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The first historical City Charter of the City of San Diego was created in 1889. The original version of today�s City Charter (PDF: 7.8Mb) was approved by voters on April 7, 1931, adopted by the State Legislature on April 15, 1931 and filed with the Secretary of State April 24, 1931. This edition includes articles of amendment through the municipal election of June 2008 which are provided for download below:

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Article	Title
Article I	Corporate Powers (Sections 1-3)
Article II	Nominations and Elections (Sections 4-10)
Article III	Legislative Power (Sections 11-23)
Article IV	The Mayor (Sections 24-25)
Article V	Executive and Administrative Service (Sections 26-64)
Article VI	Board of Education (Sections 65-67)
Article VII	Finance (Sections 68-114)
Article VIII	Civil Service (Sections 115-140a)
Article IX	The Retirement of Employees (Sections 141-149)
Article X	Transfer of Police and Fire Department Employees into the Retirement System
Article XI	Fireman’s Relief and Pension Fund
Article XII	Labor on Public Work (Sections 193-201)
Article XIII	City Police Court (Sections 202-210)
Article XIV	Miscellaneous Provisions (Sections 211-226)
Article XV	Strong Mayor Trial Form of Governance (Sections 250-295)