California Welfare and Institutions Code
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The California Welfare and Institutions Code is a body of state law that governs public social services, including programs and protections for vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California Welfare and Institutions Code canonical | 11 |
| California Welfare and Institutions Code § 2615 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7053872 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Welfare and Institutions Code Context triple: [California Department of Developmental Services, legalFramework, California Welfare and Institutions Code]
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A.
California Penal Code
The California Penal Code is the primary body of criminal law in the state of California, defining crimes, penalties, and procedures for their prosecution.
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B.
California Government Code
The California Government Code is a comprehensive collection of state statutes that organizes and regulates the structure, powers, and procedures of California’s state and local government.
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C.
California Probate Code
The California Probate Code is the body of state law that governs the administration of estates, wills, trusts, and related probate proceedings in California.
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D.
California Family Code
The California Family Code is a comprehensive body of state law that governs family-related legal matters such as marriage, divorce, child custody, and support within California.
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E.
California Code of Regulations
The California Code of Regulations is the official compilation of administrative rules and regulations issued by California’s state agencies to implement and interpret state law.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Welfare and Institutions Code Target entity description: The California Welfare and Institutions Code is a body of state law that governs public social services, including programs and protections for vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities.
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A.
California Penal Code
The California Penal Code is the primary body of criminal law in the state of California, defining crimes, penalties, and procedures for their prosecution.
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B.
California Government Code
The California Government Code is a comprehensive collection of state statutes that organizes and regulates the structure, powers, and procedures of California’s state and local government.
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C.
California Probate Code
The California Probate Code is the body of state law that governs the administration of estates, wills, trusts, and related probate proceedings in California.
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D.
California Family Code
The California Family Code is a comprehensive body of state law that governs family-related legal matters such as marriage, divorce, child custody, and support within California.
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E.
California Code of Regulations
The California Code of Regulations is the official compilation of administrative rules and regulations issued by California’s state agencies to implement and interpret state law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
California state law
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codified statute ⓘ legal code ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
children in California
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elderly persons in California ⓘ individuals with disabilities in California ⓘ low-income individuals in California ⓘ |
| contains |
provisions on CalWORKs program
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provisions on In-Home Supportive Services ⓘ provisions on Lanterman-Petris-Short Act procedures ⓘ provisions on administration of county welfare departments ⓘ provisions on adoption services ⓘ provisions on adult protective services ⓘ provisions on child protective services ⓘ provisions on confidentiality of welfare records ⓘ provisions on developmental disability services ⓘ provisions on eligibility for social services ⓘ provisions on foster care ⓘ provisions on funding of social services programs ⓘ provisions on involuntary civil commitment ⓘ provisions on juvenile delinquency proceedings ⓘ provisions on juvenile dependency proceedings ⓘ provisions on mental health treatment ⓘ provisions on protective custody of minors ⓘ provisions on public guardian and conservatorship ⓘ provisions on state oversight of social services ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
California Department of Health Care Services
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California Department of Social Services ⓘ California courts ⓘ county welfare departments in California ⓘ |
| governs |
adult protective services in California
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child welfare services in California ⓘ developmental services in California ⓘ mental health services in California ⓘ public assistance programs in California ⓘ public social services in California ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of California
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linked to:
California, United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
juvenile law
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mental health law ⓘ public assistance law ⓘ social welfare law ⓘ |
| legislatedBy | California State Legislature ⓘ |
| publishedIn |
Deering’s California Codes
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linked to:
California Codes
West’s Annotated California Codes ⓘ |
| purpose |
to establish duties of public agencies providing social services
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to protect vulnerable populations in California ⓘ to provide and regulate public social services in California ⓘ |
| subjectTo | amendment by California Legislature ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: California Welfare and Institutions Code Description of subject: The California Welfare and Institutions Code is a body of state law that governs public social services, including programs and protections for vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
California Department of Developmental Services
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legalFramework
→
California Welfare and Institutions Code
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Juvenile Division (Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara)
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appliesLaw
→
California Welfare and Institutions Code
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subject linked to:
Juvenile division
Juvenile Division (Orange County Superior Court)
→
appliesLaw
→
California Welfare and Institutions Code
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subject linked to:
Juvenile Division
Juvenile Division (Sacramento County Superior Court)
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governedBy
→
California Welfare and Institutions Code
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subject linked to:
Juvenile Division
Juvenile Division (Santa Clara County Superior Court)
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governedBy
→
California Welfare and Institutions Code
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subject linked to:
Juvenile Division
linked to: California Welfare and Institutions Code
Area Agencies on Aging in California
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regulatoryAuthority
→
California Welfare and Institutions Code
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California county mental health departments
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legalBasis
→
California Welfare and Institutions Code
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