Sec. 2.19. Procedure for Establishing Official City Positions. (Charter Section 254.) (a) Official City Positions. The provisions of this section shall govern the process for establishing the official positions of the City with respect to legislation, rules, regulations or policies proposed to or pending before a local, state or federal governmental body or agency. Once established as provided herein all such official positions shall be in writing and shall contain a summary of the proposed or pending legislation, rule, regulation or policy and the City’s position thereon. Said positions may refer to a specific bill or to a type of legislation or policy. Copies of each shall be filed with the City Clerk. Any such position shall remain in effect as specified in the action taken or until modified or repealed as provided herein. No person or department affiliated with the City of Los Angeles may represent that the City of Los Angeles supports, opposes, seeks, wishes to amend or has any position regarding any legislation, rules, regulations or policies unless such position has been adopted as an official position of the City of Los Angeles. (b) Adoption of City Positions on Legislation, Rules, Regulations and Policies. (i) On or before October 1 of each year, the Mayor and each elected officer of the City shall submit to the City Council changes they wish the City to propose to local, state and federal laws. Prior to such submission, the Mayor shall survey the various City departments and offices to ascertain the changes such offices and departments wish to consider to local, state and federal laws, and those changes considered essential to such departments operations shall be included in the Mayor’s submission to the City Council. (ii) On behalf of the City Council, the Chief Legislative Analyst shall review each proposal and submit each proposal in the form of a resolution to the Council with recommendations for action thereon. (iii) If any such resolution is adopted by the Council, the City Clerk shall present the resolution to the Mayor for consideration with the date of presentation affixed. (iv) If the Mayor concurs with the resolution, the Mayor shall sign the resolution and return it to the Clerk, in which case the resolution becomes effective immediately.