Government Code section 36804

If the city clerk is absent, the deputy city clerk shall act. If there is none, the mayor shall appoint one of the council members as city clerk pro tempore.

Source: Section 36804, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=36804. (updated Jan. 1, 2011; accessed Sep. 8, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/government_code_section_36804

Original Source: Section 36804, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=36804. (last accessed May 12, 2025).