Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 'Yan sanda na Jihar California (CSP) wata hukumar' yan sanda ce ta tsaro ta jihar da aka kafa a 1887 wanda ya fi dacewa da kare Gidan Gidan Gida na Jihar
, Gwamna, sauran hukumomin jihar da ke fadin jihar da dubban ma'aikatan jihar 24 hours a rana. Sun ba da tsaro da sabis na 'yan sanda ga duk hukumomin jihar da ba su da rundunar' yan sanda. Sun yi sintiri a cikin Tsarin Ruwa na Jiha (wanda aka fi sani da California Aqueduct) kuma sun kasance 'yan sandan jihar "de facto". Sun ba da kariya ga Gwamna da sauran jami'an jihar kamar yadda aka umurce su, ciki har da Kotun Koli ta California a San Francisco. Sun ba da sabis na bincike ga zaɓaɓɓun jami'ai ta hanyar Bayanan Binciken Binciken Bincike da kuma binciken aikata laifuka na aikata laifuka da aka yi wa jihar ta hanyar Ofishin Bincike. Sun kuma aiwatar da kwace haraji ga Hukumar Haraji ta California da kuma Hukumar Daidaitawa. Masu bincike da jami'an layin suna gudanar da bincike na yau da kullun tare da sauran hukumomin jihar da sassan tilasta bin doka. Jami'an 'yan sandan jihar suna da iko a duk faɗin jihar, suna ba da doka a ciki da wajen kadarorin California. 'Yan sanda na Jihar California sun haɗu da California Highway Patrol a shekarar 1995.