{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-38791","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 38791","heading":"","body":"By ordinance the legislative body of a city may provide for a chief executive who, during periods of great public calamity such as extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic, earthquake, sabotage or enemy attack, shall have complete authority over the city and the right to exercise all police power vested in the city by the Constitution and general laws.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 4. GOVERNMENT OF CITIES [34000. - 45345.]","DIVISION 3. OFFICERS [36501. - 41805.]","PART 2. LEGISLATIVE BODY [36801. - 40592.]","CHAPTER 10. Health and Safety [38600. - 38794.]","ARTICLE 7. Miscellaneous [38790. - 38794.]"],"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":"0197d8c8aa80bd54c25c852645186a94473980b9a0a0c44850a6982dea9c0aa8","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-38790.1","next":"us-ca/gov-38792"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}