Category:PD-CaliforniaGov

Works in this category are the work of a State of California employee, taken or made during the course of that person's official duties, and are consequently in the public domain due to the California Public Records Act.

Works in this category are also in the public domain in the U.S. because they are edicts of a government, local or foreign. See § 313.6(C)(2) of the Compendium II: Copyright Office Practices. Such documents include "legislative enactments, judicial decisions, administrative rulings, public ordinances, or similar types of official legal materials" as well as "any translation prepared by a government employee acting within the course of his or her official duties."