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CHARTER ARTICLE I. SUCCESSION, FORM OF GOVERNMENT, POWERS Section 100: NAME. The municipal corporation now existing and known as the City of San Leandro shall remain and continue to be a body politic and corporate in fact and in law by the name of the City of San Leandro, and shall herein- after be referred to as the City. Section 105: BOUNDARIES. The boundaries ofthe City shall be the boundaries existing on the effective date of this Charter, until changed in the manner authorized by law. Section 110: SUCCESSION, RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES. The City shall continue to own, possess and control all rights and property of every kind and nature owned, possessed or controlled by it on the effective date of this Charter, and shall be subject to all its debts, obligations and liabilities. Section 115: CONTINUANCE OF LAWS. All lawful ordinances, resolutions, and rules and regulations in force on the effective date of this Char- ter and not in conflict or inconsistent herewith are con- tinued in force until repealed or amended. Section 120: CONTINUANCE OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. The present officers and employees of the City shall retain their respective offices and employments, sub- ject, however, to the provisions of this Charter. Section 125: FORM OF GOVERNMENT. The government established by this Charter shall be the Mayor-Council~Manager form of government. Section 130: POWERS. The City shall have the power to make and enforce all ordinances and regulations in respect to municipal affairs, subject only to restrictions and limitations pro- vided in this Charter or in the Constitution of the State of California. The City shall have all the powers that (San Leandro Supp. No.8, 12-05) are provided by the Constitution or by statute for cit- ies. The City may exercise any of its powers jointly with other public agencies, and may agree with the County of Alameda for the assumption and discharge by the County of any of the City's municipal functions. ARTICLE II. CITY COUNCIL: MEMBERSHIP, COMPENSATION Section 200. COMPOSITION. The City Council, hereinafter referred to as the Council, shall consist of six Council Members and the Mayor. Section 205: QUALIFICATION OF COUNCIL MEMBERS. (a) Any person is eligible to hold office as elected Council Member if such person is a registered voter of the City and a resident of the geographical area which constituted the district from which such person was nominated at the time of filing nomination pa- pers, and was a resident of such area and a registered voter of the City at the time of filing nomination pa- pers and for a period of thirty days Immediately pre- ceding the date of filing. (b) Any person is eligible to hold office as ap- pointed Council Member if such person is a regis- tered voter of the City and a resident of the geo- graphical area which constitutes the district from which such person's elected predecessor was nomi- nated, and was a resident of such area and a regis- tered voter of the City at the time of appointment and for a period of thirty days immediately preceding appointment. " Section 210: QUALIFICATION OF MAYOR. Any person is eligible to hold office as elected Mayor if such person is a registered voter ofthe City and was a registered voter of the City at the time of filing nomination papers and for a period of thirty days immediately preceding the date of filing. Any person is eligible to hold office as appointed Mayor if such person is a registered voter of the City and was a registered voter of the City for a period of thirty days immediately preceding appointment. C-4