Section 23720 Of Article 2. Charter Amendment And Repeal From California Government Code >> Division 1. >> Title 3. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 2.
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. (a) A county charter may be amended by proposals submitted
by the governing body or by a petition signed by 10 percent of the
qualified electors of the county, computed upon the total number of
votes cast in the county for all candidates for Governor at the last
general election at which a Governor was elected, filed in the office
of the county elections official, petitioning the governing body to
submit a proposed amendment or amendments to the charter of the
county to the qualified electors of the county, which amendment or
amendments are set forth in full in the petition.
(b) A county charter may be repealed by proposals submitted by the
governing body or by a petition signed by 10 percent of the
qualified electors of the county computed upon the total number of
votes cast in the county for all candidates for Governor at the last
general election at which a Governor was elected. The petition,
petitioning the governing body to submit the question of charter
repeal to the qualified electors of the county, shall be filed in the
office of the county elections official.
(c) Petitions to amend or repeal a county charter shall be subject
to Article 1 (commencing with Section 9100) of Chapter 2 of Division
9 of the Elections Code.