California Government Code § 7901

For the purposes of Article XIII B of the California Constitution and this division: (a) “Change in California per capita personal income” means the number resulting when the quotient of the California personal income, as published by the United States Department of Commerce in the Survey of Current Business for the fourth quarter of a calendar year divided by the civilian population of the state on January 1 of the next calendar year, as estimated by the Department of Finance, is divided by the similarly determined quotient for the next prior year. For example, the change in California per capita personal income for 1979 (to be used for computing the appropriations limit for the 1980–81 fiscal year) would equal the fourth quarter 1979 personal income divided by the January 1, 1980, population, the quotient divided by the fourth quarter 1978 personal income divided by the January 1, 1979, population. (b) “Change in population” for a local agency for a calendar year means the number resulting when the percentage change in population between January 1 of the next calendar year and January 1 of the calendar year in question, as estimated by the Department of Finance pursuant to Section 2227 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for each city and county and Section 2228 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for each special district, plus 100, is divided by 100. For example, the change in population for 1979 would equal the percentage change in population between January 1, 1980, and January 1, 1979, plus 100, the sum divided by 100. For purposes of the state’s appropriations limit, “change in population” means the number resulting when the civilian population of the state on January 1 of the next calendar year, as estimated by the Department of Finance, is divided by the similarly estimated population for January 1 of the calendar year in question. For example, the change in population for 1979 (to be used for computing the appropriations limit for the 1980–81 fiscal year) would equal the January 1, 1980, population divided by the January 1, 1979, population. A city or special district may choose to use the change in population within its jurisdiction or within the county in which it is located. For a special district located in two or more counties, the special district may choose to use the change in population in the county in which the portion of the district is located which has the highest assessed valuation. Each city and special district shall select its change in population pursuant to this paragraph annually by a recorded vote of the governing body of the city or special district. A charter city and county may choose to use the change in population provided in this paragraph or may choose to use the change in population provided in Section 2 of Chapter 1221 of the Statutes of 1980. A county may choose to use any one of the following: (1) The change in population within its jurisdiction. (2) The change in population within its jurisdiction, combined with the change in population within all counties having borders that are contiguous to that county. (3) The change in population within the incorporated portion of the county. (c) “Change in population” for a school district means the change in average daily attendance between the year prior to that for which the appropriations limit is being computed and the year for which the appropriations limit is being computed, using the average daily attendance as defined in Section 7906. (d) “Change in population” for a community college district means the number resulting when the average daily attendance reported by the community college district for state apportionment funding purposes computed pursuant to former Article 2 (commencing with Section 84520) of Chapter 4 of Part 50 of the Education Code is divided by the similarly computed average daily attendance for the previous year. (e) “Local agency” means a city, county, city and county, special district, aut

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