The board shall promulgate civil service rules to carry out the purposes of this Article in accordance with applicable law. All rules and any changes to those rules shall be made in writing. The board shall give notice by publication in some daily newspaper circulated in the City of Los Angeles of the place or places where the rules may be obtained, and the date, not less than 30 days after the date of publication, when the rules shall go into effect. The civil service rules shall provide for, among other subjects, examinations, leaves of absence, transfers, temporary appointments, disciplinary hearings, layoffs, and procedures for the review and appeal of determinations by the general manager of the Personnel Department with respect to the civil service provisions of the Charter.