Alhambra Municipal Code Art. XXV Miscellaneous

For the further purpose of the qualification and of the nomination of candidates and of electing and qualifying all officers provided for in this Charter, this Charter shall take effect from the time of the approval of the same by the legislature; for all other purposes it shall take effect on the first day of July, 1915.

Editor’s note: This section was repealed by Ordinance 4788, which was approved by the voters of the city at a special municipal election held November 2, 2021.

The members of the board of trustees, city clerk, city treasurer, city tax and license collector, city assessor, city recorder and the trustees of the school districts in office at the time of the approval of this Charter by the legislature shall severally continue to hold office and discharge their respective duties until the election and qualification of the commission, auditor, treasurer, city attorney and members of the board of education respectively first elected under this Charter. The term of office of all other officers in office at the time this Charter shall take effect shall cease and terminate when the commission first elected hereunder shall by resolution so declare.

The board of trustees of the City of Alhambra, in office at the time this Charter is approved by the legislature, shall provide for the holding of the first general municipal election of officers under this Charter, shall canvass the votes, declare the result and fix the amounts and approve the bonds of all officers elected at such election according to the provisions relating to said bonds herein provided.

If for any reason, the first general municipal election is not held on the day herein provided for, the validity of this Charter and of such election is not affected thereby, and the board of trustees of the City of Alhambra then in office must provide for the holding of said election as soon as possible thereafter.

All lawful city ordinances, resolutions and regulations in force at the time this Charter takes effect and not inconsistent with the provisions thereof are hereby continued in force until the same shall be duly amended or repealed.

The violation of any provision of this Charter or of any ordinance of the city shall be deemed a mis-demeanor, and may be prosecuted by the authorities of the city in the name of the people of the State of California, or may be redressed by civil action, at the option of said authorities. Any person sentenced to imprisonment for the violation of a provision of this Charter or of any ordinance may be imprisoned in the city jail, or if the council by ordinance shall so prescribe, in the county jail of the county in which the City of Alhambra is situated, in which case the expense of such imprisonment shall be a charge in favor of such county against the City of Alhambra.

The provisions of this Charter as to supervision and regulation by said city of any public utility operating therein shall not, and shall not be construed to affect or impair the right of the public utilities commission to exercise any powers of supervision, regulation or control over any such public utility, which the city may by vote have surrendered to such public utilities commission or which such public utilities commission may have been empowered to exercise by constitutional amendment adopted prior to the taking effect of this Charter.

Editor's note: This section was amended by the voters of the city on March 5, 2002.

This Charter may be amended at such times and in such manner as is provided by the constitution of the State of California.

In all matters pertaining to municipal officers, concerning which no special provision is made in this Charter, the general law of the state shall be a part of this Charter as far as the same may be applicable.

The word “streets” when used in this Charter, includes streets, highways, alleys, lanes, courts and public places.

The word “city” wherever it is used in this Charter, means the City of Alhambra, and every commission, department, board, division, officer or employee wherever mentioned in this Charter means the commission, department, board, division, officer or employee, as the case may be, of the City of Alhambra, except that specific mention of the board of education and members thereof, refers only to said board or its members as the case may be. The term “council” when used in this Charter, means the council of the City of Alhambra.

All rights, actions, proceedings, prosecutions, and contracts of the city, or any of its departments or officers, pending or unexecuted, when this Charter goes into effect, and not inconsistent therewith, shall be enforced, continued, or completed, in all respects as though begun or executed hereunder.