Section 11508 Of Chapter 5. Administrative Adjudication: Formal Hearing From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5.
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. (a) The agency shall consult the office, and subject to the
availability of its staff, shall determine the time and place of the
hearing. The hearing shall be held at a hearing facility maintained
by the office in Sacramento, Oakland, Los Angeles, or San Diego and
shall be held at the facility that is closest to the location where
the transaction occurred or the respondent resides.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the hearing may be held at
either of the following places:
(1) A place selected by the agency that is closer to the location
where the transaction occurred or the respondent resides.
(2) A place within the state selected by agreement of the parties.
(c) The respondent may move for, and the administrative law judge
has discretion to grant or deny, a change in the place of the
hearing. A motion for a change in the place of the hearing shall be
made within 10 days after service of the notice of hearing on the
respondent.
Unless good cause is identified in writing by the administrative
law judge, hearings shall be held in a facility maintained by the
office.