Sec. 2-21. - Duties and responsibilities.

The public guardian shall have all of the responsibility and shall discharge the duties now or hereafter imposed upon him by statutes of the state, and specifically but not to the exclusion of others, the public guardian may in a proper case apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for appointment as guardian of the person and estate or person or estate of any person in the county who is a patient under and by reason of the provisions of Division 6 of the Welfare and Institutions Code of the state or who is a recipient of aid under any of the provisions of the Welfare and Institutions Code of the state where it appears that such person requires a guardian and where it appears that such person's estate does not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) in probate value.

(Ord. No. 495, § 3.)