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(b) Maintain the City's legislative history of action taken by the City
Council, the Housing Authority, the Parking Authority, the Redevelopment
Agency and the Public Finance Authority.
(c) Administer municipal elections in accordance with Section
11.04.055,
(d) Ensure compliance with the Political Reform Act in accordance
with Section 11,04.055
(e) Prepare the City Council agendas and minutes
(f) Direct the operation of the City's Mail Room and Print Shop
(g) Administer the City's Record Management Program
(h) Attest to the execution by the City Manager of all conveyances,
contracts and agreements executed by the City Manager pursuant to the
provisions of Section 2,32.030.
(i) Have charge of the City seal in accordance with Section
2,32.020(b).
SECTION 2. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 2,32,040 is hereby repealed
in its entirety.
SECTION 3, Section 11.04.005 is added to the Santa Monica Municipal Code to
read as follows:
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11.04.005 City Clerk Duties
1. The City Clerk is charged with the duty of conducting all municipal
elections under this Chapter and under the California Elections Code, If the
City elects to consolidate a municipal election with the County of Los
Angeles, the City Clerk shall be charged with coordinating the consolidated
election with the County of Los Angeles,
2, The City Clerk shall be the filing officer for the purposes of the
California Political Reform Act.
SECTION 4, Section 11,04.010 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code is amended
to read as follows:
11.04.010 Nomination of candidates.
Not earlier than the 113th day nor later than the close of business on
the 88th day before a municipal election, the voters may nominate candidates
for election by signing a nomination petition, If nomination papers for an
incumbent officer are not filed by the close of business on the 88th day before
the election, the voters shall have until the close of business on the 83rd day
before the election to nominate candidates other than the incumbent for the
elective office, Each candidate shall be proposed by not less than one
hundred (100) voters, but only one candidate may be named in anyone
nomination petition. Any person registered to vote at the election may
circulate a nomination petition, Where there are full terms and short terms
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to be filed, the term shall be specified in the nomination petition, All
nomination petitions must be filed with the City Clerk,
SECTION 5. Section 11,04,121 is added to the Santa Monica Municipal Code to
read as follows:
11.04.121 Ballot Designations,
1. In determining whether to accept a proposed ballot designation,
the City Clerk 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.
2, To facilitate review of a candidate's proposed ballot designation by
the City Clerk, each candidate must submit, at the time of filing his or her
proposed ballot designation on the Declaration of Candidacy, a completed
Ballot Designation Worksheet on a form provided by the City Clerk, In
addition to the information provided in the Worksheet, the City Clerk may ask
a candidate to provide additional information, The City Clerk must notify the
candidate in the most expeditious manner of any rejection of a ballot
designation within 3 working days of the candidate's submission, If the City
Clerk rejects the ballot designation, the candidate shall have 3 additional
working days to submit an alternate designation, together with a completed
Ballot Designation Worksheet.
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SECTION 6. Section 11.04,125 is added to the Santa Monica Municipal Code to
read as follows:
11.04.125 Rebuttal Arguments
If any person submits an argument against a city measure, 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 to the argument against the
measure not exceeding 250 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 5 signatures.
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 250 words, Such rebuttal shall be signed by any
one 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 5 signatures.
The rebuttals shall be filed with the City Clerk not more than 10 days
after the final date for filing original arguments or the date fixed by the City
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Clerk, 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.
SECTION 7, Section 11,04,150 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code is amended
to read as follows:
11.04.150 Distribution of information for candidates and
committees.
In order to insure that each candidate and proponent or opponent of
a measure has full opportunity to understand and fulfill the requirements of
the Political Reform Act and Municipal Code, the City Clerk shall make
available to each candidate, to each proponent or opponent 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.
SECTION 8. Section 11.04,155 is added to the Santa Monica Municipal Code to
read as follows:
11.04.155 Election Filing Requirements.
Time Deadline. Unless this Chapter provides otherwise, all
documents required to be filed under this Chapter, the California Elections
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Code or the California Political Reform Act must be received by the City
Clerk by the close of business on the date specified for filing. If the City
Clerk'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,
2. Facsimile Signatures, All documents required to be signed and
filed with the City Clerk 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 Section 11.04,155(3).
3, Absent Voter Ballot Request. A voter may request an absent voter
ballot by original or facsimile signature,
SECTION 9, Section 11,04.171 is added to the Santa Monica Municipal Code to
read as follows:
11.04.171. Fees for Petitions,
There shall be no fee for filing a petition for recall, initiative,
referendum or amendment of the City Charter
SECTION 10. Section 11,04,190 is added to the Santa Monica Municipal Code to
read as follows:
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11.04.190 Public Examination of Ballot Information.
In lieu of making available the official election materials referred to in
Elections Code Section 9295 and the official voter's pamphlet referred to in
Elections Code Section 13313, the City Clerk shall make available for public
inspection a copy of the material referred to in Elections Code Sections
9219,9223,9280,9281,9282,13307 and Section 11.04.125 of this Code.
The City Clerk shall make this information available for public inspection in
the City Clerk's office for a period of 10 calendar days immediately following
the filing deadline of such materials, Any person seeking a writ of mandate
or an injunction requiring any or all of the materials to be amended or deleted
shall comply with the time requirements in Elections Code Sections 9295 and
13313 for filing such actions.
SECTION 11, 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 jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions ofthis Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this
Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not
declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance
would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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Adopted and approved this 24th day of April, 2001.
State of California )
County of Los Angeles) ss,
City of Santa Monica )
I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No, 2007 (CCS) had it's introduction on April 10, 2001, and was
adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting held on April 24, 2001, by the
following vote:
Ayes: Council members: Holbrook, O'Connor, McKeown, Genser, Katz, Mayor Pro
Tem Bloom, Mayor Feinstein
Noes: Council members: None
Abstain: Council members: None
Absent: Council members: None
ATTEST:
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Maria M, Stewart, City Cle k