Pursuant to the authority granted by Section 51501 of the Government Code of the state of California, the assessment and tax collection duties performed by the city assessor and tax collector are transferred to the assessor and tax collector of the county of Los Angeles.
(Prior code § 2500)
In any case in which a bond in favor of the city is required of any permittee, licensee, subdivider, owner, or other person under any provision or provisions of this code or in connection with any permit, license, subdivision, exception or other approval, action or regulation validly granted, made or issued by the city council, planning commission, or other duly constituted body, agency or officer of the city, such bond shall be issued by a surety company duly authorized to transact surety business in the state of California, and shall be subject to the approval of the city attorney. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, unless the applicable law, permit, license, exception, approval or other action shall otherwise provide, in lieu of such surety bond there may be deposited with the city treasurer savings and loan certificates or shares, or certificates, or other evidence of deposit of funds in a bank or savings and loan association in an amount equal to the required bond, together with an assignment thereof to the city and an agreement containing substantially the same provisions in favor of the city as the required bond, provided that as to any such alternate security the assignment in favor of the city and such agreement shall in every case be subject to the approval of the city attorney.
(Prior code §1400)
The city manager, and his or her designee, is authorized to enter into the following types of contracts:
A. 
Contracts required of an applicant as a condition of approval of a permit, license, or other grant of approval not involving expenditure of city funds;
B. 
Contracts involving the allocation of county, state, or federal funds pursuant to a program previously approved by the city council where the form of the contract is standard and used in substantially the same form by all applicants and has been approved by the city attorney;
C. 
Contracts involving the expenditure of city funds where:
1. 
The funds are used in connection with residential or commercial revitalization of private property,
2. 
The program and its budget have been approved by the city council,
3. 
The funds are used in connection with grants that are allocated on a first-come first-serve basis in accordance with established criteria,
4. 
The same or substantially the same contract is used in all cases,
5. 
The form of the contract has been approved by the city attorney;
D. 
Contracts for services for a sum not to exceed $5,000 and not to exceed one year in duration;
E. 
Contracts or amendments to contracts which the city council has expressly authorized the city manager to execute; and
F. 
Amendments to contracts previously approved by the city council not involving expenditure of city funds, or modifying the duration and/or amount of the contract in strict accordance with a specific line item in the approved city budget.
(Prior code § 1401)