California Public Resources Code

Office of Legislative Counsel Sometimes Needs to Clean-up the Codes

July 31, 2023 6:22 amJuly 31, 2023 6:37 am

In recently-enacted legislation during the 2023 California Legislative Session, readers will see examples of how attorneys in the Office of Legislative Counsel (OLC) clean-up statutes due to outdated language, and even misspelled words contained in existing California Codes. The following...

General Guidance in Reading the Public Resources Code

June 30, 2022 4:59 pmJune 30, 2022 9:26 pm

California’s statutes are contained in 29 separate codes. The twenty-second alphabetically is the Public Resources Code. All 29 Codes have general provisions applicable to reading and interpreting that Code’s sections. The following are selected general provisions of the Public Resources...

What Is in California’s Public Resources Code?

April 12, 2022 4:54 pmApril 12, 2022 8:47 pm

The California Public Resources Code is one of 29 Codes that contain state statutes. The Public Resources Code, or PRC as it is often referred to is a compilation of most state environmental laws, from oceans to forests. The PRC...