O2358City Council Meeting: May 10, 2011 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2358 {CCS)
{City Council Series}
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA ADDING SECTION 4.65.025 TO THE SANTA MONCA MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO EQUAL BENEFITS
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica is committed to the principle of equal
opportunities and equal pay for equal work; and
WHEREAS, the City has a long history of acting to combat discrimination based
on sexual orientation, or marital status; and
WHEREAS, a number of cities have exercised their authority to require equal
benefits for contractors' workers, regardless of sexual orientation or marital status; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to promote fairness, and equality by
requiring that contractors subject to the City's Living Wage Law provide the same
benefits to domestic partners and to same-sex spouses as are provided to other
spouses.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 4.65.025 is hereby added to
read as follows:
4.65.025 Equal benefit requirements for City contractors
Any contractor subject to the minimum wage requirements of
this Chapter shall provide the same benefits to a same-sex spouse
or a domestic partner of an employee working on the City contract
as are provided to any spouse of an employee working on the City
contract.
SECTION 2. 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inconsistencies and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary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 3. 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 of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would
have passed this Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause,
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or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion
of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. 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 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Approved and adopted this 10th day of May, 2011.
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State of California )
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City of Santa Monica )
I, Denise Anderson-Warren, Acting City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2358 {CCS) had its introduction
on April 26, 2011, and was adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting
held on May 10, 2011, by the following vote:
Ayes: Council members: McKeown, O'Day, Shriver
Mayor Pro Tem Davis, Mayor Bloom
Noes: Council members: None
Abstain: Council members: None
Absent: Council members: Holbrook, O'Connor
A summary of Ordinance No. 2358 (CCS) was duly published pursuant to
California Government Code Section 40806.
ATTEST:
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Denise Anderson-Warren, Acting City Clerk