This article shall be known and may be cited as the “California Whistleblower Protection Act.”
Cal. Gov. Code § 8547
California Whistleblower Protection Act
Known as the California Whistleblower Protection Act
The act spans §§ 8547–8547 (15 sections).
Applied in 18 court decisions — leading case 44 Cal. 4th 876 - Miklosy v. Regents of the University of California (2008)
Most recently applied in 242 Cal. Rptr. 3d 439 - Yee v. Superior Court of the City & Cnty. of S.F. (January 2019)
Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 673, 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.