California Government Code ARTICLE 3 - Reorganization Proceedings

• Section 51920.
  Reorganization proceedings pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed to have commenced with the appointment of the charter commissioners by the county and largest city.(Added...
• Section 51921.
  The charter commissioners shall propose a charter for the government of the City-County of Sacramento. The charter so prepared shall be signed by a majority...
• Section 51922.
  The legislative body of the county shall cause copies of the charter to be printed in convenient pamphlet form and in type of not less...
• Section 51923.
  The proposed charter shall be submitted to the electors of the entire county (including all cities) at a date to be fixed by the charter...
• Section 51924.
  In submitting any such charter, the charter commissioners may also submit separate propositions, whether alternative or conflicting, or one included within the other, at the...
• Section 51925.
  The charter as adopted at the election by a majority of the electors of the entire county (including all cities) voting thereon and by a...
• Section 51926.
  At the election, the questions of reorganization and adoption of a charter shall both be presented as provided in Section 51929. In addition, there shall...
• Section 51927.
  The legislative body of the county shall cause notice of the election to be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation printed and...
• Section 51928.
  The notice shall:(a) State distinctly the proposition or propositions to be submitted.(b) State the names of the cities and the county proposed to be consolidated in a...
• Section 51929.
  Upon the ballots used at the election shall be printed the words: “Shall the city (or cities) of (naming them) and the County of Sacramento...
• Section 51929.5.
  Upon the ballots used at the election within each of the other cities proposed to be reorganized and consolidated with the County of Sacramento shall...
• Section 51929.6.
  The charter of the city-county adopted pursuant to this chapter shall contain provisions which recognize the right of the voters of the other cities to...
• Section 51930.
  If, voting on a proposition presented pursuant to Section 51929, an elector stamps a cross in the voting square after the word “Yes,” his vote...
• Section 51931.
  On each proposition separately submitted, including the proposition presented pursuant to Section 51929.5, if an elector stamps a cross in the voting square after the...
• Section 51932.
  Except as otherwise provided in this article, the election, if a special election, shall be conducted as other special elections in the county or, if...
• Section 51933.
  After performing their duties, the election officers shall deliver the ballots, tally sheets, and returns to the clerk of the county.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch.
• Section 51934.
  At its next regular meeting following the election, the legislative body of the county shall canvass the returns. The canvass shall be completed at the...
• Section 51935.
  Immediately upon the completion of the canvass, the legislative body of the county shall declare the results and cause a record to be entered upon...
• Section 51936.
  If a majority of the votes cast in the largest city or if a majority of the votes in the county as a whole (including...
• Section 51937.
  If a majority of the votes cast in both the largest city and in the county as a whole (including the largest city and the...
• Section 51938.
  A copy of the record of the canvass, with a statement of the proposition or propositions submitted at the election shall be filed with the...
• Section 51939.
  Upon the filing with the Secretary of State of the Charter of the consolidated City-County of Sacramento which has been approved by the Legislature pursuant...
• Section 51939.1.
  The provisions of Sections 51940 through 51947, inclusive, shall not apply to any of the other cities which has voted, pursuant to Section 51929.5, to...
• Section 51939.2.
  The procedures set forth in this article shall have validity and effect and shall be followed only in the event that an amendment to the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018