California Government Code CHAPTER 7 - Effect of Consolidation of Cities

• Section 57475.
  If the successor city has a freeholder’s charter, the successor city shall be governed as a new city under the freeholder’s charter of the successor...
• Section 57476.
  Upon consolidation, the title to any property owned or held by, or in trust for, each predecessor city or by its officers or boards in...
• Section 57477.
  Except as otherwise provided in this division, consolidation does not affect any debts, demands, liabilities, or obligations of any kind existing in favor of or...
• Section 57478.
  Immediately upon consolidation, all ordinances of the predecessor cities are deemed repealed. That repeal shall not discharge any person from any existing civil or criminal...
• Section 57479.
  The repeal of ordinances provided by Section 57478 shall not apply to any of the following:(a) Ordinances under which vested rights have accrued.(b) Ordinances relating to proceedings...
• Section 57480.
  On and after the effective date of the consolidation, all ordinances, if any, of the successor city shall have full effect throughout the successor city.(Added...
• Section 57481.
  Unless otherwise provided in the terms and conditions of the consolidation, the property in cities consolidated pursuant to this chapter shall not be taxed to...
• Section 57482.
  The city council of the successor city shall separately levy and collect the taxes necessary to pay the indebtedness or liability of each predecessor city...
• Section 57483.
  Where the successor city is, or becomes, a chartered city, under a freeholder’s charter providing that boroughs may be established in territories or cities annexed...

Last modified: October 22, 2018