CHAPTER 1. Administration

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 2037.

§§ 12800–12838.13 · 61 sections

• § 12800 (a) There are in the state government the following agencies: Business and Consumer Services; California Housing and Homelessness; Transportation; California…
• § 12801 Each agency is under the supervision of an executive officer known as the secretary. Each secretary shall be appointed by, and hold office at the pleasure of,…
• § 12802 (a) The Natural Resources Agency shall succeed to, and is vested with, all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction previously vested…
• § 12802.5 The Governor may, with respect to the Resources Agency, appoint an Assistant Secretary for Energy Matters who may serve as Secretary for Resources designee on…
• § 12802.8 (a) The Governor may, with respect to the Transportation Agency, appoint a Deputy Secretary of Housing Coordination, who shall serve as the secretary’s primary…
• § 12802.10 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Critically underserved community” has the same meaning as defined in…
• § 12803 (a) The California Health and Human Services Agency consists of the following departments: Aging; Community Services and Development; Developmental Services;…
• § 12803.2 (a) The Government Operations Agency shall consist of all of the following: (1) The Office of Administrative Law. (2) The Public Employees’ Retirement System.…
• § 12803.3 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Director” means the Director of the Office of Technology and Solutions…
• § 12803.35 (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury, the California Health and Human Services Automation Fund. The moneys in the fund shall be available upon…
• § 12803.4 The Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency shall evaluate, on or before April 1, 2006, how the use of established state and federal…
• § 12803.5 The Governor, upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency, may appoint not to exceed two deputies for the secretary.
• § 12803.6 (a) The Governor shall authorize the Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, in collaboration with the secretary of the California Health and…
• § 12803.65 (a) The Governor shall rename and establish, in the California Health and Human Services Agency, Department of Rehabilitation, the existing “California…
• § 12803.8 The secretary shall provide all possible assistance to any county desiring to integrate or otherwise unify services administered by one or more departments in…
• § 12804 (a) There is in the state government the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. (b) The Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency shall consist… see note
• § 12804.1 (a) Beginning July 1, 2026, the California Housing and Homelessness Agency and the Business and Consumer Services Agency, along with their respective…
• § 12804.2 (a) Beginning July 1, 2026, there is in state government the Business and Consumer Services Agency. (b) The Business and Consumer Services Agency shall consist…
• § 12804.3 (a) The Governor, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Business and Consumer Services, may appoint up to three deputy secretaries who shall serve at the…
• § 12804.4 (a) All employees serving in state civil service, including temporary employees, who are engaged in the performance of functions transferred to the Business…
• § 12804.5 (a) The Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing is hereby authorized to develop programs for technical and fiscal assistance to facilitate… see note
• § 12804.7 The Natural Resources Agency succeeds to and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, and responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Department…
• § 12805 (a) The Resources Agency is hereby renamed the Natural Resources Agency. The Natural Resources Agency consists of the departments of Forestry and Fire…
• § 12805.1 The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall facilitate coordination between the Department of Fish and Game and the California Coastal Commission in a manner…
• § 12805.2 (a) The Resources Agency, in consultation with each department, board, conservancy, and commission within the agency, shall develop and maintain a database of…
• § 12805.3 (a) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall convene a committee to develop and submit to the Governor and the Legislature, before July 1, 2012, a…
• § 12805.5 (a) The Governor, utilizing the staff and resources of state agencies, shall transmit to the Legislature, not later than March 15 of each year, an…
• § 12805.6 The Resources Agency shall identify, for future conservation, key buffer properties adjacent to large ecologically valuable working landscapes that provide…
• § 12805.9 (a) On or before April 1, 2022, and annually thereafter on April 1 of each year until April 1, 2026, the Natural Resources Agency shall develop a report on all…
• § 12806 (a) The California Health and Human Services Agency shall succeed to, and is vested with, all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction…
• § 12807 (a) The Resources Agency succeeds to and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Health and Welfare…
• § 12807.5 The Secretary of the Resources Agency, in reviewing projects pursuant to Sections 5096.87 and 5096.128 of the Public Resources Code, shall consider the…
• § 12807.6 (a) The Resources Agency shall establish a revolving low-interest loan program and a grant program for commercial fishing vessel owners, operators, and crew…
• § 12808 The Health and Welfare Agency and the Resources Agency may use the unexpended balances of funds available for use by the Human Relations Agency in connection…
• § 12809 All officers and employees of the Human Relations Agency who, on the effective date of the 1972 amendment of this section, are serving in the state civil…
• § 12810 The Health and Welfare Agency and the Resources Agency shall have the possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys,…
• § 12811.2 Any reference in any law in effect on June 30, 1979, to the Health and Welfare Agency or to the secretary of that agency, with respect to the Department of…
• § 12811.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to the provisions of subdivision (i), any employee of a department, board, or commission under the…
• § 12812.2 (a) One of the deputies to the Secretary for Environmental Protection shall be a deputy secretary for law enforcement and counsel, who, subject to the…
• § 12812.3 One of the deputies to the Secretary for Environmental Protection authorized pursuant to Section 12812.1 shall be a deputy secretary for external affairs who…
• § 12812.5 On or before March 1, 1994, the California Environmental Protection Agency, using existing resources and in consultation with other relevant agencies in state…
• § 12812.6 The Secretary for Environmental Protection shall coordinate greenhouse gas emission reductions and climate-change activities in state government.
• § 12813 The Labor and Workforce Development Agency consists of the following: (a) Office of the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development. (b) Agricultural Labor…
• § 12813.5 The Public Employment Relations Board is in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
• § 12814 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each state agency or department or political subdivision of the state may isolate any of its automated…
• § 12815 (a) The Office of Data and Innovation is hereby established within the Government Operations Agency. Effective July 1, 2023, the Office of Data and Innovation…
• § 12816.5 (a) Within the Government Operations Agency there shall be a Chief Equity Officer. The Chief Equity Officer shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure…

1. ARTICLE 14. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation §§ 12838–12838.13 · 14 sections

   • § 12838 (a) There is hereby created in state government the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to be headed by a secretary, who shall be appointed by the…
   • § 12838.1 (a) There is hereby created within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, under the Undersecretary for Administration, the following divisions: (1)…
   • § 12838.4 The Board of Parole Hearings is hereby created. The Board of Parole Hearings shall be comprised of 21 commissioners, who shall be appointed by the Governor,…
   • § 12838.5 The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation hereby succeeds to, and is vested with, all the powers, functions, duties, responsibilities, obligations,…
   • § 12838.6 The following entities shall be continued in existence within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and shall retain existing functions, powers,…
   • § 12838.65 During the closure of the Division of Juvenile Justice, the director shall have the authority to transfer powers, functions, duties, responsibilities,…
   • § 12838.7 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Corrections and…
   • § 12838.8 All regulations adopted by the predecessor entities, continuing entities, and any of their predecessors are expressly continued in force. Any statute, law,…
   • § 12838.9 No contract, lease, license, or any other agreement to which the predecessor entities, continuing entities, and any of their predecessors are a party shall be…
   • § 12838.95 No contract, lease, license, grant, or any other agreement to which the Division of Juvenile Justice is a party shall be void or voidable by reason of closure…
   • § 12838.10 On and after July 1, 2005, the unencumbered balance of all money available for expenditure by the predecessor entities, continuing entities, and any of their…
   • § 12838.11 On and after July 1, 2005, positions filled by appointment by the Governor in the predecessor entities or continuing entities shall be transferred to the…
   • § 12838.12 (a) Any officer or employee of the predecessor entities who is engaged in the performance of a function specified in this reorganization plan and who is…
   • § 12838.13 This article shall become operative as of July 1, 2005.