Title GOV — California Gov. Code

The legislative body may accept contributions of at least fifty dollars ($50) to be held in trust and the income used for the perpetual care of designated plots in the local city or community cemetery. The contributions shall be placed in the city treasury in a “cemetery fund.”

The legislative body shall appoint the city clerk or a competent resident of the city to administer the fund. The person appointed shall execute an official bond in the amount prescribed by the legislative body and shall receive one dollar ($1) annually for each plot cared for, t…

Money remaining in the fund after expenditures for care of the plots and payment to the person administering the fund shall be used for care of the roads, walks, or other portions of the cemetery.

If the city disincorporates, the trust fund shall be turned over to the board of supervisors of the county in which the cemetery is located. The board of supervisors shall act as trustees until they appoint a suitable organization to take charge of the fund.

This chapter shall be known and cited as the “Emergency Termination of Public Contracts Act.”

“Public agency,” as used in this chapter, includes the State, its various commissions, boards and departments and any county, city, district or state agency authorized to enter into contracts for public work.

In the event a national emergency occurs, and public work, being performed by contract, is stopped, directly or indirectly, because of the freezing or diversion of materials, equipment or labor, as the result of an order or a proclamation of the President of the United States, or…

Such an agreement shall include the terms and conditions of the termination of the contract and provision for the payment of compensation or money, if any, which either party shall pay to the other or any other person, under the facts and circumstances in the case. Compensation t…

It shall be competent for any public agency to provide in the specifications for any public works contract detailed provisions as to the conditions under which the contractor shall be entitled, as a matter of right, to termination of the contract on account of conditions such as …

The Legislature finds and declares that the County of Sacramento, due to the small number of incorporated cities within the county, the large unincorporated urban area of the county, the comparative compactness and physical uniformity of the county, and the absence of competing m…

It is further found and declared that local government must be responsive and its elected officials readily accountable to the needs of the people; it must be visible and representative in order to permit greater participation in governmental affairs by the public; and elected an…

It is further found and declared that in order to strengthen and make more efficient and responsive the overall administrative process of local government, administrative and executive authority in Sacramento County should be clearly defined and responsibility established under a…

The Legislature finds that a general statute cannot be made applicable to this matter because of the facts and circumstances peculiar to the local governmental jurisdictions within the County of Sacramento. Therefore, the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable only to the…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.

“Largest city” means the largest city in Sacramento County as determined by the last federal census.

“Other cities” mean the cities in Sacramento County with lesser population than the largest city.

“Cities” mean all of the cities within Sacramento County.

“County” means the County of Sacramento.

“City-County of Sacramento” means the City and the County of Sacramento resulting from the reorganization of local government within Sacramento County.

“Charter commissioners” shall mean the Citizens Committee on Local Governmental Reorganization, an existing nonprofit corporation and citizens’ committee established by the county and largest city to formulate a proposal and charter for governmental reorganization for presentatio…

“Reorganize” and “reorganization” means the consolidation of a county with all of the cities within the county pursuant to Article XI of the California Constitution.

The incorporated cities within the County of Sacramento and the County of Sacramento may be reorganized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

When reorganization proceedings are followed pursuant to this chapter, this chapter alone applies.

Reorganization proceedings pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed to have commenced with the appointment of the charter commissioners by the county and largest city.

The charter commissioners shall propose a charter for the government of the City-County of Sacramento. 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 largest city and in the office of the cou…

The legislative body of the county shall cause copies of the charter to be printed in convenient pamphlet form and in type of not less than 10-point and shall cause copies to be mailed to each of the qualified electors of the county and cities, and shall, until the day fixed for …

The proposed charter shall be submitted to the electors of the entire county (including all cities) at a date to be fixed by the charter commissioners before filing the proposed charter, either at a special election held not less than 60 days from the completion of the publicatio…

In submitting any such charter, the charter commissioners may also submit separate propositions, whether alternative or conflicting, or one included within the other, at the same time to be voted on by the electors separately, and, as between those so related, if more than one re…

The charter as adopted at the election by a majority of the electors of the entire county (including all cities) voting thereon and by a majority of the electors of the largest city voting thereon shall be the governing law of the reorganized city-county.

At the election, the questions of reorganization and adoption of a charter shall both be presented as provided in Section 51929. In addition, there shall also be presented to the voters of each of the other cities as a separate proposition, as provided in Section 51929.5, the que…

The legislative body of the county shall cause notice of the election to be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the county, at least once a week for the four weeks prior to the election.

The notice shall: (a) State distinctly the proposition or propositions to be submitted. (b) State the names of the cities and the county proposed to be consolidated in a reorganized government. (c) State the date of the election. (d) Instruct the electors how to vote in the elect…

Upon the ballots used at the election shall be printed the words: “Shall the city (or cities) of (naming them) and the County of Sacramento be reorganized and consolidated and shall the proposed Charter of the City-County of Sacramento be adopted as the governing law of the City-…

Upon the ballots used at the election within each of the other cities proposed to be reorganized and consolidated with the County of Sacramento shall also be printed the words as a separate question or proposition: “If the proposed Charter of the City-County of Sacramento is adop…

The charter of the city-county adopted pursuant to this chapter shall contain provisions which recognize the right of the voters of the other cities to elect to retain their own local governmental structure within the governmental structure of the city-county.

If, voting on a proposition presented pursuant to Section 51929, an elector marks the voting target next to the word “Yes,” the elector’s vote shall be counted for reorganization and charter adoption, and if the elector marks the voting target next to the word “No,” the elector’s…

On each proposition separately submitted, including the proposition presented pursuant to Section 51929.5, if an elector marks the voting target next to the word “Yes,” the elector’s vote shall be counted for the adoption of the proposition, and if the elector marks the voting ta…

Except as otherwise provided in this article, the election, if a special election, shall be conducted as other special elections in the county or, if a general election, as other general elections in the county. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the analysis of the prop…

After performing their duties, the election officers shall deliver the ballots, tally sheets, and returns to the clerk of the county.

At its next regular meeting following the election, the legislative body of the county shall canvass the returns. The canvass shall be completed at the meeting if practicable, or as soon as possible thereafter, avoiding adjournments.

Immediately upon the completion of the canvass, the legislative body of the county shall declare the results and cause a record to be entered upon its minutes, stating the proposition or propositions submitted, the number of votes cast, and the number of votes cast for and agains…

If a majority of the votes cast in the largest city or if a majority of the votes in the county as a whole (including the largest city and the other cities) is against reorganization and charter adoption, reorganization shall not be accomplished, the charter shall not be adopted,…

If a majority of the votes cast in both the largest city and in the county as a whole (including the largest city and the other cities) is for consolidation and charter adoption, reorganization shall be deemed approved and the charter adopted, and the clerk of the legislative bod…

A copy of the record of the canvass, with a statement of the proposition or propositions submitted at the election shall be filed with the Secretary of State.

Upon the filing with the Secretary of State of the Charter of the consolidated City-County of Sacramento which has been approved by the Legislature pursuant to Section 3 of Article XI of the California Constitution, the reorganization is complete and the cities and counties are r…

The provisions of Sections 51940 through 51947, inclusive, shall not apply to any of the other cities which has voted, pursuant to Section 51929.5, to retain its existing local governmental structure, or to any districts such as special assessment districts created by and governe…

The procedures set forth in this article shall have validity and effect and shall be followed only in the event that an amendment to the California Constitution is adopted by the voters of the state as proposed in Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 91 of the 1973 legislative s…

Upon reorganization, the cities are deemed dissolved and disincorporated and are merged together with the county into the City-County of Sacramento, and the charter of the largest city and the charter of the county shall be deemed repealed. The City-County of Sacramento is a char…

Upon reorganization every special district within the county or exercising all or any part of its jurisdiction or powers within the county except as may be otherwise provided in the charter, is deemed dissolved. The functions of all such dissolved districts shall be assumed by th…

When cities and a county are reorganized pursuant to this chapter, the reorganized city-county is the successor of each of the cities and the county so consolidated. Upon reorganization, the title to any property owned or held by, or in trust for, each of the cities and the count…