r10700City Council Meeting 07 -24 -2012
RESOLUTION NUMBER 10700
(City Council Series)
Santa Monica, California
(CCS)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES TO CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
NOVEMBER 6, 2012 WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
NOVEMBER 6, 2012 PURSUANT TO § 10403 OF THE ELECTIONS CODE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Monica called a Municipal
Election to be held on November 6, 2012, and adopted Resolutions Numbers 10680,
10681 and 10682 with respect to the election, for the purpose of the election of
Members of the City Council, the City of Santa Monica Rent Control Board, the Santa
Monica - Malibu Unified School District and the Santa Monica College Community
College District; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is also submitting to the voters a proposed
amendment to the City Charter; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the General Municipal Election be consolidated
with the Statewide General election to be held on November 6, 2012 and that within the
City, the precincts, polling places and election officers of the two elections be the same,
and that the county election department of the County of Los Angeles canvass the
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returns of the General Municipal Election and that the election be held in all respects as
if there were only one election.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES NOW RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to the requirements of § 10403 of the Elections Code,
the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles is requested to consent and
agree to the consolidation of all aspects of a General Municipal Election with the
Statewide General Election scheduled on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 , for the purpose
of the election of Members of the City Council, the City of Santa Monica Rent Control
Board, the Santa Monica - Malibu Unified School District and the Santa Monica College
Community College District.
SECTION 2. That a measure is to appear on the ballot as follows:
PROPOSITION " ": Shall the City Charter be amended to allow the annual YES
rent control general adjustment to be based on 75% of the annual
percentage change in the Consumer Price Index, but limited to an NO
adjustment between 0% and 6 %; and to give the Rent Control Board
discretion, after a public hearing, to impose a dollar limit, within the 0 -6%
range, calculated using the same formula employed when imposing a limit
under the existing general adjustment formula?
SECTION 3. That the county election department is authorized to canvass the
returns of all aspects of the General Municipal Election. The election shall be held in all
respects as if there were only one election, and only one form of ballot shall be used.
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SECTION 4. That the Board of Supervisors is requested to issue instructions to
the county election department to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of the
consolidated election.
SECTION 5. That the City of Santa Monica recognizes that additional costs will
be incurred by the County by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the
County for any costs.
SECTION 6. That the provisions of City Council adopted resolutions, Resolution
Numbers 10680, 10681 and 10682, are incorporated into this resolution.
SECTION 7. That the City Clerk is directed to file a certified copy of this
resolution with the Board of Supervisors and with the county election department of the
County of Los Angeles.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
MARSH JONES lWUT IE
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 24th day of July, 2012.
Richard Bloom, Mayor
I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 10700 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 24th day of July, 2012, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Holbrook, McKeown, O'Connor, O'Day,
Mayor Pro Tern Davis, Mayor Bloom
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Shriver
ATTEST:
Maria M. Stewart, Cit Clerk