R-9778
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City Council Meeting 6-25-02
Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 9778 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA SUBMITTING TO THE VOTERS
TWO BALLOT MEASURES AT THE
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 5,2002, AUTHORIZING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO FILE WRITTEN
ARGUMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE MEASURES AND DIRECTING THE CITY
ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS OF EACH MEASURE
WHEREAS, on May 14, 2002, the City Council adopted a Resolution calling for and
giving notice of a General Municipal Election on November 5, 2002; and
WHEREAS, California Elections Code Section 9255 authorizes the governing body
of a charter city to place charter amendments on the ballot; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Monica wishes to place the
following two charter amendments on the ballot at the General Municipal Election to be
held on November 5, 2002,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AND PROCLAIM AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A General Municipal Election shall be called for November 5, 2002,
for the purpose, among other things, of submitting two initiative measures to the voters.
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SECTION 2. At the General Municipal Election called for November 5, 2002, the
following proposition shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the City of Santa
Monica:
PROPOSITION"." Shall the City Charter's
provisions governing eviction from controlled
rental units be amended to extend protections
to the spouses, children or domestic partners
of tenants who die or become incapacitated, to YES
clarify that the term "housing service" includes
the number of tenants authorized to occupy a
unit, to clarify how rent increases authorized by
state law are computed, to clarify the remedies
for unlawful attempts to recover possession, to
create specified protections against evictions NO
for occupying tenants who replace authorized
co-tenants or subtenants, and to require that
the Municipal Code contain protections against
tenant harassment?
SECTION 3. At the General Municipal Election called for November 5, 2002, the
following proposition shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the City of Santa
Monica:
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PROPOSITION "." Shall the City Charter be
amended to increase Rent Control Board YES
members' compensation from $75.00 to $150.00
per meeting, with a limit of $6,000.00 per year,
and to provide that they shall receive health care
benefits?
NO
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall transmit to the City Attorney, in accordance with
Elections Code Section 9280, a copy of each of the foregoing measures. The City
Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of each, which analysis shall not exceed 500
words in length each. The impartial analysis shall be filed by the date set by the City Clerk
for the filing of primary arguments. In accordance with Elections Code Section 9295, not
less than 10 calendar days before the City Clerk submits the official election materials for
printing, the City Clerk shall make a copy of all applicable elections materials available for
public examination in the City Clerk's office.
SECTION 5. The City Council authorizes its members, as follows, to file written
arguments for or against the measures described above and which are contained in
Exhibits 1 and 2 to this Resolution, which Exhibit is incorporated by reference herein:
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(a) Proposition concerning amending City Charterto contain protections against
evictions based on subtenancies, among other things:
FOR: Richard Bloom, Michael Feinstein, Ken Genser, and Kevin McKeown.
AGAINST: None.
(b) Proposition concerning amending City Charter to increase Rent Control
Board members' compensation, among other things:
FOR: Richard Bloom, Michael Feinstein, Ken Genser, and Kevin McKeown.
AGAINST: None.
All written arguments filed by any person in favor of or against any measure,
including any rebuttal arguments, shall be accompanied by the names and signatures of
the persons submitting the argument as required by applicable law, and any names,
signatures and arguments may be filed until the time and date fixed by the City Clerk, after
which no change may be submitted to the City Clerk unless permitted by law.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall cause the text of each measure, which are
contained in Exhibits 1 and 2, together with the City Attorney impartial analysis, and any
arguments for or against each measure, as well as any rebuttal, to be mailed to all qualified
voters with the sample ballot. In addition to other notices and publications required by law,
the City Clerk, not less than forty (40) days and not more than sixty (60) days before the
General Municipal Election, shall cause the text of each measure to be published once in
the official newspaper and in each edition thereof during the day of publication. The City
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Clerk is authorized to give such notices and to fix such times and dates as are required by
law or which are appropriate to conduct properly the election.
SECTION 7. The provisions of Resolution Number 9760 (CCS) are referred to for
more particulars concerning the General Municipal Election to be held on November 5,
2002 and in all respects the election shall be held and conducted as provided for by
applicable law. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to procure and furnish any official
ballots, notices, printed materials and all supplies or equipment that may be necessary in
order to properly and lawfully conduct the election.
SECTION 8. 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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EXHIBIT 1
PROPOSAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS OF A PROPOSED
AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
Section 1800 of the City Charter of the City of Santa Monica is amended to read
as follows:
Section 1800. Statement of purpose.
A growing shortage of housing units resulting in a low vacancy rate
and rapidly rising rents exploiting this shortage constitute a serious housing
problem affecting the lives of a substantial portion of those Santa Monica
residents who reside in residential housing. In addition, speculation in the
purchase and sale of existing residential housing units results in further rent
increases. These conditions endanger the public health and welfare of
Santa Monica tenants, especially the poor, minorities, students, young
families, and senior citizens. The purpose of this Article, therefore, is to
alleviate the hardship caused by this serious housing shortage by
establishing a Rent Control Board empowered to regulate rentals in the City
of Santa Monica so that rents will not be increased unreasonably and so that
landlords will receive no more than a fair return.
In orderto accomplish this purpose, this Article provides for an elected
Rent Control Board to ensure that rents are at a fair level by requiring
landlords to justify any rents in excess of the rents in effect one year prior to
the adoption of this Article. Tenants may seek rent reductions from the rent
in effect one year prior to the adoption of this Article by establishing that
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those rents are excessive. In addition to giving tenants an opportunity to
contest any rent increase, this Article attempts to provide reasonable
protection to tenants by controlling removal of controlled rental units from the
housing market and by requiring just cause for any eviction from a controlled
rental unit.
Through this Article, the City exercises its police power in order to
address the serious housing problem recognized in the original enactment
of this Rent Control Law in 1979 and still existing in 4984- 2002. The 1984
and the 2002 Amendment~ to the Rent Control Law is are intended to clarify
the law and ensure that the Rent Control Board possesses adequate and
independent authority to carry out its duties. tHs- They are intended to
ensure due process of law for landlords and tenants, effective remedies for
violation of the law, and consistency with constitutional requirements. tt-is
They are also intended to enable the Board to provide relief to persons
facing particular hardship and to protect and increase the supply of
affordable housing in the City. Termination or erosion of the protections of
this Article would have serious disruptive consequences for persons in need
of protection and the supply of affordable housing in the City.
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Section 1801 of the City Charter of the City of Santa Monica is amended to read as
follows:
Section 1801. Definitions.
The following words or phrases as used in this Article shall have the
following meanings:
(a) Board. The term "Board" refers to the elected Rent Control Board
established by this Article.
(b) Commissioners. The members of the Board and Interim Board
are denominated Commissioners.
(c) Controlled Rental Units. All residential rental units in the City of
Santa Monica, including mobile homes, and mobile home spaces, and
trailers and trailer spaces, except single family homes to the extent provided
for in Section 1815 and those units found by the Board to be exempt under
one or more of the following provisions:
(1) Rental units in hotels, motels, inns, tourist homes and rooming
and boarding houses which are rented primarily to transient guests for a
period of less than fourteen (14) days.
(2) Rental units in any hospital, convent, monastery, extended
medical care facility, asylum, non-profit home for the aged, or dormitory
owned and operated by an institution of higher education.
(3) Rental units which a government unit, agency or authority owns,
operates, manages, or in which governmentally subsidized tenants reside
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only if applicable Federal or State law or administrative regulation specially
exempt such units from municipal rent control.
(4) Rental units in owner-occupied dwellings with no more than three
(3) units. For purposes of this Section:
(i) The term "owner" means a natural person who owns a fifty (50)
percent ownership interest in the building and resides on the property as his
or her principal place of residence.
(ii) An exemption under this Section shall expire by operation of law
when the owner ceases to reside on the property as his or her principal place
of residence; thereafter, all units on the property shall be subject to all
provisions of this Article.
(5) Rental units and dwellings constructed after the adoption of this
Article; this exemption does not apply to units created as a result of
conversion as opposed to new construction.
(6) Where a unit is actually used for purposes of providing, on a
nonprofit basis, child care or other residential social services in accordance
with applicable laws. This exemption shall expire when the use upon which
exemption is based ceases. This exemption shall only apply to units as they
become vacant and shall only operate to allow the specified use without the
necessity of obtaining a removal permit under this Article. This exemption
shall not be construed to authorize the eviction of any tenant nor to authorize
the charging of rent in excess of that permitted under this Article. The Board
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may adopt regulations to determine whether a unit qualifies for an exemption
under this Section.
(7) Exemptions are not automatic but shall be granted by the Board
upon application by the owner pursuant to Board rules, provided that if the
Board does not act upon a completed application for exemption within ninety
(90) days of its filing it shall be deemed approved.
(d) Housing Service. Housing services include, but are not limited to
repairs, maintenance, painting, providing light, hot and cold water, elevator
service, window shades and screens, storage, kitchen, bath and laundry
facilities and privileges, janitor services, refuse removal, furnishings,
telephone, parking, the right to have a specified number of occupants, and
any other benefit, privilege or facility connected with the use or occupancy
of any rental unit. Services to a rental unit shall include a proportionate part
of services provided to common facilities of the building in which the rental
unit is contained.
(e) landlord. An owner, lessor, sublessor or any other person entitled
to receive rent for the use and occupancy of any rental unit, or an agent,
representative or successor of any of the foregoing.
(f) Rent. All periodic payments and all nonmonetary consideration
including but not limited to, the fair market value of goods or services
rendered to orforthe benefit of the landlord under an agreement concerning
the use or occupancy of a rental unit and premises including all payment and
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consideration demanded or paid for parking, pets, furniture, subletting and
security deposits for damages and cleaning.
(g) Rental Housing Agreement. An agreement, oral, written or
implied, between a landlord and tenant for use or occupancy of a rental unit
and for housing services.
(h) Rental Units. Any building, structure, or part thereof, or land
appurtenant thereto, or any other rental property rented or offered for rent for
living or dwelling house units, together with all housing services connected
with use or occupancy of such property such as common areas and
recreational facilities held out for use by the tenant.
(i) Tenant. A tenant, subtenant, lessee, sublessee or any other person
entitled under the terms of a rental housing agreement to the use or
occupancy of any rental unit.
U) Recognized Tenant Organization. Any group of tenants residing
in controlled rental units in the same building or in different buildings
operated by the same management company, agent or landlord, who
requests to be so designated.
(k) Rent Ceiling. Rent ceiling refers to the limit on the maximum
allowable rent which a landlord may charge on any controlled rental unit.
(I) Base Rent Ceiling. The maximum allowable rent established in
Section 1804(b).
(m) Property. All rental units on a parcel or lot or contiguous parcels
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or contiguous lots under common ownership.
(n) Single Family Home. A property that has been developed with
only one one-family dwelling and any lawful accessory structures, or a
lawfully created condominium, stock cooperative or similar unit that is part
of a larger residential structure or complex, excepting those condominiums,
stock cooperatives, or similar units converted after April 10, 1979 for which
no removal permit or vested right determination has been issued by the
Board, and those created pursuant to Article XX of this Charter.
Section 1804 of the City Charter of the City of Santa Monica is amended to read as
follows:
Section 1804. Maximum allowable rents.
(a) Temporary Freeze. Rents shall not be increased during the one
hundred-twenty (120) day period following the date of adoption of this Article.
(b) Establishment of Base Rent Ceiling. Beginning
one-hundred-twenty (120) days after the adoption of this Article, no landlord
shall charge rent for any controlled rental units in an amount greater than the
rent in effect on the date one year prior to the adoption of this Article. The
rent in effect on that date is the base rent ceiling and is a reference point
from which fair rents shall be adjusted upward or downward in accordance
with Section 1805. If there was no rent in effect on the date one year prior to
the adoption of this Article, the base rent ceiling shall be the rent that was
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charged on the first date that rent was charged following the date one year
prior to the adoption of this Article. For tenancies commencing on or after
January 1. 1999. which qualify for a vacancy rent increase pursuant to state
law. the base rent ceiling is the initial rental rate in effect on the date the
tenancy commences. As used in this subsection. the term "initial rental rate"
means only the amount of rent actually paid by the tenant for the initial term
of the tenancy.
(c) Posting. As soon as the landlord is aware of the maximum
allowable rent, the landlord shall post it for each unit in a prominent place in
or about the affected controlled rent units. The Board may require that other
information it deems relevant also be posted.
Section 1806 of the City Charter of the City of Santa Monica is amended to read as
follows:
Section 1806. Eviction.
fill No landlord shall take action to terminate any tenancy including
service of. but not limited. to making a demand for possession of a rental
unit. threatening to terminate a tenancy. serving any notice to quit or other
eviction notice or bringln.g any action to recover possession or be granted
recovery of possession of a controlled rental unit unless:
(a1) The tenant has failed to pay the rent to which the landlord is
entitled under the rental housing agreement and this Article.
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(b~J The tenant has committed material and substantial breach of an
obligation or covenant of his or her tenancy which the landlord has not
waived either expressly or impliedly through the landlord's conduct and which
the landlord is not estopped from asserting, other than the obligation to
surrender possession upon proper notice, and the tenant has failed to cure
such violation after having received written notice thereof from the landlord
in the manner required by law.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Section, and
notwithstanding any contrary provision in the rental housing agreement. a
landlord shall not take any action to terminate a tenancy based on a tenant's
sublease of the unit if the following requirements are met:
(i) The tenant continues to reside in the rental unit.
(ii) The sublease replaces a departed tenant(s) under the rental
agreement on a one-for-one basis.
(iii) The landlord has unreasonably withheld the riqht to sublease
following written request by the tenant. If the landlord fails to respond to the
tenant in writing within fourteen (14) days of receipt of the tenant's written
request. the tenant's request shall be deemed approved by the landlord.
(e~) The tenant is committing or expressly permitting a nuisance in,
or is causing substantial damage to, the controlled rental unit, or is creating
a substantial interference with the comfort, safety, or enjoyment of the
landlord or other occupants or neighbors of the same.
(d~J The tenant is convicted of using or expressly permitting a
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controlled rental unit to be used for any illegal purpose.
(eQ) The tenant, who had a rental housing agreement which had
terminated, has refused, after written request or demand by the landlord, to
execute a written extension or renewal thereof for a further term of like
duration and in such terms as are not inconsistent with or violative of any
provisions of this Article and are materially the same as in the previous
agreement.
(fQ) The tenant has refused the landlord reasonable access to the
controlled rental unit for the purposes of making necessary repairs or
improvements required by the laws of the United States, the State of
California or any subdivision thereof or for the purpose of showing the rental
housing to any prospective purchaser or mortgagee.
(gZ) The tenant holding at the end of the term of the rental housing
agreement is a subtenant not approved by the landlord.
(h~) The landlord seeks to recover possession in good faith for use
and occupancy by herself or himself, or her or his children, parents,
grandparents, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, or
daughter-in-law. For purposes of evictions under this Subsection:
(41) A "landlord" shall be defined as a natural person who has at least
a fifty (50) percent ownership interest in the property.
(2m No eviction may take place if any landlord or enumerated relative
already occupies one unit on the property, or if a vacancy already exists on
the property and the vacant unit is comparable to the unit for which eviction
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is sought. Where the vacant unit is determined not to be comparable,
thereby permitting eviction under this Subsection, the evicted tenant or
tenants shall be first given the right to occupy the vacant unit and the rent
thereof shall be the lesser of the maximum allowable rent for the vacant unit
and the maximum allowable rent of the unit from which the tenant or tenants
are evicted. The Rent Control Board shall promulgate regulations defining
when a unit is comparable for purposes of this paragraph.
(3iii) The notice terminating tenancy shall contain the name, address
and relationship to the landlord of the person intended to occupy.
(4iv) The landlord or enumerated relative must intend in good faith to
move into the unit within thirty (30) days after the tenant vacates and to
occupy the unit as a primary residence for at least one year. The Board may
adopt regulations governing the determination of good faith.
(5y) If the landlord or relative specified on the notice terminating
tenancy fails to occupy the unit within thirty (30) days after the tenant
vacates, the landlord shall:
fiJA. Offer the unit to the tenant who vacated it.
tH]B. Pay to said tenant all reasonable expenses incurred in moving
to and/or from the unit.
(6vi) No eviction pursuant to this Subsection shall be allowed in any
condominium or stock cooperative unit which has been converted from an
apartment or other rental unit after April 10, 1979, unless the Rent Control
Board has issued a removal permit or declared a vested right for said unit.
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As used in this subpart, a unit shall be deemed converted after April 10,
1979, if on April 10, 1979, the recorded tract map or parcel map for the
property showed the unit as included in the property.
(t~) The landlord seeks to recover possession to demolish or
otherwise remove the controlled rental unit from rental residential housing
use after having obtained all proper permits from the City of Santa Monica.
(10) The landlord has filed the requisite documents with the Rent
Control Board initiating the procedure for withdrawing units from rent or lease
under Government Code Section 7060 et. seq. and the Board's regulations,
with the intention of completing the withdrawal process and going out of the
residential rental business.
(b) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Section or in the
rental housing agreement. if the tenant's spouse. child(ren). and/or domestic
partner who has filed an Affidavit of Domestic Partnership with the City have
lived in the unit for at least one year at the time the tenant vacates the unit
due to death or incapacitation. the landlord is prohibited from taking any
action to obtain possession of the unit from the tenant's spouse. child(ren ).
and/or registered domestic partner on the ground that the spouse. child(ren)
and/or registered domestic partner are not authorized to occupy the unit.
1ill Notwithstanding the above provisions, possession shall not be
granted if it is determined that the eviction is in retaliation for the tenant
reporting violations of this Article, for exercising rights granted under this
Article, including the right to withhold rent upon authorization of the Board
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under Section 1803(q) or Section 1809 or for organization other tenants.
@ In any notice purporting to terminate tenancy the landlord shall
state the cause for the termination, and in any action brought to recover
possession of a controlled rental unit, the landlord shall allege and prove
compliance with this Section. The landlord shall file with the Rent Control
Board a copy of any notice terminating tenancy. except a three day notice to
pay rent or vacate. within 3 days after serving the notice on the tenant.
Ull Failure to comply with any requirement of this Section may be
asserted as an affirmative defense in an action brought by the landlord to
recover possession of the unit. Additionally. Any any attempt to recover
possession of a unit in violation of this Section Article shall render the
landlord liable to the tenant for actual and punitive damaqes. including
damages for emotional distress. in a civil action for actual and punitive
damages wrongful eviction. The tenant or the Rent Control Board may seek
iniunctive relief and money damages for wrongful eviction. The prevailing
party in an action based upon this Section for wrongful eviction shall recover
costs and reasonable attorneys fees.
Section 1821 is added to the City Charter of the City of Santa Monica to read as
follows:
Section 1821. Tenant harassment.
Tenants living in rental housing units have the right to quiet
enioyment. privacy and freedom from harassment by the property owner. In
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order to effectuate this right. the City Council shall at all times maintain a
Tenant Harassment Ordinance in force which protects tenants from
landlords' malicious conduct in derogation of tenants' rights.
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EXHIBIT 2
PROPOSAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS OF A PROPOSED
AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
Section 1803 of the City Charter of the City of Santa Monica is amended to read
as follows:
Section 1803. Permanent Rent Control Board.
(a) Composition. There shall be in the City of Santa Monica a
Rent Control Board. The Board shall consist of five (5) elected
Commissioners. The Board shall elect annually as chairperson, one of its
members to serve in that capacity.
(b) Eligibility. Duly qualified electors of the City of Santa Monica
are eligible to serve as Commissioners of the Board.
(c) Full Disclosure of Holdings. Candidates for the position of
Commissioner shall submit a verified statement listing all of their interests
and dealings in real property, including but not limited to its ownership,
sale or management, during the previous three (3) years.
(d) Election of Commissioners. Commissioners shall be elected
at general municipal elections in the same manner as set forth in Article
XIV of the Santa Monica Charter, except that the first Commissioners
shall be elected at a special municipal election held within ninety (90)
days of the adoption of this Article. The elected Commissioners shall take
office on the first Tuesday following their election.
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(e) Term of Office. Commissioners shall be elected to serve terms
of four (4) years, beginning on the first Tuesday following their election,
except that of the first five (5) Commissioners elected in accordance with
Section 1803(d), the two (2) Commissioners receiving the most votes shall
serve until April 15, 1985 and the remaining three (3) Commissioners shall
serve until April 18, 1983. Commissioners shall serve a maximum of two
(2) full terms.
(f) Powers and Duties. The Board shall have the following powers
and duties:
(1) Set the rent ceilings for all controlled rental units.
(2) Require registration of all controlled rental units under Section
1803(q).
(3) Establish a base rent ceiling on rents under Section 1804(b).
(4) To make adjustments in the rent ceiling in accordance with
Section 1805.
(5) Set rents at fair and equitable levels in order to achieve the
intent of this Article.
(6) Hire and pay necessary staff, including hearing examiners and
personnel to issue orders, rules and regulations, conduct hearings and
charge fees as set forth below.
(7) Make such studies, surveys and investigations, conduct such
hearings, and obtain such information as is necessary to carry out its
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powers and duties.
(8) Report annually to the City Council of the City of Santa Monica
on the status of controlled rental housing.
(9) Remove rent controls under Section 1803(r).
(10) Issue permits for removal of controlled rental units from rental
housing market under Section 1803(t).
(11) Administer oaths and affirmations and subpoena witnesses.
(12) Establish rules and regulations for deducting penalties and
settling civil claims under Section 1809.
(13) Refer violations of this Article to appropriate authorities for
criminal prosecution.
(14) Seek injunctive and other civil relief under Section 1811.
(15) Charge and collect registration fees, including penalties for
late payments.
(g) Rules and Regulations. The Board shall issue and follow such
rules and regulations, including those which are contained in this Article,
as will further the purposes of this Article. The Board shall publish its rules
and regulations prior to promulgation in at least one newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Santa Monica. The Board shall hold at least one
public hearing to consider the views of interested parties prior to the
adoption of general adjustments of the decision to decontrol or reimpose
control for any class of rental units under Section 1803(r). All rules and
regulations, internal staff memoranda, and written correspondence
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explaining the decisions, orders, and policies of the Board shall be kept in
the Board's office and shall be available to the public for inspection and
copying. The Board shall publicize this Article so that all residents of
Santa Monica will have the opportunity to become informed about their
legal rights and duties under Rent Control in Santa Monica. The Board
shall prepare a brochure which fully describes the legal rights and duties
of landlords and tenants under Rent Control in Santa Monica. The
brochure will be available to the public, and each tenant of a controlled
rental unit shall receive a copy of the brochure from his or her landlord.
(h) Meetings. The Board shall hold such regularly scheduled
meetings as are necessary to ensure the timely performance of its duties
under this Article. All regular and special meetings shall be called and
conducted in accordance with State law.
(i) Quorum. Three (3) Commissioners shall constitute a quorum for
the Board.
U) Voting. The affirmative vote of three (3) Commissioners of the
Board is required for a decision, including all motions, regulations, and
orders of the Board.
(k) Compensation. Commissioners shall receive compensation in
the amount of each Commissioner shall receive for every meeting
attended seventy-fi"ve dollars One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($=7-5150.00) for
every meeting attended. ,but in no event shall any Commissioner receive
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in any rwelve (12) month period more than forty-seven hundred and fifty
dollars ($4,750) for services rendered. This compensation shall be
automatically increased effective July 1 of each year. in an amount equal
to the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the twelve month
period immediately preceding July 1. As used in this paragraph. the CPI
shall be the index for All Urban Consumers for the Los Angeles. Long
Beach. Anaheim Metropolitan Area (All Items). provided by the United
States Bureau of Labor Statistics or other comparable index as may be
developed to take its place. However. in no event shall any
Commissioner receive in any twelve (12) month period more than Six
Thousand Dollars ($6.000) for services rendered. Additionally,
Commissioners shall receive medical. dental. and health benefits.
provided these benefits are routinely and customarily available to City
miscellaneous employees.
(I) Dockets. The Board shall maintain and keep in its office all
hearing dockets.
(m) Vacancies. If a vacancy shall occur on the Board, the Board
shall within thirty (30) days appoint a qualified person to fill such a
vacancy until the following general municipal election when a qualified
person shall be elected to serve for the remainder of the term.
(n) Financing. The Board shall finance its reasonable and
necessary expenses by charging landlords annual registration fees in
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amounts deemed reasonable by the Board. The Board may direct that all
or part of such fees may be passed through from landlords to tenants and
may establish applicable conditions and procedures. The Board is also
empowered to request and receive funding when and if necessary from
any available source for its reasonable and necessary expenses.
(0) Recall. Commissioners may be recalled in accordance with the
provisions of Article XIV of the Santa Monica Charter.
(p) Staff. The Board shall employ and pay such staff, including
hearing examiners and inspectors, as may be necessary to perform its
function efficiently in order to fulfill the purpose of this Article.
(q) Registration. Within sixty (60) days after the adoption of this
Article, the Board shall require the registration of all controlled rental units,
which shall be re-registered at times deemed appropriate by the Board.
The initial registration shall include the rent in effect at the time on the
date of the adoption of this Article, base rent ceiling, the address of the
rental unit, the name and address of the landlord, the housing services
provided to the unit, a statement indicating all operating cost increases
since the base rent ceiling date, and any other information deemed
relevant by the Board. The Board shall require the landlord to report
vacancies in the controlled rental units and shall make a list of vacant
controlled rental units available to the public. If the Board, after the
landlord has proper notice and after a hearing, determines that a landlord
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has wilfully and knowingly failed to register a controlled rental unit, the
Board may authorize the tenant of such a non-registered controlled rental
unit to withhold all or a portion of the rent for the unit until such time as the
rental unit is properly registered. After a rental unit is properly registered,
the Board shall determine what portion, if any, of the withheld rent is owed
to the landlord for the period in which the rental unit was not properly
registered. Whether or not the Board allows such withholding, no landlord
who has failed to register properly shall at any time increase rents for a
controlled rental unit until such units are properly registered.
(r) Decontrol. If the average annual vacancy rate in any category,
classification, or area of controlled rental units exceeds 5 percent, the
Board is empowered, at its discretion and in order to achieve the
objectives of this Article, to remove rent controls from such category,
classification or area. The Board may determine such categories,
classifications, or areas for purposes of decontrol consistent with the
objectives of this Article. In determining the vacancy rate for any category,
classification or area of controlled rental units, the Board shall consider all
available data and shall conduct its own survey. If units are decontrolled
pursuant to this Subsection, controls shall be reimposed if the Board finds
that the average annual vacancy rate has thereafter fallen below 5
percent for such category, classification or area.
(s) Security Deposits. Any payment or deposit of money the
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primary function of which is to secure the performance of a rental
agreement or any part of such agreement, including an advance payment
of rent, shall be placed in an interest bearing account at a federally
insured financial institution until such time as it is returned to the tenant or
entitled to be used by the landlord. Unless and until the Board enacts
regulations directing that the interest on such accounts be paid directly to
the tenant, the landlord may either pay such interest directly to the tenant
or use it to offset operating expenses, in which case the offset shall be a
factor in making individual rent adjustments under Section 1805. The
Board may regulate the amount and use of security deposits consistent
with the purposes of this Article and State law.
(t) Removal of Controlled Unit From Rental Housing Market.
(1) Any landlord who desires to remove a controlled rental unit from
the rental housing market by demolition, conversion or other means is
required to obtain a permit from the Board prior to such removal from the
rental housing market in accordance with rules and regulations
promulgated by the Board. In order to approve such a permit, the Board is
required to find that the landlord cannot make a fair return by retaining the
controlled rental unit.
(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Subsection, the
Board may approve such a permit:
(i) If the Board finds that the controlled rental unit is uninhabitable
and is incapable of being made habitable in an economically feasible
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manner; or
(ii) If the permit is being sought so that the property may be
developed with multifamily dwelling units and the permit applicant agrees
as a condition of approval, that the units will not be exempt from the
provisions of this Article pursuant to Section 180 1 (c) and that at least 15
percent of the controlled rental units to be built on the site will be at rents
affordable by persons of low income.
(3) The Housing Element of the General Plan of the City of Santa
Monica shall at all times contain a provision that neither the City Council
nor any City agency shall approve an application for tentative subdivision
map or tentative parcel map for a converted unit until and unless the
applicant first obtains a removal permit as required by this Section. This
Subsection shall not apply to any tentative subdivision map or tentative
parcel map approved in accordance with Article XX relating to tenant
ownership rights.
(4) The Board shall render its final decision within one hundred and
twenty (120) days of the filing of a completed application under this
Section.
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CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE
SECTIONS 9280 THROUGH 9287
9266.
DIVI' '\I 9. MEASURES SUBMITTED TO THE va 1S
9266. Examination of petition.
After the petition has been filed, the elections official shall examine the
petition in the same manner as are county petitions in accordance with Sec-
tions 9114 and 9115, except that, for the purposes of this section, references in
those sections to the board of supervisors shall be treated as references to the
legislative body of the city or city and county. The expenses of signature veri-
fication shall be provided by the governing body receiving the petition from
the elections official.
(Added by Stats. 1994, c. 920, 52.)
9267. Petitions not accepted.
Petitions that do not substantially conform to the form requirements of
this article shall not be accepted for filing by the elections official.
(Added by Stats. 1994, c. 920, s2.)
9268. Conduct of election and publication requirements.
The conduct of election and publication requirements shall substantially
conform with Part 1 (commencing with Section 10000) and Part 2 (commenc-
ing with Section 10100) of Division 10.
(Added by Stats. 1994, c. 920, 52.)
9269. Resolution upon completion of canvass.
Upon the completion of the canvass of votes, the governing body of a city
or city and county shall pass a resolution reciting the fact of the election and
such other matters as are enumerated in Section 10264. The elections official
of the city or city and county shall then cause the adopted measures to be sub-
mitted to the Secretary of State pursuant to Sections 34459 and 34460 of the
Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1994, c. 920, S2.)
Article 4. Arguments Concerning City Measures
9280. City attorney to prepare impartial analysis.
Whenever any city measure qualifies for a place on the ballot, the govern-
ing body may direct the city elections official to transmit a copy of the mea-
sure to the city attorney, unless the organization or salaries of the office of the
city attorney are affected. The city attorney shall prepare an impartial analy-
sis of the measure showing the effect of the measure on the existing law and
the operation of the measure. If the measure affects the organization or sala-
ries of the office of the city attorney, the governing board may direct the city
elections official to prepare the impartial analysis. The analysis shall be
printed preceding the arguments for and against the measure. The analysis
shall not exceed 500 words in length.
In the event the entire text of the measure is not printed on the ballot, nor
in the voter information portion of the sample ballot, there shall be printed
immediately below the impartial analysis, in no less than lO-point bold type,
a legend substantially as follows:
"The above statement is an impartial analysis of Ordinance or Measure
_' If you desire a copy of the ordinance or measure, please call the elec-
tions official's office at (insert telephone number) and a copy will be mailed at
no cost to you."
(Added by Stats. 1994, c. 920, 52.)
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9285.
9281. If not otherwise provided, voters may submit arguments.
If no other method is provided by general law, or, in the case of a char-
tered city, by the charter or by city ordinance, arguments for and against any
city measure may be submitted to the qualified voters of the city pursuant to
this article. If a method is otherwise provided by general law, or, in the case of
a chartered city, by charter or city ordinance, for submitting arguments as to a
particular kind of city measure, that method shall control.
(Added by Stats. 1994, c. 920, &2.)
9282. Written arguments.
The legislative body, or any member or members of the legislative body
authorized by that body, or any individual voter who is eligible to vote on the
measure, or bona fide association of citizens, or any combination of voters
and associations, may file a written argument for or against any city measure.
No argument shall exceed 300 words in length. The city elections official shall
cause an argument for and an argument against the measure to be printed
along with the following statement on the front cover, or if none, on the head-
ing of the first page, of the printed arguments:
" Arguments in support or opposition of the proposed laws are the opin-
ions of the authors."
The city elections official shall enclose a printed copy of both arguments
with each sample ballot; provided, that only those arguments filed pursuant
to this section shall be printed and enclosed with the sample ballot. The
printed arguments are" official matter" within the meaning of Section 13303.
Printed arguments submitted to voters in accordance with this section
shall be titled either" Argument In Favor Of Measure _" or " Argument
Against Measure _," accordingly, the blank spaces being filled in only
with the letter or number, if any, designating the measure. At the discretion
of the elections official, the word "Proposition" may be substituted for the
word "Measure" in such titles. Words used in the title shall not be counted
when determining the length of any argument.
(Added by Stats. 1994, c. 920, &2.)
9283. Argument not accepted without names.
A ballot argument shall not be accepted under this article unless accom-
panied by the printed name and signature or printed names and signatures of
the person or persons submitting it, or, if submitted on behalf of an organiza-
tion, the name of the organization and the printed name and signature of at
least one of its principal officers.
No more than five signatures shall appear with any argument submitted
under this article. In case any argument is signed by more than five persons,
the signatures of the first five shall be printed.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, c. 1081, &11.)
9285. Rebuttal arguments.
(a) If any person submits an argument against a city measure, and an
argument has been filed in favor of the city measure, the elections official
shall immediately send copies of that argument to the persons filing the argu-
ment in favor of the city measure. The persons filing the argument in favor of
the city measure may prepare and submit a rebuttal argument not exceeding
250 words. The elections official shall send copies of the argument in favor of
the measure to the persons filing the argument against the city measure, who
may prepare and submit a rebuttal to the argument in favor of the city mea-
sure not exceeding 250 words. The rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the
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elections official not more than 10 days after the final date for filing direct
arguments. Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner as the
direct arguments. Each rebuttal argument shall immediately follow the
direct argument it seeks to rebut.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall only apply if, not later than the day on which the
legislative body calls an election, the legislative body, adopts its provisions
by majority vote, in which case subdivision (a) shall apply at the next ensuing
municipal election and at each municipal election thereafter, unless later
repealed by the legislative body in accordance with the procedures of this
subdivision.
(Added by Stats. 1994, c. 920, S2.)
9286. Final date for arguments.
Based on the time reasonably necessary to prepare and print the argu-
ments and sample ballots and to permit the la-calendar-day public examina-
tion as provided in Article 6 (commencing with Section 9295) for the
particular election, the city elections official shall fix and determine a reason-
able date prior to the election after which no arguments for or against any city
measure may be submitted for printing and distribution to the voters, as pro-
vided in this article. Arguments may be changed or withdrawn by their pro-
ponents until and including the date fixed by the city elections official.
(Added by Stats. 1994, c. 920, S2.)
9287. Elections official to select if more than one argument.
If more than one argument for or more than one argument against any
city measure is submitted to the city elections official within the time pre-
scribed, he or she shall select one of the arguments in favor and one of the
arguments against the measure for printing and distribution to the voters. In
selecting the argument the city elections official shall give preference and pri-
ority, in the order named, to the arguments of the following:
(a) The legislative body, or member or members of the legislative body
authorized by that body.
(b) The individual voter, or bona fide association of citizens, or combina-
tion of voters and associations, who are the bona fide sponsors or proponents
of the measure.
(c) Bona fide associations of citizens.
(d) Individual voters who are eligible to vote on the measure.
(Added by Stats. 1994, c. 920, S2.)
Article 5. Mailings
9290. One copy of official material per household.
Whenever the elections official is required to mail official matter, as pro-
vided in Sections 9219, 9220, 9223, 9280, 9281, 9282, and 9285, only one copy of
each piece of official matter shall be mailed to a postal address where two or
more registered voters have the same surname and the same postal address.
This section shall only apply if the legislative body of the city adopts this
section and the election official conducting the election approves of the pro-
ced ure.
(Added by Stats. 1994, c. 920, S2.)
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or committee's campaign statement on which the loan is
first reported.
(c) A loan made to a candidate or committee by a
commercial lending institution in the regular course of
business on the same terms available to members of the
public shall not be subject to the contribution limitations
of this Chapter.
(d) Extensions of credit, other than loans pursuant to
subsection ( c) of this Section, for a period of more than
thirty days are subject to the contribution limitations of
this Chapter. (Prior code ~ 11206; added by Ord. No.
1630CCS ~ 1, adopted 6/9192)
11.04.090 Family contributions.
(a) Contnbutions by a husband and wife shall be treated
as separate contnbutions and shall not be aggregated under
this Chapter.
(b) Contributions by minors shall be treated as contri-
butions by their parents or guardian and attnbuted equally
to each parent or guardian. (prior code ~ 11207; added
by Ord. No. 1630CCS ~ 1, adopted 6/9/92)
11.04.100 Filing of statements.
Each candidate and each committee supporting or
opposing a candidate or candidates or any ballot measure
and each member of the Santa Monica Oty Council, Santa
Monica Rent Control Board or any other elected office
of the Oty of Santa Monica, shall file with the City Clerk
each statement required under Chapter 4 of TitIe 9 of the
Government Code (political Reform Act of 1974). (Prior
code ~ 11208; added by Ord. No. 1630CCS ~ 1, adopted
619192)
11.04.110 Printed literature.
All literature that is printed by or on behalf of any
person, candidate or committee, including, but not limited
to, small cards and billboards, shall be identified with the
name and address of the candidate or committee, or chair-
person and secretary, or at least two officers of the political
group or organization on whose behalf or order the same
is printed. If the literature is printed on behalf of any
person or group of persons who are not also a candidate
or committee, the person or group of persons shall be
identified. Such identification of said persons shall be
printed legibly and shall be appropriate to the size and
type of the literature, but in no event shall such printing
be less than in six point type. Compliance with Government
Code Section 84305 et seq. shall be deemed compliance
with this Section. (Prior code ~ 11209; added by Ord. No.
1630CCS ~ 1, adopted 6/9/92)
11.04.120 Candidate's statement of
qualifications.
(a) Each candidate for Santa Monica City Council,
Santa Monica Rent Control Board, or other elected office
of the City of Santa Monica, may prepare a statement of
qualification on an appropriate form provided by the City
Clerk. Such statement may include the name, age and
occupation of the candidate and a brief description of no
more than two hundred words of the candidate's education
11.04.080
and qualifications expressed by the candidate. Such state-
ment shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk when
the candidate's nomination papers are returned for filing.
It may be withdrawn but not changed during the period
for filing nomination papers and until five p.m. of the next
working day after the close of the nomination period.
(b) The City Clerk shall send to each voter, together
with a sample ballot, a voter's pamphlet which contains
the written statements of each candidate's qualifications
that is prepared pursuant to this Section. The statement
of each candidate shall be printed in type of uniform size
and darkness and with uniform spacing. The City Clerk
shall provide for and certify a Spanish translation to those
candidates who wish to have one.
( c) The costs of printing, handling and translating of
any statement submitted pursuant to this section shall be
paid by the City.
(d) The City Oerk shall reject any statement which
contains any obscene, hbelous or defamatory matter, which
violates the constitutional or civil rights of any person, or
which is prohibited by state or federal law from being
circulated through the mail.
(e) Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to make
any such statement or the authors thereof free or exempt
from any civil or criminal action or penalty because of any
false or hbelous statements offered for printing or contained
in the voter's pamphlet. (prior code ~ 11210; added by
Ord. No. 1630CCS ~ 1, adopted 6/9/92)
11.04.121 Ballot designations.
( a) In determining whether to accept a proposed ballot
designation, the City Oerk shall utilize the Secretary of
State Ballot Designation Regulations set forth in Chapter
7 of the California Administrative Code, as modified from
time to time. To the extent this Chapter conflicts with the
Secretary of State Ballot Designation Regulations, the
provisions of this Chapter shall prevail.
(b) To facilitate review of a candidate's proposed ballot
designation by the City Oerk, each candidate must submit,
at the time of filing his or her proposed ballot designation
on the Declaration of candidacy, a completed ballot desig-
nation worksheet on a form provided by the City Oerk.
In addition to the information provided in the worksheet,
the City Clerk may ask a candidate to provide additional
information. The City Oerk must notify the candidate in
the most expeditious manner of any rejection of a ballot
designation within three working days of the candidate's
submission. If the City Oerk rejects the ballot designation,
the candidate shall have three additional working days
to submit an alternate designation, together with a complet-
ed ballot designation worksheet. (Added by Ord. No.
2007CCS ~ 5, adopted 4/24/01)
11.04.125 Rebuttal arguments.
If any person submits an argument against a city mea-
sure, and an argument has been filed in favor of the city
measure, the City Clerk shall immediately send copies of
that argument to the persons filing the argument in favor
of the city measure. The persons filing the argument in
favor of the city measure may prepare and submit a rebuttal
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to the argument against the measure not exceeding two
hundred fifty words. Such rebuttal shall be signed by any
one of the persons filing the original argument, any combi-
nation of the persons signing the original argument or by
all of the persons filing the original argument The rebuttal
shall not be signed by any person who did not sign the
original argument nor shall it contain more than five signa-
tures.
The City Clerk shall send copies of the argument in
favor of the measure to the persons filing the argument
against the city measure, who may prepare and submit
a rebuttal to the argument in favor of the city measure
not exceeding two hundred fifty words. Such rebuttal shall
be signed by anyone of the persons filing the original
argument, any combination of the persons signing the
original argument or by all of the persons filing the original
argument. The rebuttal shall not be signed by any person
who did not sign the original argument nor shall it contain
more than five signatures.
The rebuttals shall be filed with the Oty aerk not more
than ten days after the final date for filing original argu-
ments or the date fixed by the City aerIc, whichever date
is later. Rebuttals shall be printed in the same manner
as the original arguments. Each rebuttal shall immediately
follow the original argument it seeks to rebut. (Added by
Ord. No. 2007CCS ~ 6, adopted 4/24/01)
11.04.130 Distribution of newsletter prohibited
during campaign.
No newsletter or similar matter shall be circulated by
mass mailing or similar method by the Santa Monica City
Council, Santa Monica Rent Control Board or their ad-
ministrative officers as follows:
(1) Within eighty-:-eight days prior to any municipal
election to approve or disapprove any ballot measure;
(2) Within eighty-eight days prior to an election to select
any member of its governing body;
(3) After any member of its governing body has filed
a nomination petition pursuant to Section 11.04.010.
This Section shall not apply to the circulation of newslet-
ters or similar matter by mass mailing when an election
is called pursuant to Santa Monica City Charter Section
603 to fill a vacancy on the City Council. (Prior code ~
11211; added by Ord. No. 1630CCS ~ 1, adopted 6/9/92;
amended by Ord. No. 1933CCS ~ 1, adopted 1119199)
11.04.140 Ballot order.
In any election for any City office, the order in which
a candidate's name or ballot measure shall appear on the
ballot shall be randomly determined by the City aerk.
(Prior code ~ 11212; added by Ord. No. 1630CCS ~ 1,
adopted 6/9192)
11.04.150 Distribution of information for candi-
dates and committees.
In order to insure that each candidate and proponent
or opponent of a measure has full opportunity to under-
stand and fulfill the requirements of the Political Reform
Act and Municipal Code, the City Clerk shall make avail-
able to each candidate, to each proponent or opponent
(Santa Monica 8-0J)
of a measure and to each committee supporting or opposing
a measure the latest revision of the State of California
Information Manual on Campaign Disclosure Provisions
of the Political Reform Act and a schedule outlining
required filing dates for campaign statements. In addition,
candidates are to receive a list outlining basic municipal
candidacy requirements. (Prior code ~ 11215; added by
Ord. No. 1109CCS, adopted 12112f78; amended by Ord.
No. 2007CCS ~ 7, adopted 4/24/01)
11.04.155 Election filing requirements.
(a) Time Deadline. Unless this Chapter provides other-
wise, all documents required to be tiled under this Chapter,
the California Elections Code or the California Political
Reform Act must be received by the City aerk by the
close of business on the date specified for filing. If the
Oty aerk's office is closed on that date, all such documents
shall be submitted no later than the close of business on
the business day immediately following the date specified
for filing.
(b) Facsimile Signatures. All documents required to
be signed and filed with the City aerk pursuant to this
Chapter, the California Elections Code or the California
Political Reform Act, shall contain original signatures.
Facsimile signatures shall not be substituted for original
signatures, except as provided in subsection ( c) of this
section.
( c) Absent Voter Ballot Request. A voter may request
an absent voter ballot by original or facsimile signature.
(Added by Ord. No. 2007CCS ~ 8, adopted 4/24/01)
11.04.160 Format for petitions for recall,
initiative, referendum or amendment
of the City Charter.
Any petition for recall, initiative, referendum or
amendment of the Oty Charter must substantially comply
with the applicable format contained in this Section or
alternatively, with the applicable sections of the California
Elections Code governing the same matters. In addition,
the proponent(s) of any such petition must comply with
all other applicable sections of the California Elections
Code including, but not limited to, any requirements
relating to the filing of a notice of intent to circulate
petition, summary and title prepared by the Oty Attorney,
any publication or posting obligations, any time limitation
for securing signatures, and any filing requirements.
(a) Sample Initiative Petition Format. The form for
an initiative petition shall be substantially in the form set
forth in Exhibit A, set out at the end of this Article.
(b) Sample Charter Amendment Petition Format. The
form for a petition to amend the City Charter shall be
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B, set out
at the end of this Article.
(c) Sample Referendum Petition Format. The form
for a referendum petition shall be substantially in the form
set forth in Exhibit C, set out at the end of this Article.
(d) Sample Recall Petition Format. The following form
for a recall petition shall be substantially in the form set
forth in Exhibit D, set out at the end of this Article. (Prior
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FORM OF STATEMENT FOR
ARGUMENT/REBUTT AL
2002 Elections Manual
FORM OF STATEMENT TO BE FILED BY
AUTHOR OF ARGUMENT
All arguments concerning measures filed pursuant to Division 9, Chapter 3 (beginning with
S 9200) of the Elections Code shall be accompanied by the following form statement to be
signed by each proponent, and by each author, if different, of the argument:
The undersigned proponent (s) or author(s) of the (primary/rebuttal) argument (in favor of/against) ballot
proposition (name or number) at the (title of election) election for the Gurisdiction) to be held on
2 hereby state that the argument is true and correct to the best of (his/her/their) knowledge and belief.
Sign Name
Print Name
Date
All Authors must print his/her name and siQn this form
AND
Print his/her name and sign the An::!ument itself
AND
Print his/her name and sign the Rebuttal Argument itself
Further, pursuant to Election Code 9 9219, printed arguments submitted to the voters shall be titled either
"Argument In Favor Of Measure _" or "Argument Against Measure _".
Likewise, printed rebuttal arguments submitted pursuant to Election Code 99 9220 and 9285 shall be titled
either "Rebuttal To Argument In Favor Of Measure _" or "Rebuttal to Argument Against Measure _ ".
Give this form to Council Members, Proponents, and Opponents of Measures
S 9600, E.C.
(Rev.1 0/01)
Statement of Authors of Arguments
Form 10
Martin & Chapman Co. . 1951 Wright Circle. Anaheim, CA 92806-6028.714/939-9866 Fax 714/939-9870
(11/7/2001) email: scott@martinchapman.com website: www.martinchapman.com
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Adopted and approved this 26th day of June, 2002.
I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 9778 (CCS) was duly adopted at a
meeting of the Santa Monica City Council held on the 26th of June, 2002, by the
following vote:
Ayes: Council members:
Holbrook, O'Connor, Bloom, Genser, Katz,
Mayor Pro Tern McKeown, Mayor Feinstein
Noes: Council members:
None
Abstain: Council members:
None
Absent: Council members:
None
ATTEST: ~
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Maria Stewart, City Cle~