Article X — ELECTIONS

SECTION 1000. - General Municipal Elections.

General municipal elections for the election of officers and for such other purposes as the city council may prescribe shall be held in the city on the second Tuesday in April in each even numbered year. The first such general municipal election shall: be held on the first Tuesday in April, 1956.

(Ord. No. 3093, § 2, 9-11-18; Ord. No. 3126, § 2, 6-8-21)

SECTION 1001. - Special Municipal Elections.

All other municipal elections that may be held by authority of this charter, or of any law, shall be known as special municipal elections.

SECTION 1002. - Procedure for Holding Elections.

Unless otherwise provided by ordinance here-after enacted, all elections shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same now exist or hereafter may be amended, for the holding of municipal elections so far as the same are not in conflict with this charter.

SECTION 1003. - Initiative; Referendum and Recall.

There are hereby reserved to the electors of the city the powers of the initiative and referendum and of the recall of municipal elective officers. The provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same now exist or hereafter may be amended, governing the initiative and referendum and the recall of municipal officers, shall apply to the use thereof in the city so far as such provisions of the Elections Code are not in conflict with the provisions of this charter.