Editing Brea, California (section)

===Local===
Brea is governed by a [[council-manager]] system. The five-member city council is elected to four-year terms in elections held every two years to fill alternately two and three seats.<ref name=council>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.brea.ca.us/article.cfm?id=36 |title=City Council |publisher=City of Brea |access-date=October 27, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011075658/http://www.ci.brea.ca.us/article.cfm?id=36 |archive-date=October 11, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The council is made up of the mayor, the mayor pro tem and three councilmembers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.brea.ca.us/section.cfm?id=230 |title=Brea City Council - 2005-2006 |publisher=City of Brea |access-date=October 27, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061026033234/http://www.ci.brea.ca.us/section.cfm?id=230 |archive-date=October 26, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The council elects a mayor from the serving councilmembers to serve a one-year term as mayor. The city council hires a city manager to direct the city's departments and advise the council. The council appoints members of the Planning Commission; Parks, Recreation and Human Services Commission; Cultural Arts Commission, and Traffic Committee.<ref name=council/>