APA – California Globe

Disapproval vs Withdrawal of Regulations

November 28, 2025 2:00 pmNovember 28, 2025 2:01 pm

What is a disapproval of a regulation? What is the withdrawal of a regulation? What roles do these two procedures play in the California rulemaking process? The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) can either approve a rulemaking package or they...

An Introduction to the California Rulemaking Process

November 1, 2025 2:00 pmNovember 1, 2025 2:01 pm

California has over 200 State agencies, departments, boards, and commissions that make public policy through their authority to adopt regulations. A list of State agencies that have adopted regulations can be found on the website of California’s Office of Administrative...

Frequently Asked Questions about of OAL’s Standards of Review for Regulations

April 16, 2024 2:30 amApril 16, 2024 2:31 am

Does state law dictate how OAL reviews proposed regulations? Yes, when the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) reviews regulations, its review is dictated by the California Administrative Procedure Act (APA) in the California Government Code. What does state law provide?...

Frequently Asked Questions about the Rulemaking Process in California

October 30, 2023 3:05 amOctober 30, 2023 3:06 am

For those not familiar, I put together the following questions and answers for those queries that are most often posed regarding the rulemaking process in California. Which executive branch entity oversees the California rulemaking process to ensure state agencies and...

More on Statutory Exemptions from California’s Administrative Procedure Act

May 20, 2023 7:11 amMay 20, 2023 7:18 am

I have written in the past about the Legislature unfortunately creating statutory exemptions from California’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA), which governs the rulemaking activities of California’s more than 200 executive branch agencies, departments, boards, and commissions. A fundamental purpose of...

SB 279: Rulemaking Process on ‘Major Regulation’

March 26, 2023 5:51 pmMarch 26, 2023 5:57 pm

Senate Bill 279 by Sen. Roger Niello (R-Sacramento) proposes to make changes to the public comment process during executive branch administrative agency rulemaking proceedings. SB 279 would amend Government Code Section 11346.3 that is part of California’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA)...

What Is Exempt Under California’s Administrative Procedure Act?

November 10, 2022 2:49 pmNovember 10, 2022 2:53 pm

California’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA), which sets forth the rules that California’s more than 200 agencies, departments, boards, and commissions that adopt regulations must follow, does not apply in all instances. Government Code Section 11340.9 specifies that the APA does...