Cal. Government Code - GOV § 40230. Section 40230.
For the purpose of determining where county offices shall be established, a city legislative body may establish the population of the city pursuant to this article.
ARTICLE 2. Special Census [40230. - 40236.]
Cal. Government Code - GOV 2.
in effectCal. Government Code - GOV § 40231. Section 40231.
The Legislative body may adopt a resolution providing that a census be taken in the city to establish the population in years other than those in which a federal census is taken. That census shall be validated by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance.
Cal. Government Code - GOV § 40232. Section 40232.
The ordinance shall prescribe the rules and regulations for taking the census to insure an accurate count of the inhabitants of the city.
Cal. Government Code - GOV § 40233. Section 40233.
Census takers shall be appointed by the legislative body and sworn to faithfully perform their duties. All reports of the census takers shall be sworn to before an officer authorized to take oaths.
Cal. Government Code - GOV § 40234. Section 40234.
The city clerk shall prepare a certified copy of the final census report. Thereafter it is the official census of the city for the purposes of this article.
Cal. Government Code - GOV § 40235. Section 40235.
The expense of taking the census is a city charge.
Cal. Government Code - GOV § 40236. Section 40236.
For the purposes of this article, any enumeration of population made by the United States Bureau of Census in any year other than that in which a decennial census is taken establishes the population of any city. A copy of that determination of population shall be filed in the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance and thereafter is the official census of the city for the purposes of this article.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026