Contents of Berkeley Charter
- Introduction
- Article I. Name and Rights of the City
- Article II. Boundaries
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Article III.
Elections
- Section 4 General and Special Municipal Elections.
- Section 4½ Rent Stabilization Board Election.
- Section 5 Nomination and Election of Certain Officers.
- Section 6 Votes for Deceased Candidates.
- Section 6.1 Nomination - Filing Fee - Candidate’s Statement of Qualifications.
- Section 6.2 Fair Elections Fund.
- Article IV. Recall of Elective Officers
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Article V.
Elective Officers
- Section 8 The elective officers.
- Section 9 Election and Districts.
- Section 9.5 Independent Redistricting Commission.
- Section 10 Eligibility of Mayor, Auditor, Councilmember, and School Director.
- Section 11
- Section 12 Vacancy in Office of Mayor or Councilmember.
- Section 12.1 Vacancy in office of Auditor.
- Section 12.2 Vacancy in Office of Rent Stabilization Board Commissioner.
- Section 13 Vacancy in office of School Director.
- Section 14 Mayor’s term of office.
- Section 14.1 Auditor’s term of office.
- Section 15 Councilmember’s term of office.
- Section 16 School Director’s term of office.
- Section 17 Bonds.
- Section 18 Oath of office.
- Section 19 Salaries.
- Section 20 Administering oaths, subpoenas.
- Article VI. The Mayor
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Article VII.
Executive and Administrative Departments
- Section 27 The City Manager.
- Section 28 Powers and duties of City Manager.
- Section 29 Probation period.
- Section 30 Library trustees.
- Section 31 Creation of departments and job classifications.
- Section 32 Compensation of officers and employees.
- Section 33 Reports of departments.
- Section 34 Reports to be published.
- Section 35 Councilmembers to hold no other office.
- Section 36 Officers not to be interested in contracts or franchises.
- Section 37 Non-discrimination.
- Section 37a
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Article VIII.
The Council
- Section 38 The Council, the governing body.
- Section 39 President and Vice-President.
- Section 40 Meetings of Council.
- Section 41 Meetings to be public.
- Section 42 Quorum.
- Section 43 Rules of proceeding.
- Section 44 Ordinances, resolutions and motions.
- Section 45
- Section 46 Publication of Charter and ordinances.
- Section 47
- Article IX. Powers of the City and of the City Council
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Article X.
Finance and Taxation
- Section 50 The fiscal year.
- Section 51 Tax system.
- Section 52 Department estimates of annual requirements.
- Section 53 Annual estimate of City’s requirements and revenue.
- Section 54 Annual Budget.
- Section 55
- Section 56 Annual tax levy.
- Section 57
- Section 58 Bond tax. Library tax.
- Section 59
- Section 60 Tax liens.
- Section 61 Duties of the Auditor.
- Section 62 Money to meet warrants or checks.
- Section 63 Disposition of money collected.
- Section 64 Uniform accounts and reports.
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Article XI.
Public Works and Supplies
- Section 65 Form of contracts.
- Section 66 Progressive payments on contracts.
- Section 67 Expenditures in excess of the limitation established by ordinance.
- Section 67.1 Work performed by City employees.
- Section 67.2
- Section 67.3 Purchases from utilities.
- Section 67.4 Emergencies.
- Section 67.5 Other expenditures in excess of the limitation established by ordinance.
- Section 68 Publication.
- Sections 69 and 70
- Section 71 Hours of labor.
- Section 72 Collusion with bidder.
- Section 73 Collusion by bidder.
- Article XII. Franchises
- Article XII-A. Off-Street Vehicular Parking
- Article XIII. The Initiative
- Article XIV. The Referendum
- Article XV. The Public Schools
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Article XVI.
Miscellaneous
- Section 109 When this Charter takes effect.
- Section 109.5 Gender-neutral language.
- Sections 110 and 111
- Section 112 Existing ordinances continued in force.
- Section 113 Office of the City Attorney and Conduct of legal proceedings.
- Section 114 Violation of Charter and ordinances.
- Section 115 Municipal affairs.
- Section 116
- Section 117 Rights of existing bondholders.
- Section 118 Additional powers.
- Section 119 Personnel Board.
- Article XVII. Elected Rent Stabilization Board
- Article XVIII. Police Accountability Board and Director of Police Accountability