Section 46000 Of Chapter 1. Findings, Declarations, And Intent From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 28. >> Chapter 1.
46000
. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:
(a) Excessive noise is a serious hazard to the public health and
welfare.
(b) Exposure to certain levels of noise can result in
physiological, psychological, and economic damage.
(c) There is a continuous and increasing bombardment of noise in
the urban, suburban, and rural areas.
(d) Government has not taken the steps necessary to provide for
the control, abatement, and prevention of unwanted and hazardous
noise.
(e) The State of California has a responsibility to protect the
health and welfare of its citizens by the control, prevention, and
abatement of noise.
(f) All Californians are entitled to a peaceful and quiet
environment without the intrusion of noise which may be hazardous to
their health or welfare.
(g) It is the policy of the state to provide an environment for
all Californians free from noise that jeopardizes their health or
welfare. To that end it is the purpose of this division to establish
a means for effective coordination of state activities in noise
control and to take such action as will be necessary to achieve the
purposes of this section.