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    Cities in California

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    Cities by state


    Municipal government
    Top counties
    Top 100 cities by population

    Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities.

    This page includes the following resources:

    Cities[edit]

    City government[edit]

    Click the links in the table below for information about the cities in Ballotpedia's coverage scope and the county governments that overlap those cities:

    City County
    Anaheim Orange County
    Bakersfield Kern County
    Chula Vista San Diego County
    Fremont Alameda County
    Fresno Fresno County
    Irvine Orange County
    Long Beach Los Angeles County
    Los Angeles Los Angeles County
    Oakland Alameda County
    Riverside Riverside County
    Sacramento Sacramento County
    Santa Ana Orange County
    San Bernardino San Bernardino County
    San Diego San Diego County
    San Jose San Francisco County
    San Jose Santa Clara County
    Santa Clarita Los Angeles County
    Stockton San Joaquin County

    According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 57 counties, 482 cities, towns, and villages, and 2,949 special districts.[1]

    San Francisco is a consolidated city-county government, exercising powers and responsibilities of both forms of government.


    Elections[edit]

    Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

    2024[edit]

    See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

    2023[edit]

    See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

    2022[edit]

    See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

    2021[edit]

    See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

    2020[edit]

    See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

    Past elections


    Initiative process availability[edit]

    See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in California

    The local units of government in California that make the initiative process available are:

    • All 361 general law cities, which have a state mandated initiative and referendum process for ordinances.
    • All 121 charter cities, which have a state mandated initiative and referendum process for charter amendments.
    • All 44 general law counties, which have a state mandated initiative and referendum process for ordinances.
    • All 14 charter counties, which have a state mandated initiative and referendum process.[2]

    See also[edit]

    California Municipal government Other local coverage
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    External links[edit]

    Footnotes[edit]

    1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
    2. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Types and #'s of local government by state," September 1, 2012
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