The board of public welfare may make suggestions for improving the administration to the persons in charge of such county institutions, and may report to the board of supervisors, or to any other official having jurisdiction, any facts which the board believes such officials should know. If the board of public welfare or one of its committees finds in any institution any condition contrary to public policy and good order, or which it believes is injurious to the county or to the inmates of the institution, it shall report such condition to the board of supervisors or to any other officials having jurisdiction, stating the facts observed and suggesting remedies.

(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)

Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 18108

  • County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
  • 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.
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