Section 1301 Of Chapter 4. Local Elections From California Elections Code >> Division 1. >> Chapter 4.
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. (a) Except as required by Section 57379 of the Government
Code, and except as provided in subdivision (b), a general municipal
election shall be held on an established election date pursuant to
Section 1000.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a city council may enact
an ordinance, pursuant to Division 10 (commencing with Section
10000), requiring its general municipal election to be held on the
same day as the statewide direct primary election, the day of the
statewide general election, on the day of school district elections
as set forth in Section 1302, the first Tuesday after the first
Monday of March in each odd-numbered year, or the second Tuesday of
April in each year. Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this
subdivision shall become operative upon approval by the board of
supervisors.
(2) In the event of consolidation, the general municipal election
shall be conducted in accordance with all applicable procedural
requirements of this code pertaining to that primary, general, or
school district election, and shall thereafter occur in consolidation
with that election.
(c) If a city adopts an ordinance described in subdivision (b),
the municipal election following the adoption of the ordinance and
each municipal election thereafter shall be conducted on the date
specified by the city council, in accordance with subdivision (b),
unless the ordinance in question is later repealed by the city
council.
(d) If the date of a general municipal election is changed
pursuant to subdivision (b), at least one election shall be held
before the ordinance, as approved by the board of supervisors, may be
subsequently repealed or amended.