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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 this chapter has been violated, the City Attorney and the Chief of Police shall report their findings to the City Council as a body in closed session as a matter of potential litigation. The City Council may then take such action as it deems appropriate and as is consistent with law, including without limitation, censure or sanction of the individual involved or directing the City Attorney to refer the matter should be referred to the District Attorney for criminal prosecution. The direction of the City Council given in closed session shall be publicly announced at the end of the meeting during which the closed session is held, or at the beginning of the next public session of the City Council as the Council shall direct in accord with the requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act (California Government Code Section 54950, etsec .). 2.06.060 Penalties. Any person violating or causing the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon prosecution by the District Attorney and conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the city jail or the county jail for a term not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment." SECTION 2: If any provisions of this Ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, this invalidity shall not affect other applications of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be severable. This Ordinance shall be liberally construed to achieve the purposes of this Ordinance and to preserve its validity. 3