Does a subpoena from the San Diego City Council have the power to compel a party to comply with the subpoena?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Connecticut Indem. Co. v. Superior Court, 73 Cal.App.4th 540, 86 Cal.Rptr.2d 515 (Cal. App. 1999):

Furthermore, the party on the receiving end of a city council legislative subpoena is protected like a party receiving a judicial subpoena. (See Dibb v. County of San Diego, supra, 8 Cal.4th at p. 1218, 36 Cal.Rptr.2d 55, 884 P.2d 1003 [characterizing, in part, the similar legislative subpoena power of a county board of supervisors].) If a person refuses to obey a duly-

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Two definitional provisions:

Evidence Code Section 901--

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