It is the policy of this State to vest in the Governor the civil administration of the laws of the State and for the purpose of aiding the Governor in the execution and administration of the laws to divide the executive and administrative work into departments as provided by law.
Cal. Gov. Code § 11150
General
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 45 Cal. App. 3d 185 - People v. Department of Housing & Community Development (1975)
Most recently applied in 15 Cal. App. 4th 841 - California Radioactive Materials Management Forum v. Department of Health Services (May 1993)
Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.