California criminal law

California criminal law generally follows the law of the United States. However, there are both substantive and procedural differences between how the United States federal government and California prosecute alleged violations of criminal law. This article focuses exclusively on California criminal law.

California law
Great Seal of California
Constitution
Propositions (list) Offices
Codes
Civil Civil Procedure Evidence Health and Safety Insurance Labor Penal Vehicle Note: There are 29 California codes.
Courts of record
Supreme Court Courts of Appeal Superior courts
Areas
Adoption Bicycles Criminal law Capital punishment Cannabis Drugs Taxation Gambling Gun law
Civil procedural law Administrative Procedure Act Bagley-Keene Act California Style Manual Civil Harassment Restraining Order Special motion to strike Ordinary and administrative mandate
Tort law Cumis counsel Duty to protect students Informed consent Negligent infliction of emotional distress Peculiar risk doctrine Pure comparative negligence Tarasoff liability Strict product liability Tort Claims Act
Civil rights law Prop 209 (public affirmative action ban) SB 54 (sanctuary law) Act to Save Lives Art Preservation Act Celebrities Rights Act End of Life Option Act Fair Employment and Housing Act Fair procedure Public Records Act Shield Law Free speech on privately owned property Unruh Civil Rights Act
Criminal law .50 Caliber BMG Regulation Act of 2004 AB 962 (handgun ammunition sales) AB 1471 (firearm microstamping) Adequate provocation Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act Felony petty theft Felony murder Marsden motion Murgia motion (selective prosecution) Murder Romero motion Uniform Determinate Sentencing Act of 1976
Laws concerning political subdivisions of the state AB 811 (energy efficiency zoning) Housing Accountability Act Brown Act Marks-Roos (joint powers authorities) Mello-Roos (local tax districts) Mills Act (historic structure preservation)
Environmental law 2008 Statewide Truck and Bus Rule California Environmental Quality Act California Water Plan Electronic Waste Recycling Act Endangered Species Act Hodge decision Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
Labor law Prop 22 (rideshare drivers as contractors) AB 5 (independent contractors) Agricultural Labor Relations Act AB 1066 (equal overtime for farmworkers) California Rule (pensions) Child Actor's Bill De Havilland Law (seven year maximum on labor contracts) Paid Family Leave Talent Agencies Act
Family law Palimony Pereira accounting Van Camp accounting
Consumer protection law and building codes Prop 103 (insurance rates) Alquist Priolo Special Studies Zone Act Building Standards Code (contains the Energy Code) Balloon Law California foie gras law Consumers Legal Remedies Act Consumer Privacy Act Technical Bulletin 117 (fire extinguishers)
Education law SB 277 (removing vaccine exemptions) California Student Free Expression Law DREAM Act Leonard Law School Success and Opportunity Act Vergara v. California
Miscellaneous AB 1215 (automobile titling) AB 1535 (naloxone prescription by pharmacists) Corporate Disclosure Act Presidential Tax Transparency and Accountability Act Road Repair and Accountability Act
Historical laws Act for the Government and Protection of Indians Alien Land Law of 1913 Consenting Adult Sex Bill Criminal Syndicalism Act Sanitary Ordinance

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