Los Angeles City Charter

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foundational governing document municipal charter

The Los Angeles City Charter is the foundational governing document that defines the structure, powers, and responsibilities of the City of Los Angeles’s municipal government.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Charter of the City of Los Angeles	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	foundational governing document ⓘ municipal charter ⓘ
adoptedBy	voters of the City of Los Angeles ⓘ
appliesTo	Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: City of Los Angeles
authorizes	Los Angeles City Attorney ⓘ surface form: City Attorney of Los Angeles Los Angeles City Controller ⓘ surface form: City Controller of Los Angeles Los Angeles City Council ⓘ Mayor of Los Angeles ⓘ city departments of Los Angeles ⓘ
bindingOn	Los Angeles city departments ⓘ Los Angeles city officials ⓘ
canBeAmendedBy	voters of the City of Los Angeles ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
defines	powers of the Los Angeles city government ⓘ responsibilities of the Los Angeles city government ⓘ structure of the Los Angeles city government ⓘ
establishes	certain independent commissions of Los Angeles ⓘ executive branch of Los Angeles city government ⓘ legislative branch of Los Angeles city government ⓘ
governs	municipal government of Los Angeles ⓘ
higherAuthorityThan	Los Angeles Municipal Code ⓘ
jurisdiction	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	local law ⓘ organic law of the City of Los Angeles ⓘ
purpose	to allocate powers among Los Angeles city offices and agencies ⓘ to define rights and procedures in Los Angeles municipal governance ⓘ to organize the government of the City of Los Angeles ⓘ
regulates	budgetary process of the City of Los Angeles ⓘ creation and organization of Los Angeles city departments ⓘ elections for Los Angeles city offices ⓘ legislative process of the Los Angeles City Council ⓘ powers and duties of Los Angeles city officials ⓘ
state	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
subject	civil service system of Los Angeles ⓘ ethics and conflict-of-interest rules for Los Angeles officials ⓘ home rule authority of Los Angeles ⓘ municipal powers of Los Angeles ⓘ planning and land use authority in Los Angeles ⓘ public safety governance in Los Angeles ⓘ public works governance in Los Angeles ⓘ
subordinateTo	Constitution of California ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the State of California United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the United States
typeOfLaw	public law ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Los Angeles City Council → follows → Los Angeles City Charter ⓘ

Los Angeles City Controller → governingDocument → Los Angeles City Charter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charter of the City of Los Angeles

Los Angeles City Council District 4 → governingLaw → Los Angeles City Charter ⓘ

Government of the City of Los Angeles → hasCharter → Los Angeles City Charter ⓘ

Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners → legalAuthority → Los Angeles City Charter ⓘ

Los Angeles City Attorney → legalAuthority → Los Angeles City Charter ⓘ

Government of the City of Los Angeles → legalBasis → Los Angeles City Charter ⓘ

Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners → legalBasis → Los Angeles City Charter ⓘ

Council President Pro Tempore → legalContext → Los Angeles City Charter ⓘ