A. 
Authority. This chapter is enacted pursuant to Section 935 of the California Government Code.
B. 
Claims Required. All claims against the city for money or damages not otherwise governed by the Government Claims Act, California Government Code Sections 900 et seq., or another state law (hereinafter in this section, "claims") shall be presented within the time, and in the manner, prescribed by Part 3 of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the California Government Code (commencing with Section 900 thereof) for the claims to which that Part applies by its own terms, as those provisions now exist or shall hereafter be amended, and as further provided by this section, except that neither the rule of Section 911 nor the rule of Section 911.3 is adopted and neither shall apply, as those provisions now exist or shall hereafter be amended.
C. 
Form of Claim. All claims shall be made in writing and verified by the claimant or by his or her guardian, conservator, executor or administrator. No claim may be filed on behalf of a class of persons unless verified by every member of that class as required by this section. In addition, all claims shall contain the information required by California Government Code Section 910.
D. 
Claim Prerequisite to Suit. In accordance with California Government Code Sections 935(b) and 945.6, all claims shall be presented as provided in this section and acted upon by the city prior to the filing of any action on such claims and no such action may be maintained by a person who has not complied with the requirements of this section.
E. 
Suit. Any action brought against the city upon any claim or demand shall conform to the requirements of Sections 940 through 949 of the California Government Code. Any action brought against any employee of the city shall conform with the requirements of Sections 950 through 951 of the California Government Code.
(Prior code § 37.01; Ord. 07-269 § 1)
If, in the opinion of the city attorney, a claim as presented fails to comply substantially with the requirements of Government Code Sections 910 and 910.02, or with the requirements of a form provided under Section 910.4 if a claim is presented pursuant thereto, the city attorney may, at any time within 20 days after the claim is presented, give written notice of its insufficiency, stating with particularity the defects or omissions therein. The notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by Section 915.4. The city council may not take action on the claim for a period of 15 days after the notice is given.
(Ord. 08-275 § 1)
The city manager, or the city manager's delegee, provided that any such delegee shall not be other than the assistant city manager, or the city attorney, or both, may perform all functions of the city council relating to the acceptance, allowance, compromise, rejection, or settlement of a claim against the city, provided that no claim for which the initial claim exceeds $5,000 or for which amount to be paid pursuant to the acceptance, allowance, compromise or settlement thereof exceeds $5,000, shall be processed pursuant to this section, but shall instead be accepted, allowed, compromised, or rejected by the city council. Upon written order of the city manager (or, if delegated, the city manager's delegee), the finance director for the city shall issue a warrant, a check, to be issued upon the treasury of the city in the amount for which a claim has been allowed, compromised, or settled, and such issuance shall constitute a budget amendment to the approved budget of the city.
(Ord. 08-275 § 2)