Cal. PEN § 14308
This is the official text of Cal. PEN § 14308, part of California’s Penal Code — defines crimes and sets criminal procedure in California.
Not legal advice. This page reproduces the official text of a government statute for reference only. Laws change, and how a statute applies depends on your specific facts. For advice about your situation, consult a licensed attorney in your state.
Official statutory text
(a) The secretary may award grants to public and private entities for training public prosecutors, peace officers, firefighters, community-based nonprofit organizations, and state or local environmental regulators in the investigation and enforcement of environmental laws.
(b) The secretary may award local assistance grants as follows for the enforcement of environmental laws:
(1) To local environmental regulators.
(2) To community-based nonprofit organizations.
(3) To local environmental regulators jointly with community-based nonprofit organizations.
(c) The secretary may allow local environmental regulators to subgrant funding to community-based nonprofit organizations.
(d) Grant funding awarded to community-based nonprofit organizations either directly by the secretary or through a subgrant pursuant to this section may be used to address environmental violations that occur in or disproportionately impact disadvantaged communities, to support the inclusion of residents of disadvantaged communities in environmental enforcement efforts, for the identification and investigation of environmental violations, and for the development and litigation of environmental enforcement cases.
(b) The secretary may award local assistance grants as follows for the enforcement of environmental laws:
(1) To local environmental regulators.
(2) To community-based nonprofit organizations.
(3) To local environmental regulators jointly with community-based nonprofit organizations.
(c) The secretary may allow local environmental regulators to subgrant funding to community-based nonprofit organizations.
(d) Grant funding awarded to community-based nonprofit organizations either directly by the secretary or through a subgrant pursuant to this section may be used to address environmental violations that occur in or disproportionately impact disadvantaged communities, to support the inclusion of residents of disadvantaged communities in environmental enforcement efforts, for the identification and investigation of environmental violations, and for the development and litigation of environmental enforcement cases.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
Dealing with a criminal defense matter in California?
See all California Criminal Defense lawyers
About this page: Statute text is reproduced from official government publishers via the
Open US Law dataset
(Vaquill AI, snapshot v2026.08, CC BY 4.0). Primary legislative text like this is public domain under the government-edicts doctrine
(Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). We link every section back to its official source so you can verify it independently.