California Code, Public Resources Code - PRC § 5560

(a) Violation of an ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted pursuant to this article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment, unless the board provides that a violation of an ordinance, rule, or regulation is an infraction, that is punishable by:

(b) A superior court of a county lying wholly or in part within the district is a proper court for trial of all prosecutions under this article for violations of an ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted by the board.