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Cal. Penal Code § 925a (2026)

Investigation of County, City, and District Affairs

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The grand jury may at any time examine the books and records of any incorporated city or joint powers agency located in the county. In addition to any other investigatory powers granted by this chapter, the grand jury may investigate and report upon the operations, accounts, and records of the officers, departments, functions, and the method or system of performing the duties of any such city or joint powers agency and make such recommendations as it may deem proper and fit.

The grand jury may investigate and report upon the needs of all joint powers agencies in the county, including the abolition or creation of agencies and the equipment for, or the method or system of performing the duties of, the several agencies. It shall cause a copy of any such report to be transmitted to the governing body of any affected agency.

As used in this section, “joint powers agency” means an agency described in Section 6506 of the Government Code whose jurisdiction encompasses all or part of a county.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1975–2022 · leading case: People v. Superior Court (1973 Grand Jury), 531 P.2d 761 (Cal. 1975).
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People v. Superior Court (1973 Grand Jury), 531 P.2d 761 (Cal. 1975). · cites it 2× “1969, ch. 931, § 1, p. 1870; Pen. Code, § 933.5), and, most recently, the state of the fiscal affairs of any incorporated city within the county (Stats.”
Bd. of Ret. of Santa Barbara Cty. v. Santa Barbara Cty. Grand Jury, 58 Cal. App. 4th 1185 (Cal. Ct. App. 1997). “Penal Code section 925 et seq. evinces the Legislature’s intent to permit the grand jury to investigate the functions and operations of almost *1191 any local government entity.”
Quadra v. Superior Ct. of City & Cty. of San Francisco, 403 F. Supp. 486 (N.D. Cal. 1975). “The grand jury is also assigned the duty of investigating and reporting on the needs of all county officers, “including the abolition or creation of offices and the equipment for, or the method or system of performing the duties of, the several offices.”
Untitled California Attorney Gen. Opinion (Cal. Att'y Gen. 2022). “54 This generic definition of “prison” clearly encompasses a jail, and the Legislature is presumed to be aware of our opinion applying this definition to section 919(b).”
Untitled California Attorney Gen. Opinion (Cal. Att'y Gen. 1987). “665, 688 ; In re Sealed Case, 5 Penal Code section 925a authorizes a grand jury to "report upon the operations, accounts, and records of the offices, departments, functions, and the method or system of performing the duties of any [incorporated] city.”
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