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23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />this chapter has been violated, the City Attorney and the Chief of Police shall report their <br />findings to the City Council as a body in closed session as a matter of potential litigation. <br />The City Council may then take such action as it deems appropriate and as is consistent <br />with law, including without limitation, censure or sanction of the individual involved or <br />directing the City Attorney to refer the matter should be referred to the District Attorney <br />for criminal prosecution. The direction of the City Council given in closed session shall <br />be publicly announced at the end of the meeting during which the closed session is held, <br />or at the beginning of the next public session of the City Council as the Council shall <br />direct in accord with the requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act (California <br />Government Code Section 54950, et sM.). <br />2.06.060 Penalties. <br />Any person violating or causing the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter <br />shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon prosecution by the District Attorney and <br />conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars <br />or by imprisonment in the city jail or the county jail for a term not to exceed six months, <br />or by both such fine and imprisonment." <br />SECTION 2: If any provisions of this Ordinance or application thereof to any person <br />or circumstances is held invalid, this invalidity shall not affect other applications of this <br />Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or applications, and to this <br />end, the provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be severable. This Ordinance shall be <br />liberally construed to achieve the purposes of this Ordinance and to preserve its validity. <br />3 <br />