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Title 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES
Title 4 - GOVERNMENT OF CITIES
California Government Code — §§ 34000-45345
Division 1 - CITIES GENERALLY
§§ 34000-34102
Chapter 1 - General
§§ 34000-34095
Article 1 - Definitions
§§ 34000-34004
Article 2 - Elections
§§ 34050
Article 3 - Affidavit of Completion
§§ 34080
Article 4 - Miscellaneous
§§ 34090-34095
Chapter 2 - Classification
§§ 34100-34102
Division 2 - ORGANIZATION AND BOUNDARIES
§§ 34400-34906
Part 1 - ORGANIZATION
§§ 34400-34906
Chapter 1 - Special Charter Cities
§§ 34400-34414
Chapter 2 - City or City and County Charters
§§ 34450-34462
Chapter 3 - Corporate Name
§§ 34500-34504
Chapter 4 - Alternative Forms of Government
§§ 34851-34906
Article 1 - City Manager
§§ 34851-34859
Article 2 - Election of Legislative Body By or From Districts in Cities
§§ 34870-34886
Article 3 - Elective Mayor
§§ 34900-34906
Division 3 - OFFICERS
§§ 36501-41805
Part 1 - GENERAL
§§ 36501-36525
Part 2 - LEGISLATIVE BODY
§§ 36801-40592
Chapter 1 - Organization
§§ 36801-36815
Chapter 2 - Ordinances
§§ 36900-36937
Article 1 - General
§§ 36900-36904
Article 2 - Enactment
§§ 36931-36937
Chapter 3 - General Powers
§§ 37100-37200
Chapter 4 - Financial Powers
§§ 37201-37210
Chapter 5 - City Property
§§ 37350-37685
Article 1 - General
§§ 37350-37364
Article 2 - Leases
§§ 37380-37396
Article 3 - Sale of Buildings and Sites
§§ 37420-37430
Article 3.5 - Sale and Leases of Airports
§§ 37440-37444
Article 4 - Veterans’ Homes
§§ 37460-37468
Article 5 - Assembly or Convention Halls
§§ 37500-37506
Article 6 - Museums
§§ 37541-37564
Article 7 - Hospitals Managed by Board of Hospital Trustees
§§ 37600-37625
Article 8 - Hospitals Managed by City Legislative Body
§§ 37650-37660
Article 9 - Cemeteries
§§ 37681-37685
Chapter 7 - Park and Playground Act of 1909
§§ 38000-38011
Chapter 8 - Parks Outside City Limits
§§ 38300-38304
Chapter 9 - Discontinuance of Parks
§§ 38400-38510
Article 1 - Parks Dedicated by Original Town Site Map or Plat
§§ 38400-38418
Article 2 - Parks Dedicated by City
§§ 38440-38462
Article 3 - Municipal Park Abandonment Law of 1939
§§ 38501-38510
Chapter 10 - Health and Safety
§§ 38600-38794
Article 1 - Fire Protection
§§ 38600-38611
Article 2 - Police Protection
§§ 38630-38638
Article 3 - Building Ordinances
§§ 38660
Article 5 - Water
§§ 38730-38745
Article 5.5 - Transfer of City Waterworks Systems
§§ 38750-38759
Article 6 - Nuisances
§§ 38771-38775
Article 6.5 - Reports of Residential Building Records
§§ 38780-38785
Article 7 - Miscellaneous
§§ 38790-38794
Chapter 11 - Sewers Generally
§§ 38900-38902
Chapter 13 - Weed and Rubbish Abatement
§§ 39501-39588
Article 1 - General
§§ 39501-39502
Article 2 - Alternative Procedures
§§ 39560-39588
Chapter 14 - Municipal and Public Utilities
§§ 39730-39794
Article 1 - General
§§ 39730-39732
Article 2 - Facilities in Aid of Public Utilities
§§ 39790-39794
Chapter 15 - Rivers, Streams, and Harbors
§§ 39900-39965
Article 1 - General
§§ 39900-39901
Article 2 - Establishment of Harbor Lines by Cities Generally
§§ 39930-39938
Article 3 - Powers
§§ 39961-39965
Chapter 16 - Advertising
§§ 40100-40103
Chapter 17 - Census
§§ 40200-40236
Article 1 - General
§§ 40200-40205
Article 2 - Special Census
§§ 40230-40236
Chapter 18 - Public Works
§§ 40401-40473
Article 1 - General
§§ 40401-40404
Article 2 - Drawbridges
§§ 40460
Article 3 - Sidewalks
§§ 40470-40473
Chapter 19 - Surplus United States Property
§§ 40500-40592
Title - Title and Policy
§§ 40500-40502
Article 2 - Definitions
§§ 40506-40518
Article 3 - Surplus Property Authority
§§ 40520-40529
Article 4 - Surplus Property Commission and Officers
§§ 40530-40558
Article 5 - Powers
§§ 40560-40568
Article 6 - Co-operation
§§ 40570-40578
Article 7 - Bonds
§§ 40581-40585
Article 8 - Financial
§§ 40591-40592
Part 3 - OTHER OFFICERS
§§ 40601-41805
Chapter 1 - Mayor
§§ 40601-40605
Chapter 2 - City Clerk
§§ 40801-40814
Chapter 3 - City Treasurer
§§ 41001-41007
Chapter 4 - City Assessor
§§ 41201-41205
Chapter 6 - Chief of Police
§§ 41601-41612
Chapter 7 - City Attorney
§§ 41801-41805
Division 4 - FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
§§ 43000-43904
Chapter 1 - Property Tax Assessment, Levy,and Collection
§§ 43000-43122
Article 1 - General
§§ 43000-43073
Article 2 - Alternative Methods
§§ 43090-43101
Article 3 - Fiscal Year in Chartered Cities
§§ 43120-43122
Chapter 2 - Special Taxes
§§ 43240
Article 3 - Chartered City Special Assessment Procedure
§§ 43240
Chapter 3 - Funds
§§ 43400-43455
Article 1 - General
§§ 43400-43401
Article 2 - Street Work Revolving Fund
§§ 43420-43431
Article 3 - Harbor Improvement Fund
§§ 43450-43455
Chapter 4 - Bonds
§§ 43600-43904
Article 1 - General
§§ 43600-43638
Article 3 - Refunding Indebtedness
§§ 43720-43747
Article 4 - Investment Bond Act of 1909
§§ 43760-43797
Article 5 - Prepayment
§§ 43820-43824
Article 6 - Compromise
§§ 43850-43860
Article 7 - Registration
§§ 43880-43886
Article 8 - Destruction of Unsold Bonds
§§ 43900-43904
Division 5 - EMPLOYEES
§§ 45000-45345
Chapter 1 - Civil Service
§§ 45000-45210
Article 1 - The System
§§ 45000-45010
Article 3 - Age Limits
§§ 45050-45054
Article 4 - Emergency Appointments
§§ 45080-45083
Article 5 - Reduction in Personnel
§§ 45100
Article 6 - Prohibitions and Offenses
§§ 45200-45210
Chapter 2 - Retirement
§§ 45300-45345
Article 1 - General
§§ 45300-45317
Article 2 - Pension and Retirement Systems
§§ 45341-45345