“Sphere of influence” means a plan for the probable physical boundaries and service area of a local agency, as determined by the commission.
Cal. Gov. Code § 56076
Definitions
Known as the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act
The act spans §§ 56000–57550 (507 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 163 Cal. App. 4th 523 - Sierra Club v. City of Orange (2008)
Most recently applied in 213 Cal. App. 4th 1277 - Habitat & Watershed Caretakers v. City of Santa Cruz (February 2013)
Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1307, Sec. 1
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.