California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency
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 Agency headquarters at the Bank of the West Tower | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | July 1, 2013 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of California |
| Headquarters | Sacramento, California |
| Employees | 7,970[1] |
| Annual budget | $5.78 billion (2023) [1] |
| Agency executive |
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| Website | bcsh |
The Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency (BCSH) is the California government cabinet-level agency that assists and educates consumers regarding the licensing, regulation, and enforcement of professionals and businesses.[3] The agency is headquartered at the Bank of the West Tower in Sacramento.
Organization
[edit]Departments
[edit]- Civil Rights Department (CRD)
- Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA)
- Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)
- Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI)
- Department of Real Estate (DRE)
- Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC)
- Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board
- California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Commissions
[edit]- California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH)
- California Seismic Safety Commission
History
[edit]The agency was first formed in 2013 under Governor Jerry Brown following the splitting of the California State Transportation Agency from the California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency in the previous year, with several non-transportation-related departments from the California State and Consumer Services Agency being sorted under the new agency.
Proposed split
[edit]In 2025, as part of the reorganization of the BCSH within the budget, Governor Gavin Newsom proposed spinning off the California Department of Housing and Community Development, along with the California Interagency Council on Homelessness, California Housing Finance Agency and the Civil Rights Department, into a separate cabinet-level superagency, the California Housing and Homelessness Agency (CHHA).[4][5][6] The proposal would also rename the remaining agency as the Business and Consumer Services Agency (BCSA).
References
[edit]- ^ a b "CA.gov - EBudget". State of California.
- ^ "California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency". Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency.
- ^ "About Us". California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
- ^ "BCSH - Reorganization". bcsh.ca.gov. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ^ "CSAC Supports Proposed Reorg to Create State Agency Focused on Housing and Homelessness". California State Association of Counties. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ^ "GRP 1: Governor's reorganization plan: reorganization of executive branch of state government. | Digital Democracy". calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Title 16 Professional and Vocational Regulations of the California Code of Regulations from Thomson Reuters
- Title 4 Business Regulations of the California Code of Regulations from Thomson Reuters
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