California Government Code ARTICLE 2 - Election of Legislative Body By or From Districts in Cities

• Section 34870.
  This article applies only to cities.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 278.)
• Section 34871.
  At any municipal election, or special election held for that purpose, the legislative body may submit to the registered voters an ordinance providing for the...
• Section 34872.
  An ordinance shall state the number of legislative districts and whether members of the legislative body shall be elected by districts, from districts, by districts...
• Section 34873.
  An ordinance enacted pursuant to this article may be amended or repealed in the same manner; provided, the term of office of any council member...
• Section 34874.
  No amendatory ordinance altering the boundaries of the legislative districts established pursuant to this article shall be submitted to the registered voters until the ordinance...
• Section 34875.
  The amendatory ordinance shall not be submitted to the voters if (a) one or more of the legislative districts do not close, (b) one or...
• Section 34876.
  The planning commission of the city or, in absence of such body, the legislative body of the city shall make findings as to the matters...
• Section 34876.5.
  (a) If an ordinance is submitted to the voters pursuant to Section 34871, there shall be printed on the ballots substantially as follows:“Shall members of the...
• Section 34877.
  The proposition of altering legislative districts shall be printed on the ballots substantially as follows:“Shall members of the legislative body of the City of ____...
• Section 34877.5.
  (a) After an ordinance is passed by the voters pursuant to Section 34876.5, or after an ordinance is enacted by the legislative body pursuant to Section...
• Section 34878.
  If a majority of the registered voters of the city, who vote, vote in favor of the ordinance, at the expiration of the terms of...
• Section 34879.
  The term of office of members of the legislative body elected pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be four years, unless otherwise expressly...
• Section 34880.
  (a) If the petition or proposal developed by the commission for submission to the electorate for incorporation or special reorganization of a city provides for the...
• Section 34881.
  One member of the legislative body shall be elected by or from each district, or, if applicable, one member of the legislative body shall be...
• Section 34882.
  A person is not eligible to hold office as a member of a municipal legislative body unless he or she is otherwise qualified, resides in...
• Section 34883.
  Registered voters signing nomination petitions or voting for a member of the legislative body shall be residents of the geographical area making up the district...
• Section 34884.
  (a) If, at the time a vote is held on the subject of incorporation of a new city, a majority of the votes cast is for...
• Section 34886.
  Notwithstanding Section 34871 or any other law, the legislative body of a city may adopt an ordinance that requires the members of the legislative body...

Last modified: October 22, 2018