Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Cal. Gov. Code § 65970

School Facilities

Known as the Planning and Zoning Law

The act spans §§ 65000–66499 (597 sections).

Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 39 Cal. 3d 878 - Candid Enterprises, Inc. v. Grossmont Union High School District (1985)

Most recently applied in 4 Cal. 4th 911 - Grupe Development Co. v. Superior Court (February 1993)

Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 955.

How often courts cite this section

19811990199330
citing decisions per year

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.

The Legislature finds and declares as follows:

(a) Adequate school facilities should be available for children residing in new residential developments.

(b) Public and private residential developments may require the expansion of existing public schools or the construction of new school facilities.

(c) In many areas of the state, the funds for the construction of new classroom facilities are not available when new development occurs, resulting in the overcrowding of existing schools.

(d) New housing developments frequently cause conditions of overcrowding in existing school facilities which cannot be alleviated under existing law within a reasonable period of time.

(e) That, for these reasons, new and improved methods of financing for interim school facilities necessitated by new development are needed in California.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.