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ORDINANCE NO.
ll20(CCS)
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
AN ORDI);ANCE OF THE CITY COU::\CIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA MONICA CALLING A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON JU~E 26, 1979 AND
PROVIDING PROCEDURES FOR HOLDING OF SAID
SPECIAL ~ruKICIPAL ELECTIO~
WHEREAS, Article XVIII, SectIon 1803(d) of the City
Charter provides for the election of a five-member Rent Control
Board at a spec~al election to be held within nlnety days of the
adoption of saId ArtIcle XVIII; and
WHEREAS, insufficient time exists to utilize the time
frames provIded by the Election Code of the State of CalIfornIa
to implement the procedures and publicatIons necessary to complete
saId election;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL of the City Council of
the City of Santa Monlca does resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. ELECTION CALL. A Special MunICIpal ElectIon
is hereby called to be held on June 26, 1979 for the purpose of
electIng a fIve-member Rent Control Board. The two candIdates
obtainIng the largest number of votes shall serve untIl the second
Tuesday in April, 1985 and the remaining three shall serve until the
second Tuesday In AprIl, 1983. The term of all members shall
commence on the fIrst Tuesday follOWIng said election and each
member shall serve until his or her successor 1S elected and
qualifIed. Any ties in voting shall be settled by the castIng of
lots.
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SECTION 2. ~OMI~ATION OF CANDIDATES. Candidates may
be nominated not earlier than 8:00 A. M. on Monday, the 23rd day
of April, 1979 and nominations shall close at 5:00 P.M. on FrIday,
the 4th day of May, 1979. All other provisIons of the Santa
MonIca Municipal Code and the ElectIon Code of the State of
California pertaining to the nominatIon of candIdates for office
shall obtain.
SECTIOK 3. Cand1dates shall SUbWIt statement of Interest
and deal1ngs In real property 1n a ~anner requIred bv la~ to the
offIce of the CIty Clerk no later than ~:oo P.~l. on FrIday, the
4th day of ~ay, 1979. ~o candidate shall be a qua11fied candIdate
for offIce unless saId statement 15 properly filed.
SECTION 4. NOTICE OF ELECTION. ~ot earlier than
FrIday, April 20, 1979 and not later than Friday, May 4, 1979,
the CIty Clerk shall publish a notice of electIon as outlined
In the ElectIon Code of the State of California.
SECTION 5. BALLOT ORDER. Pursuant to Section 11214 of
the Santa Monica Municipal Code, a drawing to determIne the ballot
order of candidates is to be completed by the City Clerk WIthIn
ten days of close of nominatIons and need not be at a regular City
Council meeting.
SECTIOK 6. POLLS. The polling places for saId election
shall be open at 7;00 A.M. on the day of said elect10n and shall
remain open continuously from 7:00 A.}[. until 7:00 P.M. on the same
day when the polls shall close except as shall be otherwise
provided by the Election Code of the State of California.
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SECTION 7. The City Council hereby authorIzes and
dIrects that funds In the amount of $55,000 by approprIated from
the unappropriated reserves of the General Fund of the City of
Santa Monica for the purpose of defraYIng the cost of said Election
and placed In the Electlon DIvision Account of the City Budget.
SECTION 8. Pursuant to the provisions of Section
22003 of the Elections Code of the State of California, thIS City
Council hereby requests the Board of Supervisors of saId County
to permit the Registrar of Voters to prepare and furnish to said
CIty for use In conductIng said election to be held on June 26,
1979, the computer records of the names and addresses of all
elIgIble registered voters of said City In order that the City
may prInt labels to be attached to self-maIler sample ballot
booklets; and WIll also furnish to the Clty printed indices of
the voters to be used by the Board at the polling place; and WIll
make available to the CIty additIonal election eqUIpment and
aSSIstance according to State law. That said City shall reImburse
said County for services performed when the work is completed and
upon presentation to the City of a properly approved bill. That
the City Clerk is hereby directed to forward without delay to said
Board of Supervisors and to said Registrar of Voters each a certI-
fIed copy of thIS ordinance.
SECTIO~ 9. ElectIon Services by Consultant. Pursuant
to Section 10000 of the Election Code of the State of California,
the City Clerk is authorized to contract with and reimburse
~art1n and Chapman Company for electlon services normally provided
by an election consultant in connection with said Special Election.
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SECTION 10. As thIS ordInance relates to the conduct
of an election, it shall be effective immedIately, pursuant to
SectIon 619A of the City Charter.
SECTIO~ 11. The Mayor shall sIgn and the City Clerk
shall attest to the passage of this ordInance. The City Clerk
shall cause this ordInance to be published once in the offiCIal
newspaper of the City of Santa Nonica WIthIn fifteen days after
Its adoptIon.
APPROVED AS TO FOlli~:
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS
18th
DAY
OF
Apr 1 1
J 1979.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE
No. 1120 J WAS DULY ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA MONICA AT A REGULAR MEETING THEREOF HELD ON
ApTil lR I 1979 BY THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL VOTE:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Bambrick, Jennlngs, Reed, Scott,
Swink, Yannatta, Hayor van den
Steenhoven
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
I~BSENT :
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ATTEST: ... : T - -: ~
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