Cal. Codes » Government Code / TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA / DIVISION 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT / PART 1. STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES / CHAPTER 4.5. Administrative Adjudication: General Provisions / ARTICLE 9. General Procedural Provisions
California Codes

Cal. Government Code § 11440.30 (2026)

General Procedural Provisions

✓ leginfo export of Sept. 26, 2026 (applied Oct. 1, 2026)
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section CA-LEGleginfo.legislature.ca.gov JustiaCode on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

(a)The presiding officer may conduct all or part of a hearing by telephone, television, or other electronic means if each participant in the hearing has an opportunity to participate in and to hear the entire proceeding while it is taking place and to observe exhibits.

(b)(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), the presiding officer may not conduct all of a hearing by telephone, television, or other electronic means if a party objects.

(2)If a party objects pursuant to paragraph (1) to a hearing being conducted by electronic means, the presiding officer shall consider the objections and may, in the presiding officer’s discretion, structure the hearing to address the party’s specific objections and may require the presiding officer, parties, and witnesses, or a subset of parties and witnesses based on the specific objections, to be present in a physical location during all or part of the hearing.

(c)Subdivision (b) is not a limitation on the presiding officer transmitting the hearing by telephone, television, or other electronic means or receiving comments via electronic means from participants who are not parties or witnesses.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2014–2024 · leading case: Ramirez v. Superior Court, No. F082588 (Cal. Ct. App. Feb. 9, 2023).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Ramirez v. Superior Court, No. F082588 (Cal. Ct. App. Feb. 9, 2023). · cites it 8× “07”) and former Government Code section 11440.30 from allowing the officer to testify telephonically.”
Ramirez v. Super. Ct., No. F082588 (Cal. Ct. App. Mar. 8, 2023). · cites it 8× “07”) and former Government Code section 11440.30 from allowing the officer to testify telephonically.”
RND Contractors v. Cal. Occupational Saf. & Health Appeals Bd., No. G063241 (Cal. Ct. App. May 15, 2024). · cites it 7× “The court declared, “the Board is and was permitted to implement videoconferences or Zoom appeal hearings without compliance with the APA when implementing solely Government Code section 11440.30 rights and standards.”
Vanhouten v. Dept. of Motor Vehs., No. E057310 (Cal. Ct. App. Sept. 15, 2014). · cites it 4× “Before the hearing, Gardella had objected by letter “to a telephonic hearing or any testimony of a telephonic nature,” citing Government Code section 11440.30, subdivision (b), and California Code of Regulations, Title 13, section 115.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.