65065-65065.4

GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 65065-65065.4




65065.  The district shall have power to establish and maintain such
offices as are judged best to facilitate the accomplishment of the
purposes of the district, and to take by grant, purchase, devise, or
gift, or to lease or rent, and to hold, use, and enjoy any property
necessary or convenient to the establishment, maintenance, or
operation of such offices, and to exchange or dispose of such
property, except that the district shall not purchase real property.



65065.1.  The district may perform the following four major
functions:
   (a) The district may prepare, maintain, and regularly review and
revise, a regional plan as defined in Section 65060.7, and may, after
at least two public hearings in different parts of the region and
such other public meetings as may appear to it advisable, adopt such
plan as the regional plan for the region. In preparing, adopting,
maintaining, reviewing and revising the regional plan, the board
shall take account of and seek to harmonize, within the framework of
the needs of the regional community as a whole, the master or general
plans of cities and counties within the region, and the plans and
planning activities of state, federal and other public and private
agencies, organizations and instrumentalities within the region and
adjacent to it.
   (b) The district, acting in its own judgment, may make, publish,
or assist in making or publishing, studies or investigations of the
resources of the region and of existing or emerging problems of any
nature related to the physical growth and development, living
conditions, beauty, or prosperity of the region, or any part thereof.
   (c) The district may, acting in its own judgment, offer its
facilities and services to assist in the solution of problems related
to physical development involving two or more governing bodies,
planning commissions, agencies, organizations or instrumentalities,
public or private; and may otherwise participate in any program or
activity intended to seek or find common or co-operative solutions to
problems related to physical development or the integration of
policies related to physical development and conservation within the
region, or in any part thereof.



65065.2.  The district shall have power to contract or otherwise
participate in, and to accept grants, funds, or services from the
federal government, its agencies or instrumentalities in connection
with any federal program judged by the board to be relevant to its
functions; and the board shall similarly have the power to contract
or otherwise participate in, and to accept grants, funds, or services
from the State, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or any
city, county, civic organization or private person in connection with
any program judged by the board to be relevant to its function.



65065.3.  The district shall have power to contract with any person,
firm, association, or corporation, or to contract for any other
types of services judged by the board to be necessary or convenient
for carrying out the purposes of the district.




65065.4.  The board, acting with the advice of the director, shall
determine the compensation, number, and general duties of personnel
employed by the district.