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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39571.

39571. If objections have not been made or after the legislative body has disposed of those made, it shall order the superintendent to abate the nuisance by having the weeds, rubbish, refuse, and dirt removed. The order shall be made by motion or 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 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39572.

39572. The superintendent may enter upon private property to abate the nuisance.
(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 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39573.

39573. Before the superintendent arrives, any property owner may remove the weeds, rubbish, refuse, and dirt at the owner’s own expense. Nevertheless, in any case in which an order to abate is issued, the legislative body by motion or resolution may further order that a special assessment and lien be imposed pursuant to Section 39577. In that case the assessment and lien shall be limited to the costs incurred by the responsible agency in enforcing abatement upon the parcels, including investigation, boundary determination, measurement, clerical, and other related costs.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 34. (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 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39574.

39574. The superintendent shall keep an account of the cost of abatement in front of or on each separate parcel of land where the superintendent performs the work. The superintendent shall submit to the legislative body for confirmation an itemized written report showing the cost of the abatement.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 35. (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 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39575.

39575. A copy of the report shall be posted for at least three days prior to its submission to the legislative body on or near the chamber door of the legislative body, with a notice of the time of submission.
(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 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39576.

39576. At the time fixed for receiving and considering the report, the legislative body shall hear it with any objections of the property owners liable to be assessed for the abatement. It may modify the report if it is deemed necessary. The legislative body shall then confirm the report by motion or 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 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39576.5.

39576.5. Abatement of the nuisance may in the discretion of the legislative body be performed by contract awarded by the legislative body on the basis of competitive bids let to the lowest responsible bidder pursuant to Sections 37903, 37904, 37905 and 37931 to 37935 inclusive of this code. In such event the contractor shall keep the account and submit the itemized written report for each separate parcel of land required by Section 39574.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1889.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39577.

39577. The cost of abatement in front of or upon each parcel of land and the costs incurred by the responsible agency in enforcing abatement upon the parcels, including investigation, boundary determination, measurement, clerical and other related costs, constitutes a special assessment against that parcel. After the assessment is made and confirmed, a lien attaches on the parcel upon recordation of the order confirming the assessment in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is situated, except that if any real property to which such lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of such taxes as imposed by Section 39578 would become delinquent, then the lien which would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to such real property and the costs of abatement and the costs of enforcing abatement, as confirmed, relating to such property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 352, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39578.

39578. Except as provided in Section 39577, after confirmation of the report, a copy shall be given to the county auditor, who shall add the amount of the assessment to the next regular tax bill levied against the parcel for municipal purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 643, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39579.

39579. Except as provided in Section 39577, if the county assessor and the tax collector assess property and collect taxes for the city, a certified copy of the report shall be filed with the county auditor on or before August 10th. The descriptions of the parcels reported shall be those used for the same parcels on the county assessor’s map books for the current year.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 911.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39580.

39580. The county auditor shall enter each assessment on the county tax roll opposite the parcel of land.
(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 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39581.

39581. The amount of the assessment shall be collected at the time and in the manner of ordinary municipal taxes. If delinquent, the amount is subject to the same penalties and procedure of foreclosure and sale provided for ordinary municipal taxes.
The legislative body may determine that, in lieu of collecting the entire assessment at the time and in the manner of ordinary municipal taxes, such assessments of fifty dollars ($50) or more may be made in annual installments, in any event not to exceed five, and collected one installment at a time at the times and in the manner of ordinary municipal taxes in successive years. If any installment is delinquent, the amount thereof is subject to the same penalties and procedure for foreclosure and sale provided for ordinary municipal taxes. The payment of assessments so deferred shall bear interest on the unpaid balance at a rate to be determined by the legislative body, not to exceed 6 percent per annum.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 676.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39582.

39582. As an alternative method the county tax collector in his discretion may collect the assessments without reference to the general taxes by issuing separate bills and receipts for the assessments.
(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 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39583.

39583. Laws relating to the levy, collection, and enforcement of county taxes apply to such special assessment taxes.
(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 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39584.

39584. The superintendent may receive the amount due on the abatement cost and issue receipts at any time after the confirmation of the report and until 10 days before a copy is given to the county auditor, or, where a certified copy is filed with the county auditor, until August 1st following the confirmation of the report.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 643, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39585.

39585. The legislative body may order refunded all or part of a tax paid pursuant to this article if it finds that all or part of the tax has been erroneously levied. A tax or part shall not be refunded unless a claim is filed with the clerk of the legislative body on or before November 1st after the tax became due and payable. The claim shall be verified by the person who paid the tax or by the person’s guardian, conservator, executor, or administrator.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 730.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39586.

39586. If the legislative body finds that property damage was caused by the negligence of a city officer or employee in connection with the abatement of a nuisance pursuant to this article, a claim for such damages may be paid from the city general fund. Claims therefor are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of this code.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39587.

39587. The proceedings provided by this article are an alternative to any procedure established by ordinance pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 39500).
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 106, Sec. 68.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Alternative Procedures › Section 39588.

39588. The lien of said assessment shall have the priority of the taxes with which it is collected.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1465.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 14 - Municipal and Public Utilities › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 39730.

39730. The legislative body shall require every residential unit in an apartment house or similar multiunit residential structure, condominium, and mobilehome park for which a building permit has been obtained on or after July 1, 1982, other than a dormitory or other housing accommodation provided by any postsecondary educational institution for its students or employees and other than farmworker housing, to be individually metered for electrical and gas service, except that separate metering for gas service is not required for residential units which are not equipped with gas appliances requiring venting or which receive the majority of energy used for water or space heating from a solar energy system or through cogeneration technology.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 701, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 14 - Municipal and Public Utilities › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 39731.

39731. By gift, purchase, or eminent domain, a legislative body may acquire any existing ferry system, including any franchise or license, boats and vessels, land and interest in land, slips, wharves, piers, landing places, approaches, and equipment and facilities used or for use in the maintenance and operation thereof. The legislative body may operate the ferry system as a toll or free ferry upon navigable waters within or adjacent to the city boundaries. The cost of acquisition and operation may be paid from the city general fund, from revenues of the ferry system, or from any other funds that may be legally applied to such purpose.
(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 735.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 14 - Municipal and Public Utilities › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 39731.1.

39731.1. The legislative body, in connection with the acquisition or otherwise, may contract with any person, firm, or corporation for the operation or management of any ferry system acquired or owned by the city upon such terms and provisions as it may determine.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 735.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 14 - Municipal and Public Utilities › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 39731.2.

39731.2. Neither the State nor any subdivision, authority, or agency thereof, nor any public corporation, district, or authority, shall construct or operate any bridge, tunnel, or transportation facility, which by its operation, will compete with and materially damage the property or injure the business or revenues of any toll-ferry system owned by any fifth or sixth class city, without first making adequate provision for just and reasonable compensation for the damage or loss of the property and revenues of such ferry system.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 735.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 14 - Municipal and Public Utilities › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 39732.

39732. The legislative body may:
(a) Acquire, own, construct, maintain, and operate bus lines, street railways, steam railway spur tracks, telephone and telegraph lines, gas and other works for light, power, and heat, public libraries, museums, gymnasiums, parks, and baths.
(b) Grant franchises for the construction of public utilities it deems proper, the laying of railroad tracks and the running of cars on the tracks, and the laying of gas and water pipes in public streets.
(c) Permit the construction and maintenance of telegraph and telephone lines.
(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 14 - Municipal and Public Utilities › ARTICLE 2 - Facilities in Aid of Public Utilities › Section 39790.

39790. As used in this article, “facility” means any works, road, railroad, tramway, power plant, telegraph or telephone line, or other necessary works or structures.
(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 14 - Municipal and Public Utilities › ARTICLE 2 - Facilities in Aid of Public Utilities › Section 39791.

39791. A city may construct, equip, use, maintain, and operate any facility, within or without the city or the county where the city is located, for the preparation, manufacture, handling, or transporting of any materials or supplies required in the construction or completion by the city of any public work, improvement, or utility.
(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 14 - Municipal and Public Utilities › ARTICLE 2 - Facilities in Aid of Public Utilities › Section 39792.

39792. For the purpose of constructing, equipping, using, maintaining, or operating any facility, the city may lease or acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise and hold and use any land, rights of way, water, water rights, quarry, gravel bed, other mineral deposits, or any other necessary property, within or without the city or the county where the city is located.
(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 14 - Municipal and Public Utilities › ARTICLE 2 - Facilities in Aid of Public Utilities › Section 39793.

39793. When authorized by a two-thirds vote of the members of its legislative body at a regular meeting, a city, for the purpose of breaking, crushing, or otherwise preparing gravel or rock to be used in making, paving, improving, or repairing its streets, may do any and all of the following:
(a) Acquire, lease, purchase, and operate any gravel bed or quarry within the county where the city is situated.
(b) Equip and operate a plant for preparing gravel or rock at the gravel bed or quarry, or within the city.
(c) Acquire, lease, or purchase and maintain all necessary roads, rights of way, and tramways over which to transport gravel or rock from the gravel bed or quarry to the city, and all necessary appliances for that purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 330.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 14 - Municipal and Public Utilities › ARTICLE 2 - Facilities in Aid of Public Utilities › Section 39794.

39794. This article does not extend or enlarge any limitation prescribed by law or charter upon taxation, expenditure of public funds, or the incurring of indebtedness by a city.
(Added by renumbering Section 39793 by Stats. 1951, Ch. 330.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 15 - Rivers, Streams, and Harbors › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 39900.

39900. When a city legislative body determines that it is beneficial to the city and if an equal or greater sum of money has been made available from private sources, it may appropriate and expend money from the general fund for making surveys, maps, plans, and plats and for obtaining information preliminary to the development, improvement, and construction of a deep water canal, waterway, or water facilities for transportation purposes across, in, or along the county where the city is located or any adjoining county.
(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 15 - Rivers, Streams, and Harbors › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 39901.

39901. A city whose limits include or bound upon a harbor, bay, estuary, or other navigable body of water may:
(a) Establish, acquire, construct, improve, and maintain in, upon, and along the body of water, piers, docks, wharves, bulkheads, quays, and other necessary works.
(b) Construct, improve, dredge, deepen, or straighten, channels, turning basins, canals, slips, and waterways to, from, and along such works and connecting with any other navigable water within or without the city limits.
(c) Do any thing necessary or convenient to the establishment, improvement, conduct, and maintenance of a harbor, and in furtherance of commerce and navigation.
This section does not affect or limit a person’s use and enjoyment of property rights, nor grant a city the right to destroy, injure, impair, or interfere with any private or quasi-public property or property rights, leasehold, or otherwise, or to the use and enjoyment of the property.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 36. (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 15 - Rivers, Streams, and Harbors › ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of Harbor Lines by Cities Generally › Section 39930.

39930. As used in this article:
(a) “Navigable water” includes a harbor, bay, inlet, and estuary.
(b) “Tidelands” includes submerged lands.
(c) “Owns tidelands” means by grant from the State, or otherwise, owns, holds, or possesses tidelands or the title to such 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 15 - Rivers, Streams, and Harbors › ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of Harbor Lines by Cities Generally › Section 39931.

39931. By ordinance a city which owns tidelands situated within the city boundaries and fronting on a navigable water within the city boundaries may fix and establish harbor lines, both pierhead and bulkhead lines, in and for the navigable water. By ordinance the city may change or abolish the harbor lines as the public interest or the needs of commerce and navigation require.
(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 15 - Rivers, Streams, and Harbors › ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of Harbor Lines by Cities Generally › Section 39932.

39932. A city may exercise such power to the same extent which the State may exercise it or to which the State can grant such power to a city. Harbor lines shall not be fixed or established beyond or outside harbor lines established by the United States.
(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 15 - Rivers, Streams, and Harbors › ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of Harbor Lines by Cities Generally › Section 39933.

39933. All navigable waters situated within or adjacent to city shall remain open to the free and unobstructed navigation of the public. Such waters and the water front of such waters shall remain open to free and unobstructed access by the people from the public streets and highways within the city. Public streets, highways, and other public rights of way shall remain open to the free and unobstructed use of the public from such waters and water front to the public streets and highways.
(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 15 - Rivers, Streams, and Harbors › ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of Harbor Lines by Cities Generally › Section 39934.

39934. To secure the benefits of this article and of Article XV of the Constitution to such city and to the people generally, a city in which a navigable water is situated may:
(a) By ordinance establish public streets and other public rights of way to the water over, upon, or along the tidelands in the city fronting on the navigable water, which streets and rights of way are required for connecting the navigable water with public streets of the city or for any other public purpose.
(b) Lay out, open, widen, narrow, close up, construct, maintain, and improve such streets and other public rights of way.
(c) Fill or authorize to be filled all or part of tidelands between the streets and between the mainland and established harbor lines. If lands are filled in, sufficient streets shall be opened and maintained open through or adjacent to the filled lands to allow the public convenient and adequate access to and along the water front of the lands and to the navigable waters.
(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 15 - Rivers, Streams, and Harbors › ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of Harbor Lines by Cities Generally › Section 39935.

39935. The authority granted by this article may be exercised by a city over, along, or upon the water frontage or tidelands which it owns or which one claimed or possessed by any person.
(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 15 - Rivers, Streams, and Harbors › ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of Harbor Lines by Cities Generally › Section 39936.

39936. City ordinances for the laying out, establishing, opening, constructing, maintaining, or otherwise improving of public streets and other public rights of way adopted prior to August 10, 1913, are confirmed and validated.
(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 15 - Rivers, Streams, and Harbors › ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of Harbor Lines by Cities Generally › Section 39937.

39937. When by ordinance a city declares that any right of way to a body of navigable water in the city over, upon, or along the frontage of city tidelands is required for any public purpose, a person claiming or possessing such frontage or tidelands shall not:
(a) Hinder the city in laying out, establishing, opening, constructing, or otherwise improving or maintaining the right of way.
(b) Exclude the right of way.
(c) Obstruct or prevent its free use by the city or the public generally.
(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 15 - Rivers, Streams, and Harbors › ARTICLE 2 - Establishment of Harbor Lines by Cities Generally › Section 39938.

39938. Ordinances of a city owning tidelands fronting on a navigable water situated within the city boundaries which were adopted prior to August 10, 1913, and which fix harbor lines upon or adjacent to such tidelands are confirmed and validated unless they extend beyond harbor lines established by the United States.
(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 15 - Rivers, Streams, and Harbors › ARTICLE 3 - Powers › Section 39961.

39961. The legislative body may:
(a) Improve the rivers and streams flowing through or adjoining the city, widen, straighten, and deepen their channels, and remove obstructions from them.
(b) Acquire and improve public mooring places for water craft.
(c) Improve the city water front, including the ocean front, and build and construct breakwaters, jetties, and sea wall.
(d) Construct and maintain embankments and other works to protect the city from overflow.
(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 15 - Rivers, Streams, and Harbors › ARTICLE 3 - Powers › Section 39962.

39962. It may also acquire, own, construct, maintain, and operate wharves, chutes, piers, breakwaters, bathhouses, and life saving stations on lands bordering on a navigable bay, lake, inlet, river, creek, slough, or arm of the sea within the city limits or contiguous thereto.
(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 15 - Rivers, Streams, and Harbors › ARTICLE 3 - Powers › Section 39963.

39963. Pursuant to contract and through its legislative body, a city may join with another city of the same class or with a county in:
(a) Acquiring an existing ferry and franchise, wharf, or landing place necessary for its operation.
(b) Operating the ferry upon navigable waters within or adjacent to the limits of both cities or of the county and 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 15 - Rivers, Streams, and Harbors › ARTICLE 3 - Powers › Section 39964.

39964. Each contracting party may pay its proportionate share of the cost of acquiring and operating the ferry out of its general 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 15 - Rivers, Streams, and Harbors › ARTICLE 3 - Powers › Section 39965.

39965. In the discretion of the legislative bodies of the contracting parties, the ferry may be operated either as a toll or free ferry.
(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 16 - Advertising › Section 40102.

40102. The money appropriated may be used in the manner and for the purposes recited in the ordinance making the appropriation.
(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 17 - Census › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 40200.

40200. Pursuant to this article, the legislative body may take a census of the city between the years of taking the federal census. That census shall be validated by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 113. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 17 - Census › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 40201.

40201. By resolution, the legislative body may declare its intention to cause a census to be taken by suitable persons appointed by it and at the city’s expense.
(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 17 - Census › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 40204.

40204. When completed, the census shall be verified before any officer authorized to administer oaths, and filed with the city clerk.
(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 17 - Census › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 40205.

40205. Upon receipt of the verified census, the clerk shall make a certified copy. Thereafter it is the official census of the city.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 806.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 17 - Census › ARTICLE 2 - Special Census › Section 40230.

40230. For the purpose of determining where county offices shall be established, a city legislative body may establish the population of the city pursuant to this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 149, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 17 - Census › ARTICLE 2 - Special Census › Section 40231.

40231. The Legislative body may adopt a resolution providing that a census be taken in the city to establish the population in years other than those in which a federal census is taken. That census shall be validated by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 114. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 17 - Census › ARTICLE 2 - Special Census › Section 40232.

40232. The ordinance shall prescribe the rules and regulations for taking the census to insure an accurate count of the inhabitants 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 17 - Census › ARTICLE 2 - Special Census › Section 40233.

40233. Census takers shall be appointed by the legislative body and sworn to faithfully perform their duties. All reports of the census takers shall be sworn to before an officer authorized to take oaths.
(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 17 - Census › ARTICLE 2 - Special Census › Section 40234.

40234. The city clerk shall prepare a certified copy of the final census report. Thereafter it is the official census of the city for the purposes of this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 806.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 17 - Census › ARTICLE 2 - Special Census › Section 40236.

40236. For the purposes of this article, any enumeration of population made by the United States Bureau of Census in any year other than that in which a decennial census is taken establishes the population of any city. A copy of that determination of population shall be filed in the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance and thereafter is the official census of the city for the purposes of this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 115. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 18 - Public Works › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 40401.

40401. In its discretion the legislative body may expend the ordinary annual city income to pay all or part of the cost of work to:
(a) Establish, build, and repair bridges.
(b) Acquire by purchase or otherwise land for squares, parks, playgrounds, and places within the city and improve, equip, and maintain them.
(c) Establish, lay out, alter, keep open, improve, and repair streets, sidewalks, alleys, tunnels, and other public highways, and drain, sprinkle, oil, and light them.
(d) Remove all obstructions from them.
(e) Establish grades for them.
(f) Grade, pave, gravel, and curb all or part of them.
(g) Construct gutters, culverts, sidewalks, and crosswalks in all or on any part of them.
(h) Cause shade trees to be planted, set out, and cultivated in them.
(i) Generally manage and control all such highways, tunnels, and places.
(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 18 - Public Works › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 40403.

40403. When the legislative body deems it necessary for the city to construct a bridge connecting the city with an adjoining road district and it is necessary in constructing the bridge to take or damage private property within or without or within and without the city limits, by resolution the legislative body may declare the necessity of taking or damaging the property and direct and maintain proceedings for that purpose pursuant to law.
(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 18 - Public Works › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 40404.

40404. The legislative body may acquire private property by condemnation or otherwise when it is necessary to take or damage such property for:
(a) Establishing, laying out, extending, and widening streets and other public highways and places within the city.
(b) Rights of way for drains, sewers, and aqueducts.
(c) Widening, straightening, or diverting the channels of streams.
(d) The improvement of water fronts.
(e) The acquisition or maintenance of public harbors.
(f) Any other purposes authorized by law.
(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 18 - Public Works › ARTICLE 2 - Drawbridges › Section 40460.

40460. When public necessity requires, a city may erect and maintain drawbridges across navigable streams that flow through or penetrate the city boundaries.
(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 18 - Public Works › ARTICLE 3 - Sidewalks › Section 40470.

40470. The legislative body of a general law city may impose a sidewalk installation charge pursuant to this article. The charge shall not exceed three dollars ($3) annually on all businesses and residences located within the city, including trailer coaches valued under subdivision (e) of Section 10753.2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. Each dwelling in a multiple-dwelling unit shall be considered a separate residence for purposes of such charge, but each business having a room or rooms subject to the tax imposed under Section 51030 shall be considered as a single business for purposes of such charge.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 350.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 18 - Public Works › ARTICLE 3 - Sidewalks › Section 40471.

40471. The special charge described in Section 40470 shall only be imposed pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5. The charge shall be in an amount and for a period not to exceed five years which shall be stated on the ballot.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 330, Sec. 6. (SB 1090) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 18 - Public Works › ARTICLE 3 - Sidewalks › Section 40472.

40472. The legislative body may provide that such charge shall be collected with, and not separately from, the charges for any utility service provided by the city and that all such charges shall be billed upon the same bill and collected as one item.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 350.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 18 - Public Works › ARTICLE 3 - Sidewalks › Section 40473.

40473. Any special charge imposed under this article, exclusive of the cost of collection, shall be used only for the acquisition of rights-of-way for, and the construction of sidewalks on, the city’s select system of city streets.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 350.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 1 - Title and Policy › Section 40500.

40500. This chapter shall be known as the Municipal Federal Surplus Property Authority Law.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 1 - Title and Policy › Section 40501.

40501. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State that to promote the public interest, economy, health, safety, education and general welfare of the cities, cities and counties, and counties in the State and of the residents and property owners therein, the people be empowered to acquire, own, maintain, operate, improve and dispose of surplus real properties of the United States which are within or contiguous to said cities, cities and counties, and counties. Because of the unique problem presented in so doing and of the facts and circumstances relative thereto, the creation of an authority within and separate and distinct from said cities, cities and counties, and counties is necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 1 - Title and Policy › Section 40502.

40502. Such authority, when created, shall constitute a public corporation.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 40506.

40506. Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 123.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 40507.

40507. “Authority” means a surplus property authority created pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 40508.

40508. “Local agency” means city, city and county, or county which creates the authority.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 40509.

40509. “Clerk” means the clerk of the authority.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 40510.

40510. “Contract” means a contract entered into by the authority for the purchase or other acquisition of surplus real property under the Federal Property and Administration Services Act of 1949 or other federal law.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 40511.

40511. “Commission” means the legislative body of the authority.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 40513.

40513. “Legislative body” means the city council or other legislative body of the local agency.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 40515.

40515. “Person” includes any individual, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, trust, business trust or receiver or trustee or conservator for any thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 40516.

40516. “President” means the presiding officer of the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 40517.

40517. “Property” means any real property acquired pursuant to the Federal Property and Administration Services Act of 1949, or other federal law.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 40518.

40518. “Treasurer” means the fiscal officer of the authority.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 3 - Surplus Property Authority › Section 40520.

40520. There is, in each city, city and county, or county of the State, a public corporation known as the “surplus property authority” of the city, city and county, or county.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 3 - Surplus Property Authority › Section 40521.

40521. The authority shall not transact any business or exercise any powers unless and until the legislative body shall by ordinance declare that there is need for the authority to function in the city, city and county, or county.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 3 - Surplus Property Authority › Section 40522.

40522. The determination that there is need for an authority to function may be initiated by the legislative body on its own motion or upon the filing of a petition signed by 100 residents of the city, city and county, or county asserting that there is need for an authority to function in the local agency and requesting that the legislative body so declare.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 3 - Surplus Property Authority › Section 40523.

40523. In any suit, action, or proceeding by or against or in any manner relating to an authority, the authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers upon proof of the adoption of the ordinance by the legislative body declaring the need for the authority to function.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 19 - Surplus United States Property › ARTICLE 3 - Surplus Property Authority › Section 40524.

40524. At the time the authority becomes authorized to transact business and exercise its powers, and from time to time thereafter, the legislative body, subject to the law governing the conduct of its fiscal affairs, may make an estimate of the amount of money required for administrative purposes of the authority, and by a two-thirds vote, appropriate such amounts to the authority as it deems necessary, subject to such conditions as it prescribes.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1227.)