California Government Code CHAPTER 3 - General Powers

• Section 37100.
  The legislative body may pass ordinances not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the State or the United States.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch.
• Section 37100.5.
  Except as provided in Section 7282 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the legislative body of any city may levy any tax which may be...
• Section 37101.
  (a) The legislative body may license, for revenue and regulation, and fix the license tax upon, every kind of lawful business transacted in the city, including...
• Section 37101.5.
  Notwithstanding Section 37101, no legislative body shall require a regulatory license or impose a regulatory license or impose a regulatory license fee with respect to...
• Section 37101.7.
  (a) In accordance with the provisions of subdivision (b), the legislative body may license for revenue, and fix the license tax upon, persons who transact in...
• Section 37102.
  The legislative body may use any available funds to provide employment to the city’s destitute or needy unemployed residents.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
• Section 37103.
  The legislative body may contract with any specially trained and experienced person, firm, or corporation for special services and advice in financial, economic, accounting, engineering,...
• Section 37104.
  The legislative body may issue subpenas requiring attendance of witnesses or production of books or other documents for evidence or testimony in any action or...
• Section 37105.
  Subpenas shall be signed by the mayor and attested by the city clerk. They may be served as subpenas are served in civil actions.(Added by...
• Section 37106.
  If any person duly subpenaed neglects or refuses to obey a subpena, or, appearing, refuses to testify or answer any questions which a majority of...
• Section 37107.
  The judge shall issue an attachment directed to the sheriff of the county where the witness was required to appear, commanding him to attach the...
• Section 37108.
  On return of the attachment and production of the witness, the judge has jurisdiction.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)
• Section 37109.
  The right of a witness to purge himself of the contempt and the proceedings, penalties, and punishment shall be the same as if the contempt...
• Section 37110.
  The legislative body may spend money from the general fund for music and promotion, including promotion of sister city and town affiliation programs.(Amended by Stats....
• Section 37110.5.
  The legislative body may authorize and provide for contributions to nonprofit educational radio and television stations, provided all of the following conditions exist:(a) The purpose of...
• Section 37111.
  When the legislative body deems it necessary that land purchased for park or other purposes be used for construction of public buildings or creation of...
• Section 37111.1.
  When a legislative body deems it necessary that land purchased in fee for any municipal purpose and subsequently dedicated by use for park purposes should...
• Section 37112.
  In addition to other powers, a legislative body may perform all acts necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this title.(Added by renumbering...
• Section 37114.
  If real property is conveyed by a city and it is subsequently determined and mutually agreed by the legislative body of the city and the...
• Section 37115.
  The legislative body may, within the powers otherwise conferred by law upon the city, do and perform all acts necessary to enable the city to...
• Section 37116.
  Upon receipt of an application from the governing body of any school district maintaining a school within a city, requesting to borrow funds from the...
• Section 37200.
  If the legislative body adopts an annual budget, the budget document shall include the appropriations limit and the total annual appropriations subject to limitation as...

Last modified: October 22, 2018