For CCS27, the state is divided into seven zones. For CCS83, the state is divided into six zones. Zone 7 of CCS27, which encompasses Los Angeles County, is eliminated and the area is included in Zone 5 of CCS83.

Each zone of CCS27 is a Lambert conformal conic projection based on Clarke’s Spheroid of 1866, which is the basis of NAD27. The points of control of zones one to six, inclusive, bear the coordinates: Northing (y) = 000.00 feet and Easting (x) = 2,000,000 feet. The point of control of Zone 7 bears the coordinates: Northing (y) = 4,160,926.74 feet and Easting (x) = 4,186,692.58 feet.

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Each zone of CCS83 is a Lambert conformal conic projection based on the Geodetic Reference System of 1980, which is the basis of NAD83. The point of control of each of the six zones bear the coordinates: Northing (y) = 500,000 meters and Easting (x) = 2,000,000 meters.

The area included in the following counties constitutes Zone 1 of CCS27 and CCS83: Del Norte, Humboldt, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity.

The area included in the following counties constitutes Zone 2 of CCS27 and CCS83: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba.

The area included in the following counties constitutes Zone 3 of CCS27 and CCS83: Alameda, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne.

The area included in the following counties constitutes Zone 4 of CCS27 and CCS83: Fresno, Inyo, Kings, Monterey, San Benito, and Tulare.

The area included in the following counties and Channel Islands constitutes Zone 5 of CCS27: Kern, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara (excepting Santa Barbara Island), and Ventura (excepting San Nicholas Island) and the Channel Islands of Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel, and Anacapa.

The area included in the following counties and Channel Islands constitutes Zone 5 of CCS83: Kern, Los Angeles (excepting San Clemente and Santa Catalina Islands), San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara (excepting Santa Barbara Island), and Ventura (excepting San Nicholas Island) and the Channel Islands of Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel, and Anacapa.

The area included in the following counties and Channel Islands constitutes Zone 6 of CCS27 and CCS83: Imperial, Orange, Riverside, and San Diego and the Channel Islands of San Clemente, Santa Catalina, Santa Barbara, and San Nicholas.

The area included in Los Angeles County constitutes Zone 7 of CCS27.

(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 29.3. Effective January 1, 2006.)