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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - GENERAL › Section 36525.

36525. (a) As used in this section “city auditor” includes an elected or appointed officer or full-time employee of the city who is compensated, but does not include an independent contractor.
(b) All books, papers, records, and correspondence of the city auditor pertaining to the auditor’s work are public records subject to Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 and shall be filed at any of the regularly maintained offices of the city auditor. However, none of the following items or papers of which these items are a part may be released to the public by the city auditor, or the auditor’s employees:
(1) Personal papers and correspondence of any person providing assistance to the city auditor when that person has requested in writing that the person’s papers and correspondence be kept private and confidential. Those papers and that correspondence shall become public records if the written request is withdrawn or upon the order of the city auditor.
(2) Papers, correspondence, memoranda, or any substantive information pertaining to any audit not completed.
(3) Papers, correspondence, or memoranda pertaining to any audit that has been completed, which papers, correspondence, or memoranda are not used in support of any report resulting from the audit.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 191. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 36801.

36801. The city council shall meet at the meeting at which the declaration of the election results for a general municipal election is made pursuant to Sections 10262 and 10263 of the Elections Code and, following the declaration of the election results and the installation of elected officials, choose one of its number as mayor, and one of its number as mayor pro tempore.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 620, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 36802.

36802. The mayor shall preside at the meetings of the council. If the mayor is absent or unable to act, the mayor pro tempore shall serve until the mayor returns or is able to act. The mayor pro tempore has all of the powers and duties of the mayor.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 21. (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 1 - Organization › Section 36804.

36804. If the city clerk is absent, the deputy city clerk shall act. If there is none, the mayor shall appoint one of the council members as city clerk pro tempore.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 699, Sec. 16. (SB 894) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 36805.

36805. The city council shall hold regular meetings at least once a month at times fixed by ordinance or resolutions. It may adjourn any regular or adjourned meeting to a date specified in the order of adjournment. When so adjourned, the adjourned meeting is a regular meeting for all purposes.
(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 1 - Organization › Section 36809.

36809. When an order of adjournment of a regular meeting fails to state the hour at which the adjourned meeting is to be held, it shall be held at the hour specified for regular meetings.
(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 1 - Organization › Section 36810.

36810. A majority of the council constitutes a quorum for transaction of business. Less than a majority may adjourn from time to time, and compel attendance of absent members in the manner and under the penalties prescribed by ordinance.
(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 1 - Organization › Section 36811.

36811. If all council members are absent from any regular meeting, the city clerk shall declare the meeting adjourned to a stated day and hour. The city clerk shall cause a written notice of the adjournment to be delivered personally to each council member at least three hours before the adjourned meeting.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 699, Sec. 17. (SB 894) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 36812.

36812. After incorporation, the city council is judge of the qualifications of its members and of election returns. It shall determine contested elections of city officers.
(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 1 - Organization › Section 36812.1.

36812.1. If a written statement to contest the election of a city officer pursuant to Sections 16400 and 16401 of the Elections Code is filed with the city clerk prior to the commencement of any proceeding by the city council, pursuant to Section 36812, the authority of the city council to commence those proceedings shall be suspended for the applicable period of time specified in Section 16401 of the Elections Code for the filing of the statement of contest.
Upon the expiration of the period of time, the city council may proceed pursuant to Section 36812 if no proceedings have been instituted pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 16500) of Chapter 6 of Division 16 of the Elections Code, or those proceedings are terminated without judgment being rendered by the court.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 74. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 36812.5.

36812.5. A city may defend any person elected to the city council or to the office of city clerk or city treasurer in any election contest instituted for any of the causes set forth in subdivisions (a), (d), or (e) of Section 16100 of the Elections Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 75. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 36813.

36813. The council may establish rules for the conduct of its proceedings. It may punish a member or other person for disorderly behavior at a 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 1 - Organization › Section 36814.

36814. The council shall cause the clerk to keep a correct record of its proceedings. At the request of a member, the city clerk shall enter the ayes and noes in the journal.
(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 1 - Organization › Section 36815.

36815. Any reference to “councilman” or “councilmen” shall also mean and include “councilwoman” or “councilwomen.” A female member of a city council may designate herself “councilwoman.” Any member of a city council may designate himself or herself “councilmember.”
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 982, Sec. 13.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 2 - Ordinances › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 36901.

36901. The city legislative body may impose fines, penalties, and forfeitures for violations of ordinances. It may fix the penalty by fine or imprisonment, or both. A fine shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). Imprisonment shall not exceed six months.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 139. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 2 - Ordinances › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 36903.

36903. Imprisonment for violation of an ordinance shall be in the city jail, unless by ordinance the legislative body prescribes imprisonment in the county jail. If city prisoners are imprisoned in the county jail the expense is a charge against 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 2 - Ordinances › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 36904.

36904. The legislative body may require persons imprisoned for violation of an ordinance to labor on public property or works within 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 2 - Ordinances › ARTICLE 2 - Enactment › Section 36931.

36931. The enacting clause of ordinances shall be: “The city council of the City of ____ does ordain as follows:”.
(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 2 - Ordinances › ARTICLE 2 - Enactment › Section 36932.

36932. Ordinances shall be signed by the mayor and attested by 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 2 - Ordinances › ARTICLE 2 - Enactment › Section 36933.1.

36933.1. Whenever a city having a population of less than 2,500 inhabitants adopts an ordinance code containing all ordinances and amendments previously adopted and amendments and new ordinances to bring the codification up to the date of adoption, instead of publishing such code, amendments, and new ordinances pursuant to Section 36933, the city council may cause the code, amendments, and new ordinances to be adopted by reference as provided in Sections 50022.1 to 50022.8 inclusive of this code. Thereafter all ordinances amending the code shall be published pursuant to Section 36933.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 270.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 2 - Ordinances › ARTICLE 2 - Enactment › Section 36934.

36934. Ordinances shall not be passed within five days of their introduction, nor at other than a regular meeting or at an adjourned regular meeting. However, an urgency ordinance may be passed immediately upon introduction and either at a regular or special meeting. Except when, after reading the title, further reading is waived by regular motion adopted by majority vote all ordinances shall be read in full either at the time of introduction or passage; provided, however, that a reading of the title or ordinance shall not be required if the title is included on the published agenda and a copy of the full ordinance is made available to the public online and in print at the meeting prior to the introduction or passage. When ordinances, other than urgency ordinances, are altered after introduction, they shall be passed only at a regular or at an adjourned regular meeting held at least five days after alteration. Corrections of typographical or clerical errors are not alterations within the meaning of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 427, Sec. 5. (SB 1489) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 2 - Ordinances › ARTICLE 2 - Enactment › Section 36935.

36935. Resolutions or orders for the payment of money shall be adopted or made only at a regular meeting or at a special meeting for which the notice of such special meeting specifies the business to be transacted.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 775.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 2 - Ordinances › ARTICLE 2 - Enactment › Section 36936.

36936. Resolutions, orders for the payment of money, and all ordinances require a recorded majority vote of the total membership of the city council.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 454, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 2 - Ordinances › ARTICLE 2 - Enactment › Section 36936.1.

36936.1. The rates of taxes to be levied or the amount of revenue required to be raised by taxation may be fixed either by ordinance or resolution. Where the tax rate or the amount of revenue required to be raised by taxation is fixed by resolution, such resolution shall be published in the same manner and within the same time as ordinances are required to be published.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1295.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 2 - Ordinances › ARTICLE 2 - Enactment › Section 36937.

36937. Ordinances take effect 30 days after their final passage. An ordinance takes effect immediately, if it is an ordinance:
(a) Relating to an election.
(b) For the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, containing a declaration of the facts constituting the urgency, and is passed by a four-fifths vote of the city council.
(c) Relating to street improvement proceedings.
(d) Relating to taxes for the usual and current expenses of the city.
(e) Covered by particular provisions of law prescribing the manner of its passage and adoption.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2347.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 3 - General Powers › Section 37100.5.

37100.5. Except as provided in Section 7282 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the legislative body of any city may levy any tax which may be levied by any charter city, subject to the voters’ approval pursuant to Article XIII A of the Constitution of California.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 529, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 3 - General Powers › Section 37101.

37101. (a) The legislative body may license, for revenue and regulation, and fix the license tax upon, every kind of lawful business transacted in the city, including shows, exhibitions, and games. It may provide for collection of the license tax by suit or otherwise. If the legislative body levies a sales tax under the authority of this section, it may impose a complementary tax at the same rate upon use or other consumption of tangible personal property.
If the legislative body imposes a sales or use tax, it shall do so in the same manner and use the same tax base as prescribed in Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(b) Any legislative body, including the legislative body of a charter city, that levies a license tax pursuant to subdivision (a) upon a business operating both within and outside the legislative body’s taxing jurisdiction, shall levy the tax so that the measure of tax fairly reflects that proportion of the taxed activity actually carried on within the taxing jurisdiction.
(c) No license tax levied pursuant to subdivision (a) that is measured by the licensee’s income or gross receipts, whether levied by a charter or general law city, shall apply to any nonprofit organization that is exempted from taxes by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 23701) of Part 11 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code or Subchapter F (commencing with Section 501) of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or the successor of either, or to any minister, clergyman, Christian Science practitioner, rabbi, or priest of any religious organization that has been granted an exemption from federal income tax by the United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a successor to that section.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1282, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994. Operative, by Sec. 6 of Ch. 1282, upon adoption of Prop. 176 (SCA 15) on June 7, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 3 - General Powers › Section 37101.5.

37101.5. Notwithstanding Section 37101, no legislative body shall require a regulatory license or impose a regulatory license or impose a regulatory license fee with respect to cafe musicians.
“Cafe musician,” for the purposes of this section, means any person playing a musical instrument in any place or establishment where food or alcoholic beverages are sold, offered for sale or given away, who is an employee, or independent contractor, of such place or establishment. “Cafe musician” does not include an owner, manager, or operator of such place or establishment.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 969.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 3 - General Powers › Section 37101.7.

37101.7. (a) In accordance with the provisions of subdivision (b), the legislative body may license for revenue, and fix the license tax upon, persons who transact in the city the business of a contractor licensed pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.
(b) The ordinance which adopts the license and license tax shall not impose a greater license tax upon those persons subject to it who, as contractors, have no fixed place of business within the city, than upon those contractors who have a fixed place of business within the city; provided, however, that such ordinance may impose a license tax graduated according to gross receipts attributable to contracting work done within a city, regardless of whether or not the contractor has a fixed place of business within the city.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1043.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 3 - General Powers › Section 37102.

37102. The legislative body may use any available funds to provide employment to the city’s destitute or needy unemployed residents.
(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 3 - General Powers › Section 37103.

37103. The legislative body may contract with any specially trained and experienced person, firm, or corporation for special services and advice in financial, economic, accounting, engineering, legal, or administrative matters.
It may pay such compensation to these experts as it deems proper.
(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 354.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 3 - General Powers › Section 37104.

37104. The legislative body may issue subpenas requiring attendance of witnesses or production of books or other documents for evidence or testimony in any action or proceeding pending before it.
(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 3 - General Powers › Section 37105.

37105. Subpenas shall be signed by the mayor and attested by the city clerk. They may be served as subpenas are served in civil actions.
(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 3 - General Powers › Section 37106.

37106. If any person duly subpenaed neglects or refuses to obey a subpena, or, appearing, refuses to testify or answer any questions which a majority of the legislative body decide proper and pertinent, the mayor shall report the fact to the judge of the superior court of the 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 3 - General Powers › Section 37107.

37107. The judge shall issue an attachment directed to the sheriff of the county where the witness was required to appear, commanding the sheriff to attach the person, and forthwith bring the person before the judge.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 22. (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 3 - General Powers › Section 37109.

37109. The right of a witness to purge himself of the contempt and the proceedings, penalties, and punishment shall be the same as if the contempt had been committed in a civil trial in a superior court.
(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 3 - General Powers › Section 37110.

37110. The legislative body may spend money from the general fund for music and promotion, including promotion of sister city and town affiliation programs.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1195, Sec. 12.3. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 3 - General Powers › Section 37110.5.

37110.5. The legislative body may authorize and provide for contributions to nonprofit educational radio and television stations, provided all of the following conditions exist:
(a) The purpose of the contribution is to enable the citizens of the city to enjoy greater educational and cultural advantages.
(b) A substantial number of the residents of the city live within the reception area of the station.
(c) The station regularly broadcasts programs which have educational or cultural significance.
(d) The contribution is to the general funds of the station and not for or in connection with any particular program.
(e) The contribution is not accompanied, directly or indirectly, by any direction of, sponsorship of, control of, or restriction of any program or the content of any program.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 106, Sec. 64.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 3 - General Powers › Section 37111.

37111. When the legislative body deems it necessary that land purchased for park or other purposes be used for construction of public buildings or creation of a civic center, it may adopt an ordinance by a four-fifths vote declaring the necessity and providing for such 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 3 - General Powers › Section 37111.1.

37111.1. When a legislative body deems it necessary that land purchased in fee for any municipal purpose and subsequently dedicated by use for park purposes should be used for other municipal purposes, it may adopt an ordinance by a four-fifths vote, after giving notice and conducting a public hearing, declaring the necessity and providing that such lands can be used for other municipal purposes provided that (a) an equal or greater amount of city property has also been acquired within the previous three years and has been dedicated and has been developed, or will within a reasonable period of time be developed, for similar park purposes and (b) the proposed use of the park land conforms to the city’s general plan.
This section shall not be applicable to land dedicated for park purposes by a donor or acquired by eminent domain procedures for park purposes or acquired by funds obtained from bonds voted for park purposes.
This procedure is an alternative procedure to any other procedures contained in the law.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 565.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 3 - General Powers › Section 37112.

37112. In addition to other powers, a legislative body may perform all acts necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this title.
(Added by renumbering Section 37113 by Stats. 1955, Ch. 624.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 3 - General Powers › Section 37114.

37114. If real property is conveyed by a city and it is subsequently determined and mutually agreed by the legislative body of the city and the person to whom the property was conveyed that an error was made in the description of the property conveyed, so that less property is included in the description than was intended by the parties, the legislative body of the city may by resolution recite the facts of such error and approve such determination and agreement; thereafter the legislative body may execute or cause to be executed a corrective deed without conforming to the requirements of law, if any, for the sale of real property by cities and without commencing a judicial action to reform the deed.
A similar procedure may be followed with respect to property conveyed to a city, where the error results in more property being conveyed than was intended. In either case the resolution of the legislative body shall be conclusive as to the facts recited therein as to good faith purchasers or encumbrancers for value.
This section shall not apply to a conveyance by or to a city if the error is in the published description required by law or charter, nor shall this section require notice of such sale or purchase to be published if not otherwise required by law.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1458.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 3 - General Powers › Section 37115.

37115. The legislative body may, within the powers otherwise conferred by law upon the city, do and perform all acts necessary to enable the city to participate in the “Economic Opportunity Act of 1964” (P.L. 88-452; 78 Stat. 508), including the authorization of the expenditure by the city of whatever funds that may be required by the federal government as a condition to such participation.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 829.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 3 - General Powers › Section 37116.

37116. Upon receipt of an application from the governing body of any school district maintaining a school within a city, requesting to borrow funds from the city for the purpose of removing or replacing asbestos-derived materials used in constructing, insulating, or furnishing one or more of those schools, and declaring the existence of such asbestos-derived material to be potentially detrimental to the health of pupils, teachers, and others using the school, the legislative body of the city may loan, and the school district may borrow, the requested city funds upon such terms and conditions as are mutually agreed upon by the respective governing bodies, provided that the loan shall be repaid only from the school district’s deferred maintenance fund established pursuant to Section 39618 of the Education Code.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 485, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 3 - General Powers › Section 37200.

37200. If the legislative body adopts an annual budget, the budget document shall include the appropriations limit and the total annual appropriations subject to limitation as determined pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 7900) of Title 1.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1025, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 4 - Financial Powers › Section 37201.

37201. Demands against the city for money or damages are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1, except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 454, Sec. 77.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 4 - Financial Powers › Section 37202.

37202. Except as provided in Section 37208, the legislative body shall approve or reject demands only after such demands have been audited in the manner prescribed by ordinance or resolution. Such audited demands may be submitted separately or a register of audited demands may be submitted to the legislative body for approval or rejection and shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the officer submitting the demands certifying as to the accuracy of the demands and the availability of funds for payment thereof.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 261.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 4 - Financial Powers › Section 37203.

37203. Upon allowing a demand or approving a register of audited demands, the mayor shall draw a warrant or warrants upon the city treasurer specifying the purpose for which drawn and the fund from which payment is to be made. The city clerk shall countersign the warrant. The legislative body, by ordinance or resolution, may prescribe an alternative method of drawing warrants and checks.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 770.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 4 - Financial Powers › Section 37204.

37204. When an order or demand is not approved for want of funds and its amount does not exceed the income and revenue for the year in which the indebtedness was incurred, the city clerk shall endorse on it: “Not approved for want of funds,” with the date of presentation and his signature.
(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 4 - Financial Powers › Section 37205.

37205. The clerk shall number the endorsement, register the order or demand in his records, and deliver it to the claimant, or his order. From delivery the order or demand bears interest at 6 percent a year. Orders or demands shall be paid in the order they are registered.
(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 4 - Financial Powers › Section 37206.

37206. By ordinance or resolution, the legislative body shall prescribe the time and method of paying salaries and wages of officers and employees.
(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 4 - Financial Powers › Section 37207.

37207. Department heads shall certify or approve departmental pay rolls or attendance records for employees in their departments. The city clerk shall certify or approve pay rolls or attendance records of other officers and employees.
(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 4 - Financial Powers › Section 37208.

37208. (a) Payroll warrants or checks need not be audited by the legislative body prior to payment. Payrolls shall be presented to the legislative body for ratification and approval at the first meeting after delivery of the payroll warrants or checks.
(b) Warrants or checks drawn in payment of demands certified or approved by the city clerk as conforming to a budget approved by ordinance or resolution of the legislative body need not be audited by the legislative body prior to payment.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), budgeted payrolls and demands paid by warrants or checks may be presented to the legislative body for ratification and approval in the form of an audited comprehensive annual financial report.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 982, Sec. 14.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 4 - Financial Powers › Section 37209.

37209. The duties imposed upon the city clerk by this article may be transferred to a director of finance when such office has been established and the powers and duties thereof defined by ordinance. Such an ordinance shall require the execution by the director of finance of the bond required of the city clerk by Section 36518 of this code.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1754.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 4 - Financial Powers › Section 37210.

37210. Newly incorporated cities that have not received revenues from property taxes may issue temporary non-negotiable notes bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 6 percent per annum to pay lawfully incurred current expenses and the salaries and wages of officers and employees. Said notes must be repaid on or before the last day of the fiscal year in which the money is borrowed and the maturity date of said notes shall not be later than said last day. The aggregate amount of said notes shall not exceed 85 percent of the anticipated revenues for the fiscal year in which the money is borrowed. Said notes shall be repaid only from revenues received during or allocable to the fiscal year in which the money is borrowed.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1740.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 5 - City Property › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 37350.

37350. A city may purchase, lease, receive, hold, and enjoy real and personal property, and control and dispose of it for the common benefit.
(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 1 - General › Section 37350.5.

37350.5. A city may acquire by eminent domain any property necessary to carry out any of its powers or functions.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 5 - City Property › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 37351.

37351. The legislative body may purchase, lease, exchange, or receive such personal property and real estate situated inside or outside the city limits as is necessary or proper for municipal purposes. It may control, dispose of, and convey such property for the benefit of the city. The legislative body shall not sell or convey any portion of a water front, except to the State for use as a public beach or park, unless by a four-fifths vote of its members the legislative body finds and determines that the water front to be sold or conveyed is not suitable for use as a public beach or park.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1772.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 5 - City Property › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 37351.5.

37351.5. (a) Prior to the entering into agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the issuance of certificates of participation of lease revenue bonds, the legislative body of a city may elect, by resolution, to guarantee payment under that financing agreement in accordance with the following:
(1) A city that elects to participate under this section shall provide notice to the Controller of that election, which notice shall include a schedule for the payments to be made by the city under that financing agreement, and identify a trustee appointed by the city for the purposes of this section.
(2) In the event that, for any reason, the funds otherwise available to the city will not be sufficient to make any payment under the financing agreement at the time that payment is required, the city shall so notify the bond trustee. The trustee shall immediately communicate that information to the affected holders of certificates of participation or bondholders, and to the Controller.
(3) When the Controller receives notice from the trustee as described in paragraph (2), or the city fails to make any payment under the financing agreement at the time that payment is required, the Controller shall make an apportionment to the trustee in the amount of that required payment for the purpose of making that payment. The Controller shall make that payment only from moneys credited to the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund to which that city is entitled at that time under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11001) of Part 5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and shall thereupon reduce, by the amount of the payment, the subsequent allocation or allocations to which the city would otherwise be entitled under that chapter.
(b) This section shall not be construed to obligate the State of California to make any payment to a city from the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund in any amount or pursuant to any particular allocation formula, or to make any other payment to a city, including, but not limited to, any payment in satisfaction of any debt or liability incurred or guaranteed by a city in accordance with this section.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1177, Sec. 3. Effective September 24, 1990.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 5 - City Property › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 37352.1.

37352.1. After January 1, 1980, with respect to the construction, purchase, or lease of buildings which are located or will be located in a standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) with a population of 250,000 or more according to the most recent decennial census, which is served by a public transit operator, as defined in Section 99210 of the Health and Safety Code, the legislative body shall give consideration to the location in existing public transit corridors, as defined in Section 50093.5 of the Health and Safety Code, for the area. Construction, purchase, or lease of buildings at locations outside of existing public transit corridors may be approved after the legislative body has determined: (1) the purpose of the facility does not require transit access; or (2) it is not feasible to locate the facility in an existing transit corridor; or (3) the transit operator will provide service as needed to effectively serve the facility. The board may request the assistance of the transit operator in making its determination and shall notify the operator of its decision.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 718.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 5 - City Property › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 37352.2.

37352.2. The requirements of Section 37352.1 shall be met if the legislative body has obtained from the transportation planning agency approval of its procedures and criteria for giving adequate consideration to the location of existing public transit corridors when acquiring public buildings or if the legislative body is the governing body of the transit operator. Before the transportation planning agency approves such procedures and criteria, any transit operator in the county shall have 45 days to review and comment.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 718.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES › DIVISION 3 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY › CHAPTER 5 - City Property › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 37353.

37353. The legislative body may acquire property needed for:
(a) Parking motor vehicles.
(b) Opening and laying out any street, alley, lane, or tunnel from the point where it ceases to the point where it again commences. It may lay out and improve such a street, alley, lane, or tunnel and pay the expense incurred out of the general fund.
(c) Golf courses; provided, however, that no existing golf course may be acquired by means of proceedings pursuant to eminent domain.
(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 5 - City Property › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 37354.

37354. The legislative body may accept or reject any gift, bequest, or devise made to or for the city, or to or for any of its officers in their official capacity or in trust for any public purpose.
It may hold and dispose of the property and the income and increase from the property for such uses as are prescribed in the terms of the gift, bequest, or devise.
(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 1 - General › Section 37355.

37355. If the terms of a gift, bequest, or devise do not prescribe or limit the uses to which the property received or the income or increase from it may be put, it may be put to such uses as the legislative body prescribes.
(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 1 - General › Section 37356.

37356. When the legislative body determines that the public interest or convenience requires the construction and maintenance of passageways or other structures under or over any public alley in the city, to connect buildings located on abutting property and facilitate the public use of the streets, it may grant revocable permits for their construction and maintenance. They shall be constructed and maintained so as not to interfere with public traffic on the alley. The city may regulate the use of such passageways 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 5 - City Property › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 37357.

37357. By majority vote the legislative body may grant property owners or proprietors of manufacturing or industrial enterprises the right to construct, maintain, and operate spur tracks from their premises to a connection with any railroad. The legislative body may revoke the grant.
(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 1 - General › Section 37358.

37358. When the State has granted a city tide and submerged lands within its boundaries, it may grant any portion of such lands to the United States for public or governmental uses, including military or naval purposes. Such a grant may be made only if it has been approved by a vote of a majority of the city electors voting upon the proposition.
(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 1 - General › Section 37359.

37359. Unless otherwise provided by law, the legislative body having control of any property owned or controlled by the city may at any time withdraw the property from the personal access and use of members of the public, or limit the access or use in area or time or in any other reasonable manner deemed necessary. Any person thereafter using the property without permission or in a manner other than that prescribed is a trespasser. This section does not limit or restrict any person from access or use who has a private right in the property.
(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 1 - General › Section 37360.

37360. The legislative body of any city having jurisdiction over any tide, submerged, or reclaimed lands of the city, which lands or any interest therein are sought by the United States in eminent domain proceedings, is authorized to enter into any compromise with respect to such lands which seems just and expedient to it. Nothing in this section shall be construed to relinquish any reservation to deposits of oil and gas and other hydrocarbon and mineral deposits and rights of way giving access to such deposits as prescribed in Section 6402 of the Public Resources Code that has been made by the State in granting such lands to the city.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 170.)