Government Code - GOV
TITLE 4. GOVERNMENT OF CITIES [34000 - 45345]
( Title 4 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79. ) DIVISION 3. OFFICERS [36501 - 41805]
( Division 3 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79. ) PART 2. LEGISLATIVE BODY [36801 - 40592]
( Part 2 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79. ) CHAPTER 10. Health and Safety [38600 - 38794]
( Chapter 10 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79. ) ARTICLE 7. Miscellaneous [38790 - 38794]
( Article 7 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79. ) 38791.
By ordinance the legislative body of a city may provide for a chief executive who, during periods of great public calamity such as extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic, earthquake, sabotage or enemy attack, shall have complete authority over the city and the right to exercise all police power vested in the city by the Constitution and general laws.
(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 624.)