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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 mayor pro-tems in the coming two years.