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What is a Memorandum of Law?

A City Attorney Memorandum of Law is a response to a request typically posed by the Mayor, City Council (jointly or separately), any full commission, board, committee, or agency (whether or not Charter based), through that entity's executive director or City liaison, or Department Director, which narrowly applies the interpretation of the current law to a particular problem or situation.

These documents do not contain any referenced attachments or enclosures. Printed copies of all City Attorney Memorandum of Law are available for viewing at the City Clerk's Office, 202 "C" Street, Second Floor, San Diego, CA. Questions about particular Legal Opinions should be directed to:

Law Librarian
Office of the City Attorney
1200 Third Avenue, Ste. 1100
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 533-5800

Memorandums from January 1986 through present are available.

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Official City Documents

Date Doc Num
11/21/1997 ML-97-32 Adoption of Ordinances Amending Municipal Code Provisions Relating to Referendum and Recall
12/03/1997 ML-97-34 Record Retention Policy for Original Designs and As-Built Drawings
02/07/1997 ML-97-4 Authority for Issuance of Auditor's Certificate for Stadium Construction Contract
02/10/1997 ML-97-5 Authority to Issue Checks Following Closed Session Approval, but Before Open Session Notice, Where Auditor's Certificate was Available in Closed Session
02/26/1997 ML-97-6 Federal and State Income Tax Withholding
02/26/1997 ML-97-7 Time to Commence Recall
03/05/1997 ML-97-8 Effect of Referendum on Subsequently Adopted Ordinance
03/20/1997 ML-97-9 Effect of Proposition 208 on Announced Recall Effort
01/08/1998 ML-98-1 Defense and Indemnity of Community Planning Groups for Activities Beyond Providing Land Use Recommendations to the City
04/21/1998 ML-98-10 Election Campaign Control Ordinance Requirements Pertaining to Contributions in Primary and General Elections
05/11/1998 ML-98-11 Amendments to the Municipal Code Pertaining to Maintenance Assessment Districts
05/12/1998 ML-98-12 Potential Conflict of Interest of Members of the Barrio Logan Redevelopment Project Area Committee in Relation to the Mercado Trolley Station and Mercado Commercial Projects
05/18/1998 ML-98-13 May an Incumbent Councilmember Who Is Not Seeking Re-election Due to Term Limits Continue to Raise Funds?
06/04/1998 ML-98-14 Charter Section 99 - Agreements for a Term in Excess of Five Years
06/19/1998 ML-98-15 Use of Moneys from the Special Assessment District Delinquency Fund
06/23/1998 ML-98-16 Tie Vote in a Civil Service Commission Hearing
08/11/1998 ML-98-18 Resale of Municipal Golf Course Tee Times by Private Companies
08/12/1998 ML-98-19 Park and Recreation Director's Authority Under San Diego Municipal Code Section 63.0102
01/09/1998 ML-98-2 Long-Term Disability Benefits for Alcohol and Drug-Related Disabilities
08/26/1998 ML-98-20 Right to Recover Against Third Parties on Long-Term Disability Claims
08/28/1998 ML-98-21 Use of the Auditor's and Comptroller's Services by the San Diego City Employees' Retirement System
09/17/1998 ML-98-23 Interpretation of New City Lobbying Ordinance
09/25/1998 ML-98-24 Retroactive Conversion of Catastrophic Leave Time to Long-Term Disability Benefits
10/20/1998 ML-98-25 Minimum Requirements for Sewer and Water Facilities
11/19/1998 ML-98-26 Duty to Pay Insurance Benefits
01/21/1998 ML-98-4 City's Authority to Hold Successive Recall and Successor Officeholder Elections and to Require a Recall Effort to be Launched Within a Specified Time After Recall Committee Begins Fund Raising
01/27/1998 ML-98-5 Committee Status of Convention and Visitors Bureau for Publication of Three Ads
01/30/1998 ML-98-6 Requirement for a Statement of Reasons Against a Referendum Petition, or an Impartial Analysis of the Legislative Act, to be Included With a Referendum Petition
02/02/1998 ML-98-7 Applicability of the California Pension Protection Act to the City's Defined Contribution Plans Trustee Board and the City Council's Authority Over the Board's Hiring of an Investment Consultant
03/24/1998 ML-98-9 Confidentiality Provisions of California Penal Code Section 832.7
01/08/1999 ML-99-1 Potential Conflict of Interest Arising from Councilmember's Ownership of Personal Residence/Item No. 330, Council Docket of January 11, 1999
09/20/1999 ML-99-10 Effect of NAFTA Entry Requirements on the City's Civil Service System Requirements
11/04/1999 ML-99-11 Smoking in Skyboxes at Qualcomm Stadium
11/23/1999 ML-99-12 Use of Offside Advertising in the Public Rights-of-Way to Fund Public Automatic Self-Cleaning Toilets
09/15/1999 ML-99-13 Potential Conflict of Interest of Members of the Barrio Logan Redevelopment Project Area Committee in Relation to the Mercado Commercial Project Pursuant to California Government Code Section 1090 and the Political Reform Act
05/07/1999 ML-99-2 Centre City Development Corporation's Responsibility Regarding the Imperial Project
05/10/1999 ML-99-3 Whether Former Business Relationship Gives Rise to a Conflict of Interest
05/14/1999 ML-99-4 Condominiums and the Subdivision Map Act
06/01/1999 ML-99-5 Yukon Project
06/25/1999 ML-99-6 Request (dated April 1, 1999; copy attached) for legal opinion and answers to questions concerning allocation of particular court fines and fees
08/02/1999 ML-99-7 Mayor's Taxicab Task Force Recommendation/Method of Permit Issuance
08/19/1999 ML-99-8 Utility Relocation
09/17/1999 ML-99-9 Anti-Gang Loitering Ordinance
07/06/2015 MOL-2015-11 Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime Exemption For Emergency Resources Officers In The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department
01/28/2002 MS-2002-1 Reward to Deter Sewer System Vandalism
10/02/2002 MS-2002-3 Mandatory Percentage for Art in Annual Appropriations Ordinance
04/12/2005 MS-2005-1 Inclusionary Housing In-Lieu Fees
10/11/2005 MS-2005-3 Assessing Fines on Vacant Structures
11/22/2006 MS-2006-1 Navy Broadway Complex Project Environmental Appeal Hearings
02/27/2006 MS-2006-2 City Heights Project Area Committee Member Composition

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