CA Health & Safety Code Section 100335

The department may do all of the following activities:

(1)

Make a continuing study of births, deaths, marriages, and divorces, in order to provide a continuing analysis of trends to state agencies and to the Legislature.

(2)

Request and receive demographic and population data from the Department of Finance.

(3)

Make any additional collection of data necessary to describe and analyze fertility, family formation and dissolution, abortion practices, and other factors related to population dynamics, public health, and the environment.

(4)

Assess the health, environmental, and related effects of current and projected population.

(5)

Formulate recommendations for programs, consistent with individual rights and the integrity of the environment, to respond to projected trends.