Subject to the provisions and restrictions contained in this Charter and the delegation of power, if any, to any person, Officer, Board, or Commission, the Council shall have the power in the name of the City, to do and perform all acts and things appropriate to a municipal corporation and the general welfare of its inhabitants and which are not specifically forbidden by the Constitution and laws of the State of California, or which now or hereafter it would be competent for this Charter to specifically enumerate.

No enumeration or specific statement herein of any particular powers shall be held to be exclusive of, or a limitation of, the foregoing general grant of powers.