CHAPTER 2. City or City and County Charters
Chapter 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 357, Sec. 10.
§§ 34450–34462 · 14 sections
- § 34450 Any city or city and county may enact, amend, or repeal a charter for its own government according to this article or Article 3 (commencing with Section 9255)…
- § 34451 The charter may be proposed by a charter commission chosen by the voters of the city or city and county, at any general or special election, but no person…
- § 34452 (a) An election for choosing charter commissioners may be called by a majority vote of the governing body of a city or city and county, or on presentation of a…
- § 34453 At an election the voters shall vote first on the question “Shall a charter commission be elected to propose a new charter?” and, secondly, for the candidates…
- § 34454 Candidates for the office of charter commissioner shall be nominated either in the same manner provided for the nomination of officers of the municipal or city…
- § 34455 The charter commissioners shall propose a charter and may propose amendments to a charter, for the government of the city or city and county. The charter so…
- § 34456 In any city or city and county, the governing body shall cause copies of the charter to be printed in type of not less than 10-point. If the governing body…
- § 34457 After the charter prepared by the charter commission has been filed in the office of the clerk of the governing body of the city or city and county pursuant to…
- § 34458 (a) As an alternative to the procedure provided for in Sections 34450 to 34457, inclusive, the governing body of a city or city and county, on its own motion…
- § 34458.5 A proposal to adopt or amend a charter, whether submitted to the voters pursuant to Section 34457 or 34458, shall include in the ballot description an…
- § 34459 If the voters vote in favor of the charter proposal, amendment, or repeal, it shall be deemed to be ratified, but shall not take effect until accepted and…
- § 34460 Three copies of the complete text of a charter proposal or of any amended or repealed section ratified by the voters of a city or city and county shall be…
- § 34461 A charter proposal, amendment, or repeal by the voters of a city or city and county and submitted to the Secretary of State in compliance with this chapter…
- § 34462 (a) A charter commission established for a city and county pursuant to this chapter shall complete a proposed or amended charter and submit the charter to the…