California has 58 counties, including the city and county ...



California has 482 cities, including the City and County of San Francisco.

Population (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010) California: 37.3 million

|Largest (% of state population) |Smallest | |Fastest Growing (since 2000 census) |

| |Vernon |112 | |

| |Amador |185 | |

| |Industry |219 | |

|Los Angeles |3.8 million (10.6%) | | |Lincoln |+282.1% |

|San Diego |1.3 million (3.5%) | | |Beaumont |+223.9% |

|San Jose |946,000 (2.6%) | | |Murrieta |+133.7% |

Cities in Counties

|The most cities |The fewest cities |The highest % of county population in cities |

|Los Angeles |88 |Alpine |

|Orange |34 |Mariposa |

|Riverside |28 |Trinity |

|Jurupa Valley (Riverside Co.) |7/1/11 |94,235 | |

|Eastvale (Riverside Co.) |10/1/10 |53,668 | |

|Menifee (Riverside Co.) |10/1/2008 |67,705 | |

|Wildomar (Riverside Co.) |7/7/2008 |31,321 | |

|Rancho Cordova (Sacramento Co.) |7/1/2003 |54,627 | |

|Goleta (Santa Barbara Co.) |2/1/2002 |47,106 | |

|Aliso Viejo (Orange Co.) |7/1/2001 |40,166 | |

Governance

Most city councils have five or seven elected members. Cities are either general law or

charter.

| |General law |Charter city |

|Authorizing authority |State law provides general law cities their |Charter cities run under locally adopted |

| |powers and responsibilities. Many of these |charters that control their powers and |

| |cities use the council-manager form of |structures. Several use the strong mayor form |

| |government. |of government. |

|Elected members |Five or seven. |Depends on the city’s charter. |

|How many are there? |362 |120 |

Services

Whether living in general law or charter cities, city residents receive a variety of municipal services including police and fire protection, libraries, parks and recreation, road maintenance, public transit, street trees, lighting and landscaping, water, sewers, planning and development.

• Full service cities provide these services themselves.

• Partial service and contract cities rely on special districts and counties to provide many of these services to their residents.

2008-09 City Revenues and Expenditures

(excluding San Francisco; source: State Controller)

Total city revenues

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Service charges (e.g. electric, water, sewer fees) $ 20.4 billion

Property taxes $ 4.6 billion

Sales and use taxes $ 3.4 billion

Other taxes $ 10.9 billion

Federal and state transfers $ 4.4 billion

Other revenues + $ 10.5 billion

$ 54.2 billion

Total city expenditures

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Public safety (e.g. police, fire, street lighting) $ 15.0 billion

Public utilities (e.g. electric, water) $ 10.8 billion

Transportation (e.g. streets and highways, airports) $ 9.1 billion

Waste disposal (e.g. garbage and sewers) $ 5.6 billion

Community development (e.g. planning and housing) $ 4.7 billion

Other expenditures + $ 10.7 billion

$ 55.9 billion

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