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DIVISION 1. CITIES AND COUNTIES [50001. - 52203.]

Division 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.

§§ 50001–52203 · 964 sections

  1. PART 1. POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES §§ 50001–51299.4 · 806 sections
    1. CHAPTER 1. General §§ 50001–50290 · 158 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 50001–50002 · 2 sections
      2. ARTICLE 2. Powers and Duties of Legislative Bodies §§ 50020–50034 · 24 sections
      3. ARTICLE 3. Financial Affairs §§ 50050–50057 · 9 sections
      4. ARTICLE 3.1. Habitat Maintenance Assessment Districts §§ 50060–50070 · 17 sections
      5. ARTICLE 3.5. Voter-Approved Special Taxes §§ 50075–50077.5 · 7 sections
      6. ARTICLE 3.6. Fire Suppression Assessments §§ 50078–50078.20 · 12 sections
      7. ARTICLE 3.8. School Districts §§ 50079–50079.6 · 6 sections
      8. ARTICLE 4. Officers and Employees §§ 50080–50089 · 13 sections
      9. ARTICLE 5. Books, Maps, and Other Documents §§ 50110–50115 · 6 sections
      10. ARTICLE 6. Reimbursement for Use of Drainage Structures §§ 50140–50143 · 4 sections
      11. ARTICLE 9. Abandoned Excavations §§ 50230–50257 · 28 sections
      12. ARTICLE 10. Human Relations §§ 50260–50265 · 6 sections
      13. ARTICLE 11. City Selection Committees §§ 50270–50279.2 · 12 sections
      14. ARTICLE 12. Historical Property Contracts §§ 50280–50290 · 12 sections
    2. CHAPTER 2. Public Property §§ 50300–50574 · 112 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Extraterritorial Property §§ 50300–50308 · 9 sections
      2. ARTICLE 2. Grants of Property §§ 50330–50335 · 7 sections
      3. ARTICLE 3. Issuance of Bonds for the Acquisition of Property §§ 50360–50369 · 10 sections
      4. ARTICLE 4. Parks §§ 50401–50402 · 2 sections
      5. ARTICLE 6. Airports §§ 50470–50479 · 16 sections
      6. ARTICLE 6.5. Airport Approaches Zoning Law §§ 50485–50485.14 · 14 sections
      7. ARTICLE 7. Leases §§ 50490–50516 · 27 sections
      8. ARTICLE 8. Public Buildings §§ 50530–50535 · 6 sections
      9. ARTICLE 9. Sale of Improvements Financed by Special Assessments §§ 50550–50564 · 15 sections
      10. ARTICLE 10. Surplus Real Property §§ 50568–50573 · 5 sections
      11. ARTICLE 11. Property Within Designated Qualified Opportunity Zones § 50574 · 1 section
    3. CHAPTER 2.5. Open Space Maintenance Districts §§ 50575–50628 · 35 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 50575–50583 · 9 sections
      2. ARTICLE 2. Formation of District §§ 50590–50607 · 12 sections
      3. ARTICLE 3. Administrative Provisions §§ 50610–50615 · 6 sections
      4. ARTICLE 4. Annexations, Additions and Withdrawals §§ 50620–50628 · 8 sections
    4. CHAPTER 3. Bonds §§ 50630–50670.4 · 65 sections
      1. ARTICLE 2. Registration of Bonds §§ 50630–50633 · 4 sections
      2. ARTICLE 3. Negotiability §§ 50660–50663 · 4 sections
      3. ARTICLE 4. Limited Obligation Bonds §§ 50665.1–50670.4 · 57 sections
    5. CHAPTER 3.5. Revenue Bonds for Public Improvements §§ 50701–50798.4 · 75 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Authority §§ 50701–50713 · 14 sections
      2. ARTICLE 2. Revenue Bonds §§ 50715–50753 · 39 sections
      3. ARTICLE 3. Rental Rates, Charges and Fees §§ 50760–50762 · 3 sections
      4. ARTICLE 4. Competitive Projects §§ 50765–50766 · 2 sections
      5. ARTICLE 5. Rights of Bondholders §§ 50770–50771 · 2 sections
      6. ARTICLE 6. Contributions and Cooperation §§ 50786–50790 · 5 sections
      7. ARTICLE 7. Funds §§ 50793–50797 · 5 sections
      8. ARTICLE 8. Definition and General Provisions §§ 50798–50798.4 · 5 sections
    6. CHAPTER 4. Police Officers’ Pension Fund and Firemen’s Pension Fund §§ 50800–50927 · 51 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 50800–50807 · 8 sections
      2. ARTICLE 2. Organization, Powers, and Duties of the Board §§ 50830–50846 · 17 sections
      3. ARTICLE 3. Pensions and Death Benefits §§ 50870–50883 · 15 sections
      4. ARTICLE 4. Contributions and Surplus §§ 50910–50914 · 5 sections
      5. ARTICLE 5. Extraterritorial Activities of County and City Peace Officers §§ 50920–50922 · 3 sections
      6. ARTICLE 6. Extraterritorial Activities of Firemen §§ 50925–50927 · 3 sections
    7. CHAPTER 4.5. Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act §§ 50950–50979 · 30 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 50950–50952 · 3 sections
      2. ARTICLE 2. Administration, Award System, and Membership §§ 50953–50957 · 5 sections
      3. ARTICLE 3. Service Credit and Contributions §§ 50958–50963 · 6 sections
      4. ARTICLE 4. Contract Provisions §§ 50964–50971 · 8 sections
      5. ARTICLE 5. Termination and Limitations §§ 50972–50974 · 3 sections
      6. ARTICLE 6. Indemnity §§ 50975–50976 · 2 sections
      7. ARTICLE 7. Termination of the Award System by the Public Employees’ Retirement System §§ 50977–50979 · 3 sections
    8. CHAPTER 4.6. The Short-Term Rental Facilitator Act of 2025 §§ 50990–50996 · 7 sections
    9. CHAPTER 5. Boundaries §§ 51000–51009 · 10 sections
    10. CHAPTER 5.5. The Elder California Pipeline Safety Act Of 1981 §§ 51010–51019.1 · 37 sections
    11. CHAPTER 6. Massage §§ 51030–51034 · 5 sections
    12. CHAPTER 6.1. Cottage Food Operations § 51035 · 1 section
    13. CHAPTER 6.2. Sidewalk Vendors §§ 51036–51039 · 4 sections
    14. CHAPTER 6.3. Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones §§ 51040–51042 · 4 sections
    15. CHAPTER 6.5. Open-Space Easements §§ 51050–51065 · 15 sections
    16. CHAPTER 6.6. Open-Space Easement Act of 1974 §§ 51070–51097 · 22 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Declaration §§ 51070–51073 · 4 sections
      2. ARTICLE 2. Definitions § 51075 · 1 section
      3. ARTICLE 3. General Provisions §§ 51080–51087 · 9 sections
      4. ARTICLE 4. Termination of an Open-Space Easement §§ 51090–51094 · 5 sections
      5. ARTICLE 5. Eminent Domain and Other Provisions §§ 51095–51097 · 3 sections
    17. CHAPTER 6.7. Timberland §§ 51100–51155 · 39 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 51100–51104 · 5 sections
      2. ARTICLE 2. Timberland Production Zones §§ 51110–51119.5 · 18 sections
      3. ARTICLE 3. Rezoning §§ 51120–51121 · 2 sections
      4. ARTICLE 4. Immediate Rezoning §§ 51130–51134 · 4 sections
      5. ARTICLE 5. Removal from Zone §§ 51140–51146 · 4 sections
      6. ARTICLE 6. Eminent Domain or Other Acquisition §§ 51150–51155 · 6 sections
    18. CHAPTER 6.8. Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones §§ 51175–51189 · 18 sections
    19. CHAPTER 6.9. Solar-Use Easement §§ 51190–51192.2 · 13 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions § 51190 · 1 section
      2. ARTICLE 2. General Provisions §§ 51191–51191.8 · 9 sections
      3. ARTICLE 3. Extinguishment of a Solar-Use Easement §§ 51192–51192.2 · 3 sections
    20. CHAPTER 7. Agricultural Land §§ 51200–51297.4 · 97 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 51200–51207 · 6 sections
      2. ARTICLE 2. Declaration §§ 51220–51223 · 5 sections
      3. ARTICLE 2.5. Agricultural Preserves §§ 51230–51239 · 17 sections
      4. ARTICLE 3. Contracts §§ 51240–51257.5 · 27 sections
      5. ARTICLE 5. Cancellation §§ 51280–51287 · 16 sections
      6. ARTICLE 6. Eminent Domain or Other Acquisition §§ 51290–51295 · 11 sections
      7. ARTICLE 7. Farmland Security Zones §§ 51296–51297.4 · 15 sections
    21. CHAPTER 8. Capital Investment Incentive Program §§ 51298–51298.5 · 3 sections
    22. CHAPTER 9. Adaptive Reuse Investment Incentive Program §§ 51299–51299.4 · 5 sections
  2. PART 2. POWERS AND DUTIES EXERCISED JOINTLY BY CITIES AND COUNTIES §§ 51300–51953 · 111 sections
    1. CHAPTER 1. Transfer of City Functions §§ 51300–51350 · 16 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. General §§ 51300–51308 · 9 sections
      2. ARTICLE 2. Chartered Cities §§ 51330–51335 · 6 sections
      3. ARTICLE 3. County Contract Services § 51350 · 1 section
    2. CHAPTER 2. Transfer of City Tax Functions §§ 51500–51562 · 42 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. General §§ 51500–51521 · 21 sections
      2. ARTICLE 2. Chartered Cities §§ 51540–51562 · 21 sections
    3. CHAPTER 4. Special Assessments § 51800 · 1 section
      1. ARTICLE 1. Collection of Special Assessments by County Officer § 51800 · 1 section
    4. CHAPTER 5. Local Government Reorganization §§ 51900–51953 · 52 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Findings and Declarations of Policy §§ 51900–51903 · 4 sections
      2. ARTICLE 2. Definitions and General Provisions §§ 51910–51919 · 10 sections
      3. ARTICLE 3. Reorganization Proceedings §§ 51920–51939.2 · 24 sections
      4. ARTICLE 4. Effects of Reorganization §§ 51940–51953 · 14 sections
  3. PART 3. CITY AND COUNTY AGENCIES §§ 52000–52190 · 40 sections
    1. CHAPTER 1. Community Energy Authority §§ 52000–52190 · 40 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 52000–52012 · 13 sections
      2. ARTICLE 2. Creation of Community Energy Authorities §§ 52030–52033 · 4 sections
      3. ARTICLE 3. Officers and Employees §§ 52050–52056 · 7 sections
      4. ARTICLE 4. Alternative Officers §§ 52080–52081 · 2 sections
      5. ARTICLE 5. Powers and Duties §§ 52100–52107 · 8 sections
      6. ARTICLE 6. Bonds § 52120 · 1 section
      7. ARTICLE 7. Claims § 52170 · 1 section
      8. ARTICLE 8. Tax Exemption of Community Energy Authority §§ 52180–52182 · 3 sections
      9. ARTICLE 9. Prohibitions § 52190 · 1 section
  4. PART 4. Economic Opportunity §§ 52200–52203 · 7 sections
    1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 52200–52200.6 · 4 sections
    2. CHAPTER 2. Sales and Leases §§ 52201–52203 · 3 sections