The City shall have all powers possible for a general law City to have under the Constitution and laws of the State of California as fully and completely as though they were specifically enumerated in this Charter. The City shall have the power to make and enforce all laws and regulations in respect to municipal affairs which may be heretofore or hereafter established, granted or prescribed to cities organized under the general laws of the State of California, and such additional powers in respect to municipal affairs as may be provided for in this Charter.
The City may exercise any of its powers to perform any of its functions and may participate in the financing thereof, jointly or in cooperation, by contract or otherwise, with any one or more cities, counties, states, or civil divisions or agencies thereof, or the United States or any agency thereof.
The City may finance or refinance the acquisition, construction, improvement, furnishing, equipping, repair, reconstruction or rehabilitation of public facilities, hospitals and health care facilities, and such residential, industrial, and commercial facilities as the City Council may determine to be a proper public purpose, in whole or in part, through the issuance of bonds secured by the revenue of such facilities, or otherwise, or by means of such other methods of financing that the City Council determines to be a proper public purpose; and provided further that where the general laws of the state provide a procedure for carrying out an enforcement of the powers granted herein, such procedure shall control and be followed, unless a different procedure shall have been provided in this Charter, or by ordinance.