Health and Safety Code section 33200
(a)
As an alternative to the appointment of five members of the agency, the legislative body may, at the time of the adoption of an ordinance pursuant to Section 33101 or 33140 of this part, or at any time thereafter by adoption of an ordinance, declare itself to be the agency; in which case, all the rights, powers, duties, privileges and immunities, vested by this part in an agency, except as otherwise provided in this article, shall be vested in the legislative body of the community. If a member of the legislative body of a city or county does not wish to serve on the agency, the members may so notify the legislative body of the city or county, and the legislative body of the city or county shall appoint a replacement who is an elector of the city or county to serve out the term of the replaced member.(b)
In the event an appointive agency has been designated and has been in existence for at least three years, the legislative body shall not adopt an ordinance declaring itself to be the agency without first conducting a public hearing on the proposed ordinance.
Source:
Section 33200, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=33200.
(accessed May 14, 2025).