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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 5 - City Property › ARTICLE 9 - Cemeteries › Section 37681.

37681. The city legislative body may acquire and maintain cemeteries, situated outside or inside of the city.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 5 - City Property › ARTICLE 9 - Cemeteries › Section 37682.

37682. The legislative body may accept contributions of at least fifty dollars ($50) to be held in trust and the income used for the perpetual care of designated plots in the local city or community cemetery. The contributions shall be placed in the city treasury in a “cemetery fund.”
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 5 - City Property › ARTICLE 9 - Cemeteries › Section 37683.

37683. The legislative body shall appoint the city clerk or a competent resident of the city to administer the fund. The person appointed shall execute an official bond in the amount prescribed by the legislative body and shall receive one dollar ($1) annually for each plot cared for, to be paid only from the income of the fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 25. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 5 - City Property › ARTICLE 9 - Cemeteries › Section 37684.

37684. Money remaining in the fund after expenditures for care of the plots and payment to the person administering the fund shall be used for care of the roads, walks, or other portions of the cemetery.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 5 - City Property › ARTICLE 9 - Cemeteries › Section 37685.

37685. If the city disincorporates, the trust fund shall be turned over to the board of supervisors of the county in which the cemetery is located. The board of supervisors shall act as trustees until they appoint a suitable organization to take charge of the fund.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 7 - Park and Playground Act of 1909 › Section 38000.

38000. This chapter may be cited as the Park and Playground Act of 1909.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 426.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 7 - Park and Playground Act of 1909 › Section 38001.

38001. This chapter shall be liberally construed to promote its objects.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 426.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 7 - Park and Playground Act of 1909 › Section 38002.

38002. As used in this chapter, “improvement” includes a public park, urban open-space lands, playground, or library.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 426.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 7 - Park and Playground Act of 1909 › Section 38010.

38010. When the public interest or convenience requires, the legislative body may acquire by condemnation land situated in the city for improvements.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 426.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 7 - Park and Playground Act of 1909 › Section 38011.

38011. The Improvement Act of 1911, the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913, and the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 may be used by a city for any improvement.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 426.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 8 - Parks Outside City Limits › Section 38300.

38300. City officers have the same jurisdiction over city-owned parks, boulevards, golf courses, and playgrounds situated outside the city limits, over streets leading from the city to such places, and over persons and property in such places, as they have over the cities and persons and property in them.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 2067.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 8 - Parks Outside City Limits › Section 38302.

38302. The city legislative body may grant franchises for the building and operation of railroads from any point in, or at the exterior boundary of, the city to, in, or through city-owned parks situated outside the city limits, in the manner and to the extent that it may for street railroads within the city limits. Any such franchise shall contain a condition that the railroad fare does not exceed five cents ($0.05) for a single trip.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 8 - Parks Outside City Limits › Section 38303.

38303. Except as otherwise provided in Section 38302, such franchises shall be granted pursuant to Part 4, Title 4, Division 1, of the Civil Code and Chapter 578 of the Statutes of 1905.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 8 - Parks Outside City Limits › Section 38304.

38304. The legislative body of any city may lay out, open, construct, maintain, and control all roads, streets, and boulevards necessary or requisite for the purpose of connecting the city with any city-owned public park or playground situated wholly or partly outside of the limits of the city. For such purpose it may acquire by gift, purchase, or eminent domain any land or rights of way lying between the limits of the city and the exterior limits of the park or playground.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 328.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38400.

38400. As used in this article, “original dedicator” includes any person, or that person’s successors and assigns, who has dedicated any land in the city for use as a public park.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 26. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38401.

38401. “Abutting property” includes any property adjoining, or fronting on the park.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38402.

38402. As used in this article, “interested person” means any person owning an interest in the park or the land embraced within it as reversioner, remainderman, abutting property owner, or otherwise.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38403.

38403. The legislative body may abandon a park and sell the land comprising it pursuant to this article when:
(a) A plat or map of a town site has been recorded in the county recorder’s office purporting to dedicate land within the site as a public park.
(b) The town site has thereafter become part of a city.
(c) The legislative body finds that the land is not appropriate, convenient, or necessary for park purposes.
(d) The original dedicator consents.
(e) The legislative body has acquired an option to purchase other lands of at least equal area.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38404.

38404. Proceedings are initiated when the legislative body adopts a resolution of intention, describing the park and the property to be acquired from the sale proceeds, and fixing a time at least thirty days after adoption of the resolution when it will take final action on the abandonment.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38405.

38405. The resolution shall be published once a week for at least the three weeks before the day fixed for final action, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city, or if there is none, in a newspaper designated by the legislative body which is published in the county. Not less than four copies of the resolution shall be posted conspicuously not more than one hundred feet apart along the boundaries of the park.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38406.

38406. At the time fixed, the legislative body shall meet and hear and pass on protests to abandonment of the park. Any interested person may protest at the meeting. Failure of an interested person to protest is conclusive evidence that the person consents to the abandonment.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 27. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38407.

38407. If the original dedicator or the owners of a majority of the lots abutting on the park protest in writing, or the legislative body sustains the protests made at the meeting, the proceedings shall terminate and a new resolution of intention shall not be adopted for six months.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38408.

38408. If the original dedicator does not protest, the majority of such owners do not protest in writing, and the other protests are overruled, the legislative body has jurisdiction to order the park abandoned.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38409.

38409. Upon ordering the park abandoned, the legislative body shall appoint and fix the compensation of three appraisers to assess the damages to abutting property owners.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38410.

38410. The appraisers shall proceed with diligence to determine the damages which will result to each parcel of abutting property, and file a written report of their findings with the legislative body.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38411.

38411. Without delay the clerk shall give notice of the filing, stating the time and place the report will be considered by the legislative body, and require any person interested to show cause why the report should not be confirmed.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38412.

38412. The notice shall be published for at least two weeks before the meeting in a newspaper published in the city, or if there is none, it shall be posted in three public places in the city for two weeks before the meeting.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38413.

38413. At the time fixed, the legislative body shall pass on the report and any objections that are made to it. The legislative body may confirm, correct, or modify the report. It may adjourn the meeting from time to time.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38414.

38414. Upon adoption of the report, warrants shall be drawn in favor of the owners to whom damages are allowed in the amount specified in the report. The warrants are payable out of the fund derived from the sale of the park lands.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38415.

38415. The legislative body may employ and fix the compensation of such legal or other assistants as it deems necessary to sell the land for the best advantage to the city.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38416.

38416. The legislative body may determine when and at what price or terms the land or any part of it will be sold.
Credit terms shall not exceed four years, and deferred payments shall bear interest at 7 percent.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38417.

38417. When authorized by a majority vote of the legislative body, the mayor and clerk shall sign, acknowledge, and deliver a deed to the land in the name and under the seal of the city. When so executed and delivered, the deed conveys to the purchaser title in fee to the land described in the deed.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat › Section 38418.

38418. The sale proceeds shall be deposited in the city treasury in a special fund and used exclusively for the payment of damages and the purchase and improvement of other public grounds.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 2 - Parks Dedicated by City › Section 38440.

38440. A city may discontinue and abandon the use as a public park of any land owned in fee by it and dedicated or placed in such use by such city, and thereafter dispose of the land, pursuant to this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 729.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 2 - Parks Dedicated by City › Section 38441.

38441. Without a special election, the legislative body may convey a minor portion of such a park in exchange for an equal or greater area or value of privately owned land contiguous to the park after:
(a) Notice and a public hearing pursuant to this article.
(b) Determination that the exchange is in the public interest.
(c) Adoption of a resolution of discontinuance.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 2 - Parks Dedicated by City › Section 38442.

38442. Except as provided in Section 38441, this article shall not be construed to authorize:
(a) A discontinuance and abandonment, or change in the use, of such lands which will cause the reversion of the lands to private ownership or a forfeiture of the city’s ownership in fee.
(b) The discontinuance of the use of park lands acquired by funds obtained from a local assessment based on benefits.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 2 - Parks Dedicated by City › Section 38443.

38443. Proceedings are initiated when the legislative body adopts a resolution declaring that public interest or convenience requires the discontinuance of the use of such land as a public park, and that the legislative body intends to call a special election to submit the question of discontinuance to the city electors.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 2 - Parks Dedicated by City › Section 38444.

38444. The resolution shall:
(a) Contain an accurate description of the lands.
(b) State the common name of the park.
(c) State the disposition which the legislative body proposes to make of the park.
(d) Fix a time, not less than thirty nor more than sixty days after adoption of the resolution, and a place, at which the public or persons particularly interested may protest.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 2 - Parks Dedicated by City › Section 38445.

38445. The city clerk shall cause the resolution to be published twice in a daily newspaper published and circulated in the city, or if there is none, twice in a weekly or semiweekly newspaper so published and circulated. If there are no such newspapers, the resolution shall be published twice in a newspaper published in the county. Publication shall be completed at least twenty days before the time set for the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 2 - Parks Dedicated by City › Section 38446.

38446. The park superintendent or another person designated by the legislative body shall cause at least three notices of the adoption of the resolution to be posted conspicuously not more than three hundred feet apart along the exterior boundaries of the area proposed to be discontinued and abandoned as a public park. Posting shall be completed at least twenty days before the time set for the hearing. Failure to post the notices does not invalidate the proceedings or prevent the legislative body from acquiring jurisdiction to proceed with the discontinuance and abandonment.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 2 - Parks Dedicated by City › Section 38447.

38447. The posted notices shall be headed: “Notice of proposed discontinuance of public park land” in legible characters, state the date of adoption of the resolution, and recite the facts contained in the resolution.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 2 - Parks Dedicated by City › Section 38448.

38448. At any time before the hour set for the hearing, any person or persons interested may protest in writing against the proposed abandonment and discontinuance, or to the extent thereof. The protest shall be delivered to the clerk of the legislative body.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 2 - Parks Dedicated by City › Section 38449.

38449. At the time set for the hearing or to which it is postponed, the legislative body shall hear and pass upon all such protests.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 2 - Parks Dedicated by City › Section 38450.

38450. Protests are sustained unless overruled by two-thirds vote of the legislative body. The legislative body may sustain protests as to one portion, and overrule them as to another portion of park land. If protests are overruled, the legislative body may adopt an ordinance calling, and fixing the date of, a special election to submit to the city electors the question of discontinuance and abandonment of the use of park land on which protests were overruled.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 2 - Parks Dedicated by City › Section 38451.

38451. If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition are in favor of it, the legislative body shall adopt an ordinance declaring that use of the land described in the ordinance calling the election for park purposes is discontinued and abandoned.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 729.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 2 - Parks Dedicated by City › Section 38452.

38452. If less than a majority of such electors vote for it, the legislative body shall not initiate proceedings for discontinuance of the use of such land for park purposes for one year after the election.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 729.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 2 - Parks Dedicated by City › Section 38460.

38460. When the ordinance becomes effective, the land described in it is deemed held by the city in fee. The city may sell or otherwise dispose of the property in the same manner as it may dispose of other city property no longer required for municipal purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 729.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 2 - Parks Dedicated by City › Section 38461.

38461. If the land was acquired by money derived from bonds authorized for park purposes, and the land sold, the reasonable market value of the land at the time of adoption of the ordinance shall be transferred to the bond fund from such other municipal fund as the legislative body determines. If the land was not acquired from bond funds and the land is sold, the proceeds from such sale shall be deposited in the general fund of the city.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 729.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 2 - Parks Dedicated by City › Section 38462.

38462. Except as permitted by general laws allowing diversions of bond funds, money so transferred shall be devoted only to the purposes for which the bonds were authorized.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 3 - Municipal Park Abandonment Law of 199 › Section 38501.

38501. The legislative body may abandon all or any portion of a park and sell the land comprising it pursuant to this article, if it finds that all or any portion of the purported park has not been used by the public for park purposes, that no consideration has been paid for the land except by the city, and that no public funds have been expended to improve the land as a park, in either of the following situations:
(a) When any land within the city limits has been dedicated for park purposes by the recording of a plat or map in the office of the county recorder, or otherwise.
(b) When any such land has been purchased for park purposes and the legislative body finds that all or any portion of the land is not appropriate, convenient, or necessary for park purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 170.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 3 - Municipal Park Abandonment Law of 199 › Section 38502.

38502. If the land comprising all or any part of such park has been purchased from funds realized from the sale of bonds of a bond issue authorized for the purpose of acquiring the land for park purposes, the question of abandonment of all or a part of the park and the sale or conveyance of the land shall first be submitted to, and approved by, the voters of the city at the next municipal election or at a special election called for that purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 170.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 3 - Municipal Park Abandonment Law of 199 › Section 38503.

38503. Before abandoning all or a part of such park, the legislative body shall adopt a resolution of intention, describing the park or the portion of it proposed to be abandoned and fixing a time, at least 30 days after adoption of the resolution, when it will meet to take final action.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 170.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 3 - Municipal Park Abandonment Law of 199 › Section 38504.

38504. The resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6063 in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or, if there is none, in any newspaper designated by the legislative body which is published in the county. Not less than four copies of the resolution shall be posted conspicuously not more than 100 feet apart along the boundaries of the park.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 3 - Municipal Park Abandonment Law of 199 › Section 38505.

38505. At the time stated in the resolution, the legislative body shall meet, and hear and pass on objections to the abandonment of all or a portion of the park. If the legislative body sustains the objections, the proceedings shall terminate, and a new resolution of intention shall not be adopted for six months.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 170.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 3 - Municipal Park Abandonment Law of 199 › Section 38506.

38506. If all objections are overruled, the legislative body has jurisdiction to order all or any portion of the park abandoned and the land sold.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 170.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 3 - Municipal Park Abandonment Law of 199 › Section 38507.

38507. The legislative body may employ any legal or other assistants that it deems necessary to sell the land for the best advantage of the city, and may fix and pay their compensation.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 714, Sec. 182.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 3 - Municipal Park Abandonment Law of 199 › Section 38508.

38508. The legislative body may order the land sold in one block or in lots or parcels, for cash or on credit, as it deems most advantageous to the city. Credit terms shall not exceed four years, and deferred payments shall bear a rate of interest of 6 percent a year. The legislative body shall determine when, at what price, and on what terms the land or any part of it shall be sold.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 170.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 3 - Municipal Park Abandonment Law of 199 › Section 38509.

38509. When authorized by a majority vote of the legislative body, the mayor and the city clerk shall sign, acknowledge, and deliver a deed to the land or part sold in the name and under the seal of the city. The deed when signed, acknowledged, and delivered conveys title to the land described in it.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 170.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 9 - Discontinuance of Parks › ARTICLE 3 - Municipal Park Abandonment Law of 199 › Section 38510.

38510. No abandonment or sale of a park pursuant to this article shall affect any private easement or other right in lands acquired or owned by any private person or corporation, nor shall such abandonment or sale affect any right, easement, or interest owned or under the control of any other governmental agency for public use other than park purposes.
In the absence of an express or implied reservation of a right of reversion in the dedication or instrument of purchase, the park lands abandoned pursuant to this article shall not revert to private ownership.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 170.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 1 - Fire Protection › Section 38600.

38600. The legislative body of a city may provide fire engines and all other necessary or proper apparatus for the prevention and extinguishment of fires.
(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 624.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 1 - Fire Protection › Section 38601.

38601. The legislative body of a city may:
(a) Establish and maintain fire limits.
(b) Regulate building and construction and removal of buildings within the city.
(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 624.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 1 - Fire Protection › Section 38611.

38611. The legislative body of a city organized under general law shall establish a fire department for the city. The fire department shall be under the charge of a chief who shall have had previous training and experience as a fireman. The other members of the fire department shall consist of paid firemen or such companies of volunteer firemen as the legislative body may determine. The city legislative body shall fix and pay the compensation of the chief and other paid firemen.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, and of subdivision (e) of Section 36501, no general law city shall be required to appoint or elect a fire chief or establish a fire department if such city is included within the boundaries of an established fire protection district.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 674.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 2 - Police Protection › Section 38630.

38630. (a) The police department of a city is under the control of the chief of police.
(b) In municipalities which provide for police and other emergency services through a consolidated public safety agency which includes traditional law enforcement, fire protection, and other emergency services, the chief, director, or chief executive officer of such an agency shall control the agency. The chief, director, or chief executive officer of a consolidated public safety agency is a peace officer, and shall meet all of the same requirements imposed by law, regulation, or POST guidelines and recommendations as a chief of police, and he or she shall have all of the same rights, responsibilities, and privileges as does a chief of police. No one who fails to meet all of the above requirements of a chief of police and peace officer shall be appointed to the position of chief, director, or chief executive officer of a consolidated municipal public safety agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 159, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 2 - Police Protection › Section 38631.

38631. The legislative body of a city may delegate to either the chief of police of the city or the city manager the authority to:
(a) Appoint one or more police officers.
(b) Appoint additional police officers when he or she deems it necessary for the preservation of the public order.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 523, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 2 - Police Protection › Section 38634.

38634. In every city having a regularly organized paid police force, the city legislative body or other body having the management and control of the police force shall grant every member of the force an annual leave of absence of 15 days from active duty.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 2 - Police Protection › Section 38635.

38635. Leaves of absence shall be so arranged as not to interfere with the police protection of the city.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 2 - Police Protection › Section 38636.

38636. Leaves of absence granted for sickness or injuries received in the discharge of duty are not a part of the annual leave of absence.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 2 - Police Protection › Section 38637.

38637. A deduction shall not be made from the pay of any police officer granted leave of absence pursuant to this article.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 2 - Police Protection › Section 38638.

38638. The mayor or other officer in control of the police force in a city shall direct a sufficient number of peace officers to attend and keep order at any public meeting in the city at which, in his or her opinion, a breach of the peace may occur.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 296, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 3 - Building Ordinances › Section 38660.

38660. The legislative body of a city may:
(a) Regulate the construction of and the materials used in all buildings, chimneys, stacks, and other structures and in foundations and foundation walls.
(b) Regulate the construction, repair, or alteration of buildings pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 15153.
(c) Prevent the erection and maintenance of unsafe building walls, chimneys, stacks, or other structures.
(d) Provide for the summary abatement, destruction, or removal of such unsafe structures and of unsightly or partially destroyed buildings.
(e) Regulate the construction and location of drains and sewers.
(f) Regulate the materials used in wiring structures for electricity and in piping them for a water, gas, or electric supply, and regulate the manner of such piping.
(g) Prohibit the construction of structures not conforming to such regulations.
(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 624.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 5 - Water › Section 38730.

38730. A city may acquire by gift, purchase, or condemnation, water, water rights, reservoir sites, rights of way for pipes, aqueducts, flumes, or other conduits, and all other property and appliances suitable and proper to supply water for the use of the city and its inhabitants.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 5 - Water › Section 38731.

38731. Two or more cities may jointly acquire and develop a source of water supply for municipal and domestic purposes and construct the works necessary for their joint and several purposes and needs.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 5 - Water › Section 38732.

38732. When a city legislative body deems it advisable to investigate the desirability of joint action with any other city for acquiring and maintaining a water supply, the legislative body shall pass a resolution so stating. With the consent and advice of the legislative body, the mayor shall appoint three commissioners to confer with like commissioners from the other city.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 5 - Water › Section 38733.

38733. The commissioners from the several cities shall meet and consider the desirability of the joint acquisition and development of a water supply and the plans and terms they deem feasible and equitable. If they agree upon the plans and terms, they shall report them to their legislative bodies.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 5 - Water › Section 38734.

38734. If the legislative bodies approve the plans and terms reported by the commissioners, they shall declare their approval by resolution and submit them to the qualified voters of their respective cities for approval or rejection at the next city election or at a special election called for that purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 5 - Water › Section 38735.

38735. If the terms and plans are approved by a majority of the voters voting on the proposition at the election, the cities may begin developing or acquiring the water supply in accordance with the plans and terms.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 5 - Water › Section 38736.

38736. Any city may issue bonds to complete the acquisition of a water supply jointly with other cities. All proceedings relating to the issue of such bonds shall be taken pursuant to law for the issue of bonds to acquire a water supply.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 5 - Water › Section 38737.

38737. Joint ownership and costs shall be restricted to those portions of the sources and works which are common to all the cities served. Each city shall exclusively own, construct, and operate those sources and works which are for its exclusive use.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 5 - Water › Section 38738.

38738. The apportionment of all costs of acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance of the joint properties shall be made upon the basis of the amount of water proposed to be apportioned to the several cities, unless a different apportionment of costs is agreed upon.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 5 - Water › Section 38739.

38739. The total costs of works which exclusively serve one city shall be borne by that city exclusively.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 5 - Water › Section 38740.

38740. The plans and terms or other agreement for acquiring the water supply may be modified by agreement between the cities, as declared by the legislative bodies.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 5 - Water › Section 38741.

38741. Before a resolution or ordinance relating to the joint acquisition of a water supply is binding upon a city, it shall be approved by the mayor or passed over the mayor’s veto pursuant to the charter provision or general law for the passage of ordinances.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 28. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 10 - Health and Safety › ARTICLE 5 - Water › Section 38742.

38742. The legislative body of any city may:
(a) Contract for supplying the city with water for municipal purposes.
(b) Acquire, construct, repair, and manage pumps, aqueducts, reservoirs, or other works necessary or proper for supplying water for the use of the city or its inhabitants or for irrigating purposes in the city.
(c) Use any portion of the revenues from any water works or water supply or distribution facilities, including but not limited to water works or water supply or distribution facilities acquired or constructed with funds from bonds issued under an act entitled “An act to provide for the formation of districts within municipalities for the acquisition or construction of public improvements, works and public utilities; for the issuance, sale and payment of bonds of such districts to meet the cost of such improvements; and for the acquisition or construction of such improvements,” approved April 20, 1915, the Municipal Improvement District Act of 1927, an act entitled “An act to provide for the formation of districts within municipalities for the acquisition, construction or extension of water works, water systems or water distribution systems; for the issuance, sale and payment of bonds of such districts to meet the cost of such water works, water systems or water distribution systems; and for the acquisition, construction or extension of such water works, water systems or water distribution systems” approved April 26, 1935, or from general obligation bonds of the city, for the payment of principal and interest of any of such bonds or any other bonds authorized by vote of electors and issued to acquire or construct any water works or water supply or distribution facilities within the city.
(d) Enter into agreements with, and accept financial or other assistance from, the United States or a federal department or agency, for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of the city water system and the sale and distribution of water from the system.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1371.)