text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, upon a declaration of a shelter crisis by a city, county, or city and county, the following shall apply to the respective city, county, or city and county during the shelter crisis:

(1) Emergency housing may include homeless shelters for the homeless located or constructed on any land owned or leased by a city, county, or city and county, including land acquired with low- and moderate-income housing funds.

(2) (A) (i) The city, county, or city and county, in lieu of compliance with local building approval procedures or state housing, health, habitability, planning and zoning, or safety standards, procedures, and laws, may adopt by ordinance reasonable local standards and procedures for the design, site development, and operation of homeless shelters and the structures and facilities therein, to the extent that it is determined at the time of adoption that strict compliance with state and local standards or laws in existence at the time of that adoption would in any way prevent, hinder, or delay the mitigation of the effects of the shelter crisis. For a jurisdiction that adopts an ordinance establishing reasonable local standards, those standards shall, at a minimum, meet the standards provided in the 2019 California Residential Code Appendix X, and California Building Code Appendix O, and any future standards adopted by the Department of Housing and Community Development related to emergency housing or emergency housing facilities, unless the city, county, or city and county adopts findings stating why the standards cannot be met and stating how the standards in the ordinance protect health and safety. Upon the adoption of an ordinance, the city, county, or city and county shall file a copy of the adopted ordinance, and any associated findings, with the department.

(ii) During the shelter crisis, except as provided in this section, provisions of any housing, health, habitability, planning and zoning, or safety standards, procedures, or laws shall be suspended for homeless shelters, provided that the city, county, or city and county has adopted health and safety standards and procedures for homeless shelters consistent with ensuring minimal public health and safety and those standards are complied with. Landlord tenant laws codified in Sections 1941 to 1942.5, inclusive, of the Civil Code providing a cause of action for habitability or tenantability shall be suspended for homeless shelters, provided that the city, county, or city and county has adopted health and safety standards for homeless shelters and those standards are complied with. During the shelter crisis, the local and state law requirements for homeless shelters to be consistent with the local land use plans, including the general plan, shall be suspended.

(B) This section applies only to a public facility or homeless shelters reserved entirely for the homeless pursuant to this chapter.

(3) Homeless shelters constructed or allowed under this chapter shall not be subject to the Special Occupancy Parks Act (Part 2.3 (commencing with Section 18860) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code), the Mobilehome Parks Act (Part 2.1 (commencing with Section 18200) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code), the Mobilehome Residency Law (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 798) of Title 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Civil Code), or the Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy Law (Chapter 2.6 (commencing with Section 799.20) of Title 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Civil Code), except that disposition of any vehicle or its contents abandoned by its owner shall be performed pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1980) of Title 5 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code.

(4) The California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) shall not apply to any of the following actions taken by a state agency or a city, county, or city and county:

(A) To lease, convey, or encumber land owned by a city, county, or city and county, or to facilitate the lease, conveyance, or encumbrance of land owned by the local government for a homeless shelter constructed pursuant to, or authorized by, this section.

(B) To provide financial assistance to a homeless shelter constructed pursuant to, or authorized by, this section.

(C) To approve a contract to provide services for people experiencing homelessness to a homeless shelter constructed pursuant to, or authorized by, this section. These services may include, but are not limited to, case management, resource navigation, security services, residential services, and counseling services.

(5) (A) On or before July 1, 2019, the Cities of Berkeley, Emeryville, Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Diego, the County of Santa Clara, and the City and County of San Francisco shall develop a plan to address the shelter crisis, including, but not limited to, the development of homeless shelters and permanent supportive housing, as well as onsite supportive services. The city, county, or city and county shall make the plan publicly available.

(B) In the case of a shelter crisis declared by the County of Alameda, a city located within the County of Alameda, the County of Orange, a city located within the County of Orange, or the City of San Jose, the county or the city, as applicable, shall develop the plan described in subparagraph (A) on or before July 1, 2020, and shall include in the plan required by this subparagraph a plan to transition residents from homeless shelters to permanent housing.

(C) In the case of a shelter crisis declared by any other county or city not described in subparagraph (A) or (B) on or before January 1, 2021, the county or the city, as applicable, shall develop the plan described in subparagraph (A) on or before July 1, 2021, and shall include in the plan required by this subparagraph a plan to transition residents from homeless shelters to permanent housing.

(D) In the case of a shelter crisis declared by any other county or city not described in subparagraph (A) or (B) after January 1, 2021, the county or the city, as applicable, shall develop the plan described in subparagraph (A) on or before July 1 of the year following the declaration of the shelter crisis, and shall include in the plan required by this subparagraph a plan to transition residents from homeless shelters to permanent housing.

(6) If the city, county, or city and county has declared a shelter crisis, the city, county, or city and county shall report, by January 1 of each year, all of the following to the Senate Committee on Housing and the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development:

(A) The total number of residents in homeless shelters within the city, county, or city and county.

(B) The total number of residents who have moved from a homeless shelter into permanent supportive housing within the city, county, or city and county.

(C) The estimated number of permanent supportive housing units.

(D) The number of residents who have exited the system and are no longer in need of a homeless shelter or permanent supportive housing within the city, county, or city and county.

(E) The number and bed capacity of new homeless shelters built pursuant to this section within the city, county, or city and county. The information regarding the bed capacity shall be included in reports due by January 1, 2022, and by January 1 of each year thereafter. Bed capacity shall not include the parking vehicle capacity of a homeless shelter on a parking lot owned or leased by a city, county, or city and county specifically identified as one allowed for safe parking by homeless and unstably housed individuals.

(F) New actions the city, county, or city and county is taking under the declared shelter crisis to better serve the homeless population and to reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness.

(G) The ordinance and any associated findings adopted by the city, county, or city and county pursuant to paragraph (2).

(b) A declaration of a shelter crisis by a city, county, or city and county and the provisions in this section that are or may be utilized by a city, county, or city and county, including an ordinance adopted by a city, county, or city and county pursuant to clause (i) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), shall apply to any land owned or leased by an agency or entity created pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code) if the city, county, or city and county that declared a shelter crisis is one of the parties to the agreement creating the entity or agency and the real property owned or leased by the agency or entity is located within the jurisdiction of the city, county, or city and county that declared the shelter crisis.

(c) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) “Homeless shelter” means a facility with overnight sleeping accommodations, the primary purpose of which is to provide temporary shelter for the homeless that is not in existence after the declared shelter crisis. A temporary homeless shelter community may include supportive and self-sufficiency development services. A “homeless shelter” shall include a parking lot owned or leased by a city, county, or city and county specifically identified as one allowed for safe parking by homeless and unstably housed individuals.

(2) “Permanent supportive housing” means housing for people who are homeless, with no limit on length of stay, and that is linked to onsite or offsite services that assist the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving the person’s health status, and maximizing the person’s ability to live and, when possible, work in the community.

(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2036, and as of that date is repealed.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 297, Sec. 1. (SB 1395) Effective January 1, 2025. Repealed as of January 1, 2036, by its own provisions.)


kind: section

code: GOV

citation: GOV § 8699

text:
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Community-based organization” means a nonprofit organization, or organization fiscally sponsored by a nonprofit, that provides direct services to survivors of violence and includes, but is not limited to, a trauma recovery center as described in Section 13963.1.

(b) “Family member” means any of the following:

(1) A spouse, former spouse, or domestic partner.

(2) A cohabitant or former cohabitant.

(3) The survivor’s fiance or someone with whom the survivor has, or previously had, an engagement or dating relationship as defined in paragraph (10) of subdivision (f) of Section 243 of the Penal Code.

(4) Any other person related by consanguinity or affinity within the second degree, including relationships by adoption.

(c) “Grant program” means the Flexible Assistance for Survivors (FAS) pilot grant program established by this chapter.

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

(e) “Survivor” means a person who would be eligible for services pursuant to Section 20103 of Title 34 of the United States Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 70. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024. Inoperative July 1, 2028, pursuant to Section 8699.03. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 8699.03.)

division: 1. GENERAL

path: 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA > 1. GENERAL > 7.9. Flexible Assistance for Survivors (FAS) Pilot Grant Program


text:
(a) The Flexible Assistance for Survivors (FAS) pilot grant program is hereby established, to be administered by the Office of Emergency Services, with the goal of improving safety, healing, and financial stability for survivors, and the loved ones of those violently injured or killed.

(b) FAS grants shall be made to qualifying community-based organizations pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of establishing assistance funds to distribute in direct cash assistance to survivors.

(c) The office shall establish an advisory committee that includes, without limitation, persons who have been impacted by violence, formerly incarcerated persons, and persons with direct experience in implementing supportive services for marginalized survivors. Racial, gender, and ethnic diversity, and representation of communities and identities described in subdivisions (h) and (i), shall be considered for all appointments. The committee shall consist of six members, as follows:

(1) (A) Three representatives from community-based organizations providing direct services and recovery assistance such as housing, job placement, or economic support to vulnerable survivors.

(B) Of the three members described by subparagraph (A), one member shall be appointed by the Governor, one member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, and one member shall be appointed by the Senate President pro Tempore.

(2) (A) Three community providers or advocates with expertise in community-based violence reduction programs.

(B) Of the three members described by subparagraph (A), one member shall be appointed by the Governor, one member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, and one member shall be appointed by the Senate President pro Tempore.

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, except as specified in subdivision (b) of Section 8 of Article VII of the California Constitution, a person’s criminal history shall not disqualify them from appointment to the advisory committee.

(e) The advisory committee shall establish rules for implementing this chapter. Community-based organizations shall include all of the following in their application:

(1) A description of the organization’s history serving one or more of the groups described in subdivision (i).

(2) A description of how the community or communities the organization serves are impacted by violence and incarceration.

(3) The estimated number of survivors the organization or program currently serves.

(4) The estimated number of survivors to whom the organization or program anticipates it will distribute grant funds.

(5) How the organization plans to distribute cash assistance funds to survivors to meet immediate financial needs quickly.

(6) How the organization plans to minimize the burden on survivors to provide documentation or submit paperwork.

(f) The advisory committee shall do all of the following:

(1) Strive to minimize the paperwork burden on grant applicants and grantees.

(2) Provide guidance on developing an application, the program structure, and progress reports.

(3) Develop a plan to publicize the grant program in advance of an application deadline, including outreach to underserved areas, communities with disproportionately high rates of gun violence and imprisonment, and smaller organizations.

(4) Work with the office to develop tools to support applicants applying for an award under this chapter, including, but not limited to, templates and sample applications, which shall be posted prominently on the office’s internet website.

(5) Prior to an application deadline, work with the office to publicize and host at least two webinars that are open to the public detailing how to apply for a grant under this chapter.

(6) Develop reporting metrics for grantees to provide information to the office to aid the office in creating the reports required by Section 8699.02. In developing these metrics, the advisory committee shall strive to minimize the paperwork burden on survivors that apply for assistance.

(g) A community-based organization shall be eligible to apply for a grant under this chapter if the organization has a history of serving survivors and the majority of people the organization, or a project within the organization that will administer the grant, serves are survivors.

(h) The office, with concurrence from the advisory committee, shall develop a rating process that gives preference to organizations that are located in, serve, and employ members of communities that experience disproportionately high rates of gun violence and imprisonment.

(i) The office, with concurrence from the advisory committee, shall develop a rating process that gives preference to community-based organizations that have a history of providing services to vulnerable survivors, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) Survivors of color.

(2) Elderly survivors.

(3) Survivors with disabilities.

(4) Survivors who are transgender or gender nonconforming.

(5) Survivors who have faced disproportionate police contact.

(6) Survivors who are formerly incarcerated or who have past arrests or convictions.

(7) Survivors with immigration status issues.

(8) Survivors who are unhoused.

(9) Survivors of firearm injuries.

(10) Survivors who have lost a family member to homicide.

(11) Survivors facing mental health crises.

(12) Low-income survivors.

(13) Survivors challenged by substance abuse.

(j) An organization receiving a grant under this chapter may use the funds as follows:

(1) Flexible cash assistance to survivors to meet survivors’ financial needs or to cover survivors’ expenses, distributed at the discretion of the organization in amounts determined by the organization based on the needs of survivors and in a way that minimizes or eliminates the burden on survivors to provide external documentation of their need or expenses. The organization may distribute flexible cash assistance funds to a survivor directly, to the parent or guardian of a survivor on the survivor’s behalf if the survivor is a minor or dependent adult, or if the survivor or the parent or guardian of a minor or dependent survivor requests, to a vendor, business, or another third party to pay for an expense or to purchase a product on a survivor’s behalf. Cash assistance distributed to a survivor or parent or guardian of a survivor may be distributed in the form of cash, electronic transfer, check, direct deposit, prepaid card, or in another similar manner at the discretion of the organization and based on the needs of survivors. Cash assistance awards of more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) to an individual survivor may require additional documentation of significant need.

(2) Up to 10 percent for the organization’s expenses in administering the grant.

(k) A community-based organization receiving a grant under this chapter shall establish policies and procedures for distributing funds to survivors whom the organization serves that comply with all the following:

(1) Develop a method that allows survivors to attest to their experience of victimization that minimizes the burden of requiring survivors to obtain documentation of a victimization, such as by using verified written statements from a community-based organization.

(2) Promote distribution of funds to survivors in a manner that meets the immediate needs of survivors quickly.

(3) Do not require survivors to engage in other services or programs as a condition of receiving funds.

(4) Do not require survivors to provide or maintain burdensome documentation of their need or spending.

(5) Do not require survivors to report a crime to a law enforcement agency as a condition of receiving cash assistance.

(6) Do not exclude survivors on the basis of citizenship or immigration status.

(7) Do not exclude survivors on the basis of an arrest or conviction record, nor on the basis of a survivor’s status under correctional supervision.

(l) Notwithstanding any other law, cash assistance received by a survivor under this chapter shall be treated in the same manner as the federal earned income refund for the purpose of determining eligibility to receive benefits under Division 9 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code or amounts of those benefits.

(m) Notwithstanding any other law, cash assistance received under this chapter shall not reduce a victim’s maximum benefit allowance provided by the California Victim Compensation Board, except that an expense for specific purposes paid in full for a survivor under this chapter shall not be eligible for reimbursement or payment by the board for the same purposes. If an organization distributes flexible cash assistance under this chapter on a survivor’s behalf to partially cover a specific expense or bill, the California Victim Compensation Board may reimburse or pay the survivor any remaining amount of the specific expense or bill that has not been covered.

(n) Each grantee shall annually report to the office all of the following:

(1) The aggregate number of survivors who received cash assistance through the grant program.

(2) The average amount of assistance each survivor received through the grant program.

(3) Information responsive to the metrics developed pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (f).

(o) The office may use up to 5 percent of the funds appropriated for the grant program each year for the costs of administering the grant program, including, without limitation, employing personnel, providing technical assistance to grantees or prospective grantees, and issuing a report on the impacts of the grant program through the 2026–27 fiscal year.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 997, Sec. 7. (AB 179) Effective September 30, 2024. Inoperative July 1, 2028, pursuant to Section 8699.03. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 8699.03.)

title: 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

chapter: 7.9. Flexible Assistance for Survivors (FAS) Pilot Grant Program


text:
(a) (1) By July 1, 2026, the office shall submit a progress report to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 discussing the impact of the grant program, which shall include information received pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (n) of Section 8699.01.

(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed by this subdivision is inoperative on January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 10231.5.

(b) Before July 1, 2028, the office shall post on its internet website a public report on the impact of the grant program, which shall include, at a minimum, the number of survivors who have been provided assistance and anecdotal information on the impact of the grant program on helping survivors, and information received pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (n) of Section 8699.01.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 997, Sec. 8. (AB 179) Effective September 30, 2024. Inoperative July 1, 2028, pursuant to Section 8699.03. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 8699.03.)


text: This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2028, and, as of January 1, 2029, is repealed.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 997, Sec. 9. (AB 179) Effective September 30, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Chapter 7.9, commencing with Section 8699.)


citation: GOV § 8700

text:
The Legislature finds and declares the following:

(a) The United States and Mexican economies have become increasingly integrated, particularly since the 1994 adoption of the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA.

(b) This integration has brought both California and Mexico opportunities and challenges in the areas of economic development, labor relations, and environmental protection.

(c) The California Office of the Southwest Border Regional Conference (formerly commission) was established as part of a joint American border states effort to further and develop favorable relations with the six Mexican border states.

(d) The efforts of the California office of the conference continue to be an essential part of California’s interaction with Mexico.

(e) It is important for the state and for the nation that state agencies continue to address important United States-Mexico issues.

(f) The Office of California-Mexico Affairs provides a focal point in state government to serve as a clearinghouse for information and assistance to other state agencies which are involved with Mexico.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 77, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2006.)

chapter: 8. Office of California-Mexico Affairs

path: 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA > 1. GENERAL > 8. Office of California-Mexico Affairs


citation: GOV § 8701

text:
The following definitions shall govern the construction of this chapter:

(a) “Office” means the Office of California-Mexico Affairs.

(b) “Conference” means the Southwest Border Regional Conference.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 77, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2006.)


citation: GOV § 8702

text:
(a) There is in state government an Office of California-Mexico Affairs. Within this office the operations of the California Office of the Southwest Border Regional Conference shall be continued.

(b) The office succeeds to and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, and responsibilities vested in the California office of the conference and previously vested in the Commission of the Californias.

(c) The office shall have possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, and other property, real or personal, held for the benefit or use of the California office of the conference, or previously held for the benefit or use of the commission, in the performance of the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the California office of the conference or the commission.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 77, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 2006.)


citation: GOV § 8703

text: The members of the Southwest Border Regional Conference shall be the Governors of the four American border states. The California member of the conference is the Governor of California or his designee.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1197, Sec. 3.)


citation: GOV § 8705

text: The office shall further and develop favorable relations with the State of Baja California, the State of Baja California Sur, other Mexican states bordering on the United States, and the remaining states and territories of the Republic of Mexico necessary for the completion of the office’s tasks. The office shall cooperate with similar organizations and agencies situated within California, the United States, or Mexico, to further economic development, improve working conditions and living standards, and foster the protection and improvement of the environment in Mexico and California. The office shall avail itself of the services of the San Diego State University, which is engaged in educational, cultural, and research activities with Mexico. The office shall be responsible for carrying out the ongoing responsibilities of the Southwest Border Regional Conference.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 77, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2006.)


citation: GOV § 8706

text: The Governor shall appoint a director of the office. The director may appoint and employ any personnel which he or she deems necessary to carry out the functions of the office. The office may incur all necessary expenses to effectuate its purposes and may accept grants from federal and state agencies. The office may also accept funds from private organizations or individuals in order to assist it in the accomplishment of its functions as set forth in this chapter.


citation: GOV § 8708

text: Members and employees of the office may travel outside of California and may hold hearings and conduct investigations within and outside of the state whenever necessary to carry out the duties set forth in this chapter. Members and employees may acquire any available information from any governmental agency within the United States or Mexico necessary to the completion of their tasks.


citation: GOV § 8709

text: The office shall be responsible for the establishment of committees in those topic areas deemed necessary by the director. Recommendations of the committees shall not be binding on the Governor or the Legislature but shall only be advisory in nature.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 77, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2006.)


citation: GOV § 8720

text: This chapter may be cited as the “Apology Act for the 1930s Mexican Repatriation Program.”

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 663, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)

chapter: 8.5. Mexican Repatriation

path: 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA > 1. GENERAL > 8.5. Mexican Repatriation


citation: GOV § 8721

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

(a) Beginning in 1929, government authorities and certain private sector entities in California and throughout the United States undertook an aggressive program to forcibly remove persons of Mexican ancestry from the United States.

(b) In California alone, approximately 400,000 American citizens and legal residents of Mexican ancestry were forced to go to Mexico.

(c) In total, it is estimated that two million people of Mexican ancestry were forcibly relocated to Mexico, approximately 1.2 million of whom had been born in the United States, including the State of California.

(d) Throughout California, massive raids were conducted on Mexican-American communities, resulting in the clandestine removal of thousands of people, many of whom were never able to return to the United States, their country of birth.

(e) These raids also had the effect of coercing thousands of people to leave the country in the face of threats and acts of violence.

(f) These raids targeted persons of Mexican ancestry, with authorities and others indiscriminately characterizing these persons as “illegal aliens” even when they were United States citizens or permanent legal residents.

(g) Authorities in California and other states instituted programs to wrongfully remove persons of Mexican ancestry and secure transportation arrangements with railroads, automobiles, ships, and airlines to effectuate the wholesale removal of persons out of the United States to Mexico.

(h) As a result of these illegal activities, families were forced to abandon, or were defrauded of, personal and real property, which often was sold by local authorities as “payment” for the transportation expenses incurred in their removal from the United States to Mexico.

(i) As a further result of these illegal activities, United States citizens and legal residents were separated from their families and country and were deprived of their livelihood and United States constitutional rights.

(j) As a further result of these illegal activities, United States citizens were deprived of the right to participate in the political process guaranteed to all citizens, thereby resulting in the tragic denial of due process and equal protection of the laws.


citation: GOV § 8722

text: The State of California apologizes to those individuals described in Section 8721 for the fundamental violations of their basic civil liberties and constitutional rights committed during the period of illegal deportation and coerced emigration. The State of California regrets the suffering and hardship those individuals and their families endured as a direct result of the government sponsored Repatriation Program of the 1930s.


citation: GOV § 8723

text: A plaque commemorating the individuals described in Section 8721 shall be installed and maintained by the Department of Parks and Recreation at an appropriate public place in Los Angeles. If the plaque is not located on state property, the department shall consult with the appropriate local jurisdiction to determine a site owned by the City or County of Los Angeles for location of the plaque.


citation: GOV § 8740

text:
The Legislature finds and declares as follows:

(a) That Latino Americans have made major contributions to the social, cultural, and economic greatness of California.

(b) That the California Museum of Latino History, Art, and Culture, a nonprofit corporation, and the exhibits contained therein, shall serve a statewide purpose by informing and educating the public as to the contributions of Latino Americans and by enhancing cultural understanding and appreciation.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1233, Sec. 1.)

path: 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA > 1. GENERAL > 8.8. California Museum of Latino History, Art, and Culture


citation: GOV § 8741

text: The Board of Trustees for the California Museum of Latino History, Art, and Culture shall, on or before January 1, 1991, and annually thereafter, report to the Legislature on the status of the museum project and the use of state funds appropriated and allocated for the establishment of the museum, until the funds are fully expended.

chapter: 8.8. California Museum of Latino History, Art, and Culture


citation: GOV § 8742

text: State moneys, from whichever fund appropriated, may be used only for developing preliminary plans and working drawings, construction, and initial equipment, including equipment for exhibits. State financial assistance shall not exceed one-half of the total cost of the project, exclusive of any costs of land acquisition and the costs of the design, construction, and installation of exhibits and the provision of interpretive services.


citation: GOV § 8743

text: The state shall have no liability arising from the project and its operation, and shall have no operational or maintenance responsibility for the project. The grantee shall guarantee performance in carrying out the project as “performance” is defined by the Legislature and as represented to the granting state agency. The grantee shall maintain adequate insurance to recover the state’s investment in the event of loss.


citation: GOV § 8750

text:
The Legislature perceives that life in California is enriched by art.

The source of art is in the natural flow of the human mind. Realizing craft and beauty is demanding, however, the people of the state desire to encourage and nourish these skills wherever they occur, to the benefit of all.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1192.)

chapter: 9. Art

path: 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA > 1. GENERAL > 9. Art


citation: GOV § 8751

text:
(a) There is in the state government an Arts Council which shall be composed of 11 members. On or before January 10, 1979, the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Rules Committee shall each appoint one member to represent the general public. Prior to appointing the remaining nine members, the Governor shall request and consider recommendations from organizations representing the arts community and when making his appointments shall give consideration to the various arts disciplines and ethnic and geographic parts of the state. All appointments made to the council by the Governor shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.

(b) Five of the eleven members shall hold office for four years, four shall hold office for three years, and two shall hold office for two years. Terms of office shall be determined by lot at the first meeting of the council after January 1, 1979.

(c) Nothing in this section shall prevent the reappointment or replacement of any individual presently serving on the existing Arts Council unless such person has already served for more than four consecutive years as a member of the California Arts Council or Arts Commission.

(d) In January of each year, the members of the council shall select a chairperson. Members of the council shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) per meeting and shall be reimbursed for necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1356.)


text: If any member of the council is an employee, member, director, or officer of any arts organization that has applied to the council for a grant, such member shall not communicate with any other member of the council or any member of an advisory panel regarding such grant application and such member shall not be present when such is considered by the council or panel.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1192.)


citation: GOV § 8752

text: The council shall meet at the call of the chairperson no more than eight times each calendar year. Unless there are extraordinary circumstances, all meetings are to be preceded by at least eight days public notice, and shall be held in various places throughout the state so as to encourage broad and diverse attendance.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1356.)


citation: GOV § 8753

text:
The council shall:

(a) Encourage artistic awareness, participation and expression.

(b) Help independent local groups develop their own art programs.

(c) Promote the employment of artists and those skilled in crafts in both the public and private sector.

(d) Provide for the exhibition of art works in public buildings throughout California.

(e) Enlist the aid of all state agencies in the task of ensuring the fullest expression of our artistic potential.

(f) Adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act necessary for proper execution of the powers and duties granted to the council by this chapter.

(g) Employ such administrative, technical, and other personnel as may be necessary.

(h) Fix the salaries of the personnel employed pursuant to this chapter which salaries shall be fixed as nearly as possible to conform to the salaries established by the State Personnel Board for classes of positions in the state civil service involving comparable duties and responsibilities.

(i) Appoint advisory committees whenever necessary. Members of an advisory committee shall serve without compensation, but each may be reimbursed for necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.

(j) Request and obtain from any department, division, board, bureau, commission, or other agency of the state such assistance and data as will enable it properly to carry on its power and duties.

(k) Hold hearings, execute agreements, and perform any acts necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(l) Accept federal grants, for any of the purposes of this chapter.

(m) Accept only unrestricted gifts, donations, bequests, or grants of funds from private sources and public agencies, for any of the purposes of this chapter. However, the council shall give careful consideration to any donor requests concerning specific dispositions.

(n) Establish grant application criteria and procedure.

(o) Award prizes or direct grants to individuals or organizations in accordance with such regulations as the council may prescribe. In awarding prizes or directing grants, the council shall notify the offices of the legislators in whose district the recipient resides.

(p) Have the authority to appoint peer review panels whenever necessary. Each member of a peer review panel may, at the discretion of the council, receive a per diem and honorarium for each day of service and be reimbursed for necessary travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 869, Sec. 1. (AB 2456) Effective January 1, 2019.)


text: The council shall not make any grants or fund any program which has not been established pursuant to the powers granted by this chapter or the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 14240) of Chapter 4 of Division 7 of the Unemployment Insurance Code).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 767, Sec. 2. (SB 628) Effective January 1, 2022.)


text:
(a) The California Arts Council Contribution and Donations Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury to receive funds pursuant to subdivision (m) of Section 8753. Notwithstanding Section 13340, the moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the Arts Council for the purposes of this chapter.

(b) Any moneys in the Art Council Donations Account in the Special Deposit Fund shall be transferred to the California Arts Council Contribution and Donations Fund.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 187. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.)


citation: GOV § 8754

text:
The Governor shall appoint a director for the Arts Council. The council may delegate to the director the responsibilities for carrying out council policy.

The director shall assist the council in the carrying out of its work, be responsible for the hiring of council staff, including, but not limited to, deputy directors, be responsible for the management and administration of the council staff, and perform other duties as directed by the council.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 21, Sec. 6. (AB 119) Effective June 27, 2017.)


citation: GOV § 8755

text: Upon nomination by the council, the Governor may grant special recognition to any citizen with exceptional talent who has made a unique contribution to the cultural or artistic heritage of the State of California.


text: The executive or principal office of the Arts Council shall be located in the County of Sacramento. The council may establish one or more secondary offices in other locations within the state if it determines that such office or offices are needed to properly carry out the provisions of this chapter.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 169.)


citation: GOV § 8756

text: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Dixon-Zenovich-Maddy California Arts Act of 1975.


citation: GOV § 8757

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

(a) “Adjusted gross revenue” means the average annual revenue received over the preceding three years, in whatever form, received or accrued from whatever source, excluding funds received pursuant to Section 8753.6 and excluding revenue earmarked by the grantor or donor solely for capital expenditures or any passthrough funds collected for the benefit of another organization that is received during the tax year of an organization.

(b) “Capital expenditures” means funds used by a company to acquire, upgrade, or maintain fixed assets, including property, plants, buildings, technology, or equipment.

(c) “Fiscally sponsored performing arts organization” means a performing arts organization that is fiscally sponsored under a Model C contract by a nonprofit organization that is exempt from taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the performing arts organization’s primary mission is the creation of or presentation of performing arts.

(d) (1) “Nonprofit performing arts organization” means a performing arts organization that is exempt from taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the performing arts organization’s primary mission is the creation of or presentation of performing arts.

(2) Performing arts organizations that are eligible to apply for grants from the Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund established in Section 8757.1 may also include an organization that is a Model C fiscally sponsored organization and not a Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, for which criteria may be determined by the office.

(e) “Office” means the Office of Small Business Advocate within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 12098, unless stated otherwise.

(f) “Payroll expenses” means wages paid to employees, payroll taxes, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, paymaster fees, and pension, health, and welfare contributions.

(g) “Performing arts” means the types of arts that are performed live for a remote or in-person audience, including, but not limited to, music, dance, and drama.

(h) “Small nonprofit performing arts organization” means a nonprofit performing arts organization, or a Model C fiscally sponsored performing arts organization, with an adjusted gross revenue equal to or less than two million dollars ($2,000,000). The office shall adjust this amount every five years using the California Consumer Price Index as compiled and reported by the Department of Industrial Relations.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 731, Sec. 2. (SB 1116) Effective January 1, 2023.)

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text:
(a) The Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.

(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the office shall do each of the following:

(1) Establish and administer a grant program using moneys in the fund to award grants for the purpose of enabling small nonprofit performing arts organizations to hire and retain employees. The organization shall pay these employees not less than the minimum wage of the city, county, or city and county of which it is subject to jurisdiction or not less than the state minimum wage, whichever is greater.

(2) Administer each grant for a term of one year.

(c) (1) The office shall develop criteria to evaluate eligibility for the grant program in accordance with this chapter. Included in that criteria, a small nonprofit performing arts organization shall be deemed eligible by the office if it submits the following:

(A) A demonstration that its production and advertisement of performing arts events are open to the public by providing to the office at least three of the following documents from three of the small nonprofit performing arts organization’s productions:

(i) A box office report.

(ii) Evidence of paid advertisements.

(iii) Social media posts and internet website listings advertising the production.

(iv) Email blasts advertising the production.

(v) Reviews of the production.

(vi) A copy of the playbill for the production.

(B) Demonstrate its eligibility by providing to the office all of the following information about, policies of, and statements of the organization:

(i) Certification of compliance with the California requirement on sexual harassment training pursuant to Section 12950.1.

(ii) Diversity, equity, and inclusion policy with the dates the policy was created and last updated.

(iii) Harassment policy with the dates the policy was created and last updated.

(iv) Internet website hyperlink.

(v) Mission statement.

(2) The office shall deem a nonprofit performing arts organization eligible when it submits, in addition to the requirements listed in paragraph (1), all of the following:

(A) The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) determination letter recognizing the organization as tax-exempt under the subsection for which it applied.

(B) The articles of incorporation for the organization, including any amendments.

(C) A certified Business Entity Certificate of Status showing an active status of the organization from the Secretary of State.

(D) (i) Financial records, including the organization’s filed IRS Form 990 documents from the previous three years.

(ii) Where a nonprofit performing arts organization cannot produce filed IRS Form 990 documents from the previous three years, it shall attest it actively produced qualifying work in three of the previous five years and provide the filed IRS Form 990 documentation that corresponds to those years.

(3) The office shall deem a fiscally sponsored performing arts organization eligible for the grant program when it submits, in addition to the requirements listed in paragraph (1), all of the following:

(A) A letter evidencing the agreement between the organization and its fiscal sponsor.

(B) The board minutes of the fiscal sponsor that show the date the fiscal sponsor approved the sponsorship.

(C) A certified Business Entity Certificate of Status showing an active status of the fiscal sponsor from the Secretary of State.

(D) An attestation by the fiscal sponsor that the sponsored organization is a performing arts organization.

(E) Financial records, including the following:

(i) Detailed financial information for passthrough funds going to the fiscally sponsored organization.

(ii) Profit and Loss statements of fiscally sponsored organization corresponding to the same period.

(iii) (I) The filed IRS Form 990 documents of the fiscal sponsor from the previous three years.

(II) Where a fiscally sponsored performing arts organization did not actively produce qualifying work in the previous three years, the fiscal sponsor shall do all of the following:

(ia) Attest that the fiscally sponsored performing arts organization was active in three of the previous five years.

(ib) Provide its IRS Form 990 documents for the years in which the fiscally sponsored performing arts organization did actively produce qualifying work.

(ic) Provide detailed information regarding passthrough funds going to the fiscally sponsored performing arts organization.

(id) Provide profit and loss statements of the fiscally sponsored performing arts organization that correspond to the years in which it was active.

(d) The office shall not consider applications from the following organizations, as the following organizations shall not be eligible for the grant program:

(1) After school programs for youth.

(2) A nonprofit organization that is exempt from taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that raises money for a single arts organization.

(3) Conservatory programs.

(4) Foundations.

(5) Individual artists who are fiscally sponsored.

(6) Model A, Model B, Model D, Model F, or Model L fiscally sponsored organizations or projects.

(7) Social clubs.

(8) Summer camps.

(9) Youth educational programs or schools.

(10) Youth performing arts groups, including, but not limited to, youth symphonies, youth choirs, and youth theater groups.

(e) As a condition of the receipt of grant funds, a recipient of a grant described in this section shall provide the following information to the office:

(1) Certification providing that the funds were used for only the following purposes:

(A) The payroll expenses, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 8757, excluding payroll taxes and unemployment insurance of any qualifying employee. A qualifying employee shall include, but shall not be limited to, any actor, administrator, choreographer, dancer, designer, director, musician, producer, stage manager, technician, or worker hired by the organization as an employee. An independent contractor, volunteer, or intern shall not be considered a qualifying employee for the purposes of a grant awarded pursuant to this section.

(B) Maintaining compliance with all protections owed under state and federal law to workers classified as employees.

(2) Organizational information, including venue size where applicable, annual budget, the number of employees and independent contractors in the last budget year, and the percentage of budget spent on payroll expenses.

(3) Certification that the organization has no final judgments relating to employee misclassification at any time after the effective date of this section.

(f) (1) Any organization that has received a grant from the fund may apply for grants in any future years for which the organization maintains eligibility pursuant to the terms set forth herein.

(2) Any organization that has received a grant from the fund shall, when applying for any subsequent grant from the fund, provide any additional information that the office deems necessary for ensuring that the organization has not used moneys from the fund for purposes other than those set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (e).

(g) (1) The office shall adopt guidelines as are necessary for each of the following:

(A) Ensuring that grant recipients have not used moneys for other purposes.

(B) Validating the accuracy of certifications provided pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (e).

(2) Any organization that the office finds has used moneys for other purposes, or that has provided inaccurate certification, shall be ineligible to receive any further grants from the fund. The office may also require those organizations to repay previous funding.

(3) Guidelines adopted pursuant to this chapter are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3).

(h) The office shall award a grant to a small nonprofit performing arts organization in an amount pursuant to the following reimbursement schedule:

(1) For organizations with an adjusted gross revenue of up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), the fund shall reimburse 80 percent of the first ten thousand dollars ($10,000) of the organization’s payroll expenses for work performed in the State of California per employee per quarter.

(2) For organizations with an adjusted gross revenue of not less than two hundred fifty thousand one dollars ($250,001) and not more than four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000), the fund shall reimburse 75 percent of the first ten thousand dollars ($10,000) of the organization’s payroll expenses for work performed in the State of California per employee per quarter.

(3) For organizations with an adjusted gross revenue of not less than four hundred fifty thousand one dollars ($450,001) and not more than six hundred fifty thousand dollars ($650,000), the fund shall reimburse 70 percent of the first ten thousand dollars ($10,000) of the organization’s payroll expenses for work performed in the State of California per employee per quarter.

(4) For organizations with an adjusted gross revenue of not less than six hundred fifty thousand one dollars ($650,001) and not more than eight hundred fifty thousand dollars ($850,000), the fund shall reimburse 60 percent of the first ten thousand dollars ($10,000) of the organization’s payroll expenses for work performed in the State of California per employee per quarter.

(5) For organizations with an adjusted gross revenue of not less than eight hundred fifty thousand one dollars ($850,001) and not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000), the fund shall reimburse 50 percent of the first ten thousand dollars ($10,000) of the organization’s payroll expenses for work performed in the State of California per employee per quarter.

(6) For organizations with an adjusted gross revenue of not less than one million one dollars ($1,000,001) and not more than one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000), the fund shall reimburse 40 percent of the first ten thousand dollars ($10,000) of the organization’s payroll expenses for work performed in the State of California per employee per quarter.

(7) For organizations with an adjusted gross revenue of not less than one million two hundred fifty thousand one dollars ($1,250,001) and not more than one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000), the fund shall reimburse 30 percent of the first ten thousand dollars ($10,000) of the organization’s payroll expenses for work performed in the State of California per employee per quarter.

(8) For organizations with an adjusted gross revenue of not less than one million five hundred thousand one dollars ($1,500,001) and not more than one million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,750,000), the fund shall reimburse 25 percent of the first ten thousand dollars ($10,000) of the organization’s payroll expenses for work performed in the State of California per employee per quarter.

(9) For organizations with an adjusted gross revenue of not less than one million seven hundred fifty thousand one dollars ($1,750,001) and not more than two million dollars ($2,000,000), the fund shall reimburse 20 percent of the first ten thousand dollars ($10,000) of the organization’s payroll expenses for work performed in the State of California per employee per quarter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 997, Sec. 10. (AB 179) Effective September 30, 2024.)

chapter: 9.1. The Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund


text: If any provision or application of this chapter is declared illegal, invalid, or inoperative, in whole or in part, by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions and portions thereof shall remain in full force and effect.


citation: GOV § 8758

text:
(a) As used in this chapter, “state-designated cultural district” means a geographical area certified pursuant to this chapter with a concentration of cultural facilities, creative enterprises, or arts venues that does any of the following:

(1) Attracts artists, creative entrepreneurs, and cultural enterprises.

(2) Encourages economic development and supports entrepreneurship in the creative community.

(3) Encourages the preservation and reuse of historic buildings and other artistic and culturally significant structures.

(4) Fosters local cultural development.

(5) Provides a focal point for celebrating and strengthening the unique cultural identity of the community.

(6) Promotes opportunity without generating displacement or expanding inequality.

(b) The Arts Council shall establish criteria and guidelines for state-designated cultural districts. In executing its powers and duties under this chapter, the council shall do all of the following:

(1) Establish a competitive application system by which a community may apply for certification as a state-designated cultural district.

(2) Provide technical assistance for state-designated cultural districts from, among others, artists who have experience with cultural districts and provide promotional support for state-designated cultural districts.

(3) Collaborate with other public agencies and private entities to maximize the benefits of state-designated cultural districts.

(c) A geographical area within the state may be certified as a state-designated cultural district by applying to the council for certification. Certification as a state-designated cultural district shall be for a period of five years, after which the district may renew certification every three years.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 396, Sec. 1. (AB 189) Effective January 1, 2016.)

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text: The council may solicit and receive gifts, donations, bequests, grants of funds, or any other revenues, from public or private sources, and expend those moneys, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for a state-designated cultural district program and for any other purpose it deems necessary to implement this chapter.

chapter: 9.2. State-Designated Cultural Districts


citation: GOV § 8760

text:
(a) The position of California Poet Laureate is hereby established.

(b) The California Poet Laureate shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate from a list of three nominees provided by the Arts Council garnered through the following process:

(1) The council shall establish a panel of three literary experts, which may include any of the following:

(A) Literature professors and teachers, including professional poets teaching in such programs as California Poets in the Schools and other arts in schools programs.

(B) Public and private arts organizations that have a significant literary component.

(C) Professional poets.

(D) Boards and directors of literary organizations.

(E) Literary critics.

(F) Others deemed by the director to have expertise in contemporary American poetry.

(2) (A) The panel shall solicit nominations from a broad array of literary sources and individuals, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(i) University and college literature departments.

(ii) Literary organizations, societies, and centers.

(iii) Poetry book publishers and poetry editors.

(iv) Directors of poetry reading series.

(v) Independent book sellers specializing in poetry.

(B) The panel shall make every effort to ensure that information regarding the solicitation of nominations is broadly distributed.

(3) The council may establish other rules and regulations regarding the nomination process and expend funds for those purposes.

(c) Each nominee for California Poet Laureate submitted by the Arts Council to the Governor shall have resided in California for at least 10 years, have a significant body of published work, and be widely considered to be a poet of stature.

(d) A poet laureate appointed pursuant to this section shall serve for a term of two years, and may not serve more than two terms.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 206, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)

chapter: 9.5. California Poet Laureate

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citation: GOV § 8761

text: The Arts Council may establish an appropriate stipend for the California Poet Laureate and shall provide for the payment of the poet laureate’s expenses incurred in fulfilling his or her responsibilities as set forth in this chapter and as established by the council. Additionally, the council may make available other funds for activities that the council and the California Poet Laureate mutually agree to undertake, including, but not limited to, the lease of facilities for readings and the acquiring of insurance therefor, and other similar activities.


citation: GOV § 8762

text:
The California Poet Laureate shall, as a condition of the appointment, assume the following minimum responsibilities:

(a) Provide a minimum of six public readings during his or her two-year term endeavoring to ensure that people in all geographic regions of the state have reasonable access to at least one reading during the course of the term.

(b) Undertake a specific project that shall last through the term, agreed to by the California Poet Laureate and the council, but whose goal will be to bring the poetic arts to Californians and to California students who might otherwise have little opportunity to be exposed to poetry. The California Poet Laureate may, and is encouraged to, coordinate his or her project with any similar project being undertaken by the current United States’ Poet Laureate.

(c) Any other reasonable activities as agreed to mutually by the California Poet Laureate and the council.


citation: GOV § 8763

text: The Arts Council shall, commencing in 2010 and every 10 years thereafter, and with the agreement of the past California Poets Laureate and their representatives, publish or cause to be published an anthology featuring examples of the work of the poets laureate of the past decade.


citation: GOV § 8765

text: The council may solicit and receive gifts, donations, bequests, grants of funds, or any other revenues, from public or private sources, and expend those moneys to increase the stipend of the California Poet Laureate and for any other purpose it deems necessary to implement this chapter.


citation: GOV § 8770

text:
(a) The position of California Teen Poet Laureate is hereby established.

(b) The California Teen Poet Laureate shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of three nominees 13 to 19 years of age, inclusive, provided by the Arts Council garnered through the following process:

(1) The council shall establish a panel of three literary experts that may include any of the following:

(A) Literature professors and teachers, including professional poets teaching in such programs as California Poets in the Schools and other arts in schools programs.

(B) Public and private arts organizations that have a significant literary component.

(C) Professional poets and city poet laureates, teen poet laureates, and other designations, as appropriate.

(D) Boards and directors of literary organizations.

(E) Literary critics.

(F) Others deemed by the director to have expertise in contemporary American poetry.

(2) (A) The panel shall solicit nominations from a broad array of literary sources and individuals, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(i) High school, university, and college literature departments.

(ii) Literary organizations, societies, and centers.

(iii) Poetry book publishers and poetry editors.

(iv) Directors of poetry reading series.

(v) Independent book sellers specializing in poetry.

(vi) Community centers.

(vii) Local arts agencies.

(B) The council shall make every effort to ensure that information regarding the solicitation of nominations is broadly distributed.

(3) The council may establish other rules and regulations regarding the nomination process and expend funds for those purposes.

(c) Each nominee for California Teen Poet Laureate submitted by the Arts Council to the Governor shall reside in California at the time of the submission of the application and reside in California during their term as California Teen Poet Laureate.

(d) Each nominee for California Teen Poet Laureate submitted by the Arts Council to the Governor shall be 13 to 19 years of age, inclusive, at the time of the application submission deadline.

(e) A teen poet laureate appointed pursuant to this section shall serve for a term of two years, and may not serve more than one term.

(f) Upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature for the purposes of this chapter, the Arts Council shall provide an annual stipend of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to the California Teen Poet Laureate and shall pay the travel expenses of the California Teen Poet Laureate incurred in the course of attending readings and meetings. Additionally, the council may make available other funds for activities that the council and the California Teen Poet Laureate mutually agree to undertake, including, but not limited to, the lease of facilities for readings and the acquiring of insurance therefor, and other similar activities.

(g) The California Teen Poet Laureate shall, as a condition of the appointment, assume the following minimum responsibilities:

(1) Provide a minimum of six public readings during their two-year term endeavoring to ensure that people in all geographic regions of the state have reasonable access to at least one reading during the course of the term.

(2) Undertake a specific project that shall last through the term, agreed to by the California Teen Poet Laureate and the council, the goal of which will be to bring the poetic arts to Californians and to California students who might otherwise have little opportunity to be exposed to poetry. The California Teen Poet Laureate may, and is encouraged to, coordinate the project with any similar project being undertaken by the California Poet Laureate.

(3) Any other reasonable activities as agreed to mutually by the California Teen Poet Laureate and the council.

(h) All contracts entered into by the California Teen Poet Laureate pursuant to this chapter are not subject to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 6750) of Part 3 of Division 11 of the Family Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 41, Sec. 33. (SB 164) Effective June 29, 2024.)

chapter: 9.7. California Teen Poet Laureate

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citation: GOV § 8800

text: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Public Broadcasting Act of 1975.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)

chapter: 10. Public Broadcasting Act of 1975

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions

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citation: GOV § 8801

text:
The Legislature finds and declares as follows:

(a) It is the policy of this state to support and encourage the provision of a high-quality educational, cultural, and public affairs program service designed to meet the needs of the citizens of this state and its various localities.

(b) It is the policy of this state that in so supporting and encouraging such a program service, all decisions affecting the content and scheduling of such service are the sole responsibility of each licensee and shall be free from improper interference.

(c) Existing public broadcasting stations represent a valuable public resource, the facilities, skills, and talent of which should be utilized to the maximum feasible extent in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.

(d) Minority-controlled public radio stations in California serve their respective communities as unique information resources providing news, information and diversity of programing and viewpoints, including bilingual and cultural services, that enrich the lives of all Californians.

(e) Minority-controlled public radio stations in California serve their respective communities as educational resources providing training and employment opportunities for those who would otherwise not have access to public broadcasting.

(f) Minority-controlled public radio stations in California serve many of the specialized needs of minority and low-income listener audiences who are less affluent than the listener audiences of other public radio stations and, therefore, unable to financially support said minority-controlled public radio stations.

(g) The continued growth and development of minority-controlled public radio stations as vital parts of the state’s public broadcasting system is in the best interests of all Californians.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1104, Sec. 2. Effective September 27, 1983.)

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


citation: GOV § 8802

text: The definitions contained in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter unless the context requires otherwise.

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


citation: GOV § 8803

text: “Commission” means the California Public Broadcasting Commission.

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


citation: GOV § 8804

text: “Corporation for Public Broadcasting” means the corporation established pursuant to Section 396 of Title 47 of the United States Code.

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


text: “Instructional programming” means public broadcast programming which is curriculum related, whether for credit or not.

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


citation: GOV § 8805

text: “Interconnection” means the use of apparatus or equipment for the electronic transmission and distribution of public broadcast programming to public broadcasting stations.

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


citation: GOV § 8806

text: “Public broadcast programming” means programming intended for presentation on public broadcast stations, including, but not limited to, public affairs, cultural, and instructional programming.

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


citation: GOV § 8807

text: “Public broadcasting station” means a noncommercial educational broadcasting station licensed as such by the Federal Communications Commission and eligible for financial grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as well as any other noncommercial educational broadcasting stations designated by the commission. The commission shall establish such criteria for the qualification of other stations as public broadcasting stations as it determines are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


text: “Instructional committee” means the instructional broadcast advisory committee created by Article 4 (commencing with Section 8830).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 466, Sec. 51.)

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


citation: GOV § 8808

text: “Radio committee” means the radio advisory committee created by Article 4 (commencing with Section 8830).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 466, Sec. 52.)

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


citation: GOV § 8809

text: “T.V. committee” means the television advisory committee created by Article 4 (commencing with Section 8830).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 466, Sec. 53.)

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


text: If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.

article: 1. General Provisions and Definitions


citation: GOV § 8810

text: The California Public Broadcasting Commission is hereby created in state government as an independent commission in order to encourage the growth and development of public broadcasting services to the people of this state.

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citation: GOV § 8811

text:
The commission shall consist of 11 members, as follows:

(a) Five members appointed by the Governor for terms of five years, except that the terms of the original members shall be as follows: one member shall be appointed for one year, one member for two years, one member for three years, one member for four years, and one member for five years. One such appointee shall be from a commercial broadcast station.

(b) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly for terms of four years, except that the terms of the original members shall be as follows: one member shall be appointed for one year, and one member for three years.

(c) Two members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules for terms of four years, except that the terms of the original members shall be as follows: one member shall be appointed for two years, and one member for four years.

(d) The Superintendent of Public Instruction.

(e) The Director of the Postsecondary Education Commission.

All initial appointments shall be made on or before March 1, 1976, and all subsequent vacancies shall be filled within 30 days of their occurrence by the authority which made the original appointment to the vacant position.

At no time shall more than six members of the commission be affiliated with the same political party.

article: 2. California Public Broadcasting Commission


citation: GOV § 8812

text: Appointees to the commission shall be persons who are eminent in such fields as education, cultural affairs, public service, or the arts, including public broadcasting. They shall, as nearly as practicable, provide a broad representation of the various regions of the state, various professions and occupations, and various kinds of talent and experience appropriate to the functions and responsibilities of the commission.


citation: GOV § 8813

text: The appointive members of the commission shall be compensated at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day of official commission meetings they attend. Commission members shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.


citation: GOV § 8814

text: The commission shall select annually from among its membership a chairman and vice chairman.


citation: GOV § 8815

text: The commission shall appoint an executive secretary and employ such staff as it may deem necessary in performing the duties prescribed by this chapter.


citation: GOV § 8816

text: The commission shall, in carrying out its responsibility and exercising its authority, make maximum use, for the purposes of economy, efficiency, and effectiveness, of existing public broadcast facilities in California, as well as state-owned telecommunications facilities appropriate for use in interconnection.


citation: GOV § 8817

text:
(a) The commission shall adopt and enforce reasonable standards governing the acceptance of any salary or other compensation by its employees from sources other than the commission during the course of their employment by the commission.

(b) The executive secretary, subject to general policies adopted by the commission, may appoint or remove, subject to civil service, such employees of the commission as deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of the commission.


citation: GOV § 8818

text: The meetings of the commission shall be open and public in accordance with Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 142, Sec. 33.)


citation: GOV § 8820

text: The commission shall develop and support a statewide policy to encourage the orderly growth and development of public broadcasting service responsive to the informational, cultural, and educational needs of the people of California.

article: 3. Powers and Duties

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citation: GOV § 8821

text: The commission may make grants to public broadcasting stations in order to aid in the improvement of their broadcast operations, programming, and capital facilities and equipment.

article: 3. Powers and Duties


citation: GOV § 8822

text: The commission may cause to be established, managed, and operated systems of interconnection and other methods of statewide distribution of public television and radio programs. At least two audio and one video channel of such interconnection system shall be reserved at all times for priority use by public broadcast stations.

article: 3. Powers and Duties


citation: GOV § 8823

text: The commission may, taking into account the advice of the radio committee or the T.V. committee, as appropriate, make grants for the development, production, and acquisition of public broadcast programming.

article: 3. Powers and Duties


citation: GOV § 8824

text: The commission may apply for, receive, and distribute federal funds, state funds, and other public or private funds from any source for all or any purposes of this chapter.

article: 3. Powers and Duties


citation: GOV § 8825

text: The commission may conduct, through grants or contracts, research and demonstration activities in matters relating to public broadcasting.

article: 3. Powers and Duties


citation: GOV § 8826

text: The commission may enter into contracts, leases, and other arrangements, and shall do all things necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter, consistent with state and federal law, and may promulgate rules and regulations relative thereto.

article: 3. Powers and Duties


citation: GOV § 8827

text: The commission shall perform its duties under this chapter in a manner that will assure the maximum freedom of the public broadcasting stations and systems from interference with or control of program content, scheduling, or other activities.

article: 3. Powers and Duties


citation: GOV § 8828

text: The commission shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature, on or before December 31 of each year, covering the commission’s activities, financial condition, and accomplishments under this chapter for the preceding fiscal year ending June 30, as well as such recommendations as the commission deems appropriate.

article: 3. Powers and Duties


citation: GOV § 8830

text: At its first meeting, the commission shall establish the radio committee, the T.V. committee, and the instructional committee. Each committee shall elect a chairman who shall convene the committee whenever the commission or one-third of the committee members so request or whenever the chairman deems a meeting appropriate. Committee members shall be compensated by the commission for their necessary and proper expenses in fulfilling their duties under this chapter.

article: 4. Advisory Committees

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citation: GOV § 8831

text:
Each public radio station may appoint a representative to the radio committee, and each public television station may appoint a representative to the T.V. committee. The radio and T.V. committees shall advise the commission on the implementation of this chapter. In fulfilling this responsibility, the radio and T.V. committees may do all of, but shall not be limited to, the following:

(a) Periodically prepare an assessment of statewide public broadcast programming needs.

(b) Recommend appropriate actions by the commission pursuant to Section 8823 to meet the needs identified under subdivision (a).

(c) Make recommendations on grants for production or contracts for acquisition of programming.

(d) Make recommendations on the management and operation of interconnection systems.

(e) Make recommendations on grants for improvement of station facilities and equipment.

(f) Make recommendations on statewide support services, such as promotion, development, engineering, research, program information, and personnel recruitment.

article: 4. Advisory Committees


citation: GOV § 8832

text:
The commission shall also establish the instructional committee composed of one member and one alternate member appointed for one-year terms by each of the following:

(a) The Regents of the University of California.

(b) The Trustees of the California State University.

(c) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.

(d) The independent California colleges and universities.

(e) The vocational and private postsecondary institutions.

(f) The Superintendent of Public Instruction.

(g) The private primary and secondary schools.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 143, Sec. 185.)

article: 4. Advisory Committees


citation: GOV § 8833

text:
The instructional committee shall advise the commission on instructional programming. In fulfilling this responsibility, the committee may do all of, but shall not be limited to, the following:

(a) Periodically prepare an assessment of statewide instructional programming needs.

(b) Recommend appropriate actions by the commission pursuant to Section 8823 to meet the needs identified under subdivision (a).

(c) Make recommendations on grants for production or contracts for acquisition of instructional programming.

(d) Make recommendations on statewide support services, such as promotion, development, engineering, research, program information, and personnel recruitment related to instructional programming.

article: 4. Advisory Committees


text: There is hereby appropriated to the California Public Broadcasting Commission the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) from the General Fund to the California Public Broadcasting Fund for direct grants in fiscal year 1983–84 to the five minority-controlled and operated public radio stations that, as of January 1, 1983, have been qualified by the commission in California to assist in their development, operation, interconnection, and programing.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1104, Sec. 3. Effective September 27, 1983.)

article: 5. Funding

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citation: GOV § 8836

text: The commission shall annually distribute the total amount, less the commission’s necessary administrative expenses, available for allocation to public broadcasting stations. The commission shall reserve for distribution among the public broadcasting stations an amount not less than 25 percent of the television budget and not less than 25 percent of the radio budget for use at each station’s discretion, in activities related to its local community broadcast operations.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 37. Effective July 1, 1983.)

article: 5. Funding


text:
The commission shall, after consultation with the radio, television, and instructional broadcast committees, establish, and review annually, criteria and conditions regarding the distribution of amounts disbursed to the various public television and radio stations.

Amounts disbursed under this article shall be used to finance projects that will augment the ability of public broadcasting stations to serve their communities in accordance with a formula established by the commission. These amounts shall not be used to supplant funds already budgeted.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 38. Effective July 1, 1983.)

article: 5. Funding


citation: GOV § 8837

text:
(a) The commission shall prepare an annual financial statement showing all income and expenditures for the preceding year. The commission shall, by regulation, require each recipient of assistance by grant or contract, other than a fixed price contract awarded pursuant to competitive bidding procedures, under this chapter to keep such records as the commission determines are reasonably necessary to fully disclose the amount and the disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such assistance is given or used, and the amount and nature of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit pursuant to Section 8838.

(b) The commission may prescribe forms for the compilation of the information required by this section.

article: 5. Funding


citation: GOV § 8838

text:
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to supersede the responsibilities of a state agency or regional or local agency except as expressly provided. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to conflict with Section 6443.5, 6444, 6444.1, 6444.2, or 6444.3 of the Education Code.

The commission succeeds to and is vested with all powers and responsibilities previously vested in the Director and Department of General Services by Section 14657 and Article 8 (commencing with Section 14716) of Chapter 2 of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 466, Sec. 55.)

article: 5. Funding


citation: GOV § 8840

text:
For purposes of this article, “eligible radio station” means a radio station that, at the time of applying for a grant under this article, meets both of the following requirements:

(a) It has met all of the following requirements for a period of two years unless another time is specified:

(1) It is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as a noncommercial educational station, or is operating under program test authority pending the grant of a license.

(2) It has its community of license and principal administrative offices in this state and is not owned, controlled, managed, or primarily financed by any corporation or entity outside of this state.

(3) It provides a program service that meets the requirements for a Community Service Grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

(4) It provides significant locally originated programming in its community of license.

(5) It broadcasts not less than 15 hours per day, 365 days per year.

(6) It participates in statewide public broadcasting projects.

(7) It has provided, before its application for a grant under this article, an audited financial statement for the years on which the grant is based.

(8) It does either of the following:

(A) Meets the criteria for receipt of a Community Service Grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that were in effect on June 30, 1995.

(B) Two months before applying for a grant, the station has a full-time staff of at least one professional paid not less than the California minimum wage, and is certified by the commission as providing a needed service to its community of license.

(b) It enters into a permanent agreement with the Office of Emergency Services to dedicate, as necessary, a broadcast channel for the provision of emergency information, to broadcast that information, and to ensure that it is presented in a format that makes it accessible to the deaf, hard-of-hearing, and non-English-speaking populations throughout its broadcast area, including rural and isolated populations.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 94, Sec. 11. (AB 1709) Effective January 1, 2017.)

article: 6. Emergency Broadcasting Grant Program

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citation: GOV § 8841

text:
For purposes of this article, “eligible television station” means a television station that, at the time of applying for a grant under this article, unless another time is specified, meets all of the following requirements:

(a) It has met all of the following requirements for a period of two years:

(1) It is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as a noncommercial educational television station, or is operating under program test authority pending the grant of a license.

(2) It has its community of license and principal administrative offices in this state, and is not owned, controlled, managed, or primarily financed by any corporation or entity outside of this state.

(3) It provides a program service that meets the requirements for a Community Service Grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

(4) It provides substantial and significant locally originated programming in its community of license.

(5) It broadcasts not less than 2,500 hours per year.

(6) It participates in statewide public broadcasting projects.

(7) It meets the criteria for receipt of a Community Service Grant or base grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that were in effect on June 30, 1994.

(8) It has provided, before its application for a grant under this article, an audited financial statement for the years on which the grant is based.

(b) It enters into a permanent agreement with the Office of Emergency Services to dedicate, as necessary, a broadcast channel for the provision of emergency information, to broadcast that information, and to ensure that it is presented in a format that makes it accessible to the deaf, hard-of-hearing, and non-English-speaking populations throughout its broadcast area, including rural and isolated populations.

(c) At the time of disbursement of the funds, it certifies in writing by the station manager or an officer of the licensee that it has in its public file a plan to address the needs of significant linguistic minorities in its service area.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 94, Sec. 12. (AB 1709) Effective January 1, 2017.)

article: 6. Emergency Broadcasting Grant Program


citation: GOV § 8842

text: For the purposes of this article, “nonfederal financial support” means the total sum of revenues from nonfederal sources derived by a licensee in a fiscal year and reported in an audited financial statement thereof, and does not include in-kind services, funds received for the purpose of constructing or remodeling a building, funds received from other public broadcasting stations or networks for the production of programming or for other services to those stations or networks, or funds provided to stations under this chapter. Interest income generated from any source may be included in “nonfederal financial support.”

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1087, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)

article: 6. Emergency Broadcasting Grant Program


citation: GOV § 8843

text: For purposes of this article, “station” or “public broadcasting station” means any eligible radio or television station.

article: 6. Emergency Broadcasting Grant Program


citation: GOV § 8844

text:
(a) Recognizing the necessity of converting California stations to the technologies of digital broadcasting, the Legislature intends that funds may be appropriated to the Office of Emergency Services for the purchase of equipment by eligible stations, the installation of that equipment, or purchase of other materials related to that equipment, pursuant to this article.

(b) The office shall solicit applications for grant funds from eligible stations throughout the state, and shall allocate funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) as follows:

(1) Seventy-five percent of any equipment purchase funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be placed in an equipment grant pool for eligible television stations, and 25 percent shall be placed in an equipment grant pool for eligible radio stations.

(2) Fifty percent of the funds in each grant pool shall be divided equally among the stations in that grant pool.

(3) The remaining 50 percent of the funds in each grant pool shall be divided among stations in that grant pool in proportion to their nonfederal financial support.

(c) (1) Funds provided under this section shall be granted on a matching basis, with each station required to raise from other sources an amount equal to the funds provided to it under this section.

(2) If any funds remain in either grant pool because of the limitations set forth in paragraph (1), the remaining funds shall be returned to the same pool for distribution to other stations that have raised the required matching funds, in amounts proportionate to the nonfederal financial support of those stations.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 211. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)

article: 6. Emergency Broadcasting Grant Program


citation: GOV § 8846

text: It is the intent of the Legislature that any funds provided to stations under this article shall supplement, rather than supplant, funds provided from other sources. To that end, institutions that have heretofore provided funding to stations licensed to them shall certify, in applying for grants, that they have not previously and will not in the future use funds provided under this chapter to supplant institutional support of their stations.

article: 6. Emergency Broadcasting Grant Program


citation: GOV § 8847

text: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Public Works Project Peer Review Act of 2013.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 252, Sec. 1. (SB 425) Effective January 1, 2014.)

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text:
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless expressly stated otherwise:

(a) “Administering agency” means a public agency principally tasked with administering, planning, developing, and operating a public works project.

(b) “Peer review group” means a group of persons qualified by training and experience in particular scientific or technical fields related to the public works project under review, who give expert advice on the scientific and technical aspects of the public works project.

chapter: 11. The Public Works Project Peer Review Act of 2013


citation: GOV § 8848

text:
(a) An administering agency may establish a peer review group.

(b) If an administering agency establishes a peer review group, the administering agency shall do all of the following:

(1) Before establishing a peer review group, develop a transparent process for selecting members of the group.

(2) Draft a charter. The charter also shall be posted on the administering agency’s Internet Web site as a public document and shall contain all of the following information:

(A) The group’s official name or designation.

(B) The group’s objective and the scope of its activities.

(C) A statement of the expertise and balance of interests required of the group membership to perform its charge.

(D) The name of the administering agency and official to whom the group reports.

(E) A description of the duties for which the group is responsible.

(F) The estimated number and frequency of group meetings.

(G) The estimated annual operating costs for the group.

(H) A statement that authorizes a peer reviewer to conduct his or her duties under the charter impartially, without restriction or limitation, and in a manner the peer reviewer believes is necessary to appropriately review a proposed project.

(I) A statement that declares whether the members of the peer review group have signed a conflict of interest disclosure form that would identify real or perceived conflicts between a peer reviewer and the specified public works project.