The City of Santa Barbara 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force until the same shall have been duly repealed, amended, changed
or superseded by proper authority.
Nothing in this Charter contained, unless 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.
The present officers and employees of the City shall continue
without interruption to perform the duties of their respective offices
and employments upon the same terms and conditions and for the compensation
provided by the existing ordinances, regulations, rules or laws, but
subject to such removal, amendment, change or control as is provided
or permitted in this Charter, and, as to offices which are changed,
superseded or abolished by this Charter, until the election and qualification
or appointment of their respective successors under this Charter,
if any, or until the duties of an abolished office have been transferred
and are being performed pursuant to this Charter, or the City Council
shall by resolution determine the office vacant. Each elective officer
whose office is continued in existence but made appointive under this
Charter shall continue to hold such office, under this Charter, but
his vested or accrued retirement or pension rights or privileges shall
not be deemed to be changed, altered or affected in any way by the
adoption of this Charter.
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, 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 herein contained 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.
This Charter shall take effect upon its approval by the Legislature
after it shall have been ratified by the qualified voters of the City
in the manner set forth in the Constitution of the State.
