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The Government of California's executive branch includes numerous types of entities such as departments, commissions, boards, panels, bureaus, and offices. The generic term for any entity is "department". Most entities are grouped together to form "superagencies", which are led by a secretary of the Governor's Cabinet.
Department: Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information, California Department of Justice. Function: Tracks the serial numbers of every firearm owned by government, observed by law enforcement, seized, destroyed, held in evidence, reported stolen, recovered, voluntarily registered, or handled by a firearms dealer (except most long guns).
The Department of Social Services is divided into 10 divisions, with programs, branches, and agencies under those divisions: Administration; Legal; Children and Family Services; Community Care Licensing; Disability Determination Service; Adult Programs; Family Engagement and Empowerment; State Hearings; Information Systems
The California Department of Community Services and Development (CSD) is a department within the California Health and Human Services Agency which is tasked with providing economic assistance. It State Office of Economic Opportunity in 1964, which was created in response to the passage of the federal Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 .
The California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS) is the state agency tasked with administration and oversight of "state and federal programs for health care, social services, public assistance and rehabilitation" in the U.S. state of California.
California uses the separation of powers system to structure its government. It is composed of three branches: the executive, consisting of the governor of California and the other constitutionally elected and appointed officers and offices; the legislative, consisting of the California State Legislature, which includes the Assembly and the ...
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is a department within the California Health and Human Services Agency that finances and administers a number of individual health care service delivery programs, including Medi-Cal, which provides health care services to low-income people.
The Hazardous Waste Control Act of 1972 [3] established legal standards for hazardous waste. Accordingly, in 1972, the Department of Health Services (now called the California Health and Human Services Agency) created a hazardous waste management unit, staffing it in 1973 with five employees concerned primarily with developing regulations and setting fees for the disposal of hazardous waste.