{"id":1584,"date":"2016-02-18T16:59:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T00:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cityofgardena.org\/?page_id=1584"},"modified":"2025-02-24T15:11:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T23:11:03","slug":"city-attorney","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/city-attorney\/","title":{"rendered":"Abogado de la ciudad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The City Attorney is appointed by and reports directly to the City Council and serves as the Legal Advisor to the City Council, Planning Commission, City Manager, and all City departments, and represents the City and\/or directs all litigation involving the City. Currently the City Attorney&#8217;s responsibilities are handled through a contractual agreement with the legal firm of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jones-mayer.com\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Jones &amp; Mayer<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Legal Services<\/strong><br \/>\nPrimary duties of the City Attorney include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drafting and\/or reviewing all ordinances and resolutions of the City to ensure constitutionality and harmony with existing laws and reviewing all contracts and agreements prior to execution.<\/li>\n<li>Rendering opinions concerning City policies and procedures based on interpretation of State, County, and City laws.<\/li>\n<li>Litigating in the defense of the City&#8217;s actions or to limit the City&#8217;s liability exposure.<\/li>\n<li>Engaging and monitoring legal services provided by special counsel on an as-needed basis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PUBLIC SERVICE GOAL: <\/strong>To provide legal services and guidance to ensure that all City functions and actions taken are performed on a sound, legal basis.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1584","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}