POLI 103A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Charter City, W. M. Keck Observatory

• School: UCSD
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 103A
• Professor: Nathan Fletcher

Document Summary

Poli 103a class 1 04/06/2017 (cid:862)all politics is local(cid:863) Propose ordinances, enforce laws, public transportation (authority for this usually given to transit agencies), zoning (land use authority; what can land be used for) Charter cities (cid:894)a(cid:271)out (cid:1005)(cid:1004)(cid:1004) of califor(cid:374)ia"s 4(cid:1006)8 (cid:272)ities(cid:895) People of city vote to create a charter. Strong mayor vs weak mayor: strong mayor. All branches of gov work for mayor while voters elect council to deal with legislative stuff. Only accountable to voters next election: weak mayor. Voters elect mayor and councilman(means mayor is just a councilman) mayor but accountable to them) 4 members of city council and mayor(usually hires a city manager who acts as strong. City managers accountable to city council and mayor. Do(cid:449)(cid:374)side: ca(cid:374)"t (cid:448)ote for (cid:272)ity (cid:373)a(cid:374)ager so it"s hard to (cid:373)ake the(cid:373) a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)ta(cid:271)le. Not a city because no parks or other community services.