ARTICLE 3. City or City and County Charters
Article 3 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
§§ 9255–9269 · 16 sections
- § 9255 (a) A charter or charter amendment proposed by a charter commission, whether elected or appointed by a governing body, for a city or city and county shall be…
- § 9256 The proponents of a measure proposing to amend a charter shall publish or post, or both, a notice of intent to circulate the petition in the same form and…
- § 9257 The petition signed by registered voters of the city or city and county proposing an amendment to a charter shall set forth in full the text of the proposed…
- § 9258 The petition may be circulated in sections, but each section shall contain a correct copy of the text of the proposed amendment.
- § 9259 Each signer of the petition shall sign it in the manner prescribed by Section 9020.
- § 9260 The petition shall be in substantially the following form: Petition for Submission to Voters of Proposed Amendment to the Charter of the City (or City and…
- § 9261 Each section shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the person soliciting the signatures. This affidavit shall be substantially in the same form as set…
- § 9262 Each petition section shall consist of sheets of white paper, uniform in size, with dimensions no smaller than 81/2 by 11 inches or greater than 81/2 by 14…
- § 9263 The sheets comprising each petition section shall be fastened together securely and remain so during circulation and filing.
- § 9264 A voter may withdraw his or her signature from a petition in the manner prescribed in Section 9602.
- § 9265 The petition shall be filed with the elections official by the proponents, or by any person or persons authorized in writing by the proponents. All sections of…
- § 9266 After the petition has been filed, the elections official shall examine the petition in the same manner as are county petitions in accordance with Sections…
- § 9266.5 The proponent of a measure proposing to amend a charter may withdraw the charter amendment at any time before the 88th day before the election, whether or not…
- § 9267 Petitions that do not substantially conform to the form requirements of this article shall not be accepted for filing by the elections official.
- § 9268 The conduct of election and publication requirements shall substantially conform with Part 1 (commencing with Section 10000) and Part 2 (commencing with…
- § 9269 Upon the completion of the canvass of votes, the governing body of a city or city and county shall pass a resolution reciting the fact of the election and such…