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How California Regulations Are Made

June 21, 2026 2:28 amJune 21, 2026 2:29 am

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...

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...

Express or Implied Rulemaking Authority in California

November 12, 2022 2:32 pmNovember 12, 2022 2:35 pm

California’s 200-plus executive branch agencies, departments, boards, and commissions have either express or implied rulemaking authority. The power to adopt regulations in this state is by use of quasi-legislative authority, which has been delegated by the California Legislature to executive...

The California Legislature Telling Agencies How to Apply the Law

March 26, 2022 7:59 amMarch 26, 2022 8:04 am

Most readers are familiar with the fact that the California Legislature occasionally attempts to instruct the courts on how to interpret a statute, generally by using legislative intent language, or making a finding or declaration in the hopes that the...

What Is California’s SRIA?

October 20, 2021 3:34 pmOctober 20, 2021 8:15 pm

What is SRIA? The acronym stands for “standardized regulatory impact analysis.” For those involved in significant regulatory work at California’s 200+ rulemaking agencies, departments, boards, and commissions, you have probably heard of a SRIA being done for any “major regulations.”...

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California State Agencies

August 12, 2020 6:18 amAugust 12, 2020 6:19 am

Government Code Title 2 (Government of the State of California), Division 3 (Executive Department), Part 2.5 (Agencies) establishes the agencies in state government which comprise the Governor’s cabinet. Chapter 1, Sections 12800 to 12838.14, establishes the Administration within the executive...

California State Agencies and Their Role in Public Policy

September 16, 2019 2:25 amSeptember 15, 2019 9:16 pm

California’s agencies, as well as the departments, boards and commissions under them, engage in a tremendous amount of public policymaking through both the rule making process, and their interpretation and enforcement of existing statutes and regulations. These agencies are the...