{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-51953","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 51953","heading":"","body":"The charter may provide for the manner in which any of the other cities which has elected to retain its local governmental structure pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 51920) or its governmental independence pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 51939.50), whichever is applicable, may at any time become consolidated and merged into the city-county government following a majority vote of its voters voting thereon.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES [50001. - 57607.]","DIVISION 1. CITIES AND COUNTIES [50001. - 52203.]","PART 2. POWERS AND DUTIES EXERCISED JOINTLY BY CITIES AND COUNTIES [51300. - 51953.]","CHAPTER 5. Local Government Reorganization [51900. - 51953.]","ARTICLE 4. Effects of Reorganization [51940. - 51953.]"],"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":"cb1d53c9e7545e5bf535cd32aaa16801846128898827224528cec0f9ec04c833","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-51952","next":"us-ca/gov-52000"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}