{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-21601","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 21601","heading":"","body":"Following a city’s decision to elect its council using district-based elections, or following each federal decennial census for a city whose council is already elected using district-based elections, the council shall, by ordinance or resolution, adopt boundaries for all of the council districts of the city pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 21100).","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 21. STATE AND LOCAL REAPPORTIONMENT [21000. - 23004.]","CHAPTER 7. City Elections [21600. - 21630.]","ARTICLE 1. General Law Cities [21600. - 21606.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"9328b313ba124d878d8d06ba8a65fa7c61e8bd1675af0f5efb4299fbc94537a9","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-21600","next":"us-ca/elec-21603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}