CA Sts & High Code Section 9011

Whenever the requisite number of property owners have filed their written consent to the refunding and reassessment under this division, any city may perform any of the following acts:

(a)

File a petition and take all steps and proceedings required, permitted, or authorized under any bankruptcy law of the United States, or bring any action or proceeding authorized under the powers of any court for the composition or readjustment of the indebtedness to be refunded.