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5 Historical Resources Commission. The California Register is a guide used by state and local agencies, private groups and citizens to identify historical resources throughout the state. The types of historical resources eligible for listing in the California Register include buildings, sites, structures, objects and historical districts. [California Code of Regulations Section 4852(a)] Under California Code of Regulation Section 4852(b)and Public Resources Code Section 5024.1, an historical resource generally must be greater than 50 years old and must be significant at the local,state, or national level under one or more of the following four criteria: I. It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history, or the cultural heritage of California or the United States. 2. It is associated with the lives of persons important to local, California, or national history. 3. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type,period, region,or method of construction,or represents the work of a master or important creative individual,or possesses high artistic values. 4. It has yielded,or has the potential to yield, information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California, or the nation. If nominated for listing in accordance with the procedures outlined in Public Resources Code Section 5024.1(f), the California Register may include: (I) Individual historical resources. (2) Historical resources contributing to the significance of an historic district under criteria adopted by the Commission. (3) Historical resources identified as significant in historical resources surveys, if the survey meets the criteria in Public Resources Code Section 5024.1(g). (4) Historical resources and historic districts designated or listed as city or county landmarks or historic properties or districts pursuant to any city or county ordinance, if the criteria for designation or listing under the ordinance have been determined by the State Historic Resources Officer to be consistent with California Register criteria adopted by the Commission. (5) Local landmarks or historic properties designated under any municipal or county ordinance. California Code of Regulations Section 4852(c)addresses the issue of"integrity" which is necessary for eligibility for the California Register. Integrity is defined as"the authenticity of an historical resource's physical identity evidenced by the survival of characteristics that existed during the resource's period of significance." Section 4852(c)provides that historical resources eligible for listing in the California Register must meet one of the criteria for significance defined by 4852(b)(1 through 4), and retain enough of their historic character of appearance to be recognizable as historical resources and to convey the reasons for their significance. Integrity is evaluated with regard to the retention of location,design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. It must also be judged with reference to the