Section 11511.7 Of Chapter 5. Administrative Adjudication: Formal Hearing From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5.
11511.7
. (a) The administrative law judge may order the parties to
attend and participate in a settlement conference. The administrative
law judge shall set the time and place for the settlement
conference, and shall give reasonable written notice to all parties.
(b) The administrative law judge at the settlement conference
shall not preside as administrative law judge at the hearing unless
otherwise stipulated by the parties. The administrative law judge may
conduct all or part of the settlement conference by telephone,
television, or other electronic means if each participant in the
conference has an opportunity to participate in and to hear the
entire proceeding while it is taking place.