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City Council Meeting: June 11, 2024 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 11591 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
CALLING AND GIVING NOTICE FOR THE HOLDING OF A GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024, FOR
ELECTION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AS REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA
ELECTIONS CODE AND PROVISIONS OF THE SANTA MONICA CITY
CHARTER
WHEREAS, City Charter Section 1400 provides that a General Municipal
Election shall be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday of November of
each even numbered year for the purpose of electing officers; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the City Charter, four members of the
Council shall be elected to a full term of four-years,; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the City Charter, two members of the Rent
Control Board shall be elected for a full term of four years; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the City Charter and Section 5220 of the
Education Code, three members of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
Board of Education shall be elected for a full term of four years;
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Section 72034 of the Education Code and
resolutions adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Santa Monica Community College
District, three members of the Santa Monica Community College District Board of
Trustees shall be elected for a full term of four years; and
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WHEREAS, the Education Code and the Elections Code authorize the
consolidation of the election of members of the Santa Monica Community College
District Board of Trustees and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board
of Education with the General Municipal Election.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A General Municipal Election shall be held in the City of Santa
Monica on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, which is the election required for the purposes
of electing four members of the City of Santa Monica City Council for four-year terms
expiring in 2028; two members of the City of Santa Monica Rent Control Board for
four-year terms expiring in 2028; three members of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified
School District Board of Education for four-year terms expiring in 2028; and, three
members of the Santa Monica Community College District Board of Trustees for four-
year terms expiring in 2028, and the placing before the voters of qualified initiatives
and referendums.
SECTION 2. The ballots to be used at the General Municipal Election shall be both
as to form and matter contained therein such as may be required by law.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk is authorized, instructed, and directed to coordinate
with the County of Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk to procure and furnish
any and all official ballots, notices, printed matter and all supplies, equipment, and
paraphernalia that may be necessary in order to properly and lawfully conduct the General
Municipal Election.
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SECTION 4. The vote centers for the General Municipal Election shall be open at
7:00 a.m. on the day of the election and shall remain open continuously until 8:00 p.m. of
the same day when the vote centers shall be closed, pursuant to Election Code 10242,
except as provided in Sections 14212, 14401 of the Elections Code.
SECTION 5. The notice of the time and place of holding of the General Municipal
Election is hereby given; and the City Clerk is authorized, instructed, and directed to give
such further or additional notice of the election in the time, form, and manner required by
law.
SECTION 6. Pursuant to Elections Code Section 12109, the City Clerk is
authorized, instructed, and directed to give notice of the central counting place in the time,
form, and manner required by law.
SECTION 7. An election for members of the Santa Monica -Malibu Unified School
District Board of Education and the Santa Monica College District Board of Trustees shall
be consolidated with the General Municipal Election. Separate ballots shall be provided
for those voters who reside outside the City of Santa Monica pursuant to Elections Code
Section 10409.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Resolution to the
Board of Supervisors and to the Registrar of Voters/County Clerk of the County of Los
Angeles.
SECTION 9. In the event the General Municipal Election is consolidated with the
Statewide General Election on the same date, the provisions of this Resolution which are
applicable only in the event the election is conducted by the City shall be of no force or
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effect.
SECTION 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DOUGLAS SLOAN
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 11th day of June, 2024.
__________________________
Phil Brock, Mayor
I, Nikima S. Newsome, Interim City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that Resolution No. 11591 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 11th day of June, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Zwick, Parra, Davis, Torosis,
Mayor Pro Tem Negrete, Mayor Brock
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember de la Torre
ATTEST:
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Nikima S. Newsome, Interim City Clerk
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