Article I — INCORPORATION, ORGANIZATION AND POWERS

Section 100. - NAME.

The City of Long Beach, hereinafter called City, shall continue to be a municipal corporation under its present name, City of Long Beach.

Sec. 101. - BOUNDARIES.

The boundaries of the City shall be as they now exist, or as they may be changed in the future.

Sec. 102. - FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

The municipal government shall continue to be known as the Council-Manager form of government.

Sec. 103. - (Deleted by Meas. DDD, 11-6-2018, eff. 12-11-2018) Sec. 104. - RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE CITY.

The City shall continue to own, possess, and control all rights and property of every kind and nature owned, possessed, or controlled by it at the time this Charter takes effect and shall be subject to all its legally enforceable debts, obligations, liabilities and contracts.

Sec. 105. - ORDINANCES, CODES AND OTHER REGULATIONS.

All ordinances, codes, resolutions, rules, regulations and portions thereof, in force at the time this Charter takes effect, and not in conflict or inconsistent herewith, shall continue in force until they shall have been duly repealed, amended, changed or superseded.

Sec. 106. - PRESENT EMPLOYEES.

Subject to the provisions of this Charter, the present employees of the City shall continue to perform their respective duties until changes in their positions are made, or until reassigned, removed or replaced in the manner prescribed by this Charter, City ordinances or procedural regulations.

Sec. 107. - PRESENT ELECTED OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF COMMISSIONS.

All elected officers and members of commissions holding office shall continue to hold office thereafter until their respective terms of office shall expire and until their successors shall be elected or appointed and qualified. This section shall apply only to elected offices and commissions which are continued in existence under this Charter. The terms of the members of any existing commission shall be adjusted by resolution of the City Council, if necessary, to comply with the provisions of this Charter.

Sec. 108. - PENDING ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS.

No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time when this Charter takes effect, brought by or against the City or any officer, office, department or agency thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of this Charter or anything herein contained.

Sec. 109. - POWERS.

The City shall have all powers possible for a City to have under the Constitution and laws of the State of California as fully and completely as though they were specifically enumerated in this Charter. Specifically, but not by way of limitation, the City shall have the power to make and enforce all laws and regulations with respect to municipal affairs, subject only to such restrictions and limitations as may be provided in this Charter and in the Constitution of the State of California. It shall also have the power to exercise any and all rights, powers and privileges heretofore or hereafter established, granted, or prescribed by any law of the State, by this Charter, or by other lawful authority, or which a municipal corporation might or could exercise under the Constitution of the State of California. The enumeration in this Charter of any particular power, duty or procedure shall not be held to be exclusive of, or any limitation or restriction upon, this general grant of power.

Sec. 110. - LICENSING POWER. (RESTATEMENT AND CONTINUATION BY RENUMBERING PRE- EXISTING CHARTER SEC. 5, ADOPTED NOVEMBER 6, 1973)

The City shall have the power to license for the purpose of revenue or regulation, or both, every kind of lawful business transacted in the City and fix the license tax therefore.

Sec. 111. - INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.

The City may exercise any of its powers or perform any of its functions, and may participate in the financing thereof, jointly or in cooperation, by contract or otherwise, with any one or more cities, counties, districts, states, or civil divisions or agencies thereof, or the United States or any agency thereof. The City may

delegate the exercise of its powers or the performance of any of its functions to any city, county, district, state, civil division or agencies thereof, or the United States or any agency thereof. The City may contract for performance by its officers and employees of any county, state or federal powers, functions or duties authorized or required to be performed by any county, state or federal officers or employees within the territorial limits of the City.