Title GOV, California Gov. Code

Counties containing a population of 20,000 and under 24,000 are counties of the 42nd class. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1204.)

Counties containing a population of 19,000 and under 20,000 are counties of the 43rd class. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1204.)

Counties containing a population of 18,000 and under 19,000 are counties of the 44th class. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1204.)

Counties containing a population of 17,000 and under 18,000 are counties of the 45th class. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1204.)

Counties containing a population of 15,000 and under 17,000 are counties of the 46th class. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1204.)

Counties containing a population of 14,600 and under 15,000 are counties of the 47th class. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1204.)

Counties containing a population of 14,000 and under 14,600 are counties of the 48th class. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1204.)

Counties containing a population of 13,000 and under 14,000 are counties of the 49th class. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1204.)

Counties containing a population of 12,000 and under 13,000 are counties of the 50th class. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1204.)

Counties containing a population of 11,800 and under 12,000 are counties of the 51st class. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1204.)

Counties containing a population of 11,500 and under 11,800 are counties of the 52nd class. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1204.)

Counties containing a population of 7,500 and under 11,500 are counties of the 53rd class. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1204.)

Counties containing a population of 7,000 and under 7,500 are counties of the 54th class. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1204.)

Counties containing a population of 6,000 and under 7,000 are counties of the 55th class. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1204.)

Counties containing a population of 4,000 and under 6,000 are counties of the 56th class. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1204.)

Counties containing a population of 2,000 and under 4,000 are counties of the 57th class. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1204.)

Counties containing a population of less than 1,000 are counties of the fifty-eighth class. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

If any new county is created or organized, it is governed by this title so far as it is applicable thereto. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

If the population of any existing county is reduced, by reason of the creation of any new county from its territory, below the class and rank first assumed pursuant to this chapter, the board of supervisors shall designate by order the class to which the county is reduced, and th…

The salary of any county officer for the term for which he was elected and qualified shall not be affected by reason of any division of the county or order of the board. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

For the purpose of fixing the salaries and fees of county and township officers in any newly created county, the board of supervisors of the new county shall classify the new county according to its population. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The board of supervisors of a newly created county shall fix the numerical population of the county which figure shall be validated by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance. (Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 111. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.)

Whenever a new federal census is taken, the counties are not by operation of law reclassified under such census, but remain in the old classification until reclassified by the Legislature. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

Cities are classified as provided in this chapter. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 624.)

Cities organized under a charter shall be “chartered cities.” (Repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 624.)

Cities organized under the general law shall be “general law cities.” (Repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 624.)

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) of Chapter 3 of Division 9 of the Elections Code. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 63. Effective January 1, 1995.)

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 shall be eligible as a candidate for the commission unless he or she is a registered voter of the city or city and county. (R…

(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 petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters of the city or city and county. The petition shall …

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 of the office of charter commissioner. If the first question receives a majority of the votes of the qualified voters vot…

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 and county government, or by petition substantially in the same manner provided by general laws for the nomination by pe…

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 prepared shall be signed by a majority of the charter commissioners and shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the go…

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 causes copies of the proposed charter to be mailed to the voters, the text of the proposed charter may show the difference f…

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 Section 34455, the proposed charter shall be submitted to the voters of the city or city and county at the next establis…

(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 may propose or cause to be proposed, amend or cause to be amended, or repeal or cause to be repealed, a charter, and may s…

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 enumeration of new city powers as a result of the adoption of the charter, including, but not limited to, whether the city counci…

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 filed by the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 34460. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 357, Sec. 10.)

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 certified and authenticated by the chairperson and the clerk of the governing body and attested by the city clerk, setting fo…

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 shall be accepted and filed by the Secretary of State. The charter proposal, amendment, or repeal shall be published in the …

(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 voters of the city and county within two years of the date of the election of the charter commissioners, and at the expir…

(a) The Public Employment Relations Board succeeds to and is vested with all of the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Department of Industrial Relations and exercised or carried out through the California State Mediation and Conciliation S…

The city clerk shall keep an accurate record of the proceeding of the legislative body and the board of equalization in books bearing appropriate titles and devoted exclusively to such purposes, respectively. The books shall have a comprehensive general index. (Added by Stats. 19…

The city clerk is the accounting officer of the city and shall maintain records readily reflecting the financial condition of the city. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)

The city clerk shall cause a summary of the city’s financial report required by Section 53891, in a form prescribed by the Controller, to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation, pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6000) of Chapter 1 of Division 7 of Ti…

The report shall be published or posted consistent with the timelines established in Section 53891 after the close of the fiscal year for which the report is compiled. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 366, Sec. 10. (SB 974) Effective January 1, 2017.)