Sacramento Municipal Code Art. I Introductory

The municipal corporation now existing and known as the City of Sacramento shall remain and continue a body politic and corporate in name and fact by the name of the City of Sacramento and by such name shall have perpetual succession.

The boundaries of the City of Sacramento, as they exist on the effective date of this section, shall continue until changed in the manner authorized by law.

The City of Sacramento, hereinafter termed the city, shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers, benefits, privileges and franchises now possessed, enjoyed, owned or held by it.

All lawful ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations or portions thereof now in force and not in conflict or inconsistent herewith are continued in force until they have been duly repealed or amended.

The city council may establish departments, divisions, offices and positions of employment not established by this Charter or created thereunder and shall have the power to abolish, merge or consolidate same.

The city council may also provide for the performance by the County of Sacramento of all or any municipal functions which may now or hereafter be performed by said county, including municipal functions specifically provided for in this Charter. The city council may abolish the appropriate city departments, offices and employments when such municipal functions are to be provided by the County of Sacramento.