California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 2.5 - YOUTHS

CHAPTER 1 - The Youth Authority

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 1700. - 1700. The purpose of this chapter is to protect society...

Section 1701. - 1701. This chapter may be cited as the Youth Authority...

Section 1702. - 1702. This chapter shall apply only to public offenses committed...

Section 1703. - 1703. As used in this chapter the following terms have...

Section 1704. - 1704. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to interfere...

Section 1705. - 1705. It is the intention of the Legislature that all...

ARTICLE 2 - Department of the Youth Authority

Section 1710. - 1710. (a) Any reference to the Department of the Youth...

Section 1711. - 1711. Any reference to the Director of the Youth Authority...

Section 1712. - 1712. (a) All powers, duties, and functions pertaining to the...

Section 1712.1. - 1712.1. (a) A ward confined in a facility of the...

Section 1712.5. - 1712.5. (a) The possession or use of tobacco products by...

Section 1713. - 1713. (a) The Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice...

Section 1714. - 1714. The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation...

Section 1715. - 1715. From funds available for the support of the Youth...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Board of Juvenile Hearings

Section 1716. - 1716. Commencing July 1, 2016, any reference to the Youth...

Section 1718. - 1718. (a) The Governor shall appoint three commissioners, subject to...

Section 1719. - 1719. (a) The following powers and duties shall be exercised...

Section 1720. - 1720. (a) The case of each ward shall be reviewed...

Section 1721. - 1721. (a) The Board of Juvenile Hearings shall meet at...

Section 1722. - 1722. (a) Any rules and regulations, including any resolutions and...

Section 1723. - 1723. (a) The powers and duties of the board described...

Section 1724. - 1724. (a) Commissioners and board representatives hearing matters pursuant to...

Section 1725. - 1725. (a) Commencing July 1, 2016, the Board of Juvenile...

Section 1726. - 1726. (a) Employees of the Department of the Youth Authority...

Section 1728. - 1728. The Governor may remove any member of the Board...

ARTICLE 3 - Commitments to Youth Authority

Section 1730. - 1730. (a) No person may be committed to the Authority...

Section 1731. - 1731. (a) When in any criminal proceeding in a court...

Section 1731.5. - 1731.5. (a) After certification to the Governor as provided in...

Section 1731.6. - 1731.6. (a) In any county in which there is in...

Section 1731.7. - 1731.7. (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of...

Section 1731.8. - 1731.8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within 60 days...

Section 1732. - 1732. No person convicted of violating Section 261, 262, or...

Section 1732.5. - 1732.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person convicted...

Section 1732.6. - 1732.6. (a) No minor shall be committed to the Youth...

Section 1732.7. - 1732.7. A person who is convicted of a public offense...

Section 1732.8. - 1732.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other law and subject to the...

Section 1732.9. - 1732.9. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, immediately prior to closure...

Section 1732.10. - 1732.10. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, unless the committing court...

Section 1733. - 1733. Nothing in this chapter prevents a court from revoking...

Section 1735. - 1735. If the court sentences a person under 21 years...

Section 1736. - 1736. The juvenile court may in its discretion commit persons...

Section 1737. - 1737. When a person has been committed to the custody...

Section 1737.1. - 1737.1. Whenever any person who has been convicted of a...

Section 1737.5. - 1737.5. A commitment to the Authority is a judgment within...

Section 1738. - 1738. When the court commits a person to the authority...

Section 1739. - 1739. (a) The right of a person who has been...

Section 1740. - 1740. When a court commits a person to the Authority...

Section 1741. - 1741. The judge before whom the person was tried and...

Section 1742. - 1742. When the juvenile court commits to the Youth Authority...

ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of Youth Authority

Section 1750. - 1750. The Authority is limited in its expenditures to funds...

Section 1752. - 1752. To the extent that necessary funds are available for...

Section 1752. - 1752. To the extent that necessary funds are available for...

Section 1752.05. - 1752.05. (a) The director shall provide for the development and...

Section 1752.1. - 1752.1. (a) The director may enter into contracts with the...

Section 1752.15. - 1752.15. (a) The director may enter into contracts, with the...

Section 1752.16. - 1752.16. (a) The Chief of the Division of Juvenile Facilities,...

Section 1752.2. - 1752.2. (a) The Division of Juvenile Justice, in partnership with...

Section 1752.3. - 1752.3. The director may, from any moneys made available for...

Section 1752.5. - 1752.5. The director may establish and maintain at any institution...

Section 1752.6. - 1752.6. The director may, with the approval of the Director...

Section 1752.7. - 1752.7. The director may collect statistics and information regarding juvenile...

Section 1752.8. - 1752.8. The Director of the Youth Authority may deposit any...

Section 1752.81. - 1752.81. (a) Whenever the Director of the Division of Juvenile...

Section 1752.82. - 1752.82. (a) Whenever an adult or minor is committed to...

Section 1752.83. - 1752.83. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 1752.85. - 1752.85. The Director of the Youth Authority may authorize the...

Section 1752.9. - 1752.9. The Department of the Youth Authority, with the approval...

Section 1752.95. - 1752.95. The director may, from time to time, and as...

Section 1753. - 1753. For the purpose of carrying out its duties, the...

Section 1753.1. - 1753.1. (a) The Director of the Youth Authority may enter...

Section 1753.3. - 1753.3. (a) The Director of the Youth Authority may enter...

Section 1753.4. - 1753.4. (a) Pursuant to Section 1753.3 the Director of the...

Section 1753.6. - 1753.6. In any case in which a ward of the...

Section 1753.7. - 1753.7. (a) Any female confined in a Department of the...

Section 1754. - 1754. Nothing in this chapter shall be taken to give...

Section 1755. - 1755. Public institutions and agencies are hereby required to accept...

Section 1755.3. - 1755.3. Whenever any person under the jurisdiction of the Youth...

Section 1755.4. - 1755.4. The Department of the Youth Authority, in consultation with...

Section 1755.5. - 1755.5. The Department of the Youth Authority may transfer to...

Section 1756. - 1756. Notwithstanding any other law, if, in the opinion of...

Section 1757. - 1757. The director may inspect all public institutions and agencies...

Section 1758. - 1758. Placement of a person by the authority in any...

Section 1759. - 1759. No person placed in such an institution or under...

Section 1760. - 1760. The director is hereby authorized when necessary and when...

Section 1760.4. - 1760.4. (a) The wards housed in forestry camps established by...

Section 1760.45. - 1760.45. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is hereby authorized...

Section 1760.5. - 1760.5. The director may require persons committed to the authority...

Section 1760.6. - 1760.6. The department may provide for the payment of wages...

Section 1760.7. - 1760.7. The director shall investigate, examine, and make reports upon...

Section 1760.8. - 1760.8. (a) The Department of the Youth Authority shall annually...

Section 1761. - 1761. The Youth Authority shall establish policies for a background...

Section 1762. - 1762. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 1763. - 1763. The authority shall keep written records of all examinations...

Section 1764. - 1764. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any of...

Section 1764.1. - 1764.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director or...

Section 1764.2. - 1764.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director...

Section 1764.3. - 1764.3. (a) Whenever a person is committed to the Youth...

Section 1764.5. - 1764.5. Whenever a minor is incarcerated in a Youth Authority...

Section 1765. - 1765. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the...

Section 1766. - 1766. (a) Subject to Sections 733 and 1767.35, and subdivision...

Section 1766.1. - 1766.1. When permitting an adult or minor committed to the...

Section 1766.2. - 1766.2. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all applicable...

Section 1766.5. - 1766.5. The director shall establish and maintain a fair, simple,...

Section 1767. - 1767. (a) Upon request, written notice of any hearing to...

Section 1767.1. - 1767.1. At least 30 days before the Youth Authority Board...

Section 1767.2. - 1767.2. Every order granting probation or parole to any person...

Section 1767.3. - 1767.3. (a) The written order of the Director of the...

Section 1767.35. - 1767.35. (a) For a ward discharged from the Division of...

Section 1767.4. - 1767.4. Whenever any person paroled by the Youth Authority Board...

Section 1767.5. - 1767.5. The authority may pay any private home for the...

Section 1767.6. - 1767.6. In parole revocation proceedings, a parolee or his attorney...

Section 1767.7. - 1767.7. A sum may be withdrawn by the authority from...

Section 1767.9. - 1767.9. Any person authorized to appear at a parole hearing...

Section 1768. - 1768. As a means of correcting the socially harmful tendencies...

Section 1768.1. - 1768.1. No contract shall be executed with an employer that...

Section 1768.7. - 1768.7. (a) Any person committed to the authority who escapes...

Section 1768.8. - 1768.8. (a) An assault or battery by any person confined...

Section 1768.85. - 1768.85. (a) Every person confined under the jurisdiction of the...

Section 1768.9. - 1768.9. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person...

Section 1768.10. - 1768.10. Notwithstanding any other law, the Youth Authority Board may...

Section 1769. - 1769. (a) A person who is committed to the Department...

Section 1770. - 1770. Every person convicted of a misdemeanor and committed to...

Section 1771. - 1771. (a) A person who is convicted of a felony...

Section 1772. - 1772. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), every person discharged by...

Section 1773. - 1773. (a) No condition or restriction upon the obtaining of...

Section 1774. - 1774. (a) A female who has been committed to the...

Section 1776. - 1776. Whenever an alleged parole violator is detained in a...

Section 1777. - 1777. Any moneys received pursuant to the Federal Social Security...

Section 1778. - 1778. Notwithstanding Section 11425.10 of the Government Code, Chapter 4.5...

ARTICLE 5 - Commitment to State Prison After Expiration of Control

Section 1780. - 1780. If the date of discharge occurs before the expiration...

Section 1781. - 1781. Upon the filing of a petition under this article,...

Section 1782. - 1782. Such committing court may thereupon discharge the person, admit...

Section 1783. - 1783. An appeal may be taken from the order of...

ARTICLE 5.2 - Juvenile Justice Community Resource Programs

Section 1784. - 1784. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 1784.1. - 1784.1. (a) The Director of the Youth Authority shall, upon...

Section 1784.2. - 1784.2. (a) The Director of the Youth Authority shall provide...

Section 1784.3. - 1784.3. The Director of the Youth Authority shall appoint an...

Section 1784.4. - 1784.4. The director may accept funds and grants from any...

ARTICLE 5.3 - Runaway and Homeless Youth

Section 1785. - 1785. The state advisory group established pursuant to the Juvenile...

Section 1786. - 1786. The advisory group shall do all of the following:...

ARTICLE 5.4 - Runaway Youth and Families in Crisis Project

Section 1787. - 1787. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 1788. - 1788. Each Runaway Youth and Families in Crisis Project established...

Section 1789. - 1789. (a) A Runaway Youth and Families in Crisis Project...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Crime and Delinquency Prevention

Section 1790. - 1790. The purpose of this article is to reduce crime...

Section 1791. - 1791. The Department of the Youth Authority shall exercise leadership...

Section 1792. - 1792. The Director of the Youth Authority may provide funds...

Section 1792.1. - 1792.1. The director shall make annual allocations from funds made...

Section 1792.2. - 1792.2. The director may make additional matching allocations from funds...

Section 1793. - 1793. The Director of the Youth Authority shall develop standards...

Section 1794. - 1794. Application for funds under Sections 1792, 1792.1, and 1792.2...

Section 1795. - 1795. To help communities develop effective local programs, the Director...

Section 1796. - 1796. The Director of the Youth Authority may from funds...

Section 1797. - 1797. The director may assist in the establishment of public...

Section 1798. - 1798. As of July 1, 2005, the State Commission on...

Section 1799. - 1799. The director may, with the approval of the Director...

ARTICLE 6 - Extended Detention of Dangerous Persons

Section 1800. - 1800. (a) Whenever the Division of Juvenile Facilities determines that...

Section 1800.5. - 1800.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of...

Section 1801. - 1801. (a) If a petition is filed with the court...

Section 1801.5. - 1801.5. If a trial is ordered pursuant to Section 1801,...

Section 1801.6. - 1801.6. When the venue of a proceeding under this chapter...

Section 1802. - 1802. When an order for continued detention is made as...

Section 1803. - 1803. An order of the committing court made pursuant to...

ARTICLE 7 - County Justice System Subvention Program

Section 1805. - 1805. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 1806. - 1806. (a) From any state moneys made available to it...

ARTICLE 7.5 - Juvenile Offender Local Prevention and Corrections Act

Section 1820. - 1820. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 1820.05. - 1820.05. For purposes of this article, “partnership funds” means the...

Section 1820.1. - 1820.1. Partnership funds shall be used only for the purpose...

Section 1820.15. - 1820.15. (a) The Department of the Youth Authority shall establish...

Section 1820.2. - 1820.2. The Department of the Youth Authority shall, in the...

Section 1820.25. - 1820.25. A county may apply to receive partnership funds under...

Section 1820.3. - 1820.3. A county shall be eligible for the receipt of...

Section 1820.4. - 1820.4. It is the intent of the Legislature that counties...

Section 1820.45. - 1820.45. (a) (1) The Department of the Youth Authority shall...

Section 1820.47. - 1820.47. In order to develop, establish, and operate residential and...

Section 1820.5. - 1820.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that,...

Section 1820.55. - 1820.55. The Department of the Youth Authority shall adopt emergency...

ARTICLE 8 - Work Furloughs

Section 1830. - 1830. The Director of the Youth Authority may participate in...

Section 1831. - 1831. When a person is committed to a facility under...

Section 1832. - 1832. If the Youth Authority work furlough administrator so directs...

Section 1833. - 1833. Whenever the ward is not employed and between the...

Section 1834. - 1834. The earnings of the ward shall be collected by...

Section 1835. - 1835. In the event the ward violates the conditions laid...

ARTICLE 9 - Youth Correctional Centers

Section 1850. - 1850. The purpose of this article is to protect society...

Section 1851. - 1851. In order to provide appropriate facilities for the rehabilitative...

Section 1852. - 1852. Complete operation and authority for administration of the youth...

Section 1853. - 1853. Juvenile court wards and criminal offenders eligible for probation...

Section 1854. - 1854. While under commitment to the youth correctional center, the...

Section 1855. - 1855. Earnings of offenders who reside in the center and...

Section 1856. - 1856. When in the opinion of the chief probation officer...

Section 1857. - 1857. The Board of Corrections shall adopt and prescribe the...

Section 1858. - 1858. No youth correctional center established pursuant to this article...

Section 1859. - 1859. Where any such youth correctional center is established, and...

Section 1860. - 1860. (a) From any state moneys made available to it...

Section 1861. - 1861. The Department of the Youth Authority shall report to...

ARTICLE 10 - Youth Service Bureaus

Section 1900. - 1900. The Legislature hereby finds that the most significant trend...

Section 1901. - 1901. Pursuant to the provisions of this article, any public...

Section 1902. - 1902. (a) The Department of the Youth Authority shall develop,...

Section 1903. - 1903. Application for funding of youth service bureaus under the...

Section 1904. - 1904. From any state moneys made available to it for...

Section 1905. - 1905. Each youth service bureau funded under this article shall...

ARTICLE 11 - Classification and Information System

Section 1910. - 1910. The Legislature hereby finds that wards are committed to...

Section 1911. - 1911. The Department of the Youth Authority shall, as resources...

Section 1912. - 1912. The Department of the Youth Authority shall, as resources...

Section 1913. - 1913. The Department of the Youth Authority shall seek federal...

ARTICLE 12 - Tattoo Removal

Section 1915. - 1915. (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of...

CHAPTER 1.5 - Youthful Offender Block Grant Program

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 1950. - 1950. The purpose of this chapter is to enhance the...

Section 1951. - 1951. (a) There is hereby established the Youthful Offender Block...

Section 1952. - 1952. For the 2007–08 fiscal year, all of the following...

Section 1953. - 1953. For the 2008–09 fiscal year, the total of the...

Section 1953.5. - 1953.5. For the 2009–10 fiscal year, the total of the...

Section 1954.1. - 1954.1. For each fiscal year, the Director of Finance shall...

Section 1955. - 1955. (a) The allocation amount for each county from the...

Section 1955.2. - 1955.2. Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1731.5, when an individual...

Section 1956. - 1956. The allocation for any eligible county from the Youthful...

ARTICLE 2 - Performance and Accountability

Section 1960. - 1960. The Legislature finds and declares that local youthful offender...

Section 1960.5. - 1960.5. (a) The State Commission on Juvenile Justice, pursuant to...

Section 1961. - 1961. (a) On or before May 1 of each year,...

Section 1962. - 1962. The Board of State and Community Corrections may monitor...

ARTICLE 3 - Local Youthful Offender Rehabilitative Facility Construction Grants

Section 1970. - 1970. (a) For the purposes of this article, “participating county”...

Section 1971. - 1971. (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, a participating...

Section 1972. - 1972. Upon the receipt by a participating county of responsive...

Section 1973. - 1973. (a) The board may issue up to two hundred...

Section 1974. - 1974. With the consent of the board, the department, and...

Section 1975. - 1975. (a) The authority shall adhere to its duly adopted...

Section 1976. - 1976. Participating county matching funds for projects funded under this...

Section 1977. - 1977. In support of state funding authorized by this article,...

Section 1978. - 1978. In the event that a county that has been...

CHAPTER 1.6 - Juvenile Reentry Grant for the Reentry of Persons Discharged from the Division of Juvenile Facilities

Section 1980. - 1980. The purpose of this chapter is to provide for...

Section 1981. - 1981. (a) There is hereby established a Juvenile Reentry Fund....

Section 1982. - 1982. (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of...

Section 1983. - 1983. For each fiscal year, beginning in the 2011–12 fiscal...

Section 1984. - 1984. (a) The amount allocated to each county probation department...

Section 1985. - 1985. This chapter shall become operative on the 90th day...

CHAPTER 1.7 - Juvenile Justice Realignment Block Grant

Section 1990. - 1990. (a) The Juvenile Justice Realignment Block Grant program is...

Section 1991. - 1991. (a) Commencing with the 2021–22 fiscal year, and annually...

Section 1995. - 1995. (a) To be eligible for funding described in Section...

CHAPTER 2 - Youth Center and Youth Shelter Bond Act of 1988

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 2000. - 2000. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 2001. - 2001. For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Acquiring” means obtaining...

ARTICLE 2 - Youth Center and Youth Shelter Bond Act Program

Section 2010. - 2010. Money in the 1988 County Correctional Facility Capital Expenditure...

Section 2011. - 2011. (a) The department shall, upon appropriation pursuant to Section...

Section 2012. - 2012. (a) A recipient of a contract for the acquisition...

Section 2013. - 2013. (a) The State of California shall be entitled to...

Section 2014. - 2014. A facility altered, acquired, renovated, constructed, or equipped using...

Section 2015. - 2015. In a youth center or youth shelter facility that...

Section 2016. - 2016. The department prior to issuing a request for proposal...

Section 2017. - 2017. Proposals for both youth centers and youth shelters shall...

Section 2018. - 2018. (a) (1) Funds shall be available in response to...

Section 2019. - 2019. The funds shall be given to applicants for youth...

Section 2020. - 2020. (a) For purposes of administering this chapter and the...

Section 2021. - 2021. No grant made pursuant to this chapter shall exceed...

Section 2022. - 2022. The committee, as defined in Section 4496.04 of the...

Section 2023. - 2023. The department shall develop a statewide needs assessment which...

Section 2024. - 2024. The department shall administer funds appropriated for youth centers...

Section 2025. - 2025. A county that is the recipient of a contract...

CHAPTER 3 - Governor s Mentoring Partnership

Section 2100. - 2100. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that California’s children...

Section 2104. - 2104. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 2106. - 2106. It is the intent of the Legislature that all...

CHAPTER 4 - Office of Youth and Community Restoration

Section 2200. - 2200. (a) Commencing July 1, 2021, there is in the...

Section 2200. - 2200. (a) Commencing July 1, 2021, there is in the...

Section 2200.2. - 2200.2. (a) If the office of the ombudsperson decides to...

Section 2200.5. - 2200.5. (a) The ombudsperson shall publish and provide regular reports...

Section 2200.7. - 2200.7. (a) The office shall hire the necessary personnel to...

Section 2201. - 2201. (a) Until July 1, 2023, the committee established pursuant...

CHAPTER 5 - Regional Youth Programs and Facilities Grant Program

Section 2250. - 2250. (a) Nine million six hundred thousand dollars ($9,600,000) is...