California Elections Code ARTICLE 1 - Initiative

• Section 9200.
  Ordinances may be enacted by and for any incorporated city pursuant to this article.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
• Section 9201.
  Any proposed ordinance may be submitted to the legislative body of the city by a petition filed with the elections official of the legislative body,...
• Section 9202.
  (a) Before circulating an initiative petition in any city, the proponents of the matter shall file with the elections official a notice of intention to do...
• Section 9202.5.
  From the time materials pertaining to an initiative petition are filed pursuant to Section 9202 until the day after the elections official determines that the...
• Section 9203.
  (a) Any person who is interested in any proposed measure shall file a copy of the proposed measure with the elections official with a request that...
• Section 9204.
  Any elector of the city may seek a writ of mandate requiring the ballot title or summary prepared by the city attorney to be amended....
• Section 9205.
  A notice of intention and the title and summary of the proposed measure shall be published or posted or both as follows:(a) If there is a...
• Section 9206.
  Within 10 days after the date of publication or posting, or both, of the notice of intention and title and summary, the proponents shall file...
• Section 9207.
  The proponents may commence to circulate the petitions among the voters of the city for signatures by any registered voter of the city after publication...
• Section 9208.
  Signatures upon petitions and sections of petitions shall be secured, and the petition, together with all sections of the petition, shall be filed within 180...
• Section 9209.
  Each section shall have attached thereto the declaration of the person soliciting the signatures. This declaration shall be substantially in the same form as set...
• Section 9210.
  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 9211.
  After the petition has been filed, as herein provided, the elections official shall examine the petition in the same manner as are county petitions in...
• Section 9212.
  (a) During the circulation of the petition, or before taking either action described in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 9215, the legislative body may refer...
• Section 9213.
  On or before April 1 of each odd-numbered year, the elections official of each legislative body shall file a report with the Secretary of State...
• Section 9215.
  If the initiative petition is signed by not less than 10 percent of the voters of the city, according to the last report of registration...
• Section 9216.
  In cities having a mayor, or like officer, with the veto power, when the passage of an ordinance petitioned for by the voters is vetoed,...
• Section 9217.
  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 9218.
  Any number of proposed ordinances may be voted upon at the same election, but the same subject matter shall not be voted upon twice within...
• Section 9221.
  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 9222.
  The legislative body of the city may submit to the voters, without a petition therefor, a proposition for the repeal, amendment, or enactment of any...
• Section 9223.
  Whenever any ordinance or measure is required by this article to be submitted to the voters of a city at any election, the elections official...
• Section 9224.
  The enacting clause of an ordinance submitted to the voters of a city shall be substantially in the following form:“The people of the City of...
• Section 9226.
  This article does not apply to any statewide initiative measure.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018