1760 Department of General Services
Program Descriptions

10 - BUILDING REGULATION SERVICES

With a multi-billion dollar annual investment in facilities for state offices and public schools, centralized responsibilities for inspection and approval are needed. This is achieved in the following ways: (a) Assuring protection of lives and property in public buildings through plan review and field supervision; (b) Insuring that facilities constructed with state funds are accessible to the physically handicapped; (c) Developing uniform public health and safety regulations for state and public building construction; (d) Administering the State School Facility Program, which provides financial assistance to school districts for the development of school sites, construction, and modernization or replacement of school buildings; and (e) Adopting, codifying and publishing building standards for design and construction throughout California.

15 - REAL ESTATE SERVICES

Centralized responsibilities for leasing, planning, acquisition, design, construction, maintenance and operation are needed to ensure quality, avoid redundancy and deliver property and facilities at the lowest possible cost. This is achieved by: (a) Providing adequate space for state operations at a cost below that which each agency could provide for itself; (b) Assuring protection of lives and property in public buildings through progressive design and proactive construction inspection; (c) Selecting the most qualified firms (both internal and external) to design and construct high quality facilities for other state departments in order to deliver their programs to the citizens of California; (d) Acquiring, managing and disposing of real property assets for state agencies, and providing public service facilities with economy of operations and uniform practices for protecting the public's interests and insuring equitable treatment of private property owners; and (e) Preserving the state's capital investment in buildings, grounds, and equipment through an efficient and effective centralized maintenance and operations program.

20 - STATEWIDE SUPPORT SERVICES

To fulfill their program responsibilities, state agencies require support services for business transactions and activities which are basic to their organizational functions. These operational requirements include procurement of materials, communication, transportation, printing, and related business and office services. Other state agency support requirements include consulting services for legal contracts and insurance management. Additionally, licensing agencies require services of hearing officers for alleged violations by license holders. These diverse services are more effectively and economically provided under a consolidated program which centralizes resources, capabilities, talents, and facilities for efficient response to support requirements of client state agencies.

30 - ADMINISTRATION

This program provides the executive leadership for the department by directing departmental operations, setting policy, making decisions concerning program operations and ensuring that departmental programs and services are carried out in accordance with the Governor's policies and legislative intent as codified in the State Constitution, the Government Code, the Administrative Procedures Act and the State Administrative Manual.

This program also provides the department with the necessary management and administrative services which include: personnel, training, information technology, budgeting, accounting and other support services necessary to ensure smooth and efficient operating of the line functions of the department.