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Annual Report for City Council Appointive Officer – City Attorney
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FileID
File ID: 2026-01764
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Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Receive annual report and pass a Motion forwarding to the City Council for review.
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Contact
Contact: Gustavo Martinez, City Attorney, (916) 808-5346, gmartinez@cityofsacramento.org, Office of the City Attorney
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Presenter
Presenter: Gustavo Martinez, City Attorney, (916) 808-5346, gmartinez@cityofsacramento.org, Office of the City Attorney
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Office of the City Attorney Annual Report & Presentation [Updated 09282026 @4:30PM]
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: The mayor and city council are committed to performing regular annual reviews of its appointive officers. The annual report and appointed-officer evaluation process is intended to move forward to the city council. As appropriate, the city council will meet in closed session, consistent with Government Code section 54957(b), to provide feedback on past accomplishments and direction on goals and objectives for the upcoming year.
Section 72 of the city charter prescribes the appointment and duties of the City Attorney—
The city council shall appoint a city attorney and shall prescribe the qualifications, duties and compensation of such officer. The city attorney shall serve as legal counsel to the city government and all officers, departments, boards, commissions and agencies thereof and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by state law and by ordinance or resolution of the city council. In situations where the city attorney determines there is a conflict in representation by that office, the city council may authorize the retention or other legal counsel to represent one of the conflicting parties. The city attorney shall appoint all other members of the city attorney’s office.
To this end, the City Attorney s...
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