This chapter shall be known as the California Land Conservation Act of 1965 or as the Williamson Act.
Cal. Gov. Code § 51200
General Provisions
Known as the California Land Conservation Act of 1965 or as the Williamson Act
The act spans §§ 51200 to 51297.4 (97 sections).
Applied in 28 court decisions — leading case 31 Cal. 3d 263 - People v. Diedrich (1982)
Most recently applied in Cleveland Nat'l Forest Found. v. San Diego Ass'n of Governments (November 2017)
Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1371.
How often courts cite this section
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.