Advertising, Reports and Records by State Agencies

Article 5 deals with advertisements. Section 11080 provides that, whenever any state agency is required or authorized by law to prepare and cause the publishing of any notice, advertisement or publication in any newspaper or other medium, it must properly prepare the notice, advertisement or publication and deliver it to the Department of General Services in due time for publication.

Article 6 deals with reports and records. Section 11090 requires, on order of the Governor, each state agency to make a report to the Governor giving an account of all matters pertaining to the agency covering the period specified by the Governor.

Section 11091 requires the head of each state agency to make a written report of its activities to the Governor at least biennially, a copy of which is filed with the Secretary of State. No biennial or annual reports of agency activities are to be printed without the approval of the Department of General Services.

Section 11092 requires each state agency and department to commence, in the maintenance of any statistical tabulation of minority groups, the categorization of Filipinos as Filipinos not later than 60 days following the operative date of this section.

Section 11092.5 requires each state agency and department to commence, in the maintenance of statistical tabulation of minority groups, the categorization of Pacific Islanders as Pacific Islanders. The term “Pacific Islander” is defined.

Section 11093 requires any state agency or department that develops and maintains data and statistics on the municipal level, to make a separate breakdown of the San Fernando Valley in the preparation and maintenance of any statistical analyses, by city, either by population, fiscal, or other bases, and the City of Los Angeles is required to provide all necessary data.

Section 11093.4 specifies that the State Board of Equalization, Employment Development Department, Department of Industrial Relations, Department of Finance, and the Department of Transportation, must make a separate breakdown of Hollywood from all necessary data at the expense of the City of Los Angeles, for the preparation and maintenance of any statistical analyses and data, by city, either by population, fiscal, or other bases.

Section 11093.5 specifies that the Employment Development Department must make a separate breakdown of Antelope Valley from all necessary data for the preparation and maintenance of any statistical analyses and data, by city, either by population, fiscal, or other bases. The statistical analyses and data include: wages, consumer price index, prevailing wage, unemployment, occupational wages, and median income.

Section 11093.7 requires each state agency or department authorized to undertake any infrastructure project costing $100 million or more to publicly post on its internet website any change in the cost or schedule of the project that would result in the project exceeding its established budget by 10% or more or in delaying its completion by 12 months or longer. The posted information must describe how much the project is expected to exceed its established budget or delay its construction schedule.

Section 11081 requires DGS, after approval of the notice, advertisement or publication, to cause it to be published in the newspapers or other medium required by law. The Department of General Services has exclusive control of the publication of all advertisements, publications, and notices.