The legislative body may issue subpenas requiring attendance of witnesses or production of books or other documents for evidence or testimony in any action or proceeding pending before it.
Cal. Gov. Code § 37104
General Powers
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Fireman's Fund Insurance Company v. City of Lodi California 1650 (2002)
Most recently applied in 51 Cal. 4th 1 - Dana Point Safe Harbor Collective v. Superior Court (December 2010)
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.