In California,

councils of governments Councils of governments (CoGs—also known as regional councils, regional commissions, regional planning commissions, and planning districts) are regional governing and/or coordinating bodies that exist throughout the United States. CoGs are norma ...

are voluntary organizations of local governments within a specific region. They are organized as joint powers authorities and funded by dues from their member governments.{{Cite web, last=, first=, date=, title=What are Councils of Governments?, url=https://wrcog.us/246/What-are-Councils-of-Governments, url-status=live, archive-url=, archive-date=, access-date=2021-01-18, publisher=Western Riverside Council of Governments They play a number of official roles in state governmental processes such as developing regional housing need allocations (RHNAs). The state has 23

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Association of Bay Area Governments The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) is a regional planning agency incorporating various local governments in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. It encompasses nine counties surrounding the San Francisco Bay. Those counties are ...

Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments The Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG) is a regional governmental organization which consists of representation of a large number of public agencies within Monterey County, Santa Cruz County and San Benito County, California. AMB ...

* Butte County Association of Governments * Calaveras County Council of Governments * Coachella Valley Association of Governments * Council of San Benito County Governments * Fresno Council of Governments * Humboldt County Association of Governments *

Kern Council of Governments KERN (1180 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Wasco-Greenacres, California, and serving the Bakersfield metropolitan area. The station is owned by American General Media. The radio studios and offices are in the American General Medi ...

* Lake County/City Area Planning Council * Mendocino Council of Governments *

Merced County Association of Governments Merced (; Spanish for "Mercy") is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California, United States, in the San Joaquin Valley. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 86,333, up from 78,958 in 2010. Incorporated on April 1 ...

* Orange County Council of Governments * Sacramento Area Council of Governments *

San Bernardino Council of Governments San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG or SanBAG) was an association of the San Bernardino County local governments and the regional transportation planning agency Including also regional planning organization for the county, with policy ...

* San Luis Obispo Council of Governments * San Joaquin Council of Governments *

Santa Barbara County Association of Governments Santa Barbara County, California, officially the County of Santa Barbara, is located in Southern California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 448,229. The county seat is Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara ...

South Bay Cities Council of Governments South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...

Southern California Association of Governments The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) of six of the ten counties in Southern California, serving Imperial County, Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bern ...

Tulare County Association of Governments Tulare may refer to: * , a United States Navy attack cargo ship in commission from 1956 to 1986 Places Serbia * Tulare, Medveđa * Tulare (Prokuplje) United States * Tulare, California * Tulare, South Dakota * Tulare County, California * Tulare ...

Stanislaus Council of Governments Stanislav and variants may refer to: People * Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, Cal ...

* Western Riverside Council of Governments

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