1, 2022, the office, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, by regulation, shall adopt requirements for the public outage maps maintained by telecommunications service providers pursuant to subdivision (f). Those requirements shall include the format of, requirements for updating, and the level of detail to be included in the public outage maps derived from community isolation outages, and shall be consistent with the requirements of Public Utilities Commission Decision 20-07-011 (July 16, 2020), Decision Adopting Wireless Provider Resiliency Strategies, and Decision 21-02-029 (February 11, 2021), Decision Adopting Wireline Provider Resiliency Strategies.

(2) In adopting regulations pursuant to paragraph (1), the office shall comply with the rulemaking process in Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2.

(3) Notwithstanding any other law, the office may issue emergency regulations in accordance with the process in Section 11346.1 if necessary to meet the deadlines in paragraph (1).

(c) (1) Upon the adoption of regulations pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), all providers of telecommunications service that provide access to 911 service shall notify the office whenever a community isolation outage occurs that limits their customers’ ability to make 911 calls or receive emergency notifications. The community isolation outage notification shall be provided within 60 minutes of discovery of the outage by the provider, and the office shall be responsible for notifying any applicable county office of emergency services, the sheriff of any county, and any public safety answering point affected by the outage. The community isolation outage notification to the office shall be by a medium specified by the office, and shall include the telecommunications service provider’s contact name and calling number, a description of the estimated area affected by the outage, and the approximate communities, including cities, counties, and regions, affected by the outage. The telecommunications service provider shall also notify the office by a medium specified by the office of both of the following:

(A) The estimated time to repair the outage.

(B) When achieved, the restoration of service.

(2) The office may provide the Public Utilities Commission with all of the information provided to it pursuant to paragraph (1).

(3) The office shall aggregate the data provided to it pursuant to paragraph (1) and shall post that aggregated data on its internet website. The aggregated data shall not name individual telecommunications service providers.

(4) The Public Utilities Commission shall treat any confidential information obtained from the office pursuant to this section consistent with its processes, including General Order 66-D, and statutory requirements for maintaining confidential information otherwise received from telecommunications service providers.

(d) The telecommunications service provider shall ensure that the calling number provided to the office with the community isolation outage notification is staffed by a contact person who shall be available to respond to inquiries about the outage at all times until the provider notifies the office that service has been restored.

(e) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the office shall keep community isolation outage notifications confidential and shall not disclose the contents of the notifications.

(f) Upon the adoption of regulations pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), each provider of telecommunications service that provides access to 911 service shall maintain on its internet website a public outage map showing that provider’s outages.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 425, Sec. 1. (SB 341) Effective January 1, 2022.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems


text: This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Miles Hall Lifeline and Suicide Prevention Act.”

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 747, Sec. 2. (AB 988) Effective September 29, 2022.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

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text:
For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) “988” means the three-digit telephone number designated by the Federal Communications Commission for the purpose of connecting individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis with the national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system in accordance with Section 52.200 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(b) “988 center” means a center operating on a county or regional basis in California and participating in the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline network to respond to statewide or regional 988 calls.

(c) “Agency” means the California Health and Human Services Agency.

(d) “Behavioral health crisis services” means the continuum of services to address crisis intervention, crisis stabilization, and crisis residential treatment needs of those with a mental health or substance use disorder crisis that are wellness, resiliency, and recovery oriented. These include, but are not limited to, crisis intervention, including counseling provided by 988 centers, mobile crisis teams, and crisis stabilization services.

(e) “National Suicide Prevention Lifeline” or “988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline” means the national network of local crisis hotline centers that provide free and confidential support to people in suicidal crisis or other behavioral health crisis 24 hours per day, seven days per week via a toll-free telephone hotline number that receives calls made through the 988 system. The toll-free telephone number is maintained by the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use under Section 520E-3 of the Public Health Service Act, Section 290bb-36c of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(f) “Office” means the Office of Emergency Services.

(g) “Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration” means that agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 42, Sec. 4. (AB 118) Effective July 10, 2023.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6.3. Miles Hall Lifeline and Suicide Prevention Act


text:
(a) No later than July 16, 2022, the Office of Emergency Services shall verify that technology that allows for transfers between 988 centers, as well as between 988 centers and 911 public safety answering points, is available to 988 centers and 911 public safety answering points throughout California.

(b) No later than 90 days after the passage of this act, the office shall do both of the following:

(1) Appoint a 988 system director to implement and oversee the policy and regulatory framework for the technology infrastructure, coordination, and transfer of calls between 988, 911, and behavioral health crisis services.

(2) (A) Establish and convene the State 988 Technical Advisory Board for purposes of advising the office on the following:

(i) Recommendations on the feasibility and plan for sustainable interoperability between 988, 911, and behavioral health crisis services, including the identification of any legal or regulatory barriers to the transfer of 911 calls.

(ii) The development of technical and operational standards for the 988 system that allow for coordination with California’s 911 system.

(iii) The creation of standards and protocols for when 988 centers will transfer 988 calls into the “911” public safety answering points or points (PSAP), and vice versa.

(B) The board shall meet no less than quarterly until December 31, 2028. Following that date, the board may be disbanded at the discretion of the office.

(C) The board shall consist of a representative from the California Health and Human Services Agency and expert representatives, including, but not limited to, those from 988 centers, 911, and behavioral health crisis service providers.

(c) No later than July 1, 2024, the office shall verify interoperability between and across 911 and 988. This shall include verifying interoperability of telephone calls, texts, chats, and other similar capabilities consistent with the implementation of Next Generation 911.

(d) The office shall consult with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration on any technology requirements for 988 centers.

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text:
(a) (1) No later than December 31, 2024, the California Health and Human Services Agency shall create a set of recommendations to support a five-year implementation plan for a comprehensive 988 system.

(2) The California Health and Human Services Agency shall convene a state 988 advisory group for purposes of advising the California Health and Human Services Agency on the set of recommendations to support the five-year implementation plan. The recommendations shall specify what can be accomplished pursuant to existing administrative authority and what will require additional legislation for implementation.

(3) The advisory group shall include, but is not limited to, the State Department of Health Care Services, the office, the State Department of Public Health, representatives of counties, representatives of employees working for county behavioral health agencies and agencies who subcontract with county behavioral health agencies who provide these services, health plans, emergency medical services, law enforcement, consumers, families, peers, 988 centers, and other local and statewide public agencies.

(4) The advisory group shall meet at least once per quarter until December 31, 2024.

(5) The advisory group may be disbanded at the discretion of the California Health and Human Services Agency, but shall not be disbanded before January 1, 2025.

(b) The California Health and Human Services Agency and the advisory group shall make recommendations on all of the following:

(1) Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration requirements and national best practices guidelines for operational and clinical standards, including training requirements and policies for transferring callers to an appropriate specialized center, or subnetworks, within or external to, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline network.

(2) Maintenance of an active agreement with the administrator of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline for participation within the network.

(3) Compliance with state technology requirements or guidelines for the operation of 988.

(4) A state governance structure to support the implementation and administration of behavioral health crisis services accessed through 988.

(5) 988 infrastructure, staffing, and training standards that will support statewide access to crisis counselors through telephone call, text, and chat, 24 hours per day, seven days per week.

(6) Access to crisis stabilization services and triage and response to warm handoffs from 911 and 988 call centers.

(7) Resources and policy changes to address statewide and regional needs in order to meet population needs for behavioral health crisis services.

(8) Statewide and regional public communications strategies informed by the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to support public awareness and consistent messaging regarding 988 and behavioral health crisis services.

(9) Recommendations to achieve coordination between 988 and the continuum of behavioral health crisis services. Recommendations shall address strategies for verifying that behavioral health crisis services are coordinated for a timely response to clearly articulated suicidal or behavioral health contacts made or routed to 988 services as an alternative to a response from law enforcement, except in high-risk situations that cannot be safely managed without law enforcement response and achieving statewide provision of connection to mobile crisis services, when appropriate, to respond to individuals in crisis in a timely manner.

(10) Quantifiable goals for the provision of statewide and regional behavioral health crisis services, which consider factors such as reported rates of suicide attempts and deaths.

(11) A process for establishing outcome measures, benchmarks, and improvement targets for 988 centers and the behavioral health crisis services system. This may include recommendations regarding how to measure, the feasibility of measuring 988 system performance, including capacity, wait time, and the ability to meet demand for services for 988 State Suicide and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Fund fund recipients. This may also include recommendations for how to determine and report the amount billed to and reimbursed by Medi-Cal or other public and private health care service plans or insurers related to 988 services.

(12) Findings from a comprehensive assessment of the behavioral health crisis services system that takes into account infrastructure projects that are planned and funded. These findings shall include an inventory of the infrastructure, capacity, and needs for all of the following:

(A) Statewide and regional 988 centers.

(B) Mobile crisis team services, including mobile crisis access and dispatch call centers.

(C) Other existing behavioral health crisis services and warm lines.

(D) Crisis stabilization services.

(13) Procedures for determining the annual operating budget for the purposes of establishing the rate of the 988 surcharge and how revenue will be dispersed to fund the 988 system consistent with Section 53123.4 and Section 251a of Title 47 of the United States Code.

(14) Strategies to support the behavioral health crisis service system is adequately funded, including mechanisms for reimbursement of behavioral health crisis response pursuant to Sections 1374.72 and 1374.721 of the Health and Safety Code, including, but not limited to:

(A) To the extent that any necessary federal approvals are obtained and federal financial participation is available and is not otherwise jeopardized, seeking to maximize all available federal funding sources for the purposes of behavioral health crisis services and administrative activities related to 988 implementation, including federal Medicaid reimbursement for services; federal Medicaid reimbursement for administrative expenses, including the development and maintenance of information technology; and federal grants.

(B) Coordinating with the Department of Insurance and Department of Managed Health Care to verify reimbursement to 988 centers for behavioral health crisis services by health care service plans and disability insurers, pursuant to Section 1374.72 of the Health and Safety Code and Section 10144.5 of the Insurance Code and consistent with the requirements of the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 1185a).

(c) Until December 31, 2029, the California Health and Human Services Agency shall post regular updates, no less than annually, regarding the implementation of 988 on its public internet website.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 42, Sec. 5. (AB 118) Effective July 10, 2023.)

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text:
(a) The 988 State Suicide and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.

(b) (1) The fund shall consist of the revenue generated by the 988 surcharge assessed on users under Section 41020 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, which revenue shall be used solely for the operations of the 988 center and mobile crisis teams as defined in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Section 9813(b)(2) of Public Law 117-2). The fund shall also consist of any other appropriations made to it by the Legislature. The Legislature may consider additional uses for the revenue generated by the 988 surcharge based on recommendations made by the California Health and Human Services Agency and the advisory group pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 53123.3.

(2) The revenue generated by the 988 surcharge shall, to the extent not prohibited by Section 251a of Title 47 of the United States Code and any applicable rules or regulations adopted by the Federal Communications Commission and in compliance with subdivision (b) of Section 41136 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, be prioritized to fund the following:

(A) First, the 988 centers, including the efficient and effective routing of telephone calls, personnel, and the provision of acute behavioral health services through telephone call, text, and chat to the 988 number.

(B) Second, the operation of mobile crisis teams accessed via telephone calls, texts, or chats made to or routed through 988 as specified under Section 4(a)(2)(B) of Public Law 116-172.

(3) Money in the fund shall not be subject to transfer to another fund or to transfer, assignment, or reassignment for another use or purpose outside of those specified in this article.

(4) 988 surcharge revenue in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes specified in this article.

(5) The revenue generated by the 988 surcharge shall be used to supplement, not supplant, federal, state, and local funding for 988 centers and behavioral health crisis services.

(6) The revenue generated by the 988 surcharge may only be used to fund service and operation expenses that are not reimbursable through Medicaid federal financial participation, Medicare, health care service plans, or disability insurers.

(c) The office, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services, may adopt regulations regarding how funds received shall be disseminated to support the operations of the 988 system and related behavioral health crisis services.

(d) The office shall require an entity seeking funds available through the 988 Suicide and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Fund to annually file an expenditure and outcomes report in a form and manner as determined by the office and the State Department of Health Care Services. The expenditure and outcomes report shall include, but is not limited to, the following:

(1) The total budget.

(2) Number and job classification of personnel.

(3) The number of individuals served.

(4) The outcomes for individuals served, if known.

(5) The health coverage status of individuals served, if known.

(6) Beginning July 1, 2025, to the extent feasible and consistent with paragraph (11) of subdivision (b) of Section 53123.3, measures of system performance, including capacity, wait times, and the ability to meet demand for services.

(7) Beginning January 1, 2030, to the extent feasible and consistent with paragraph (11) of subdivision (b) of Section 53123.3 the amount billed to and reimbursed by Medi-Cal or other public and private health care service plans or insurers.

(8) The number of individuals who used the service and self-identified as veterans or active military personnel, if known.

(e) The State Treasurer shall report annually to the office on fund deposits and expenditures.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 80, Sec. 68. (SB 1525) Effective January 1, 2025.)

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text: Notwithstanding any law, including Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the office and the State Department of Health Care Services may implement, interpret, or make specific this article, in whole or in part, by means of all-county letters, plan letters, provider bulletins, information notices, regulations, or other similar instructions, without taking any further regulatory action.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 42, Sec. 7. (AB 118) Effective July 10, 2023.)

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text: For purposes of implementing this article, the State Department of Health Care Services may enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts, or amend existing contracts, on a bid or negotiated basis, and may implement changes to existing information technology systems. Notwithstanding any law, contracts entered into or amended, or changes to existing information technology systems, pursuant to this section shall be exempt from Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2, Section 19130, and Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, and shall be exempt from the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 42, Sec. 8. (AB 118) Effective July 10, 2023.)

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text: Every local public agency may establish a nonemergency telephone system as provided in this article. The digits “311” shall be dedicated as the nonemergency telephone number within the system. Nonemergency “311” telephone systems shall be designed to provide a system similar to a “911” selective routing system, whereby the location of the initial call is determined to provide a coordinated uniform delivery system to meet the specified requirements of each local jurisdiction. Every system shall be designed to allow the handling of emergency calls by the “911” emergency telephone system.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 731, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

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text:
For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Local public agency” means a city, county, city and county, and joint powers authority that provides a public safety answering point (PSAP).

(b) “Nonemergency telephone system” means a system structured to provide access to only public safety agencies such as police and fire, or a system structured to provide access to public safety agencies and to all other services provided by a local public agency such as street maintenance and animal control.

(c) “Public Safety Communications Division” means the Public Safety Communications Division within the Office of Emergency Services.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 28, Sec. 31. (SB 71) Effective June 27, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 93 of Ch. 28.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 6.6. State Nonemergency Telephone System


text: The Public Safety Communications Division is authorized to aid local public agencies in the formulation of concepts, methods, and procedures that will improve the operation of systems authorized by this article and increase cooperation among public agencies.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 404, Sec. 56. (AB 2408) Effective January 1, 2011.)

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text:
In connection with federal block grant funds which require mandated financial and compliance auditing, the Legislature finds that there is limited coordination of audits among federal, state, and local auditors and independent public accountants auditing local agencies, which may result in overlaps and gaps in audit coverage.

The Legislature further finds that it is essential to establish audit procedures that conform to the standards of independence and quality contained within the federal Standards for Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities and Functions.

Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to promote audit coordination by designating the agencies listed in Section 12430 as responsible for assuring that local agencies provide for or otherwise adhere to federally mandated financial and compliance audit requirements for block grant funds allocated to them.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1343, Sec. 10.)

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text:
As used in this article:

(a) “Qualified state and local government auditors” means those auditors employed by state and local governments that meet the independence requirements set forth in the federal Standards for Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities and Functions.

(b) “Independent public accountants” means a certified public accountant, or a public accountant who is licensed by the California Board of Accountancy who holds a valid permit to practice accountancy.

(c) “Local agency” means a city, county, city and county, special district, joint-powers agency, public corporation, nonprofit corporation, or any other agency that is eligible to receive federal block grant funds.

(d) “State department” means that state organization designated by law or agreement that allocates block grant funds to local agencies or is otherwise responsible for administering block grant funds.

(e) “Financial and compliance audit” means an audit that complies with the financial and compliance audit requirements of the Standards for Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities and Functions published by the United States General Accounting Office.

Organization wide financial and compliance audits required by Federal Office of Management and Budget Circulars A-102 and A-110 are acceptable for this purpose.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1055, Sec. 39. Effective September 30, 2000.)

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES

article: 7. Federally Mandated Audits of Block Grant Funds Allocated to Local Agencies


text: State departments shall identify and provide to the Controller listings of all agreements allocating block grant funds to local agencies.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES


text: The Controller shall identify and make available to local agencies federally mandated financial and compliance block grant audit requirements.

title: 5. LOCAL AGENCIES