California Elections Code ARTICLE 1 - Initiative

  • Section 9100.
    In addition to any other method provided by law, ordinances may be enacted by any county pursuant to this article.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920,...
  • Section 9101.
    Any proposed ordinance may be submitted to the board of supervisors by filing an initiative petition with the county elections official, signed by not less...
  • Section 9102.
    Any proposal to enact, amend, or otherwise revise a county charter by initiative petition may be submitted to the board of supervisors and shall be...
  • Section 9103.
    (a) Before circulating any initiative petition in a county, or any petition relating to the annexation of territory by a county, the consolidation of counties, or...
  • Section 9103.5.
    From the time materials pertaining to an initiative petition are filed pursuant to Section 9103 until the day after the county elections official determines that...
  • Section 9104.
    The notice of intention shall contain the printed name, signature, and business or residence address of at least one but not more than five proponents,...
  • Section 9105.
    (a) The county elections official shall immediately transmit a copy of any proposed measure to the county counsel. Within 15 days after the proposed measure is...
  • Section 9106.
    Any elector of the county may seek a writ of mandate requiring the ballot title or summary prepared by the county counsel to be amended....
  • Section 9107.
    The county elections official shall ascertain the number of signatures required to sign the petition by obtaining the number of votes cast within the county...
  • Section 9108.
    The proponents may commence to circulate the petitions among the voters of the county for signatures by any registered voter of the county after publication...
  • Section 9109.
    Each petition section shall have attached to it an affidavit to be completed by the circulator. The affidavit shall be substantially in the same form...
  • Section 9110.
    Signatures shall be secured and the petition shall be presented to the county elections official for filing within 180 days from the date of receipt...
  • Section 9111.
    (a) During the circulation of the petition or before taking either action described in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 9118, the board of supervisors may...
  • Section 9112.
    On or before April 1 of each odd-numbered year, the county elections official of each county shall file a report with the Secretary of State...
  • Section 9113.
    The petition shall be filed by the proponents, or by any person or persons authorized in writing by the proponents. All sections of the petition...
  • Section 9114.
    Except as provided in Section 9115, within 30 days from the date of filing of the petition, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, the elections official...
  • Section 9115.
    (a) Within 30 days from the date of filing of the petition, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, if, from the examination of petitions pursuant to Section...
  • Section 9118.
    If the initiative petition is signed by voters not less in number than 10 percent of the entire vote cast in the county for all...
  • Section 9119.
    Whenever any ordinance is required by this article to be submitted to the voters of a county at any election, the county elections official shall...
  • Section 9120.
    Article 3 (commencing with Section 9160) shall govern the procedures for submitting arguments for county initiatives.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
  • Section 9121.
    Any number of proposed ordinances may be voted upon at the same election.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
  • Section 9122.
    If a majority of the voters voting on a proposed ordinance vote in its favor, the ordinance shall become a valid and binding ordinance of...
  • Section 9123.
    If the provisions of two or more ordinances adopted at the same election conflict, the ordinance receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall control.(Enacted...
  • Section 9124.
    The enacting clause of an ordinance submitted to the voters of a county shall be substantially in the following form:“The people of the County of...
  • Section 9125.
    No ordinance proposed by initiative petition and adopted either by the board of supervisors without submission to the voters or adopted by the voters shall...
  • Section 9126.
    This article does not apply to any statewide initiative measure.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018