For the purposes of this article, the agency is a public entity separate from the parties to the agreement.
Cal. Gov. Code § 6507
Joint Powers Agreements
Known as the Joint Exercise of Powers Act
The act spans §§ 6500 to 6583 (150 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 66 Cal. App. 4th 195 - Brassinga v. City of Mountain View (1998)
Most recently applied in 242 Cal. App. 4th 416 - San Diegans for Open Government v. City of San Diego (November 2015)
Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 990.
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.