SB 827 COMPLIANCE
Cities, counties and special districts in California are required by law (AB 1234, Chapter 700, Stats. of 2005 and SB 827, Chapter 661, Stats. of 2025) to provide ethics training to their local officials. As of January 1, 2026, SB 827 expands the ethics training requirement to department heads or similar administrators of local agencies, including educational agencies. All local agency officials must complete an ethics training course. Both AB 1234 and SB 827 state (define):
(c) “Local agency official” means any of the following:
(1) A member of a local agency legislative body or an elected officer of a local agency who receives any type of compensation, salary, or stipend or reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.
Cloverdale Health Care District elected officials do not receive any type of described monetary compensation stated in the law.