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DIVISION 9. EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS 7900-7914›PART 1. GENERAL 36501-36525›CHAPTER 8. Parks Outside City Limits 38300-38304›ARTICLE 7. Miscellaneous 38790-38794

§ 38791

California Government Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · 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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