List of California state constitutional offices

California law

Great Seal of California

Constitution

* Propositions (list)
* Offices

Codes

* Civil
* Civil Procedure
* Evidence
* Health and Safety
* Insurance
* Labor
* Penal
* Vehicle

Note: There are 29 California codes.
Courts of record

* Supreme Court
* Courts of Appeal
* Superior courts

Areas

* Adoption
* Bicycles
* Criminal law
* Capital punishment
* Cannabis
* Drugs
* Taxation
* Gambling
* Gun law

Civil procedural law

* Administrative Procedure Act
* Bagley-Keene Act
* California Style Manual
* Civil Harassment Restraining Order
* Special motion to strike
* Ordinary and administrative mandate

Tort law

* Cumis counsel
* Duty to protect students
* Informed consent
* Negligent infliction of emotional distress
* Peculiar risk doctrine
* Pure comparative negligence
* Tarasoff liability
* Strict product liability
* Tort Claims Act

Civil rights law

* Prop 209 (public affirmative action ban)
* SB 54 (sanctuary law)
* Act to Save Lives
* Art Preservation Act
* Celebrities Rights Act
* End of Life Option Act
* Fair Employment and Housing Act
* Fair procedure
* Public Records Act
* Shield Law
* Free speech on privately owned property
* Unruh Civil Rights Act

Criminal law

* .50 Caliber BMG Regulation Act of 2004
* AB 962 (handgun ammunition sales)
* AB 1471 (firearm microstamping)
* Adequate provocation
* Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act
* Felony petty theft
* Felony murder
* Marsden motion
* Murgia motion (selective prosecution)
* Murder
* Romero motion
* Uniform Determinate Sentencing Act of 1976

Laws concerning political subdivisions of the state

* AB 811 (energy efficiency zoning)
* Housing Accountability Act
* Brown Act
* Marks-Roos (joint powers authorities)
* Mello-Roos (local tax districts)
* Mills Act (historic structure preservation)

Environmental law

* 2008 Statewide Truck and Bus Rule
* California Environmental Quality Act
* California Water Plan
* Electronic Waste Recycling Act
* Endangered Species Act
* Hodge decision
* Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

Labor law

* Prop 22 (rideshare drivers as contractors)
* AB 5 (independent contractors)
* Agricultural Labor Relations Act
* AB 1066 (equal overtime for farmworkers)
* California Rule (pensions)
* Child Actor's Bill
* De Havilland Law (seven year maximum on labor contracts)
* Paid Family Leave
* Talent Agencies Act

Family law

* Palimony
* Pereira accounting
* Van Camp accounting

Consumer protection law and building codes

* Prop 103 (insurance rates)
* Alquist Priolo Special Studies Zone Act
* Building Standards Code (contains the Energy Code)
* Balloon Law
* California foie gras law
* Consumers Legal Remedies Act
* Consumer Privacy Act
* Technical Bulletin 117 (fire extinguishers)

Education law

* SB 277 (removing vaccine exemptions)
* California Student Free Expression Law
* DREAM Act
* Leonard Law
* School Success and Opportunity Act
* Vergara v. California

Miscellaneous

* AB 1215 (automobile titling)
* AB 1535 (naloxone prescription by pharmacists)
* Corporate Disclosure Act
* Presidential Tax Transparency and Accountability Act
* Road Repair and Accountability Act

Historical laws

* Act for the Government and Protection of Indians
* Alien Land Law of 1913
* Consenting Adult Sex Bill
* Criminal Syndicalism Act
* Sanitary Ordinance

The following is a list of California state constitutional offices. Please see Constitution of the state of California for further details.

## Officers

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These individuals (in the case of the Board of Equalization, its members) are specifically denominated by article V, section 14 and article III, section 8, of the Constitution as 'state officers', are generally elected, are restricted from receiving money from certain sources and have their salaries determined by the California Citizen's Compensation Commission.[1][2] The Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner are not explicitly created by the Constitution, but are still generally considered constitutional officers and are named as state officers in the Constitution.[3][4]

* Governor[5]
* Lieutenant Governor, who is also the President of the California State Senate[6]
* Secretary of State
* Controller[7]
* Treasurer
* Attorney General[8]
* Insurance Commissioner
* Superintendent of Public Instruction[9]
* Members of the California State Board of Equalization[10]
* Members of the California State Legislature

## Courts

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The California courts of record were created by article VI, section 1 of the Constitution.[11]

* Supreme Court of California
* California Courts of Appeal
* California superior courts

## Judicial commissions

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These commissions were created by article VI of the Constitution to administer the judiciary.

* Judicial Council, article VI, section 6[12]
* Commission on Judicial Appointments, article VI, section 7[13]
* Commission on Judicial Performance, article VI, section 8[14]

## Constitutional agencies

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These offices and bodies were specifically created by the Constitution, but their members are not generally known as 'state officers'. However, their decisions are generally reviewable through both certiorari and administrative mandate[15] and their a court's review of their factual findings is "limited to a determination whether those findings are supported by substantial evidence in light of the whole record" in deference to their limited judicial powers.[16]

* Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board, article XX, section 22
* Citizens Compensation Commission
* Citizens Redistricting Commission, article XXI, section 2[17]
* Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, article XX, section 22[18]
* Public Utilities Commission, article XII, section 1[19]
* State Board of Education, and county boards of education, article IX section 7[20]
* State Personnel Board, article VII, section 2[21]

## Public corporations

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* California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, article XXXV, section 1[22]
* State Bar of California, article VI, section 9[23]
* University of California and its Board of Regents, article IX, section 9[24]

## County officers

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The Constitution requires the appointment of certain officers for counties in article XI, section 1.[25]

* Board of supervisors, which shall also constitute the county board of equalization if it does not delegate these duties to a separate board[26]
* Sheriff
* District attorney
* Assessor

## References

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1. ^ Cal. Const. art. III § 8  , Cal. Const. art. V § 14
2. ^ Although not mentioned in article V, section 14, members of the Legislature have similar restrictions on receiving lobbyist money in article IV, section 4.
3. ^ "SCO | State Controller's Functions".
4. ^ "State Constitutional Offices".
5. ^ Cal. Const. art. V § 1
6. ^ Cal. Const. art. V § 9
7. ^ Cal. Const. art. XVI § 7
8. ^ Cal. Const. art. V § 13
9. ^ Cal. Const. art. IX § 2
10. ^ Cal. Const. art. XIII § 17
11. ^ Cal. Const. art. VI § 1
12. ^ Cal. Const. art. VI § 6
13. ^ Cal. Const. art. VI § 7
14. ^ Cal. Const. art. VI § 8
15. ^ Boren v. State Personnel Board, 37 Cal. 2d 634, 638.
16. ^ Strumsky v. San Diego County Employees Retirement Assn., 11 Cal. 3d 28, 35.
17. ^ Cal. Const. art. XXI § 2
18. ^ Cal. Const. art. XX § 22
19. ^ Cal. Const. art. XII § 1
20. ^ Cal. Const. art. IX § 7
21. ^ Cal. Const. art. VII § 2
22. ^ Cal. Const. art. XXXV § 1
23. ^ Cal. Const. art. VI § 9
24. ^ Cal. Const. art. IX § 9
25. ^ Cal. Const. art. XI § 1
26. ^ Cal. Const. art. XIII § 16