California Elections Code ARTICLE 3 - City or City and County Charters

• Section 9255.
  (a) A charter or charter amendment proposed by a charter commission, whether elected or appointed by a governing body, for a city or city and county...
• Section 9256.
  The proponents of a measure proposing to amend a charter shall publish or post, or both, a notice of intent to circulate the petition in...
• Section 9257.
  The petition signed by registered voters of the city or city and county proposing an amendment to a charter shall set forth in full the...
• Section 9258.
  The petition may be circulated in sections, but each section shall contain a correct copy of the text of the proposed amendment.(Enacted by Stats. 1994,...
• Section 9259.
  Each signer of the petition shall sign it in the manner prescribed by Section 9020.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
• Section 9260.
  The petition shall be in substantially the following form: Petition for Submission to Voters of Proposed Amendment to the Charter of the City (or City and...
• Section 9261.
  Each section shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the person soliciting the signatures. This affidavit shall be substantially in the same form as set...
• Section 9262.
  Each petition section shall consist of sheets of white paper, uniform in size, with dimensions no smaller than 81/2 by 11 inches or greater than...
• Section 9263.
  The sheets comprising each petition section shall be fastened together securely and remain so during circulation and filing.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
• Section 9264.
  A voter may withdraw his or her signature from a petition in the manner prescribed in Section 9602.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
• Section 9265.
  The petition shall be filed with the elections official by the proponents, or by any person or persons authorized in writing by the proponents. All...
• Section 9266.
  After the petition has been filed, the elections official shall examine the petition in the same manner as are county petitions in accordance with Sections...
• Section 9267.
  Petitions that do not substantially conform to the form requirements of this article shall not be accepted for filing by the elections official.(Enacted by Stats....
• Section 9268.
  The conduct of election and publication requirements shall substantially conform with Part 1 (commencing with Section 10000) and Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of...
• Section 9269.
  Upon the completion of the canvass of votes, the governing body of a city or city and county shall pass a resolution reciting the fact...

Last modified: October 22, 2018