Section 501. Special municipal elections.

   All other municipal elections may be held by authority of general law, or by ordinance, and shall be known as special municipal elections. The city council may determine that any special municipal election shall be held by mailed ballot notwithstanding any provision of the general law to the contrary.

(Assembly Concurrent Res. No. 142, Ch. 135, Statutes of 1965; Res. No. 84 74-75 §3(b), Passed 4-8-75, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 4-21-75; Res. No. 146 95-96 §1, Measure I, Passed 11-5-96, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 12-19-96)

Section 502. Procedure for holding elections.

   Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, all elections shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the California Elections Code applicable to elections in general law cities, insofar as the same are not in conflict with this Charter.

   The council shall, by ordinance or resolution, order the calling and holding of elections within the city.

(Assembly Concurrent Res. No. 142, Ch. 135, Statutes of 1965; Res. No. 84 74-75 §3(b), Passed 4-8-75, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 4-21-75; Measure L (part), Passed 11-2-04, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 12-9-04))

Section 503. Initiative, referendum and recall.

   The provisions of the Election Code of the State of California 1 governing the initiative, the referendum and the recall of municipal officers shall apply to the use thereof in the city.

 

Notes

1	1See Elections Code §§1700 to 1777.

Section 504. Repealed by Measure L (part), Passed 11-2-04, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 12-9-04.

ARTICLE VI. THE COUNCIL.

Section 600. Membership.

   The city council shall consist of seven council members, each elected by council district in the manner provided for in Article IV, Elective Officers.

(Res. No. 126 80-81 §7 (part), Measure G (part), Passed 4-7-81, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 6-8-81; Res. No. 57-20 §2 (part), Passed 12-8-20, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 1-12-21)

Section 601. Remuneration.

   A. Each councilmember shall receive the maximum monthly salary allowed for councilmembers in general law cities on the salary schedule set forth in California Government Code section 36516(a), as that schedule now exists or may hereafter be amended. This salary shall be adjusted pursuant to that schedule whenever the official population of the city increases or decreases, as determined by the latest decennial federal census, a subsequent census, or the state Department of Finance. The mayor shall receive, in addition to this remuneration as a councilmember, a monthly salary equal to twenty percent (20%) of the monthly salary of a councilmember. Each councilmember, including the mayor, may also be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in the service of the city, provided that an appropriation for such expenses has been made in the budget adopted by the council as provided by this Charter.

   B. Notwithstanding subsection A, an ordinance approved by a majority of the voters voting on the measure may adjust the salary for the office of councilmember or mayor or both offices, to take effect at the commencement of the next term of office or such later time as the ordinance may provide.

(Res. No. 126 80-81 §7 (part), Measure G (part), Passed 4-7-81, Filed in Office of Secretary of State

6-8-81; Res. No. 17 85-86 §1, Passed 11-5-85, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 3-12-86; Measure I, Passed 11-2-04, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 12-9-04)