Article XIII — ELECTIONS

Section 1300. GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

General municipal elections for the election of officers and for such other purposes as the City Council may prescribe shall be held in the City on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year. However, in the event the state legislature hereafter prescribes a different day for the holding of the statewide general election, general municipal elections shall be held upon such day in each even-numbered year as prescribed for the statewide general election. (Amended November 2, 1982, filed by Secretary of State, January 18, 1983; amended November 7, 2000, filed by Secretary of State February 6, 2001.)

Section 1301. SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

All other municipal elections that may be held by authority of this Charter, or of any law, shall be known as special municipal elections.

Section 1302. PROCEDURE FOR HOLDING ELECTIONS.

All elections shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same now exist or hereafter may be amended, for the holding of municipal elections so far as the same are not in conflict with this Charter.

Section 1303. INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL.

There are hereby reserved to the electors of the City the powers of the initiative and referendum and of the recall of municipal elective officers. The provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same now exist or hereafter may be amended, governing the initiative and referendum and the recall of municipal officers, shall apply to the use thereof in the City so far as such provisions of the Elections Code are not in conflict with the provisions of this Charter.