What is San Diego City Council?
{{Update|date=August 2024}} [[File:San Diego City Council chambers.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Meeting place.]] The '''San Diego City Council''' is the [[Legislature|legislative]] branch of [[government]] in [[San Diego, California|San Diego]], [[California]]. The council has a [[Mayor–council government#Strong-mayor form|Strong-mayor]] system. The council was made in 1850. There are nine members of the council. City council members serve a four-year term and can only have two back to back terms. The make up of the council is five [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] members and four [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] members.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sandiego.gov/citycouncil/ |publisher= [[San Diego|The City of San Diego]] |access-date=26 September 2015 |title=City Council Offices}}</ref> Council members earn $75,386 a year. The Salary Setting Commission wanted to make their salaries $175,000 instead, but the city council all decided to vote against it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.10news.com/news/city-council-rejects-salary-hikes-for-mayor-council |title=City Council Rejects Salary Hikes For Mayor, Council |publisher=10news.com |date=5 March 2012 |access-date=4 December 2012 |archive-date=25 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025180437/http://www.10news.com/news/city-council-rejects-salary-hikes-for-mayor-council |url-status=dead }}</ref> == Duties == The members of the council have the power to introduce and pass laws. They also vote on new laws presented to them. For a law to pass, the council must have at least five votes for the law. The [[mayor]], [[executive branch]], can [[veto]] laws. The council can remove his veto with at least six members voting against the veto.<ref>{{cite web|title=ARTICLE XV Strong Mayor Form of Governance|url=http://docs.sandiego.gov/citycharter/Article%20XV.pdf|work=City of San Diego City Charter|publisher=City of San Diego|access-date=12 January 2013}}</ref> == 2016-2018 council == [[File:Cdmapth.jpg|thumb|Curre