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Clty Councl1 Meetln~ 6-26-84
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STAFF REPORT
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TO: rlayo rand City CounCll
FROM: Clty Attorney
SUBJECT: Ordinance Amendlng nunlclpa1 Code
Sectlon 11000 Re1atlug to Komlnation
of Candldates at Munlclpal Electlons
On June 5, 1984, the voters of the City of Santa Bonica
adopted Propos1 tion Y chang1ng the general I'iW11C1pa1 electlon
date from Aprl1 of odd nu~bered years to Kovember of even
numbered years.
(A correspondlng change was made ln the
school board electlon by the adoptlon of Proposltlon Z.) In
order to ensure that the nOffilnatlon procedures for candldates
at XoveQber munlclpal electlons are flled ln a tlnely manner
to ensure consolldatlon with the statewide munlclpal electlon
held on the same date, lt is necessary to amend Munlcipal Code
Sectlon 11000.
Currently, Munlclpal Code Sectlon 11000 reqUlres that
nomlnatlon papers be flled not earl1er than the 89th day
before an electlon nor later than the 68th day before an
election.
In consultatlon wlth the Clty Clerk,
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necessary to change thlS Section to provlde that naUlnatlon
papers be flied not earlier than the 113th day before an
electlou nor later than the 88th day before an electlon. In
additlon, lf an lncumoent does not file, the time perlod lS
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ex~ended to the 83rd day before the election. Flnally, to be
conSlstent with state law and TO avold confusion, the flllng
deadline has been changed from 12:00 p.m. on the last day to
5:00 p.m. on the last day.
In connect~on with the November 1984 Municipal Elect~on,
the nominatlon schedule under the revlsed sectlon would be as
follows:
Flrst Day to Issue
Nomination Papers
July 16, 1984
Last Day to File
Nomination Papers
August 10, 1984
Extended Flling Perlod
If Incumbent Does
Not Flle
August 15, 1984
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying
ord~nance be adopted.
PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, Clty Attorney
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C~ty Counc~l Meet~ng 6-26-84 Santa Monica, Cal~forn~a
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1309 (eeS)
(City Council Ser~es)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
M1ENDING SECTION 11000 OF
THE SAi.\ITA MONICA L-'lUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO NOHINATION OF CANDIDATES
AT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
THE CITY COU~CIL OF THE CITY OF S&~TA MONICA DOES ORDAIN
.l\S FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 11000 of the Santa Mon.:tca nunic~pal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sect.:ton
11000.
Nominatlon
of
Candl.dates.
Not earlier than the 113th
day nor later than 5:00 p.m. on the 88th
day before a municipal electlon, the
voters
may
nominate
candldates
for
election by signing a nOffilnation petitlon.
If n~ination papers for an incumbent
officer are not flIed by 5:00 p.n. on the
88th day before the election, the voters
shall have unt2l 5:00 p.m. on the 83rd day
before the elect.:ton to nOffilnate cand~dates
other than the incumbent for the electlve
offlce. ~ach cand~date shall be proposed
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by not less than 100 registered voters,
but only one cand~date may be named ~n any
one nom~natlon pet~tion. Any person
registered to vote at the elect~on may
circulate a nomination petition. \fuere
there are full terms and short terms to be
filled, the term shall be speclfied in the
naminatlon petition.
SECTION 2. Any provlslon of the Santa Monlca Munlcipal
Code or appendices thereto lnconsistent with the provislons of
thlS ordinance, to the extent of such inconslstencies and no
further, are hereby repealed or modifled to that extent
necessary to affect the provisions of th~s ordinance.
SECTION 3. If any sectlon, subsectlon, sentence,
clause, or phrase of thlS ordinance is for any reason held to
be invalid or unconstitutlonal by a dec~sion of any court of
any competent jurlsdiction, such decision shall not affect the
val~dity of the ra~aining port~ons of the ordinance. The C~ty
Council hereby declares that it would have passed this
ordinance and each and every section, subsectlon, sentence,
clause or phrase not declared invalld or unconstitutional
wlthout regard to Whether any portlon of the ordinance would
be subsequently declared ~nvalid or unconst~tut~onal.
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SECTION 4.
The Mayor shall sign and the city Clerk
shall attest to the passage of this ordinance. This City
Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the
offlcial newspaper withln IS days after lts adoption. The
ordinance shall become effective on the date of its adoption
In accordance with City Charter Sectlon 6l9(a) in that it
relates to an electlon.
APPROVED AS TO FOR..tvt:
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Robert H. Myers
Cl ty At to rney
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Adopted and approved this 26th day of June, 1984
Mayor
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certify
that the foregoing Ordinance, No.
l309(CCS}, was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the
City Council on the 26th day of June, 1984; that the said
ordinance was thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the City
Council ~n the 26th day of June, 1984 by the following Council
vote:
Ayes:
Councilmembers: Conn, Epstein, Jennings,
Press, Reed, Zane and
Mayor Edwards
Noes:
Councilmembers: None
Absent:
Councilmembers: None
Abstain:
Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
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