Salinas Municipal Code Art. 4 Initiative Referendum and Recall

The people reserve to themselves the power to adopt or reject ordinances at the polls independent of the Council and recall elective officers.

The voters shall exercise their powers of initiative, referendum, and recall in accordance with the laws of the State of California except as otherwise provided in this Charter.

No initiative ordinance providing for the expenditures of public moneys or for an increase in salaries shall take effect until the beginning of the fiscal year, following its adoption.

Any measure that the Council or the electorate of the City, as herein provided, has authority to adopt, the Council may, of its own motion, submit to a vote of the electors at a general or special election.