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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
ARTICLE Section Page
I Incorporation and powers 1 1
II Officers of the City 5 31
III Powers and duties of the Council 20 39
IV Powers and duties of Officers 40 57
The Mayor 40 57
The City Attorney 42 59
City Clerk 44 64
Controller 46 66
City Engineer 49 68
City Administrative Officer 50 70
Purchasing Agent 55 74
Treasurer 58 75
Oaths, affirmations and subpoenas 63 78
Reports 64 78
V Salaries and bonds 65 79
Salaries 65 79
Official bonds 69 83
VI Organization of certain departments 70 85
VII Department of Building and Safety 90 99
VIII Department of City Planning 94 101
IX Civil Service 100 119
X Department of Fire 130 155
XI Harbor Department 138 167
XII Department of Health (Repealed) – 189
XIII Department of Animal Regulation 155 197
XIV Department of Library 157 201
XV Department of Municipal Arts 165 203
XVI Department of Recreation and Parks 170 205
XVII Department of Pensions 180 215
XVIII Department of Pensions
(Re “New Pension System”) 190.01 263
XIX Police Department 198 321
XX Department of Public Utilities,
Transportation 210 335
XXI Department of Social Services 215 339
XXII Department of Water and Power 218 341
XXIII Department of Public Works 230 399
XXIV Department of Airports 238 405
XXV Department of Traffic 245 437
XXVI Department of Education 255 439
XXVII Elections 265 447
The Initiative 272 455
The Referendum 280 464
The Recall 290 471
General provisions relating to elections 301 491
Primary nominating elections 315 514
XXVIII Finance 341 529
General budget 343 530
Expenditure program 351 534
Disbursements and liabilities 360 540
Funds 380 553
Contracts 385 555
Purchases 391 564
Sales 393 566
Proprietary Departments 395 567
XXIX Bureau of Budget and Efficiency (Repealed) – 569
XXX Boroughs (Repealed) – 570.1
XXXI Miscellaneous 420.1 571
XXXII Succession 436 579
XXXIII Settlement of existing controversies between
the City of Los Angeles and certain corporations
supplying said City and its inhabitants with
gas and electricity. (Repealed) – 583
XXXIV City Employees’ Retirement System 500 585
XXXV Safety Members Pension Plan 520 643
XXXVI City Ethics Commission; Special
Prosecutor 600 683
TABLE OF CONTENTS(Cont.)
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
APPENDICES Page
Appendix
A Table of Incorporation Acts and
Charters of the City of Los Angeles
with Amendments 695
B Table of Charter amendments 697
C Table of cases cited 741
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CHARTER
OF THE
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
Revision 5-2-97
This is the 7th Revision to the Los Angeles City Charter since it was fully computerized in 1990*. This Revision contains Charter amendments adopted at the following election:
Primary Nominating and
Consolidated Elections
April 8, 1997 - Charter Amendment 3
- Charter Amendment 4
These pages should be inserted in your L.A. City Charter in accordance with the following instructions. If you require any additional information about the amendment procedure, please contact Carol Nakamura, (213) 485-6368.
*The Charter can also be viewed on the Internet at www.codesite.com
INSTRUCTIONS RE
LOS ANGELES CITY CHARTER
REVISION
Changes in the Los Angeles City Charter which were adopted in the Primary Nominating and Consolidated Elections, April 8, 1997.
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538 190.09 None
539 355
540 521 528
Attached to this instruction sheet are new or replacement pages for your looseleaf copy of the City Charter. In order to keep your copy of the Charter up to date, you must remove the following indicated pages from your Charter and replace them with the indicated pages contained in this Amendment Package. Those pages with decimal page numbers are continued pages. In the lower outer corner of each page is the identifying revision date “(Rev. 5-2-97)”. This date is the effective date of the latest Charter amendments to be printed in this 7th revision of the 1990 Edition of the City Charter.
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ARTICLE XXVIII
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ARTICLE XXXV
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APPENDIX B
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INDEX
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