California Code
TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES
DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES

PART 1 - ORGANIZATION

CHAPTER 1 - Special Charter Cities

Section 34400. - 34400. The legislative body of any city organized or incorporated...

Section 34401. - 34401. Notice of the election shall be given by publication...

Section 34402. - 34402. The notice shall be given for at least the...

Section 34403. - 34403. The notice shall distinctly state the proposition to be...

Section 34404. - 34404. The votes shall be canvassed at the time and...

Section 34405. - 34405. If a majority of all the electors voting at...

Section 34406. - 34406. The abstract shall show the whole number of electors...

Section 34407. - 34407. The legislative body shall immediately call a special election,...

Section 34408. - 34408. The legislative body shall canvass the election, and declare...

Section 34409. - 34409. From the date of the entry, the city is...

Section 34410. - 34410. Upon qualifying the officers shall enter upon the duties...

Section 34411. - 34411. Any city organized pursuant to this chapter is deemed...

Section 34412. - 34412. Reorganization does not affect or impair the title to...

Section 34413. - 34413. After reorganization proceedings previously commenced shall be conducted pursuant...

Section 34414. - 34414. The provisions of Sections 34331 and 34332 apply to...

CHAPTER 2 - City or City and County Charters

Section 34450. - 34450. Any city or city and county may enact, amend,...

Section 34451. - 34451. The charter may be proposed by a charter commission...

Section 34452. - 34452. (a) An election for choosing charter commissioners may be...

Section 34453. - 34453. At an election the voters shall vote first on...

Section 34454. - 34454. Candidates for the office of charter commissioner shall be...

Section 34455. - 34455. The charter commissioners shall propose a charter and may...

Section 34456. - 34456. In any city or city and county, the governing...

Section 34457. - 34457. After the charter prepared by the charter commission has...

Section 34458. - 34458. (a) As an alternative to the procedure provided for...

Section 34458.5. - 34458.5. A proposal to adopt or amend a charter, whether...

Section 34459. - 34459. If the voters vote in favor of the charter...

Section 34460. - 34460. Three copies of the complete text of a charter...

Section 34461. - 34461. A charter proposal, amendment, or repeal by the voters...

Section 34462. - 34462. (a) A charter commission established for a city and...

CHAPTER 3 - Corporate Name

Section 34500. - 34500. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to...

Section 34501. - 34501. Every city organized pursuant to this part shall have...

Section 34501.5. - 34501.5. (a) Any person who uses or allows to be...

Section 34502. - 34502. The legislative body may, by ordinance adopted by a...

Section 34503. - 34503. Within 10 days of the effective date of an...

Section 34504. - 34504. If an ordinance proposed pursuant to Section 34502 fails...

CHAPTER 4 - Alternative Forms of Government

ARTICLE 1 - City Manager

Section 34851. - 34851. An ordinance establishing a city manager form of government...

Section 34852. - 34852. The ordinance shall define the powers and duties of...

Section 34853. - 34853. Where the ordinance is submitted by the legislative body,...

Section 34854. - 34854. If a majority of the votes cast at the...

Section 34855. - 34855. Within sixty days after the effective date of the...

Section 34856. - 34856. The city manager may appoint and dismiss the chief...

Section 34857. - 34857. Upon appointment of the city manager, the terms of...

Section 34858. - 34858. Any city adopting the city manager form of government...

Section 34859. - 34859. All ordinances establishing a city manager form of government,...

ARTICLE 2 - Election of Legislative Body By or From Districts in Cities

Section 34870. - 34870. This article applies only to cities. (Repealed and added...

Section 34871. - 34871. At any municipal election, or special election held for...

Section 34872. - 34872. An ordinance shall state the number of legislative districts...

Section 34873. - 34873. An ordinance enacted pursuant to this article may be...

Section 34874. - 34874. (a) An amendatory ordinance altering the boundaries of the...

Section 34875. - 34875. The amendatory ordinance shall not be submitted to the...

Section 34876. - 34876. The planning commission of the city or, in absence...

Section 34876.5. - 34876.5. (a) If an ordinance is submitted to the voters...

Section 34877. - 34877. The proposition of altering legislative districts shall be printed...

Section 34877.5. - 34877.5. (a) After an ordinance is passed by the voters...

Section 34878. - 34878. If a majority of the registered voters of the...

Section 34879. - 34879. The term of office of members of the legislative...

Section 34880. - 34880. (a) If the petition or proposal developed by the...

Section 34881. - 34881. One member of the legislative body shall be elected...

Section 34882. - 34882. A person is not eligible to hold office as...

Section 34883. - 34883. Registered voters signing nomination petitions or voting for a...

Section 34884. - 34884. (a) If, at the time a vote is held...

Section 34886. - 34886. Notwithstanding Section 34871 or any other law, the legislative...

ARTICLE 3 - Elective Mayor

Section 34900. - 34900. At any general municipal election, or at a special...

Section 34901. - 34901. The questions shall be printed on the ballots used...

Section 34902. - 34902. (a) If a majority of the votes cast on...

Section 34903. - 34903. The mayor is a member of the city council...

Section 34904. - 34904. A person is not eligible to hold office as...

Section 34905. - 34905. A mayor pro tempore shall be chosen in the...

Section 34906. - 34906. Notwithstanding Section 36503, if a city has an elected...