The legislative body may pass ordinances not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the State or the United States.
Cal. Gov. Code § 37100
General Powers
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 187 Cal. App. 4th 734 - Qualified Patients Assn. v. City of Anaheim (2010)
Most recently applied in California Attorney General Opinion 23-102 (April 2024)
Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.