2009 California Government Code - Section 69100-69107 :: Article 1. General Provisions

69100.  The state is divided into six court of appeal districts
designated and constituted as follows:
   (a) The Counties of San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Solano,
Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt, Del Norte, Contra Costa, Alameda, and San
Mateo shall constitute the First Appellate District.
   (b) The Counties of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and
Los Angeles shall constitute the Second Appellate District.
   (c) The Counties of Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen,
Tehama, Plumas, Colusa, Glenn, Butte, Sierra, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada,
Yolo, Placer, Sacramento, El Dorado, San Joaquin, Amador, Calaveras,
Alpine, and Mono shall constitute the Third Appellate District.
   (d) The Counties of Inyo, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, San
Diego, and Imperial shall constitute the Fourth Appellate District.
   (e) The Counties of Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced, Mariposa,
Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, and Kern shall constitute the Fifth
Appellate District.
   (f) The Counties of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San
Benito shall constitute the Sixth Appellate District.

69101.  The Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District
consists of five divisions having four judges each, and shall hold
its regular sessions at San Francisco.

69102.  The Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District
consists of eight divisions having four judges each. One division
shall hold its regular sessions in Ventura County, Santa Barbara
County, or San Luis Obispo County, at the discretion of the judges of
that division, and the other divisions shall hold their regular
sessions at Los Angeles.

69103.  The Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District
consists of one division having 11 judges and shall hold its regular
sessions at Sacramento.

69104.  The Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District
consists of three divisions. One division shall hold its regular
sessions at San Diego and shall have 10 judges. One division shall
hold its regular sessions in the San Bernardino/Riverside area and
shall have seven judges. One division shall hold its regular sessions
in Orange County and shall have eight judges.

69105.  The Court of Appeal for the Fifth Appellate District
consists of one division having 10 judges and shall hold its regular
sessions at Fresno.

69106.  The Court of Appeal for the Sixth Appellate District
consists of one division having seven judges and shall hold its
regular sessions at San Jose.

69107.  Upon the creation of a new court of appeal district or
division, the Governor shall appoint pursuant to subdivision (d) of
Section 16 of Article VI of the Constitution three or more persons to
serve as judges thereof as provided in the legislation creating the
district or division. The judges of said district or division elected
at the first general election at which they had the right to become
candidates shall so classify themselves by lot that the term of
office for at least one of them expires at the end of four years, at
least one of them at the end of eight years, and at least one of them
at the end of 12 years, and entry of such classification shall be
made in the minutes of said district or division, signed by each of
the judges thereof, and a duplicate thereof filed in the office of
the Secretary of State.