BILL NUMBER: AB 185	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER   762
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 27, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 25, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 10, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 28, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 10, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 3, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 13, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 26, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 7, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hertzberg
   (Principal coauthor:  Assembly Member Cardenas)

                        JANUARY 21, 1999

   An act to add Section 56852.7 to the Government Code, relating to
local government reorganization.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 185, Hertzberg.  Local government reorganization.
   Existing law authorizes a local agency formation commission to
review proposals for organization and reorganization of municipal
entities, including proposals to incorporate cities.  A commission is
required, after a hearing, to adopt a resolution making
determinations approving or disapproving a proposal, with or without
conditions.
   This bill would require that, if a commission approves a proposal
for a special reorganization that includes the incorporation of a
city with a population of more than 1,000,000, the resolution shall
specify that the legislative body of the city shall consist of an
even number of members, with at least 12 elected by districts.  It
also would require the commission to establish initial boundaries for
those districts and to specify in the resolution that the mayor, who
shall be a voting member of the council, shall be elected on a
citywide basis.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 56852.7 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   56852.7.  If the commission approves a proposal for a special
reorganization that includes the incorporation of a city with a
population of more than 1,000,000, the commission shall do both of
the following:
   (a) Specify in the resolution making determinations that,
notwithstanding Section 36501, the legislative body of the city shall
consist of an even number of members, with at least 12 elected by
districts, as defined in Section 34871.  The commission shall
establish the initial boundaries of a sufficient number of districts
of approximately equal populations, consistent with state and federal
law, not to exceed more than 100,000 residents per district.
   (b) Specify in the resolution that the mayor, who shall be a
voting member of the council, shall be elected on a citywide basis.