R10965Attachment B
City Council Meeting: June 14, 2015 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 1096S- (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO
CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION OF THE CITY
OF SANTA MONICA TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 8, 2016, WITH THE
STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON SAID
DATE PURSUANT TO ELECTIONS CODE SECTION 10403
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Monica has called a General
Municipal Election in the City of Santa Monica to be held on November 8, 2016, for the
purpose of electing officers of the City of Santa Monica, the Santa Monica Rent Control
Board, the Santa Monica Community College District Board, and the Santa Monica -Malibu
Unified School District Board of Education; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the General Municipal Election be consolidated with
the Statewide General Election to be held on the same date; that within the City of Santa
Monica and the Community College District, the precincts, polling places and election
officers of the two elections be the same; and that the Registrar of Voters of the County of
Los Angeles canvass the returns of the General Municipal Election; and that the Statewide
General Election and General Municipal Election be held in all respects as if there were
only one election.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to the requirements of Elections Code Section 10403, the
Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles is hereby requested to consent and
agree to the consolidation of a General Municipal Election with the Statewide General
election on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, for the purpose of electing officers of the City of
Santa Monica, the Santa Monica Rent Control Board, the Santa Monica Community
College District Board, and the Santa Monica -Malibu Unified School District Board of
Education.
SECTION 2. The Registrar of Voters is authorized to canvass the returns of the
General Municipal Election which it is hereby requested to consolidate with the Statewide
General Election and said election shall be held in all respects as if there were only one
Election, and only one form of ballot shall be used.
SECTION 3. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles is hereby
requested to issue instructions to the Registrar of Voters to take any and all steps
necessary for the holding of the consolidated election.
SECTION 4. The City of Santa Monica recognizes that additional costs will be
incurred by the County of Los Angeles by reason of this consolidation and agrees to
reimburse the County of Los Angeles for any such costs.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk is directed to transmit and file a certified copy of this
Resolution with the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles and with the
Registrar of Voters.
SECTION 6. 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:
MARHA JOKES MO
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Adopted and approved this 141' day of June, 2016.
1, Denise Anderson -Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 10965 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of
the Santa Monica City Council held on the 10 day of Juni, 2016, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers O'Connor, Himmelrich, Davis, McKeown
Mayor Pro Tem Winterer, Mayor Vazquez
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember O'Day
ATTEST:
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Denise Anderson -Warren, City Clerk