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Cal. Gov. Code § 8572

Powers of the Governor

Known as the California Emergency Services Act

The act spans §§ 8550–8669 (245 sections).

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case California Lockyer v. Dynegy Inc (2004)

Most recently applied in 163 Cal. App. 4th 802 - California Correctional Peace Officers Assn. v. Schwarzenegger (June 2008)

Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1454.

How often courts cite this section

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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.

In the exercise of the emergency powers hereby vested in him during a state of war emergency or state of emergency, the Governor is authorized to commandeer or utilize any private property or personnel deemed by him necessary in carrying out the responsibilities hereby vested in him as Chief Executive of the state and the state shall pay the reasonable value thereof.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Governor is not authorized to commandeer any newspaper, newspaper wire service, or radio or television station, but may, during a state of war emergency or state of emergency, and if no other means of communication are available, utilize any news wire services, and the state shall pay the reasonable value of such use. In so utilizing any such facilities, the Governor shall interfere as little as possible with their use for the transmission of news.

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