“Qualifying urban area” means any of the following when they occur within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley:

(a) A geographical area having a population of 50,000 or more inhabitants within the jurisdiction of a city, or a town, as defined by Sections 20 and 21 of the Government Code.

Terms Used In California Fish and Game Code 1779

  • District: means fish and game district. See California Fish and Game Code 41
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Mile: means either a statute mile (5,280 feet) or a nautical mile (6,077 feet) depending on the application. See California Fish and Game Code 55

(b) A portion of any geographical area within a town, as defined in § 21 of the Government Code, which has a population density equal to, or exceeding, 1,500 persons per square mile and which has a population of 50,000 or more inhabitants.

(c) A geographical area having a population density equal to, or exceeding, 1,500 persons per square mile, and an adjacent city, as defined in § 20 of the Government Code, where the combined population of the geographical area and the city equals 50,000 or more inhabitants.

(d) A geographical area within the sphere of influence of a city or community services district for which the projected population of the adopted general plan equals 10,000 or more inhabitants.

(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1254, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)