Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 41, Sec. 30. (SB 164) Effective June 29, 2024.
CaliforniaVolunteers, as established by Executive Order S-24-06, is hereby established in the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement.
Article 2 - CaliforniaVolunteers
California Government Code — §§ 8405-8407
Sections (3)
Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 41, Sec. 30. (SB 164) Effective June 29, 2024.
The CaliforniaVolunteers shall engage Californians in service, volunteering, and civic action to tackle our state’s most pressing challenges. The CaliforniaVolunteers shall do the following:
(a)Administer the Youth Jobs Corps, Climate Action Corps, College Corps, and AmeriCorps California Programs.
(b)Promote the use of service members and volunteers in California, including in emergency response.
(c)Oversee the CaliforniaVolunteers Commission established in Article 3 (commencing with Section 8410).
Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 41, Sec. 30. (SB 164) Effective June 29, 2024.
(a)CaliforniaVolunteers, as established by Executive Order S-24-06 and Section 8405, is authorized to form a nonprofit public benefit corporation or other entity exempt from income taxation as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 23701d of the Revenue and Taxation Code to raise revenues and receive grants or other financial support from private or public sources, for the purposes of undertaking or funding any lawful activity authorized to be undertaken by CaliforniaVolunteers. Grants or financial support received by the nonprofit public benefit corporation or other entity shall be used solely for the governmental purposes approved by CaliforniaVolunteers for activities within the scope of authority of CaliforniaVolunteers. No more than 10 percent of the
grants and financial support received by the nonprofit public benefit corporation or other entity may be used to pay for the administrative costs of that nonprofit public benefit corporation or other entity.
(b)The mission of the nonprofit public benefit corporation or other entity is as follows:
(1)To support the funding of CaliforniaVolunteers programming and administrative costs.
(2)To support any priorities set forth by the Governor or the CaliforniaVolunteers Board of Commissioners.