§ 32 Ordinances.

   (a)   Every proposed ordinance shall be introduced in writing. The enacting clause of each ordinance enacted by the council shall be "Be it Enacted by the Council of the City of Sacramento." The enacting clause of each ordinance enacted by the initiative or referendum process shall be "Be it Enacted by the People of the City of Sacramento." Each ordinance shall contain a title which shall state in general terms the subject or subjects contained in the ordinance.

   (b)   Except as otherwise provided elsewhere in this Charter, and with the exception or ordinances which take effect immediately upon adoption, ordinances shall be adopted in compliance with either the procedure set forth in Subsection (c) or Subsection (d) of this section.

   (c)   The ordinance shall be first passed by the council for publication of title. At least six days shall elapse between the date the ordinance was passed for publication of title and the date it is adopted by the council. The title of the ordinance shall be published by printing said title in a newspaper of general circulation published within the City designated by the council as the official newspaper of the City, no later than the third day immediately preceding the date of the adoption of the ordinance. No part of any ordinance, or proposed ordinance, other than its title, need be published.

   (d)   In lieu of the procedure set forth in Subsection (c) of this section, ordinances shall be published in the official newspaper of the City within ten days after adoption by the council.

   (e)   Ordinances which take effect immediately upon adoption, may be adopted without compliance with Subsections (b), (c) or (d) of this section.

   (f)   Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, each adopted ordinance shall become effective at the expiration of thirty (30) days after adoption or at any later date specified therein.

   (g)   The following ordinances shall take effect immediately upon adoption or at such later dates, of less than thirty (30) days after adoption, as may be specified in the ordinances:

      (1)   An ordinance calling for or otherwise relating to an election;

      (2)   An ordinance adopted as and declared by the city council to be an emergency measure, containing a statement of the facts constituting such emergency, if adopted by the affirmative votes of at least six members of the council; provided, that no measure making a grant, renewal or extension of a franchise or other special privilege or regulating the rate to be charged for its service by a public utility, other than one operated by the city, may be so enacted; and

      (3)   An ordinance adopted pursuant to a state law by virtue or which such ordinance shall be effective immediately.

   (h)   Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to require an ordinance when an ordinance is not otherwise required. (Adopted November 4, 1980)

§ 33 Records.

   The city council shall require the city clerk to keep a permanent public record of its proceedings showing all action considered and taken, motions and records, the text of ordinances and resolutions introduced or adopted and all amendments thereto proposed or adopted, and the vote of each council member regarding any matter before the city council or any committee thereof.

§ 34 Investigations.

   The city council or any duly appointed committee of the members of the council may make investigations into the affairs of the city government and the conduct of any department, office, agency, officer or employee thereof, and for this purpose may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony, and require the production of evidence. Any person who fails to obey a lawful order issued in the exercise of these powers by the city council or a committee of the council shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, in such amount and for such time as prescribed by state law for misdemeanors.

§ 35 Limitation on future employment.

   No member of the council during the term for which such person shall have been elected or appointed or for one year after such person ceases to hold office, shall be eligible for any appointive office or position in the city, carrying compensation, and created by this Charter, by ordinance or by resolution. An elective office which has been filled by appointment by reason of a vacancy in that office shall not be considered an appointive office under this section.

Article IV. Mayor

§ 40 Mayor-Functions.

   (a)   The presiding officer of the city shall be the mayor.

   (b)   The mayor:

      (1)   Shall be recognized as the official head of the city for the performance of all duties lawfully delegated to the mayor by this Charter, by action of the council or by other laws.

      (2)   Shall provide leadership within the community in the sense that the mayor shall have the primary, but not exclusive, responsibility of interpreting the policies, programs and needs of city government to the people, and as the occasion requires, may inform the people of any change in policy or program;

      (3)   Shall have the right but not the exclusive power to make recommendations to the city council on matters of policy and program that require council decisions;

      (4)   Shall be a member of the city council and shall be entitled to make and second motions on matters before the city council and vote on city council actions, but shall possess no veto power over actions of the city council;

      (5)   Shall be included within the terms "council" and "city council" used in this Charter unless otherwise expressly provided;

      (6)   May propose ordinances and resolutions which shall be considered by the city council;

      (7)   Shall appoint and may remove members of the boards and commissions and advisory agencies in accordance with Article XV except as otherwise provided in this Charter;

      (8)   Shall have and exercise such other powers and duties as provided in this Charter, the laws of the state, and ordinances and resolutions of the city.

§ 41 Mayor-Qualifications.

   The mayor or candidate therefore, at the date of candidacy and election or appointment, shall be an elector and a resident of the city not less than 30 days prior to the date of candidacy and election or appointment, as the case may be, and shall continue to reside in the city during the term of office. The term "elector" shall have the meaning given in Section 27 of Article III. "Date of candidacy" shall mean the date of filing nomination papers or equivalent declaration or candidacy.