California Elections Code ARTICLE 2 - Referendum

• Section 9235.
  No ordinance shall become effective until 30 days from and after the date of its final passage, except:(a) An ordinance calling or otherwise relating to an...
• Section 9236.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 9235, ordinances authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds by a city as part of a joint powers entity pursuant to Section 6547 of...
• Section 9237.
  If a petition protesting the adoption of an ordinance, and circulated by a person who meets the requirements of Section 102, is submitted to the...
• Section 9237.5.
  The provisions of this code relating to the form of petitions, the duties of the county elections official, and the manner of holding elections shall...
• Section 9238.
  (a) Across the top of each page of the referendum petition there shall be printed the following:“Referendum Against an Ordinance Passed by the City Council”(b) Each section...
• Section 9239.
  Petitions shall be accepted for filing by the elections official and the determination of the number of signatures thereon shall be made by the elections...
• Section 9240.
  After the petition has been filed as herein provided, the elections official shall examine the petition and certify the results in the same manner as...
• Section 9241.
  If the legislative body does not entirely repeal the ordinance against which the petition is filed, the legislative body shall submit the ordinance to the...
• Section 9242.
  Signatures upon petitions, and sections thereof, shall be secured, and the petition, together with all sections thereof, shall be filed, within 30 days from the...
• Section 9243.
  Elections pursuant to this article shall be held in accordance with Sections 9217 to 9225, inclusive.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
• Section 9244.
  Whenever the legislative body of a city has voted in favor of the repeal of an ordinance protested against by the voters, as provided in...
• Section 9245.
  If approval of an ordinance by the mayor or like officer is necessary, the date of approval shall be deemed the date of its final...
• Section 9246.
  Any duty imposed in this chapter upon the legislative body of a city with regard to calling a municipal election, or in connection with an...
• Section 9247.
  Article 1 (commencing with Section 9200) and this article do not apply to cities having a charter adopted under Section 3 of Article XI of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018