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9212.  (a) During the circulation of the petition, or before taking

either action described in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 9214,

or Section 9215, the legislative body may refer the proposed

initiative measure to any city agency or agencies for a report on any

or all of the following:

   (1) Its fiscal impact.

   (2) Its effect on the internal consistency of the city's general

and specific plans, including the housing element, the consistency

between planning and zoning, and the limitations on city actions

under Section 65008 of the Government Code and Chapters 4.2

(commencing with Section 65913) and 4.3 (commencing with Section

65915) of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code.

   (3) Its effect on the use of land, the impact on the availability

and location of housing, and the ability of the city to meet its

regional housing needs.

   (4) Its impact on funding for infrastructure of all types,

including, but not limited to, transportation, schools, parks, and

open space.  The report may also discuss whether the measure would be

likely to result in increased infrastructure costs or savings,

including the costs of infrastructure maintenance, to current

residents and businesses.

   (5) Its impact on the community's ability to attract and retain

business and employment.

   (6) Its impact on the uses of vacant parcels of land.

   (7) Its impact on agricultural lands, open space, traffic

congestion, existing business districts, and developed areas

designated for revitalization.

   (8) Any other matters the legislative body requests to be in the

report.

   (b) The report shall be presented to the legislative body within

the time prescribed by the legislative body, but no later than 30

days after the elections official certifies to the legislative body

the sufficiency of the petition.

9214.  If the initiative petition is signed by not less than 15

percent of the voters of the city according to the last report of

registration by the county elections official to the Secretary of

State pursuant to Section 2187, effective at the time the notice

specified in Section 9202 was published, or, in a city with 1,000 or

less registered voters, by 25 percent of the voters or 100 voters of

the city, whichever is the lesser number, and contains a request that

the ordinance be submitted immediately to a vote of the people at a

special election, the legislative body shall do one of the following:

   (a) Adopt the ordinance, without alteration, at the regular

meeting at which the certification of the petition is presented, or

within 10 days after it is presented.

   (b) Immediately order a special election, to be held pursuant to

subdivision (a) of Section 1405, at which the ordinance, without

alteration, shall be submitted to a vote of the voters of the city.

   (c) Order a report pursuant to Section 9212 at the regular meeting

at which the certification of the petition is presented.  When the

report is presented to the legislative body, the legislative body

shall either adopt the ordinance within 10 days or order an election

pursuant to subdivision (b).

9215.  If the initiative petition is signed by not less than 10

percent of the voters of the city, according to the last report of

registration by the county elections official to the Secretary of

State pursuant to Section 2187, effective at the time the notice

specified in Section 9202 was published, or, in a city with 1,000 or

less registered voters, by 25 percent of the voters or 100 voters of

the city, whichever is the lesser number, the legislative body shall

do one of the following:

   (a) Adopt the ordinance, without alteration, at the regular

meeting at which the certification of the petition is presented, or

within 10 days after it is presented.

   (b) Submit the ordinance, without alteration, to the voters

pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1405, unless the ordinance

petitioned for is required to be, or for some reason is, submitted to

the voters at a special election pursuant to subdivision (a) of

Section 1405.

   (c) Order a report pursuant to Section 9212 at the regular meeting

at which the certification of the petition is presented.  When the

report is presented to the legislative body, the legislative body

shall either adopt the ordinance within 10 days or order an election

pursuant to subdivision (b).