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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 5 - County Fire Service Retirement Law › ARTICLE 6 - Benefits › Section 32365.

32365. If, after the effective date of this section a member who retired at any time after January 1, 1945, pays into the fund the difference between what he did contribute and what he would have contributed had Section 32322 always read as it now reads, and also pays the interest which would have been accrued upon such difference, then upon such payment, all retirement payments made subsequent to such payment shall be calculated as if such member had retired subsequent to the effective date of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1236.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 6 - County Peace Officers and Fire Service Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plans › Section 33000.

33000. This chapter may be cited as the County Peace Officer and Fire Service Retirement Plan Law.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1479.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 6 - County Peace Officers and Fire Service Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plans › Section 33001.

33001. It is the intent of this chapter to enable any county to adopt such a retirement, disability and death benefit plan as may be determined upon by the board of supervisors or qualified electors thereof for those officers and employees in the public service whose duties expose them to more than ordinary risks, and in recognition of a public obligation to such officers and employees and to provide a means whereby such officers and employees who become incapacitated in the performance of their duties by injury, sickness, or age, may, without hardship or prejudice, be replaced by more capable officers and employees to the betterment of the public service, and whereby the surviving spouse, or minor children, or dependent parents of any such officer or employee may be provided for upon his death.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1479.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 6 - County Peace Officers and Fire Service Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plans › Section 33002.

33002. This chapter and every retirement, disability and death benefit plan adopted pursuant to its terms, shall be given a liberal interpretation with a view to carrying out its purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1479.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 6 - County Peace Officers and Fire Service Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plans › Section 33004.

33004. Subject only to the limitations of this chapter, any county may, by ordinance adopted by a four-fifths (
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/
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) vote of the board of supervisors, or by a majority vote of the qualified electors of said county, establish and maintain a retirement, disability and death benefit plan for county peace officers, foresters, fire wardens, and firemen.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1479.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 6 - County Peace Officers and Fire Service Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plans › Section 33005.

33005. Any retirement plan established pursuant to this chapter shall be under the exclusive control and management of a “board of administration” to be composed of not less than three (3) nor more than seven (7) members. The members of said board shall be chosen in such manner, shall serve for such terms and receive such compensation as may be provided in the ordinance creating the retirement plan. The county treasurer shall be ex officio a member of said board.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1479.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 6 - County Peace Officers and Fire Service Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plans › Section 33006.

33006. When any county establishes a retirement plan under the provisions of this chapter, there shall be created in the treasury of the county and opened upon the books of the auditor and treasurer of the county, a trust fund to be known as the “peace officers and fire service retirement fund” for the payment of administration expense and retirement, disability and death benefit allowances. Said fund shall consist of all moneys paid into said fund in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and of the ordinance creating the retirement plan and earnings from investments. The board of administration shall have exclusive control of the administration, investment and reinvestment of said fund, provided, however, that all money in said fund shall be kept on deposit in the county treasury or be invested in bonds or other securities authorized by the laws of the State of California as legal investments for savings banks. Such bonds or securities shall be placed in the custody of the county treasurer for safekeeping.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1479.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 6 - County Peace Officers and Fire Service Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plans › Section 33007.

33007. All transfers or payments to said fund and all withdrawals and cash transactions shall be accounted for upon the books of the auditor and treasurer.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1479.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 6 - County Peace Officers and Fire Service Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plans › Section 33008.

33008. All warrants drawn on said fund shall be on order of the board of administration and shall be signed by the treasurer and at least one other member of the board who shall be designated by the board. Every warrant shall be countersigned, numbered and recorded by the county auditor.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1479.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 6 - County Peace Officers and Fire Service Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plans › Section 33009.

33009. Any retirement plan established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall supersede any existing retirement system for county peace officers or county foresters, fire wardens and firemen, and all money, property and investments standing to the credit of the fund of the superseded system shall be transferred to the county peace officers and fire service retirement fund created by this chapter, whether such money and investments were derived from member contributions, county contributions, earnings, accumulations or profits from investments, or otherwise.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1479.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 6 - County Peace Officers and Fire Service Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plans › Section 33010.

33010. In the event a retirement plan adopted pursuant to the authority of this chapter supersedes an existing system as hereinbefore provided, then, and in that event, the plan adopted under this chapter shall provide for the continued membership, with full service credit, of all persons who are members of the superseded system at the time such new plan becomes operative and for the continuation of all pensions, annuities, retirement allowances and death benefits to all pensioners, retired members and beneficiaries of the superseded system, in amounts not less than would have been payable to them under such superseded system.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1479.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 6 - County Peace Officers and Fire Service Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plans › Section 33011.

33011. It shall be competent in any plan adopted under this chapter to provide for the inclusion therein, as members thereof, the city police officers and city firemen of any municipal corporation which elects to bring itself within the operation of such plan.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1479.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 6 - County Peace Officers and Fire Service Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plans › Section 33012.

33012. Any such inclusion shall be made by ordinance adopted by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the legislative body of such municipal corporation, or by a majority vote of the qualified electors thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1479.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 6 - County Peace Officers and Fire Service Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plans › Section 33013.

33013. Whenever any municipal corporation elects to include its city police officers and city firemen in a county retirement plan pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, such city shall assume all cost and expense to the plan, arising out of all retirement, disability and death benefits payable, or to become payable to, or on account of its police officers and firemen to the same extent, in the same manner and at the same time or times as the county assumes and discharges its liabilities for the payment of retirement, disability and death benefits to county peace officers and county foresters, fire wardens and firemen, and administration expense shall be prorated each year between the county and any municipal corporation or corporations joining the county plan in the proportion that each of their active membership bears to the total active membership under the plan.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1479.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 6 - County Peace Officers and Fire Service Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plans › Section 33014.

33014. Not later than August 1st of each year, the board of administration of any retirement plan established under the provisions of this chapter, shall file with the board of supervisors a written statement showing the amounts necessary to be provided by the county during the current fiscal year for the maintenance of the peace officers and fire service retirement fund and administration expense. Such statement shall be filed with said board not less than thirty days prior to the time established by law for the annual levying of taxes in such county.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1479.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 6 - County Peace Officers and Fire Service Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plans › Section 33015.

33015. The board of supervisors shall, each year at the same time and in the same manner as all other county taxes are levied, levy a special tax in such amount as will be clearly sufficient to produce the total amount shown in the statement filed with said board by the board of administration of the retirement plan.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1479.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 6 - County Peace Officers and Fire Service Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plans › Section 33016.

33016. In the event any municipal corporation has been included in said plan, as hereinbefore provided, then and in that event, said board of administration shall, not later than thirty days prior to the time established by law for the annual levying of municipal taxes, file with the legislative body of such municipal corporation a written statement showing the amounts necessary to be provided by such municipal corporation under said plan for the ensuing fiscal year.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1479.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 4 - EMPLOYEES › PART 3 - RETIREMENT SYSTEMS › CHAPTER 6 - County Peace Officers and Fire Service Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plans › Section 33017.

33017. The legislative body of the municipal corporation with whom such statement is filed shall, each year at the same time and in the same manner as all other municipal taxes are levied, levy a special tax in such amount as will be clearly sufficient to produce the total amount shown in the statement filed with said legislative body by the board of administration of the retirement plan. Such special tax shall be in addition to all other taxes authorized by law to be levied by said municipal corporation.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 1479.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 5 - ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 33200.

33200. Notwithstanding Sections 24300 and 24304, the board of supervisors of any county may organize, pursuant to ordinance or charter, the delivery of health and human services for which county government is responsible under state law into departments that provide human assistance, human services, and medical systems. Any county board of supervisors which elects to so organize the delivery of health and human services may consolidate, integrate, and separate duties and functions of county offices, and organizational units within departments, to the extent deemed necessary by the board of supervisors, consistent with the provisions of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 340, Sec. 1. Effective July 24, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 5 - ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 33201.

33201. All personnel, including the heads of units, within departments organized pursuant to this division and formed from units formerly within the county health, mental health, or welfare departments, shall possess the particular qualifications required by the Health and Safety Code or the Welfare and Institutions Code or the regulations enacted pursuant to either of those codes.
The county health department itself or the health related functions of the departments organized pursuant to this division may be under the direction of the health officer, or the board of supervisors may appoint personnel who possess qualifications, including standards of education and experience to assure competence, appropriate for the direction of the health department or the local administration of county health functions. The board of supervisors shall ensure that the final determination regarding issues of professional nursing practice shall be made by a person who is licensed as a registered nurse and certified as a public health nurse.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 340, Sec. 1. Effective July 24, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 5 - ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 33202.

33202. If the county health department or the administration of county health functions are not under the direction of the health officer, the county board of supervisors shall ensure that the health officer has sufficient authority and resources and the organizational structure does not impede the health officer from carrying out the duties required under Section 100575 of, Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 101000) of Part 3 of Division 101 of, Article 1 (commencing with Section 101025) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 101 of, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 123150) of Part 1 of Division 106 of, and Sections 123740 and 123745 of, the Health and Safety Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 98. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 5 - ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 33203.

33203. This chapter does not permit the occupant of a consolidated, integrated, or separated office to practice any profession or trade for the practice of which a license, permit, or registration is required without a license, permit, or registration.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 340, Sec. 1. Effective July 24, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 5 - ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 33204.

33204. This division shall not be construed to affect any other statutory or regulatory provision governing county health, mental health, or welfare programs, however reorganized or renamed, except for the organizational requirements specified in Sections 33200 to 33202, inclusive.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 340, Sec. 1. Effective July 24, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 5 - ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 33205.

33205. Nothing in this division is intended to change the fiscal and reimbursement provisions for subaccounts for mental health, health services, and social services enacted by Chapter 89 of the Statutes of 1991.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 340, Sec. 1. Effective July 24, 1992.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 34000.

34000. As used in this title, “legislative body” means board of trustees, city council, or other governing body of a city.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 34001.

34001. As used in this title, unless otherwise specifically provided, “board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the county within which the city or territory is situated.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 34003.

34003. The adoption of this title does not affect the organization of any city created or organized pursuant to any law repealed or superseded by this code.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 34004.

34004. Where any duty is imposed upon a municipal officer by any law of this State or any rule or regulation adopted under the authority of any such law the governing body of a city may, by ordinance, impose such duty or a portion thereof upon such other officer of such city as is charged under the charter of that city, or by applicable general law with the performance of duties of the same character in that city. A copy of any such ordinance as adopted shall be filed with the state officer or agency which has charge of the matter to which such duty pertains.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1893.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 2 - Elections › Section 34050.

34050. Elections in cities organized pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 34400), or its predecessors, shall be held pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 9200) of Division 9 of the Elections Code, except as otherwise specifically provided.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 62. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3 - Affidavit of Completion › Section 34080.

34080. The clerk of the legislative body conducting the proceeding shall record with the recorder of the county in which the city is located, an affidavit stating that all requirements of law pertaining to the proceeding have been complied with, if it relates to the change of name of a city.
The city shall not perform any official act, the validity of which depends upon such proceedings, until the affidavit of completion has been recorded.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 76.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 4 - Miscellaneous › Section 34090.

34090. Unless otherwise provided by law, with the approval of the legislative body by resolution and the written consent of the city attorney, the head of a city department may destroy any city record, document, instrument, book, or paper, under the department head’s charge, without making a copy thereof, after the same is no longer required.
This section does not authorize the destruction of:
(a) Records affecting the title to real property or liens thereon.
(b) Court records.
(c) Records required to be kept by statute.
(d) Records less than two years old.
(e) The minutes, ordinances, or resolutions of the legislative body or of a city board or commission.
This section shall not be construed as limiting or qualifying in any manner the authority provided in Section 34090.5 for the destruction of records, documents, instruments, books, and papers in accordance with the procedure therein prescribed.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 15. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 4 - Miscellaneous › Section 34090.5.

34090.5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 34090, the city officer having custody of public records, documents, instruments, books, and papers, may, without the approval of the legislative body or the written consent of the city attorney, cause to be destroyed any or all of the records, documents, instruments, books, and papers, if all of the following conditions are complied with:
(a) The record, paper, or document is photographed, microphotographed, reproduced by electronically recorded video images on magnetic surfaces, recorded in the electronic data processing system, recorded on optical disk, reproduced on film or any other medium that is a trusted system and that does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document, or reproduced on film, optical disk, or any other medium in compliance with Section 12168.7 for recording of permanent records or nonpermanent records.
(b) The device used to reproduce the record, paper, or document on film, optical disk, or any other medium is one which accurately and legibly reproduces the original thereof in all details and that does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document images.
(c) The photographs, microphotographs, or other reproductions on film, optical disk, or any other medium are made as accessible for public reference as the original records were.
(d) A true copy of archival quality of the film, optical disk, or any other medium reproductions shall be kept in a safe and separate place for security purposes.
However, no page of any record, paper, or document shall be destroyed if any page cannot be reproduced on film with full legibility. Every unreproducible page shall be permanently preserved in a manner that will afford easy reference.
For the purposes of this section, every reproduction shall be deemed to be an original record and a transcript, exemplification, or certified copy of any reproduction shall be deemed to be a transcript, exemplification, or certified copy, as the case may be, of the original.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 569, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 4 - Miscellaneous › Section 34090.6.

34090.6. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 34090, the head of a department of a city or city and county, after one year, may destroy recordings of routine video monitoring, and after 100 days may destroy recordings of telephone and radio communications maintained by the department. This destruction shall be approved by the legislative body and the written consent of the agency attorney shall be obtained. In the event that the recordings are evidence in any claim filed or any pending litigation, they shall be preserved until pending litigation is resolved.
(b) For purposes of this section, “recordings of telephone and radio communications” means the routine daily recording of telephone communications to and from a city, city and county, or department, and all radio communications relating to the operations of the departments.
(c) For purposes of this section, “routine video monitoring” means video recording by a video or electronic imaging system designed to record the regular and ongoing operations of the departments described in subdivision (a), including mobile in-car video systems, jail observation and monitoring systems, and building security recording systems.
(d) For purposes of this section, “department” includes a public safety communications center operated by the city or city and county.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 88, Sec. 50. (AB 176) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 4 - Miscellaneous › Section 34090.7.

34090.7. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 34090, the legislative body of a city may prescribe a procedure whereby duplicates of city records less than two years old may be destroyed if they are no longer required.
For purposes of this section, video recording media, including recordings of “routine video monitoring” pursuant to Section 34090.6, shall be considered duplicate records if the city keeps another record, such as written minutes or an audio recording, of the event that is recorded in the video medium. However, a video recording medium shall not be destroyed or erased pursuant to this section for a period of at least 90 days after occurrence of the event recorded thereon.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 88, Sec. 51. (AB 176) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 4 - Miscellaneous › Section 34090.8.

34090.8. (a) When installing new security systems, a transit agency operated by a city or city and county shall only purchase and install equipment capable of storing recorded images for at least one year, unless all of the following conditions apply:
(1) The transit agency has made a diligent effort to identify a security system that is capable of storing recorded data for one year.
(2) The transit agency determines that the technology to store recorded data in an economically and technologically feasible manner for one year is not available.
(3) The transit agency purchases and installs the best available technology with respect to storage capacity that is both economically and technologically feasible at that time.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, video recordings or other recordings made by security systems operated as part of a public transit system shall be retained for one year, unless one of the following conditions applies:
(1) The video recordings or other recordings are evidence in any claim filed or any pending litigation, in which case the video recordings or other recordings shall be preserved until the claim or the pending litigation is resolved.
(2) The video recordings or other recordings recorded an event that was or is the subject of an incident report, in which case the video recordings or other recordings shall be preserved until the incident is resolved.
(3) The transit agency utilizes a security system that was purchased or installed prior to January 1, 2004, or that meets the requirements of subdivision (a), in which case the video recordings or other recordings shall be preserved for as long as the installed technology allows.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 88, Sec. 52. (AB 176) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 4 - Miscellaneous › Section 34091.

34091. If authorized by the legislative body, all actual and necessary expenses incurred in the drafting of a new city charter are city charges. The legislative body may make appropriations for such expenses.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 4 - Miscellaneous › Section 34091.1.

34091.1. Whenever the legislative body finds that a name should be adopted and applied to any city street, or that the existing name of any city street should be changed, the legislative body may adopt a resolution designating a name for, or change the name of, such street.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 686.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 4 - Miscellaneous › Section 34092.

34092. Whenever the name of any street, boulevard, park, or place is adopted, established or changed, or any house numbers have been changed on any street, boulevard, park or place, by any city or other authority, the city clerk shall promptly forward a copy of the resolution, order, or other instrument providing for such new name or change of name or house number to the board of supervisors of the county within which such city is situated.
(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 749.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 4 - Miscellaneous › Section 34093.

34093. As used in this section, “petition” means any petition prescribed, by statute or city charter, as a necessary prerequisite to the institution of proceedings by the city, and includes, but is not limited to, initiative petitions, referendum petitions, recall petitions, petitions pertaining to the annexation of territory to a city, the consolidation of cities, or the dissolution of a city, and petitions to institute proceedings under an improvement act.
Every person is punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both a fine and imprisonment, who, circulating, as principal or agent, or having charge or control of the circulation of, or obtaining signatures to, any petition, willfully misrepresents or willfully makes any false statement concerning the contents, purport, or effect of the petition to any person who signs, or who desires to sign, or who is requested to sign, or who makes inquiries with reference to it, or to whom it is presented for a signature.
Every person is punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both a fine and imprisonment, who circulates or causes to be circulated any petition knowing it to contain false, forged, or fictitious names.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 16. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 4 - Miscellaneous › Section 34095.

34095. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
(1) The legislative body of a city shall not grant credit for service to an elective officer for service that the elective officer has not performed.
(2) The legislative body of a city shall not pay contributions for credit for service if an elective officer has not performed the service, regardless of the fact that the elected officer may personally elect to contribute for additional credit for service.
(b) The prohibition provided by this section does not preclude an elective officer from choosing to receive credit for service in a retirement system by paying his or her own contributions for that purpose pursuant to the applicable provisions of the retirement system.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 355, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › 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 prior to noon on January 1, 1880, upon receiving a petition requesting the reorganization of the city, signed by not less than one-fifth of the qualified electors of the city as shown by the vote cast at the last municipal election, shall submit to the electors of the city at the next general election held in the city the question whether the city shall become organized pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Special Charter Cities › Section 34401.

34401. Notice of the election shall be given by publication in a newspaper printed and published in the city or if there is none, by printing and posting in at least four public places in the city, including the places where the election is to be held.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Special Charter Cities › Section 34402.

34402. The notice shall be given for at least the four weeks prior to the election, and be made a part of the general election notice.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Special Charter Cities › Section 34403.

34403. The notice shall distinctly state the proposition to be submitted and invite the electors to vote upon the proposition by placing upon their ballots “For reorganization,” or “against reorganization,” or equivalent words.
(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 624.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Special Charter Cities › Section 34404.

34404. The votes shall be canvassed at the time and in the manner that other votes cast at the election are canvassed.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Special Charter Cities › Section 34405.

34405. If a majority of all the electors voting at the election vote for reorganization, the legislative body, by an order entered upon the minutes, shall cause the clerk to transmit to the Secretary of State a certified abstract of the vote.
(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 624.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Special Charter Cities › Section 34406.

34406. The abstract shall show the whole number of electors voting at the election, the number of votes cast for reorganization, and the number of votes cast against reorganization.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Special Charter Cities › Section 34407.

34407. The legislative body shall immediately call a special election, to be held within six weeks, for the election of officers required to be elected.
(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 624.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Special Charter Cities › Section 34410.

34410. Upon qualifying the officers shall enter upon the duties of their offices, and hold office until the next general municipal election held in the city and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Special Charter Cities › Section 34411.

34411. Any city organized pursuant to this chapter is deemed for all purposes to be the identical corporation that existed before the reorganization.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Special Charter Cities › Section 34412.

34412. Reorganization does not affect or impair the title to any property owned or held by the city or in trust for it, or any debts, demands, liabilities, or obligations existing in favor of or against the city, or any pending proceeding. Reorganization does not repeal or affect any ordinance remaining unrepealed, or discharge any person from any existing civil or criminal liability for the violation of any ordinance. Ordinances not in conflict with general laws remain in force until repealed or amended.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 1 - Special Charter Cities › Section 34414.

34414. The provisions of Sections 34331 and 34332 apply to cities organized pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - City or City and County Charters › Section 34450.

34450. Any city or city and county may enact, amend, or repeal a charter for its own government according to this article or Article 3 (commencing with Section 9255) of Chapter 3 of Division 9 of the Elections Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 63. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - City or City and County Charters › Section 34451.

34451. The charter may be proposed by a charter commission chosen by the voters of the city or city and county, at any general or special election, but no person shall be eligible as a candidate for the commission unless he or she is a registered voter of the city or city and county.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 357, Sec. 10.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - City or City and County Charters › Section 34452.

34452. (a) An election for choosing charter commissioners may be called by a majority vote of the governing body of a city or city and county, or on presentation of a petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters of the city or city and county. The petition shall be verified by the authority having charge of the registration records of the city or city and county and the expenses of the verification shall be provided by the governing body thereof. The governing body shall call an election pursuant to Sections 1000 and 10403 of the Elections Code.
(b) If any vacancy arises in a charter commission established for a city or city and county pursuant to this chapter, the vacancy shall be filled by an appointment by the mayor of the city or city and county.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 64. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - City or City and County Charters › Section 34453.

34453. At an election the voters shall vote first on the question “Shall a charter commission be elected to propose a new charter?” and, secondly, for the candidates of the office of charter commissioner. If the first question receives a majority of the votes of the qualified voters voting thereon at the election, the 15 candidates for the office of charter commissioner receiving the highest number of votes shall forthwith organize as a charter commission. However, if the first question receives less than a majority of the votes of the qualified voters voting thereon at the election no charter commission shall be deemed to have been elected.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 357, Sec. 10.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - City or City and County Charters › Section 34454.

34454. Candidates for the office of charter commissioner shall be nominated either in the same manner provided for the nomination of officers of the municipal or city and county government, or by petition substantially in the same manner provided by general laws for the nomination by petition of candidates for public offices to be voted for at general elections.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 357, Sec. 10.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - City or City and County Charters › Section 34455.

34455. The charter commissioners shall propose a charter and may propose amendments to a charter, for the government of the city or city and county. The charter so prepared shall be signed by a majority of the charter commissioners and shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the governing body of the city or city and county.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 357, Sec. 10.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - City or City and County Charters › Section 34456.

34456. In any city or city and county, the governing body shall cause copies of the charter to be printed in type of not less than 10-point. If the governing body causes copies of the proposed charter to be mailed to the voters, the text of the proposed charter may show the difference from existing provisions of law by the use of distinguishing type styles.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 357, Sec. 10.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - City or City and County Charters › Section 34457.

34457. After the charter prepared by the charter commission has been filed in the office of the clerk of the governing body of the city or city and county pursuant to Section 34455, the proposed charter shall be submitted to the voters of the city or city and county at the next established statewide general election pursuant to Section 1200 of the Elections Code, provided there are at least 95 days before the election.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 184, Sec. 4. (SB 311) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - City or City and County Charters › Section 34458.

34458. (a) As an alternative to the procedure provided for in Sections 34450 to 34457, inclusive, the governing body of a city or city and county, on its own motion may propose or cause to be proposed, amend or cause to be amended, or repeal or cause to be repealed, a charter, and may submit the proposal for the adoption, amendment, or repeal thereof, to the voters at the next established statewide general election pursuant to Section 1200 of the Elections Code, provided there are at least 88 days before the election, or, for a proposal described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 1415 of the Elections Code, at an election specified in that paragraph.
(b) Prior to approving the submission to the voters of a proposal to adopt a charter, the governing body shall hold at least two public hearings on the matter of the proposal of a charter and the content of the proposed charter. Notice of the public hearings shall be given by publication pursuant to Section 6066, in a newspaper designated by the governing body and circulated throughout the city, and by posting the notice in three public places within the jurisdiction at least 21 calendar days prior to the date of each public hearing. The second public hearing shall be held at least 30 days after the first public hearing. At least one of the public hearings shall be held outside of normal business hours to facilitate public participation. The governing body shall not conduct a vote on whether to approve the submission to the voters of the proposal to adopt a charter until 21 days after the second public hearing.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 184, Sec. 5. (SB 311) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - City or City and County Charters › Section 34458.5.

34458.5. A proposal to adopt or amend a charter, whether submitted to the voters pursuant to Section 34457 or 34458, shall include in the ballot description an enumeration of new city powers as a result of the adoption of the charter, including, but not limited to, whether the city council will, pursuant to an adopted charter, have the power to raise its own compensation and the compensation of other city officials without voter approval.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 692, Sec. 6. (AB 1344) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES › PART 1 - ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 2 - City or City and County Charters › Section 34459.

34459. If the voters vote in favor of the charter proposal, amendment, or repeal, it shall be deemed to be ratified, but shall not take effect until accepted and filed by the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 34460.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 357, Sec. 10.)