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being known as the referendum, except in cases of bond ordinances, ordinances making the annual tax levy, zoning, annexation, utility rates, personnel and administrative matters, or in any instance where a court of appropriate jurisdiction has determined that the referred ordinance has been removed from the field of referendum. Ordinances submitted to the council by initiative petition and passed by the council without change shall be subject tothe referendum in the same manner as other ordinances. Within 20 days after the enactment by the council of any ordinance that is subject to a referendum, a petition signed by qualified voters of the city equal in number to at least 25 percent of the number of votes cast in the cumulative seven districts in the last contested general election for each district may be filed with the city clerk requesting that any such ordinance be either repealed or submitted to a vote of the voters. Proposition U Proposition U ballot language shall read: Shall the language of Sections 119 through 130, regarding franchises and public utilities, be replaced with new Sections 119 through 126 containing languagethat is consistent with current state law regarding the City’s authority to regulate rates and grant franchises? If Proposition U is approved by the voters on November 8, 2022, Sections 119 through 130 shall be replaced with Sections 119 through 126 that shall read as follows: Section 119. Power to Grant Franchises. The ownership, right of control and use of streets, highways, alleys, parks, public places, rights-of-way and all other real property of the city is declared to be inalienable to the city. No entity or individual shall have the right to occupy such public property without the express permission of and under an express written agreement with the city concerning such occupancy. Public utilities shall only be granted the right to occupancy under the terms of a franchise agreement with the city. All grants, renewals, extensions or amendments of public utility franchises on, under or beneath such public places shall be the right of the city. The city may, by ordinance, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise alter its control and use of such public properties, in accordance with the provisions of this charter. No franchise shall be granted for an indefinite term, nor may a franchise be granted for a term in excess of twenty (20) years. 10