Research Guides: Paralegal Studies: CCR and Muni-codes

California Code of Regulations, Administration Law, Muni-codes (Websites)

California Code of Regulations is available online. There is no print version. The California Code of Regulations is comprised of 28 Titles and are governed by state agencies who are empowered to make rules and procedures, called regulations, to implement state statutes (example, the California Building Code). The California Code of Regulations is abbreviated as "CCR.” A citation is read "25 CCR 60". The first number is the title number and the second number is the section of the code.

The California Regulatory Notice Register ("Notice Register") contains notices of proposed regulatory actions by state regulatory agencies to adopt, amend, or repeal regulations contained in the California Code of Regulations. A state agency must complete its rulemaking and submit the rulemaking file to OAL within one year of the date of publication of a Notice of Proposed Action (“Notice”) in the Notice Register. (Government Code Section 11346.4(b)

Municipal codes and ordinances are online. There is no print versions.
An ordinance is a law or an act of a city, municipality or local governmental agency. City Councils have authority to pass ordinances through Government Code (GC) Section 37100, as long as these ordinances do not conflict with the laws and Constitution of the State of California or of the United States. It is the most binding form of action a City Council can take

California Municipal Codes American Legal Publishing. Codes are by regions.
San Diego Municipal Code
El Cajon Municipal Code

The California Regulatory Notice Registers are online. There is no print versions.

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Contains the text of all 29 codes. Annotations associated with code sections may include historical and statutory notes on legislative history, citations to law review articles, court decisions that have interpreted the section, cross references to related sections, and citations to legal treatises and commentaries.

An unannotated version of the Codes is available on the Internet: California Legislative Information Code Search