The Government of

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operates as a

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(as opposed to a general law city) under the Charter of the City of Sacramento. The elected government is composed of the

Sacramento City Council The Sacramento City Council is the governing body of the city of Sacramento, California. The council holds regular meetings at Sacramento City Hall on Tuesdays at 6:00 pm, with exceptions for holidays and other special cases. Sacramento's city co ...

with 8 city council districts and the Mayor of Sacramento, which operate under a manager-council government. In addition, there are numerous departments and appointed officers such as the City Manager,

Sacramento Police Department The Sacramento Police Department (SPD) is the police department for the city of Sacramento, California. On August 11, 2017, Daniel Hahn was sworn in and became the city's first African American police chief. History The founding of the City of S ...

(SPD), the

Sacramento Fire Department The Sacramento Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Sacramento, California. The department was first organized on February 5, 1850. It was not until March 30, 1872, when it finally became the fi ...

(SFD), Community Development Department, City Clerk, City Attorney, and City Treasurer. As of June 7, 2021, the current mayor was

Darrell Steinberg Darrell Steven Steinberg (born October 15, 1959) is an American politician and attorney who is the 56th mayor of Sacramento, California since December 2016. He was elected to be mayor on June 7, 2016 (avoiding a runoff). Before that, he was Cali ...

and the current councilors were Angelique Ashby, Sean Loloee, Jeff Harris, Katie Valenzuela, Jay Schenirer, Eric Guerra, Rick Jennings II, and Mai Vang.

Organization

Mayor

The Mayor of Sacramento is the presiding officer of the city, and is elected for a four-year term. Under the California Constitution, all judicial, school, county, and city offices, including those of chartered cities, are nonpartisan. The 56th and current Mayor is

City Council

The

is the governing body of the City of Sacramento. The council is composed of eight members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms. The council members as of March 16, 2021 were: * Lisa Kaplan, District 1 * Sean Loloee, District 2 * Karina Talamantes, District 3 * Katie Valenzuela, District 4 * Caity Maple, District 5 * Eric Guerra, District 6 (Vice Mayor) * Rick Jennings II, District 7 * Mai Vang, District 8 (Mayor Pro Tem)

Departments

The

(SPD) polices the city of Sacramento. The

(SFD) provides

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and

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for Sacramento. The Community Development Department is responsible for property development application review, building permits and inspections, code compliance, and long-range planning.

Law

The ''Charter of the City of Sacramento'' is the founding document of the Sacramento government. Pursuant to the charter, all legislative power is vested in the Council and is exercised by ordinance. Pursuant to this power, the Council has caused to be promulgated the '' Sacramento City Code'', consisting of codified regulatory and penal ordinances. Every act prohibited or declared unlawful, and every failure to perform an act required, by the ordinances are misdemeanor crimes, unless otherwise specified as infractions.

Other governments

California

The Sacramento County Superior Court, which covers the entire county, is not a County department but a division of the State's trial court system. Historically, the courthouses were county-owned buildings that were maintained at county expense, which created significant friction since the trial court judges, as officials of the state government, had to lobby the county Board of Supervisors for facility renovations and upgrades. In turn, the state judiciary successfully persuaded the state Legislature to authorize the transfer of all courthouses to the state government in 2008 and 2009 (so that judges would have direct control over their own courthouses). Courthouse security is still provided by the county government under a contract with the state.

Sacramento County

Sacramento is also part of

Sacramento County Sacramento County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,585,055. Its county seat is Sacramento, which has been the state capital of California since 1854. Sacramento County is the ...

, for which the Government of Sacramento County is defined and authorized under the California Constitution,

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, and the Charter of the County of Sacramento.California Government Code § 23004 Much of the

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is in practice the responsibility of county governments such as the Government of Sacramento County. The County government provides countywide services such as elections and voter registration, law enforcement, jails, vital records, property records, tax collection, public health, and social services. The County government is primarily composed of the elected five-member Board of Supervisors, several other elected offices including the Sheriff, District Attorney, and Assessor, and numerous county departments and entities under the supervision of the County Executive Officer.

References

External links

* {{California topic, Government of