{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-53790","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 53790","heading":"","body":"Notwithstanding budget limitations and restrictions imposed by law except limitations imposed by the Constitution, a city, county, or district may incur all necessary expenses, expend public funds, and expend, use, or permit the use of public property or personnel to meet a national or local emergency created by war, military, naval, or air attack, or sabotage, or to provide for adequate national or local defense.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES [50001. - 57607.]","DIVISION 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES [53000. - 55821.]","PART 1. POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES [53000. - 54999.7.]","CHAPTER 4. Financial Affairs [53600. - 53997.]","ARTICLE 6. Exceeding the Budget [53790. - 53792.]"],"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":"19de5f5fa9c13dc361974939ef97b18d271deb3e787ab2e185f6b95c0b0d359f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-53760.9","next":"us-ca/gov-53791"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}