{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-36516.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 36516.5","heading":"","body":"A change in compensation does not apply to a council member during the council member’s term of office. This prohibition shall not prevent the adjustment of the compensation of all members of a council serving staggered terms whenever one or more members of the city council becomes eligible for a salary increase by virtue of the council member beginning a new term of office.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 4. GOVERNMENT OF CITIES [34000. - 45345.]","DIVISION 3. OFFICERS [36501. - 41805.]","PART 1. GENERAL [36501. - 36525.]"],"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":"c9c75e171c96928ee7b04d7b9ccb74f0b5d5f253f2d4faa160f846fe054eef74","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-36516.1","next":"us-ca/gov-36517"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}