Costa Mesa Municipal Code § 2-185 Itemizing required

The city council will not hear, consider, allow or approve any claim or demand against the city for goods or services unless the same is itemized giving names, dates and particular services rendered, character of process served and upon whom, distance traveled, character of work done, the number of days engaged, material and supplies furnished, when and to whom and in what quantity furnished, the price therefor, and other pertinent details as the case may be.

(Ord. No. 85-26, § 2, 10-21-85)

Any claim for money or damages, from whatever cause arising (including claims for the taking of or damage to private property pursuant to section 19 of Article 1 of the California Constitution and claims based on contract) which are excluded from the claim presentation requirement of the California Tort Claims Act, codified as Government Code Sections 900 et seq., or for which a claim is not required by any other provision of law, shall be presented and processed in accordance with the procedures set forth in this article.

(Ord. No. 85-26, § 2, 10-21-85)

A claim required to be presented pursuant to this article shall be presented not later than six months after the accrual of the cause of action for death or for injury to person or to personal property or growing crops. A claim relating to any other cause of action which is required to be presented pursuant to this article shall be presented not later than one year after the accrual of the cause of action. Unless otherwise required by state law, a cause of action shall be deemed to accrue immediately upon the occurrence of the event or transaction from which the damages allegedly arose.

(Ord. No. 85-26, § 2, 10-21-85; Ord. No. 89-13, § 2, 5-15-89)

Any claim required to be presented pursuant to this article shall contain all the information required of claims by the provisions of section 910 of the California Government Code, insofar as each requirement is applicable to the type of claim presented.

(Ord. No. 85-26, § 2, 10-21-85)

Any claim which has been duly presented in a timely fashion shall be deemed rejected on the fortyfifth (45th) day after its presentation unless, prior to that time, the claim has been accepted and paid, compromised, or rejected by the city council and written notice of such rejection has been sent to the claimant.

(Ord. No. 85-26, § 2, 10-21-85)

No suit for money or damages may be brought against the City of Costa Mesa or any city officer in his official capacity or against any city employee or agent for matters within the scope of his or her employment or agency, on any cause of action for which a claim is required to be presented in accordance with this article, until a written claim therefor has been duly presented and has been acted upon by the city council or has been deemed to have been rejected in accordance with section 2-185.4 of this article.

(Ord. No. 85-26, § 2, 10-21-85)