The City of Palm Springs, hereinafter termed the City, shall continue to be a municipal corporation under its present name of "City of Palm Springs." The boundaries of the City shall be the boundaries as established at the time this Charter takes effect, and as such boundaries may be changed thereafter from time to time in the manner authorized by law.
The City of Palm Springs, shall continue to own, possess and control all rights and property of every kind and nature owned, possessed or controlled by it at the time this Charter takes effect and shall continue to be subject to all its debts, obligations, liabilities and contracts.
All lawful ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations, and portions thereof, in force at the time this Charter takes effect, and not in conflict or inconsistent herewith, are hereby continued in force until they are repealed, amended, changed or superseded by proper authority.
The present officers and employees of the City shall continue to perform the duties of their respective offices and employments without interruption and for the same compensations and under the same conditions until the appointment or election and qualification of their successors, but subject to removal, amendment, change, or control provided by the provisions of this Charter. Nothing contained in this Charter, unless specifically otherwise provided herein, shall affect or impair the civil service, personnel, pension, or retirement rights or privileges of officers or employees of the City, or of any office, department, or agency thereof, existing at the time this Charter takes effect.
Except with respect to the term of certain franchises as provided in Section 1002, all contracts entered into by the City or for its benefit prior to the effective date of this Charter and then in effect, shall continue in full force and effect according to their terms.
No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, filed and pending at the time this Charter takes effect, brought by or against the City or any officer, office, department or agency thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of this Charter or by anything contained in the Charter, but all such actions or proceedings may be continued notwithstanding that functions, powers, and duties of any officer, office, department or agency a party thereto, may be assigned or transferred by or under this Charter to another officer, office, department or agency, but in that event the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of the office, department or agency to which such functions, powers and duties have been assigned or transferred by or under this Charter.
The City shall have an official seal, which may be changed from time to time by ordinance. The seal of the City at the time this Charter takes effect shall continue to be the official seal of the City until changed as provided herein.
If any article, sections, sentence, clause or portion of this Charter is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof.
This Charter shall take effect upon its approval by the Legislature after it has been ratified by the qualified voters of the City in the manner set forth in the Constitution of the State of California.
Any proposal for the amendment, revision, or repeal of this Charter or any portion thereof may be proposed by majority vote of the city council, or by initiative by the People of the City of Palm Springs. No such proposal shall be effective until approved by a majority vote of the voters voting at an election on the question, and until filed with the Secretary of State of the State of California. In the event of any conflict between this section and Article XI, 3 of the California Constitution, as may be amended, the latter shall govern.