Department of General Services (DGS)

The Department of General Services (DGS) serves as business manager for the state of California. DGS helps to better serve the public by providing a variety of services to state agencies through procurement and acquisition solutions, real estate management and design, environmentally friendly transportation, professional printing, design and web services, administrative hearings, legal services, building standards, oversight of structural safety, fire/life safety and accessibility for the design and construction of K-12 public schools and community colleges, and funding for school construction.

DGS is reducing its environmental footprint through sustainable state government operations and practices. As California’s business manager, DGS provides real estate services for state agencies and manages many of the state’s largest office buildings. A majority of DGS buildings have been retro-commissioned to improve operations and maintenance and enhance energy efficiency. DGS also leads the state in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification efforts with more than half of its buildings LEED certified.

In response to Governor Brown’s declaration of a drought in California, DGS took a series of immediate and aggressive water conservation actions at state facilities. Water conservation measures initiated by DGS include: cutting the amount of water used in landscaping, upgrading irrigation systems and indoor plumbing fixtures in DGS buildings, shutting off fountains and water features on state property, and instituting a moratorium on nonessential landscaping projects at state facilities.