2007 California Education Code Article 1. Establishment

CA Codes (edc:18900-18901)

18900.  The common council, board of trustees, or other legislative
body of any city in the state may, and upon being requested to do so
by one-fourth of the electors of the municipal corporation in the
manner provided in this article, shall, by ordinance, establish in
and for the municipality a public library if there is none already
established therein.



18901.  The request may be by a single petition, or by several
petitions. The several petitions shall be substantially in the same
form.  The single petition, or several petitions in the aggregate,
shall have, the signatures of the requisite number of electors.