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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
02/29/2016 MS-2016-7 Local Police Regulation of Minisatellite Wagering Sites
02/22/2016 MS-2016-6 Rebuild San Diego Initiative
02/12/2016 MS-2016-5 Authority Over Public Disclosure of Body Camera Videos and Third-Party Videos Retained by the San Diego Police Department
02/02/2016 MS-2016-4 Proposed Charter Amendment to Allow San Diego High School to Remain in Balboa Park
11/07/2016 MS-2016-32 Responses to Questions Raised at City Council regarding the Proposed Agreements with Civic San Diego
11/08/2016 MS-2016-31 Invocation Advisory for Outside Invocators
11/08/2016 MS-2016-30 The Plaza de Panama Committee Cooperation Agreement
01/20/2016 MS-2016-3 Application of the Living Wage Ordinance to City Contracts with Allan Company and IMS Recycling Services, Inc.
09/15/2016 MS-2016-28 Civic San Diego: Update and Issues Regarding Proposed Agreements
09/12/2016 MS-2016-27 Impact of Proposition H on Formation of Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts and Community Revitalization and Investment Authorities and Negotiation of Economic Development Incentive Agreements
08/08/2016 MS-2016-26 Response to San Diego County Grand Jury Report Entitled 'Citizen Oversight Boards of Police Behavior'
08/05/2016 MS-2016-25 Vote Requirements for Special Tax Initiatives
08/04/2016 MS-2016-24 Publication of the Full Text of a City Initiative
07/22/2016 MS-2016-23 Local Authority Regarding Recreational Marijuana Land Use, Assuming Passage of the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), Proposition 64; and Other Marijuana Regulation Issues
07/11/2016 MS-2016-21 Earned Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Implementing Ordinance
07/08/2016 MS-2016-20 Proposed Amendments to San Diego Charter Section 40
01/19/2016 MS-2016-2 Californians Aware Proposal Presented at the Rules Committee Meeting of January 13, 2016
07/01/2016 MS-2016-19 Environmental Review for the Proposed Single-Use Carryout Bag Reduction Ordinance
06/24/2016 MS-2016-18 Docket Item Nos. 338 and 340 on June 28, 2016. Potential Challenges to the City's Existing Maintenance Assessment Districts
06/03/2016 MS-2016-17 Second Weekly Refuse Collection in Mission Beach
05/18/2016 MS-2016-16 Applicability of Charter Section 219 to Mission Bay Golf Course
05/17/2016 MS-2016-15 Climate Action Plan
05/13/2016 MS-2016-13 Proposition 47 – Misdemeanor Cite and Release vs. Misdemeanor Arrests
05/10/2016 MS-2016-12 DecoBike, LLC Bikesharing Stations on Boardwalk
05/02/2016 MS-2016-11 Recruitment Incentives
03/23/2016 MS-2016-10 City Council Authority to Adopt Ordinances Pertaining to the Citizens' Review Board on Police Practices
01/12/2016 MS-2016-1 Authority to Recommend a Decrease of Mayor and Council Salaries
04/20/2015 MS-2015-7 Prevailing Wage and New Requirements Under Senate Bill 854
03/17/2015 MS-2015-6 Tentative Agreement between the City of San Diego and the San Diego Police Officers Association
02/19/2015 MS-2015-4 Proposed Renewal of Downtown Property and Business Improvement District
01/30/2015 MS-2015-3 Potential Changes to City's Administration of Maintenance Assessment District Funds
12/21/2015 MS-2015-27 Short term vacation rentals
12/02/2015 MS-2015-26 Proposed Labor Neutrality Provision and Application of the Living Wage Ordinance Related to the Seventh and Market Project
11/20/2015 MS-2015-25 Open Meeting Requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act (California Government Code section 54950, et seq.)
11/13/2012 MS-2015-25 Conducting Fraud Hotline Investigation on Matters that are Subject of Pending Legal Proceeding or Investigation
11/17/2015 MS-2015-24 Update on Accessibility Requirements for Fire Stations
11/12/2015 MS-2015-23 Effect of a Local Emergency Declaration (Drainage Channels)
10/12/2015 MS-2015-22 Contractor Registration and Commission for Arts and Culture Artist Contracts
10/06/2015 MS-2015-21 Land Use Regulation of Medical Marijuana Storage Facilities
02/02/2015 MS-2015-2 Permitting of Events in Plaza de Panama
09/28/2015 MS-2015-18 Fire Station No. 45 and Contractor License Lapse (Echo Pacific Construction, Inc.
09/23/2015 MS-2015-17 Appluicability of Prevailing Wage Requirements to Third Party Contracts for Constrution or Maintenance Work in Business Improvement Districts
09/18/2015 MS-2015-16 Use of Closed Session by the Board of Library Commissioners
09/18/2015 MS-2015-15 Interest Payments to the San Diego City Employees' Retirement System Associated with Underpaid Contributions or Overpaid Benefits
09/17/2015 MS-2015-14 Councilmember's Proposal to Lower the Voting Age to 16 for Municipal Elections
08/10/2015 MS-2015-13 Assembly Bill No. 2402 Regarding Equal Participation in Youth Athletics Programs
07/16/2015 MS-2015-12 Reasonable Accomodations for Library Patrons with Large Carts
07/08/2015 MS-2015-10 The Brown Act Requirements Pertaining to Taking Action on an Informational Item
01/08/2015 MS-2015-1 Environmental Appeals of Proposed Medical Marijuana Consumer Cooperatives
05/27/2014 MS-2014-9 Use of Golf Enterprise Funds for Various Aspects of the Balboa Park Golf Course Clubhouse Capital Improvement Project

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