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CHAPTER 1.6. Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Chapter 1.6 added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 475, Sec. 2.

§§ 12096–12100.171 · 74 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions § 12096.1 · 1 section
    • § 12096.1 For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Office” means the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. (b) “Director” means the Director of the…
  2. ARTICLE 2. General § 12096.2 · 1 section
    • § 12096.2 (a) The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, also known as “GO-Biz,” is hereby established in state government within the Governor’s office.…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties §§ 12096.3–12096.4 · 4 sections
    • § 12096.3 The office shall serve the Governor as the lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating to business development,…
    • § 12096.3.5 The office shall coordinate with other relevant state and local agencies and national organizations to explore ways to facilitate streamlining of local land…
    • § 12096.3.7 (a) (1) The office, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, and the Public…
    • § 12096.4 (a) Each member of the Governor’s cabinet shall identify a senior manager within that member’s agency who shall coordinate business support activities with the…
  4. ARTICLE 4. California Business Investment Services Program § 12096.5 · 1 section
    • § 12096.5 (a) The California Business Investment Services Program is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. (b) The program…
  5. ARTICLE 4.4. California Competes Grant Program §§ 12096.6–12096.6.6 · 6 sections
    • § 12096.6 For purposes of this article, all of the following definitions apply: (a) “Applicant” means any taxpayer, including, but not limited to, an individual,…
    • § 12096.6.1 (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, GO-Biz shall establish the California Competes Grant Program pursuant to this article. (b) Upon appropriation by the…
    • § 12096.6.2 (a) A grant may be recaptured, in whole or in part, if the qualified grantee fails to fulfill the terms and conditions of the written agreement entered into…
    • § 12096.6.4 (a) GO-Biz shall do all of the following: (1) Negotiate with a qualified grantee the terms and conditions of proposed written agreements that provide the grant…
    • § 12096.6.5 (a) The Franchise Tax Board and GO-Biz may prescribe regulations as necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this article. (b) The Administrative…
    • § 12096.6.6 This article shall be repealed on January 1, 2030.
  6. ARTICLE 4.5. California Permit Assistance §§ 12097–12097.1 · 2 sections
    • § 12097 (a) The Permit Assistance Program is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. (b) The program shall do all of the…
    • § 12097.1 (a) The director shall ensure that the office’s Internet Web site contains information on the licensing, permitting, and registration requirements of state…
  7. ARTICLE 4.6. Local Economic Development Liaison Services § 12097.5 · 1 section
    • § 12097.5 (a) (1) The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development is hereby authorized to develop content on its Internet Web site or through other mediums to…
  8. ARTICLE 4.7. Office of Regional Economic Development Initiatives §§ 12097.6–12097.7 · 2 sections
    • § 12097.6 For purposes of this article, notwithstanding Section 12096.1, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “GO-Biz” means the Governor’s Office of Business and…
    • § 12097.7 (a) The Office of Regional Economic Development Initiatives is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. The office…
  9. ARTICLE 5. Small Business Advocate §§ 12098–12098.7 · 7 sections
    • § 12098 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) Small businesses serve as economic engines to the California economy by being the most effective net new job…
    • § 12098.1 The following definitions apply to this article, unless otherwise indicated: (a) “Advocate” means the Small Business Advocate who is also the Director of the…
    • § 12098.3 (a) The Small Business Advocate shall be appointed by, and shall serve at the pleasure of, the Governor. (b) The Governor shall appoint the employees who are…
    • § 12098.4 (a) Each agency of the state shall furnish to the advocate the reports, documents, and information that are public records and that the advocate deems…
    • § 12098.5 In addition to other responsibilities under this article, the advocate shall do the following: (a) Be prepared for designation by the Office of Emergency…
    • § 12098.6 (a) The office shall post information on its Internet Web site to assist an individual to start a nonprofit corporation in this state and to assist a nonprofit…
    • § 12098.7 Notwithstanding any other law, effective June 30, 2014, the Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant funded through the United States Economic Development…
  10. ARTICLE 6. The Made in California Program §§ 12098.10–12098.11 · 2 sections
    • § 12098.10 (a) The Made in California Program, a public and private collaboration, is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.…
    • § 12098.11 The provisions of this article shall be enforced pursuant to the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, pursuant to Title 1.5 (commencing with Section 1750) of Part 4…
  11. ARTICLE 6.2. California Innovation Initiatives §§ 12099.1–12099.7.5 · 8 sections
    • § 12099.1 (a) The Accelerate California: Inclusive Innovation Hub Program is hereby created within the office, within the California Office of the Small Business…
    • § 12099.2 For purposes of this article, the following terms shall be defined as follows: (a) “Accelerate California: Inclusive Innovation Hub” is a network of…
    • § 12099.3 (a) The office shall issue a request for proposals for the Accelerate California: Inclusive Innovation Hub Program. (b) An applicant’s proposal shall include,…
    • § 12099.4 A designated Accelerate California: Inclusive Innovation Hub shall include at least one major university or research center or institute, one economic…
    • § 12099.5 Before an official designation as an Accelerate California: Inclusive Innovation Hub the applicant shall self-certify both of the following: (a) That the…
    • § 12099.6 (a) An Accelerate California: Inclusive Innovation Hub may do all of, but shall not be limited to, the following: (1) Provide free or low-cost advisory…
    • § 12099.7 The Inclusive Innovation Accelerator Account is hereby created within the California Economic Development Fund in the State Treasury. Subject to the approval…
    • § 12099.7.5 (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the office shall administer the Accelerate California Entrepreneurship Fund to provide acceleration grants to small…
  12. ARTICLE 6.3. Industry Strategies for Strategic Sectors § 12099.8 · 1 section
    • § 12099.8 (a) The office shall develop industry strategies for the strategic sectors identified in the California Jobs First State Economic Blueprint to ensure an…
  13. ARTICLE 6.5. Local Economic Development § 12100 · 1 section
    • § 12100 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California’s economic development organizations and corporations are an integral component of…
  14. ARTICLE 6.6. California Employee Ownership Act §§ 12100.30–12100.33 · 4 sections
    • § 12100.30 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Employee Ownership Act.
    • § 12100.31 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s small businesses continue to contend with the pressures of the aging baby boomer…
    • § 12100.32 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Advocate” means the Small Business Advocate. (b) “Broad-based employee ownership vehicle”…
    • § 12100.33 (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, CalOSBA shall establish the California Employee Ownership Hub, administered by an Employee Ownership Hub Manager,…
  15. ARTICLE 6.7. California Foreign Investment Program §§ 12100.50–12100.53 · 4 sections
    • § 12100.50 (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the California Foreign Investment Program. (b) For purposes of this chapter: (1) “Public corporation” means…
    • § 12100.51 (a) The office shall serve as the lead state entity for overseeing the state’s participation with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’ EB-5…
    • § 12100.52 Any public or private corporation authorized to establish, operate, and maintain a regional center whose application is granted pursuant to the terms of the…
    • § 12100.53 This article shall apply only to EB-5 activities of the state relating to the EB-5 Investment Program occurring on or after January 1, 2014.
  16. ARTICLE 7. California Small Business Development Technical Assistance Expansion Act of 2018 §§ 12100.60–12100.67 · 6 sections
    • § 12100.60 This article shall be known and may be cited as the California Small Business Development Technical Assistance Act of 2022.
    • § 12100.61 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Small businesses form the core of the California economy and that it is in the interest of the…
    • § 12100.62 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions in this section shall govern the construction of this article: (a) “California Office of the…
    • § 12100.63 (a) The California Small Business Technical Assistance Program is hereby created within the California Office of the Small Business Advocate. (b) The program…
    • § 12100.65 Upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature for the purpose of implementing this article, the office shall make grants to small business technical…
    • § 12100.67 (a) Upon approval of an award to a small business technical assistance center pursuant to this article, the office shall issue to a notice of an award that…
  17. ARTICLE 9.5. California Small Agricultural Business Drought and Flood Relief Grant Program §§ 12100.100–12100.105 · 6 sections
    • § 12100.100 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to assist small agricultural businesses in the State of California that are impacted…
    • § 12100.101 For the purposes of this article, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Applicant” means any California taxpayer, including, but not limited to, an…
    • § 12100.102 If the office determines that the grantee has failed to meet the criteria for a qualified small business under Section 12100.101, or for a small farmer or…
    • § 12100.103 (a) The California Small Agricultural Business Drought and Flood Relief Grant Program is hereby created within the office. (b) The program shall be under the…
    • § 12100.104 The office and the Franchise Tax Board may adopt regulations to implement this article. The Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section…
    • § 12100.105 This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
  18. ARTICLE 10. Energy Unit §§ 12100.110–12100.112 · 3 sections
    • § 12100.110 (a) The Energy Unit is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. (b) The Governor shall appoint a deputy director who…
    • § 12100.111 (a) The Transmission Infrastructure Accelerator established pursuant to Section 12100.110 shall coordinate, as soon as practicable after the effective date of…
    • § 12100.112 (a) The accelerator shall develop a public-private partnership plan to develop financing options that maximize debt financing to reduce overall capital costs…
  19. ARTICLE 11. Local Government Budget Sustainability Fund §§ 12100.120–12100.125 · 6 sections
    • § 12100.120 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Local Government Budget Sustainability Fund.
    • § 12100.121 All efforts funded under this article are intended to support and be aligned with other initiatives in the State of California to support economic and…
    • § 12100.122 (a) The Local Government Budget Sustainability Fund is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. Upon appropriation,…
    • § 12100.123 The office shall evaluate and prioritize grants, to the extent permissible under state and federal equal protection laws, in accordance with the following…
    • § 12100.124 Eligible activities for grant funds shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Staffing requirements, position classifications, and…
    • § 12100.125 This article shall remain in effect until June 30, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
  20. ARTICLE 14. Zero-Emission Vehicle Market Development Office §§ 12100.150–12100.151 · 2 sections
    • § 12100.150 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Office,” notwithstanding Section 12096.1, means the Zero-Emission Vehicle Market…
    • § 12100.151 (a) (1) The zero-emission vehicle division within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development is hereby continued in existence within the…
  21. ARTICLE 15. California Civic Media Act §§ 12100.160–12100.162 · 3 sections
    • § 12100.160 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Civic Media Act.
    • § 12100.161 (a) The California Civic Media Program is hereby established under the administration of the office in the advancement of the following goals: (1) Enhancing…
    • § 12100.162 (a) (1) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the California Civic Media Fund to be administered by the office. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the…
  22. ARTICLE 16. Building and Reinforcing Inclusive, Diverse, Gender-Supportive Equity Project §§ 12100.170–12100.171 · 2 sections
    • § 12100.170 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Building and Reinforcing Inclusive, Diverse, Gender-Supportive Equity Project (BRIDGE Project).
    • § 12100.171 (a) There is hereby established, within the office, the BRIDGE Project. (b) The purpose of the BRIDGE Project is to raise public awareness and promote civil…