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City Council Meeting 1-19-99
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1933
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL
CODE SECTION 11 04 130 RELATING TO THE DISTRIBUTION
OF NEWSLETTERS DURING CAMPAIGNS AND DECLARING
THE PRESENCE OF AN EMERGENCY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS
SECTION 1 Santa Monica MUnicipal Code Section 11 04 130 IS amended to read
as follows
Section 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 administrative officers as follows
(a) Within eighty-eIght (88) days prior to any municipal election to
approve or disapprove any ballot measure
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(b) WIthin eighty-eight (88) days prior to an election to select any
member of Its governing body
(c) 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 newsletters or Similar
matter by mass malhn~ when an election IS called pursuant to Santa MOnica
CIty Charter SectIon 603 to fIll a vacancy on the City Council
SECTION 2 This Ordinance IS declared to be an emergency measure adopted
pursuant to the provIsions of Section 615 of the Santa MOnica City Charter and IS
necessary for preserving the public peace, health and safety
SECTION 3 Any prOVIsion of the Santa MOnica MUnicipal Code or appendices
thereto inconsIstent wIth the provIsions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such
inconsistencies and no further, IS hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to
effect the prOVISions of thIs Ordinance
SECTION 4 If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
Ordinance IS for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decIsion of any court
of competent jUflsdlctlon, such decIsIon shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of thIS Ordinance The City CounCIl hereby declares that It would have passed
thiS Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not
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declared Invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance
would be subsequently declared Invalid or unconstitutional
SECTION 5 The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage
of this Ordinance The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once In the offiCial
newspaper withIn 15 days after Its adoption ThiS Ordinance shall become effective upon
ItS adoption
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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MA~HA J(j)fJES MOUTRIE
City Attorney
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Pt O'Connor. Mayor
State of Cahforma )
County of Los Angeles) ss
Cny of Santa MOnIca )
1. Mana M Stewart. CIty Clerk of the Cny of Santa MOllica. do hereby certIfy that the foregomg
Ordmance No 1933 (CCS) had Its first readmg and was adopted on January 19. 1999 by the
follo\\c1ng vote
Ayes
CouncIl members
Femstem. Genser. Holbrook. McKeo\\'TI. O'Connor.
Rosenstem
:'-J oes
CouncIl members
None
Abstam
CouncIl members
None
Absent
CouncIl members
None
ATTEST
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Marla M Stewart. Cny Clerk