Pomona Municipal Code Art. I Name and Succession

The municipal corporation now existing, and known as the City of Pomona, herein called the City, shall remain and continue a municipal corporation organized and existing under the Constitution of the State of California.

The governance of the City shall be guided by the needs of its citizens, the requirements of the State of California and of the United States, and the concept that only that degree of government be instituted that is necessary for the well-being of the community.

All lawful ordinances, resolutions, orders, rules, and other regulations of the City, or portions thereof, in effect at the time this Charter takes effect and which are not inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this Charter, are hereby continued in force and effect until duly repealed, superseded or amended.

The City shall remain vested with, and continue to hold, own and control all rights and property of every nature and description held, owned or controlled by it at the time this Charter takes effect, and it shall be subject to all debts, obligations, contracts and other liabilities existing at that time.