TITLE 4. GOVERNMENT OF CITIES 34000-45345›DIVISION 3. OFFICERS 36501-41805›PART 2. LEGISLATIVE BODY 36801-40592›CHAPTER 10. Health and Safety 38600-38794›ARTICLE 7. Miscellaneous 38790-38794

§ 38791

California Government Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

By ordinance the legislative body of a city may provide for a chief executive who, during periods of great public calamity such as extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic, earthquake, sabotage or enemy attack, shall have complete authority over the city and the right to exercise all police power vested in the city by the Constitution and general laws.

(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 624.)

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