San Diego Municipal Code § 2.10 Procedure for Referral to Committee or Assignment to Council

(a) The Council President, or the Council by majority vote, shall have the authority to refer a resolution or ordinance to a standing or special issues committee for further study and consideration, or to direct the City Clerk to place the resolution or ordinance directly on the Council agenda for adoption.

(b) The Council President, or the Council by majority vote,
shall have the authority to refer matters, other than
resolutions or ordinances, to a standing or special issues
committee for further study and consideration.

(c) Matters assigned or referred to a standing or special
issues committee shall be in keeping with the areas of
responsibility and the workload of the committee.

(d) Matters shall not be referred to more than one
committee. Should a committee not have the
jurisdiction to resolve the matter or if it is unclear under
which committee’s area of responsibility the matter
falls, it may be assigned to the appropriate committee
by the Council President or a majority of the Council.

agenda, prior to assignment to any committee, any matter so requested in writing by four members of the Council. Such a matter shall be docketed for hearing at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Council within 30 days thereafter. However, any matter which has been placed directly on the Council agenda without first having been heard by a committee of the Council must be referred to the appropriate committee for a hearing when so requested by any Councilmember, subject to a vote of the Council majority or by unanimous consent. This matter shall be scheduled for hearing at a regular meeting of that committee within 120 days unless otherwise directed in the assignment process.

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