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ARTICLE I INCORPORATION AND POWERS
ARTICLE II OFFICERS OF THE CITY
ARTICLE III POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL
ARTICLE IV POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS
ARTICLE V SALARIES AND BONDS
ARTICLE VI ORGANIZATION OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS
ARTICLE VII DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND SAFETY
ARTICLE VIII CITY PLANNING
ARTICLE IX CIVIL SERVICE
ARTICLE X DEPARTMENT OF FIRE
ARTICLE XI HARBOR DEPARTMENT
ARTICLE XII DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
ARTICLE XIII DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL REGULATION
ARTICLE XIV DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY
ARTICLE XV DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL ARTS
ARTICLE XVI DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS
ARTICLE XVII DEPARTMENT OF PENSIONS
ARTICLE XVIII DEPARTMENT OF PENSIONS
ARTICLE XIX POLICE DEPARTMENT
ARTICLE XX DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION
ARTICLE XXI DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICE
ARTICLE XXII DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER
ARTICLE XXIII DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
ARTICLE XXIV DEPARTMENT OF AIRPORTS
ARTICLE XXV DEPARTMENT OF TRAFFIC
ARTICLE XXVI DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
ARTICLE XXVII ELECTIONS
ARTICLE XXVIII FINANCE
ARTICLE XXIX BUREAU OF BUDGET AND EFFICIENCY
ARTICLE XXX BOROUGHS
ARTICLE XXXI MISCELLANEOUS
ARTICLE XXXII SUCCESSION
ARTICLE XXXIII SETTLEMENT OF EXISTING CONTROVERSIES BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND CERTAIN CORPORATIONS SUPPLYING SAID CITY AND ITS INHABITANTS WITH GAS AND OR
ARTICLE XXXIV CITY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM
ARTICLE XXXV SAFETY MEMBERS PENSION PLAN
ARTICLE XXXVI CITY ETHICS COMMISSION; SPECIAL
APPENDIX A TABLE OF INCORPORATION AND CHARTERS OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WITH AMENDMENTS
APPENDEX B Table of Charter Amendments
APPENDEX C Table of Cases Cited
INDEX
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Rules of the Los Angeles City Council

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A
ACCOUNTING SYSTEM
Change of   47(1)
Maintenance of   59(2)
Methods   47(1)
 
ACCOUNTS OF CONTROLLER
Contents    47(2)
 
ACTING INCUMBENCY    9; 199
 
ACTION
Council    21; 25
Departmental    82
 
ACTION IN WHICH CITY IS PARTY
City Attorney’s duties re    42(2)–42(3)
Continuance under 1925 Charter    437
Record of    42(5)
(See also LITIGATION)
 
ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES
City officers and employees    15
 
ADMINISTRATION, BOARD OF
For Retirement Systems
City employees    503; 508D
Water and Power Department employees    220.1(1)(e)
 
ADMINISTRATIVE POWER
Council committees not vested with    34
Of City officials    34; 51(3)
Of department general managers    79(a); 80(a)
 
AIRPORT REVENUE FUND     239.8
 
AIRPORTS
City service, rates and charges    238.5
Control and management    238.4
Excavations    239(b)
Improvement, contracts    239.7
Public utilities and facilities Acquisition, operation    238.7
Franchise grants    238.8; 238.9
Licenses    238.8; 238.9
Rates and regulations    238.6
Regulations    239
Space
Assignments    239.3; 239.4; 239.6
Leases    238.7–238.9
Permits    238.8; 238.9
Permits, revokable    239.5; 239.6
Traffic control    239(b)
 
AIRPORTS, DEPARTMENT OF
Assignments, airport space
Revoking    239.4
Terms and conditions    239.3–239.6
Board of Commissioners
Appointment and removal    73
Civil service, exempt from    111
Compensation    71
Department controlled by    70(a); 77
Members, number    238
Orders    75(a); 75(d); 76; 78; 79(a);
82; 83; 84; 86; 238.6;
238.9; 239.5; 239.7
Powers and duties    82; 238.4–239; 239.5;
239. 7; 239.8; 395
Resolutions    395
Bonded indebtedness    240
Bonds, by issuance by
(See Bonds, Municipal Airport)
Budget    83; 238.3
City Administrative Officer no control over    51(6)
Contracts
Board’s power to make    239.7
AIRPORTS, DEPARTMENT OF (Cont.)
Council Approval of Certain Contracts; 60 day limit    238.9
Emergency    239.7
For airport improvements    239.7
General manager’s power to make, when    239.7
(See also CONTRACTS)
Establishment    238
Franchises, leases, licenses, permits
Board’s power to grant    238.8
By Board order subject referendum when    238.9
Council approval, when – 60 day limit    238.9
Over five years    238.9
Period of    238.9
Terms and conditions    238.9
(See also FRANCHISES; LEASES)
Funds
Airport Revenue
Airport Improvement Account    239.8D
Appropriations and deposits    239.8
Control of    238.3; 239.8
Establishment    239.8
Investment    239.8E
Surplus not transferable to Reserve Fund    239.8; 382
Use of    239.8
Bond    238.3; 240
Interest and sinking    239.8A1; 239.8A6
Reserve    239.8A2; 239.8A4
General Manager
Appointment and removal    79(a)
Exempt civil service    111; 80(a)
Powers and duties    81; 82; 239.2–239.7
Leases    (See above this title –
Licenses    Franchises, leases,
Permits    licenses, permits)
Personnel
City Administrative Officer no jurisdiction over    51(6); 52
Under civil service    111
Powers and duties    238.3
Property
Acquisition    97.6(1)(a); 238.7
Control and management    238.4
(See also AIRPORTS)
AIRPORTS, DEPARTMENT OF (Cont.)
Revocable permits
Revoking    239.5
Terms and conditions    239.5; 239.6
Rules and regulations    239.2
Survey, periodic of    396
(See also DEPARTMENTS)
 
AMBULANCE EMPLOYEES, CIVIL (SAFETY
MEMBERS PENSION PLAN)    521; 523
 
ANIMAL REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Animal license ordinances    155(3)
Board of Commissioners
Appointment and removal    73
Civil service, exempt from    111
Powers and duties    76; 77
General Manager
Appointment and removal    79(b)
Department control by    70(c); 77
Powers and duties    75(c); 75(d); 78; 80; 81
Powers and duties    155
Public pound    155(2)
(See also DEPARTMENTS)
 
ANNEXATION
Civil service status, effect by    122
Franchise provisions re    3(8)(i)
Territory added to adjacent district    6(2)(a)
 
ANNUAL BUDGET
Contents    344
(See also BUDGET, ANNUAL)
 
ANNUAL REPORTS
Of City boards and officers    64
 
ANTI-APARTHEID CONTRACTING POLICY     386(f)
 
APPOINTIVE OFFICERS
(See OFFICERS – Appointive)
 
APPOINTMENT
Appointees, substitutes for    87
By City Administrative Officer    50
By City Attorney    42(10)
By Council    6(2)(a); 12; 73; 267
By department boards    75; 79(a); 89
By Mayor    40(4); 40(5); 44(1); 50;
55; 58; 73; 79(b);
99(1); 248
Certificates of    40(4); 73
Confirmation of    12; 40(5)
Councilmen ineligible for    14
For elective office, unexpired term    267
Of General Managers    79
Of officers not designated by Charter    16
Of recalled officers    294; 297
Of Zoning Administrator    98(1)
Temporary, pending appointment     9
 
APPOINTIVE UNDER CIVIL SERVICE
(See CIVIL SERVICE)
 
APPROPRIATIONS
City Ethics Commission   603
Expenditures not to exceed    369
For City Employees Retirement System    506(4)
For Library Department    158
For Permanent Improvement Fund    3(1)(b)
For Recreation and Parks Department    173
From budget    83; 350
From unappropriated balance    83; 344(i); 354
Not for municipal newspapers    3(13)
Of Auditorium Revenue Fund    170(c)
Of Harbor Revenue Fund    145
Of Water and Power Revenue Fund    221
Transfer between departments    354.1
Transfer department allotments    355(1)
When by Council    33
 
ARCHIVES
Custody of City Clerk    44(2)
 
ARGUMENTS, ELECTION
Initiative    275
Printing or formulation, Council expenditures
not authorized for    275
Recall    292
Referendary    289
 
ARRESTS
By Police officer    200
 
ARTS, DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL
(See MUNICIPAL ARTS, DEPARTMENT OF)
 
ART WORKS
Acquisition by City    165
(See also MUNICIPAL ARTS, DEPARTMENT OF)
 
ASSESSMENT
And tax collection, County system used    342
Budget appropriations, annual, partial coverage by    352
Rail Transit    427
Special
Improvement and Works    2(11)(f)
(See SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, POWERS)
 
ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS FOR
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS    37
 
ASSIGNMENTS
Of Airport space    239.3; 239.4; 239 6
Of Harbor District    141(3)–141(5); 142
 
ASSISTANTS AND DEPUTIES
Authorized by Boards, when    86
Authorized by Council, when    33
Of City Attorney    42(10); 111
Prescribed by ordinance, when    8
 
ATTORNEY, CITY
Acting designation of    9
Assistants, deputies and employees
Appointment    42(10)
Exempt civil service    111
For Water Department, Harbor Department, etc.    42(3)
Prescribed by ordinance    42(10)
City Ethics Commission   600
Election at large    6(1)
Elective
Restrictions on outside activities   65
Exempt civil service    111
Litigation, City Council control of    42(3)
Powers and duties:
Acting City Attorney, designate    9
Assistants, deputies and employees appointed    42(10)
Board of Rights, attend hearings and advise    135(11); 202(11)
Bonds, forfeited, collect    386(i)
Bonds, from approve    42(4)
City Clerk’s duties, perform when    298
Contracts, form, approve (exception)    42(4); 385; 391(5)
Duties, devote entire time to    42(1)
Duties under ordinance, perform    42(4)
Habeas corpus proceedings, conduct    42(9)
Money due City, prosecute recovery    42(7); 386(i)
Opinions, render    28.1; 42(3)
Records, required, keep    42(5)
Recount board, serve as member of    335B3
Services for Water and Power Department, render    220(5)
Suits, City, defend and prosecute    42(2)
Violation law, City criminal, prosecute    42(6)
Violation law, State, prosecute    42(8)
Qualifications    9; 42(1); 307; 315
Recall of    290; 290.1; 292.1; 295.1
Salary    65
Successor of City Prosecutor    43
Term of office, commencement and length    7
Term of office limits   7.5
(See also OFFICERS)
 
AUDIT, ANNUAL    378
 
AUDITING OF DEMANDS
Defined    361
 
AUDITOR, CITY
Controller as    46
 
AUDITORIUM, MUNICIPAL
Operation by City    170(c)
 
AUDITORIUM REVENUE FUND
(See RECREATION AND PARKS, DEPARTMENT OF – Funds)
 
AUTO PARKING STATIONS, SUBSURFACE
City operation of    163; 178.1(b)