SANTA MARGARITA AREA RESIDENTS TOGETHER v

( Denio v. City of Huntington Beach (1943) 22 Cal. 2d 580, 590, 140 P.2d 392; Carruth, supra, at p. 695.) [*233] A governmental entity does not contract away its police power unless the contract amounts to the "surrender" or "abnegation" of a proper governmental function. ................
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