Title GOV — California Gov. Code

In any sale or lease of property with option to purchase, made or entered into pursuant to Section 37442, the purchase price for any property sold or the consideration for or rentals payable pursuant to any lease shall be payable at such times and in such amounts as the legislati…

No sale or lease of any property with option to purchase shall be made or entered into pursuant to Section 37442 except when previously authorized by ordinance adopted by a four-fifths vote of all members of the legislative body. No vote of the electors of the city shall be requi…

As used in this article, “veteran” means a soldier, sailor, airman, guardian, or marine who has served the United States honorably in any of its wars.

A city may provide and maintain homes for veterans. It may also provide and maintain buildings, memorial halls, and meeting places for veterans’ patriotic, fraternal, and benevolent associations.

The legislative body may acquire real or personal property necessary for such buildings, by condemnation or otherwise. It may improve, manage, and control such property.

The legislative body may furnish sites for such buildings, and may use any portion of a public lot, block, or park for such purpose.

The legislative body may purchase, lease, construct, furnish, or repair such buildings. It may provide all necessary employees and supplies for the proper maintenance of the buildings.

The legislative body may establish a fund for the purposes of this article, and transfer money from the general fund to such fund as it deems necessary.

The city may incur a bonded indebtedness for the purposes of this article.

To accomplish the objects of this article, the city may combine with the county in which it is situated and hold property and expend money jointly with the county.

Except as otherwise provided in this article, the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 43600) of Chapter 4 of Division 4 apply to all proceedings initiated pursuant to this article.

A city may acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, the necessary land and construct and maintain a public assembly or convention hall upon it, and may incur indebtedness for such purpose pursuant to this article.

The resolution initiating bonding proceedings may be enacted by majority vote of the legislative body.

In addition to other required recitations, the ordinance calling the election shall recite the rate of interest to be paid on the indebtedness.

The ordinance shall be published in a newspaper published in the city, once a day for five days if in a daily paper, or once a week for three successive weeks, if in a weekly paper.

Money obtained from the use of such building shall be deposited in the city treasury to the credit of the proper fund and applied, in order, to the following purposes exclusively: (a) The necessary expenses of maintaining, insuring, and making improvements and repairs on, the hal…

In cities not having a board of public works, by ordinance the legislative body may appoint a commission to select the site for the building, supervise its construction, and manage its use. By ordinance, the legislative body shall prescribe the powers and duties of the commission…

By ordinance, the legislative body may establish a public museum of natural and historical objects in a city where there is none.

Upon receiving a petition signed by one-third of the city electors, the legislative body shall establish a museum in such a city. Where several petitions are submitted, they shall be in substantially the same form.

With the consent of the legislative body, the mayor shall appoint a board of five museum trustees to manage the museum.

The trustees shall hold office for three years, and shall serve without compensation. The members of the first board shall classify themselves by lot so that the term of one trustee expires at the end of the current fiscal year, two at the end of the next year, and two at the end…

The board of museum trustees shall meet at least once a month at the time and place it fixes by resolution. Three trustees may call a special meeting by serving written notice upon the other members at least three hours before the meeting.

A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.

The board shall appoint one of its members president. That member shall serve for one year and until a successor is appointed. In the president’s absence, the board shall select a president pro tempore.

The board shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to be kept.

At its first meeting the board shall cause a certificate to be filed with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, showing the date the museum was established and the names of the trustees and officers.

The board may make and enforce all regulations necessary for the administration and protection of the museum and museum property. Violations of such regulations are punishable by fine or exclusion from the privileges of the museum.

If the board determines that the city legislative body has not provided suitable buildings for the museum, it may purchase real property and erect, or rent, and equip such buildings as it deems necessary.

The board may administer any trust created for the museum. It may receive property situated in or out of the State by gift, devise, or bequest and hold it in trust or otherwise. Except where the gift, devise, or bequest provides otherwise, it may dispose of such property for the …

The board may appoint and prescribe the duties and powers of the curator, secretary, and other officers and employees of the museum. It may determine the number and fix the compensation of officers and employees. Officers and employees hold office at the pleasure of the board.

The board may purchase personal property, including necessary publications and objects of natural or historical value.

The board may borrow objects of natural or historical value from, lend such objects to, and exchange them with, other museums. It may allow nonresidents to borrow such objects, and may accept loans of such objects from any person. It may prescribe the conditions of such loans.

The board may perform any other act necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this article.

If payment into the fund is inconsistent with the conditions of a gift, devise, or bequest, the board shall provide for the preservation of the money and its application to the use of the museum, pursuant to such conditions.

Claims upon the fund shall be presented to the board for allowance. Such claims shall be paid as are other claims against the city.

Subject to rules and regulations of the board, the museum shall be free to the inhabitants and nonresident taxpayers of the city.

Unless inconsistent with the terms of its acquisition, the title to property acquired for museum purposes vests in the city. Actions involving the property shall be brought and defended in the name of the city.

Upon receiving a petition signed by one-half of the city electors, the legislative body may repeal the ordinance establishing the museum. Upon repeal of the ordinance the museum is disestablished.

This article applies only to cities where a municipal hospital has not been established.

Upon receiving a petition signed by 15 percent of the city electors, the legislative body shall submit to the electors at a general or special election the question whether a municipal hospital shall be established in the city.

If a majority of the votes cast at the election is for the proposition, the municipal hospital is established.

With the consent of the legislative body, the mayor shall appoint a board of seven hospital trustees to manage the hospital. Trustees may be residents or nonresidents of the city.

The trustees shall hold office for three years. The members of the first board shall classify themselves by lot so that the terms of two trustees expire at the end of the current fiscal year, two at the end of the next year, and three at the end of the second year. Vacancies shal…

The board of trustees shall serve without compensation except that the city council, by resolution adopted by a majority vote of the members of the city council, may authorize the payment of not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per meeting not to exceed five meetings per mont…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term of any member of the board of trustees shall expire if he or she is absent from three consecutive regular meetings, or from three of any five consecutive meetings of the board and the city council by resolution declares that a …

The board of hospital trustees shall meet at least once a month at the time and place it fixes by resolution. The president, or in the absence of the president, the president pro tempore, or a majority of the trustees may call a special meeting by serving written notice upon the …

(a) Except as provided in this section or Section 37624.3, all of the sessions of the board of trustees, whether regular or special, shall be open to the public, and a majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (b) The board of…

(a) When a municipal hospital established pursuant to this article is managed by a board of trustees that is appointed by the mayor, the city council may meet in a closed session held solely for the purpose of discussion, deliberation, or both, of reports involving trade secrets …

The board shall appoint one of its members president. That member shall serve for one year and until a successor is appointed. In the president’s absence, the board shall select a president pro tempore.

The board shall cause a proper record of its proceedings to be kept.