Editing Malibu, California (section)

===Municipal government===
Malibu is a general law city governed with a five-member City Council including the mayor and mayor pro tem. The City Council hires a city manager to carry out policies and serve as executive officer. Every even-numbered year either two or three members are elected by the people to serve a four-year term. Usually, the City Council meets in April and chooses one of its members as mayor and one as mayor-pro-tem. In 2006, this pattern was deviated from when the council decided to have a cycle of three mayors and mayors pro-tem in the coming two years. Malibu does not have a police force. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department provides law enforcement services to Malibu.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.malibucity.org/241/Law-Enforcement-Services|title=Law Enforcement – Malibu, CA – Official Website|website=www.malibucity.org|access-date=March 7, 2018|archive-date=March 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308041500/https://www.malibucity.org/241/Law-Enforcement-Services|url-status=live}}</ref>