California Government Code

§ 54221

GOV § 54221 Effective Jun 30, 2025Div. 2 · Title 5 · Part 1 · Ch. 5 · Art. 8

Statute text

As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)(1) “Local agency” means every city, whether organized under general law or by charter, county, city and county, district, including school, sewer, water, utility, and local and regional park districts of any kind or class, joint powers authority, successor agency to a former redevelopment agency, housing authority, or other political subdivision of this state and any instrumentality thereof that is empowered to acquire and hold real property.

(2)The Legislature finds and declares that the term “district” as used in this article includes all districts within the state, including, but not limited to, all special districts, sewer, water, utility, and local and regional park districts, and any other political subdivision of this state that is a district, and therefore the changes in paragraph (1) made by the act adding this paragraph that specify that the provisions of this article apply to all districts, including school, sewer, water, utility, and local and regional park districts of any kind or class, are declaratory of, and not a change in, existing law.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 22, Sec. 7. (AB 130) Effective June 30, 2025.