R-9943
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City Council Meeting 6-08-04
Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 9943 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA REQUESTING THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO
CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION OF THE CITY
OF SANTA MONICA TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 2, 2004, WITH THE
STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON SAID
DATE PURSUANT TO ELECTIONS CODE SECTION 10403
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Monica has called a General
Municipal Election in the City of Santa Monica to be held on November 2, 2004, for the
purpose of electing officers of the City of Santa Monica, the Santa Monica Rent Control
Board, and the Santa Monica Community College District Board, Santa Monica-Malibu
Unified School District Board of Education and the placing before the voters of initiatives
and referendum; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the General Municipal Election be consolidated with
the statewide General Election to be held on the same date; that within the City of Santa
Monica and the Community College District, the precincts, polling places and election
officers of the two elections be the same; that the Registrar of Voters canvass the returns
of the General Municipal Election; and that the statewide General Election and General
Municipal Election be held in all respects as if there were only one election,
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 Pursuant to Elections Code Section 10403, the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Los Angeles is hereby requested to consent and agree to the
consolidation of a General Municipal Election with the statewide General Election on
Tuesday, November 2, 2004, for the purpose of electing officers of the City of Santa
Monica, the Santa Monica Rent Control Board, the Santa Monica Community College
District Board, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education and the
placing before the voters of qualified initiatives and referendum.
SECTION 2. The Registrar of Voters is hereby authorized to canvass the returns of
the General Municipal Election which it is hereby requested to consolidate with the
statewide General Election and said election shall be held in all respects as if there were
only one election, and only one form of ballot shall be used.
SECTION 3. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles is hereby
requested to issue instructions to the Registrar of Voters to take any and all steps
necessary for the holding of the consolidated election.
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SECTION 4, The City of Santa Monica recognizes that additional costs shall be
incurred by the County of Los Angeles by reason of this consolidation and agrees to
reimburse the County of Los Angeles for any such costs.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk is directed to transmit and file a certified copy of this
Resolution with the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles and with the
Registrar of Voters.
SECTION 6. 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:
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Adopted and approved this 8th day of June, 2004.
~,oom. Mayor
I, Maria Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution No. 9943 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of
the Santa Monica City Council held on the 8th day of June, 2004, by the following
vote:
Ayes:
Council members: Mayor Bloom, Mayor Pro Tem McKeown,
Genser, Feinstein, Katz, Holbrook, O'Connor
Noes:
Council members: None
Abstain:
Council members: None
Absent:
Council members: None
ATTEST:
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Maria M. Stewart, 6.ity Clerk
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