Welfare and Institutions Code § 10820
CHAPTER 4.1. Statewide Automated Welfare System
To ensure statewide uniformity in program administration, the department shall do the following:
(a) Develop and publish an exclusive manual of standards procedures for use by county welfare departments in their daily administration of public assistance programs.
(b) Provide a comprehensive training package for the use of the uniform standards manual.
(c) Develop standard forms to use with the statewide automated welfare system.