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ORDINANCE NO.
972 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA SUBMITTING FIVE
AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY
CIRCULATED BY PETITION TO THE QUALIFIED
ELECTORS THEREOF AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE 8TH DAY OF
APRIL, 1975, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS
RELATING TO THESE AMENDMENTS, AND ADOPTING
A PROCEDURE FOR HOLDING ELECTIONS ON
INITIATIVE CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
SECTION 1. The following enumerated revisions to the
Charter of the City of Santa Monica, designated by petitioners
as amendments, have been circulated by petition in the City of
Santa Monica.
SECTION 2. Said petition for submission to electors
of amendments to the Charter of the City of Santa Monica recites
as follows:
"';'0 the City Council of the City of
Santa Monica: We the undersigned,
registered and qualified electors of
the State of California, residents of
the City of Santa Monica, pursuant to
~3 of Art. XI [sic} of the Constitution of
this State and Chapter 3 of Division 2
of Title IV, commencing at Section 34550
of the Government Code, present to the City
Council of the City of Santa Monica this
Petition and request that the following
proposed amendments to the Charter of
the City be submitted to the registered
and qualified electors of the City for
their adoption or rejection at an election
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on a date to be determined by the City
Council."
SECTION 3. The City Council of the City of Santa
Monica tinds and determines:
a. The cost to the City will be reduced in an
amount not less than Six Thousand ($6,000.00) Dollars by
submitting the following enumerated charter ~evisions to the
electors of the City at the regular and general municipal
election to be held April 8, 1975, from the cost that would be
incurred by submitting said revisions to the electors of the
City at the election to be held on November 5, 1974.
b. The following enumerated Charter revisions,
if enacted, will constitute a major revision of the Santa Monica
City Charter. It, therefore, is in the public interest that
a full and complete debate on said revisions be conducted and
that there be a full evaluation of said revisions by the
Election Review Commission heretofore established by this
City Council. Such debate and evaluation is necessary to
provide maximum information to the electorate and to comply
fully with all applicable provisions of state and local law.
c. Because of the large number of issues on
the state election ballot of November 5, 1974, the setting of
a special election and the consolidation of the same with
said state election would tend to confuse the voters and dilute
the importance of said Charter revisions. The election of
April 8, 1975, is a general and regular municipal election
and placement of said Charter revisions on the ballot at the
next established municipal election date will provide due
recognition of the importance of said Charter revisions.
d. As provided by Section 1400 and Section 1401
of the Charter of the City of Santa Monica, the next general
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mun1cipal electlon followlng qual1ficatlonof said Charter reV1S1ons
1S April 8th, 1975. It 1S requ1red by law that in order to compel
that an election be held at any time other than Apr11 8, 1975 (the
general municipal elect10n date) that a spec1al electlon be called
and to require this the proposed intiative must contain spec1fic
language requestlng a special electlon, wh1ch it dld not.
e. Sa1d circulated petitlon for subm~ss~on to electors of
amendments to the Charter of the City of Santa Monica does not, by
its terms, call for a speclal elect~on, as deflned and required by
Sect~on 1401 of the Charter of the C~ty of Santa Monica and Sec-
t10n 4011 of the Elections Code of the State of Callfornia. There-
fore, the submission of sa~d Charter revisions to the electors of
theClty at a tlme other than the next general municipal election
to be held on April 8, 1975, is not authorized_under law.
f. The flnal date for consolidatlon of a speclal electlon,
pursuant to Section 1401 of the Charter of the City of Santa Monlca,
with the general state election to be held November 5, 1974, was
August 23, 1974. Such consolidatlon is required before eaid Charter
revisions could be submitted to the electors on November 5, 1974.
g. The distrlcts proposed in the follow~ng enumerated
amendments are not equal in elther population or registratlon. The
Clty Council finds and determ1nes that there 1S a population dlsparity
between the lowest dlstrlct and the highest dlstrlct of over seven
point six (7.6) percent, and a devlatlon from the norm of nearly
four (4) percent. On the basis of registration, the Council finds
that a voter ln the district containing the lowest reglstratlon
(Olymplc) has one hundred seventy nine (179) percent of the voting
power, or nearly two (2) times that of a voter in the dlstrict con-
taining the largest registration and population (Pallsades). Phrased
dlfferently, based on population, one el) vote in the most
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populated district is worth ninety two point eight one hundredths
(92.8/100) of a vote in the least populated district. When
registration is considered one(l) vote in the most populated and
highest registered district is worth fifty five point seventy
eight One hundredths (55.78/1nO) (a little over one-half (1/2))
of a vote in the district with the lowest registration. .
The City Council expressly finds and determines
that the districting plan proposed in the following enumerated
revisions does not provide equal voting rights nor equal
voting power to all citizens within the community, does not
provide for one (1) person, one (I) vote, and substantially
discriminates against voters in one segment of Santa Monica
as opposed to voters in other segments.
The City Council further finds and determines
that it is both possible and practical to create districts
which are substantially equal in both population and registra-
tion, and which do not dilute the voting power of citizens
in one district as opposed to another, do not deviate from a
substantial one (1) person, one (I) vote standard, and do not
substantially discriminate against voters in one area of
Santa Monica as opposed to voters in another area.
h. The City Council makes each of the above
findings independently of any of the others, and further finds
that each and everyone of the above findings is in itself
sufficient to justify any action taken on its part with ref-
erence to the following enumerated Charter revisions and the
districting plan set forth therein.
SECTION 4. It is expressly not the intent or
purpose of this City Council to submit the following enumerated
Charter revisions to the electors of the City at any time
if said proposed revisions are violative of any Charter
provision, constitutional provision, or other provision of law.
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The C~ty Counc~l hereby ~nstructs the City Attorney of the
C~ty of Santa Mon~ca to pursue all ava~lable legal means for
determin~ng the constitutional and legal val~d~ty of the
follow~ng enumerated Charter revis~ons. If the follow~ng sa~d
Charter revis~ons are found to be constitut~t~onally, legally,
or otherwise ~nval~d, they shall not be placed upon any ballot
at any t~me. It ~s further not the ~ntent or purpose of th~s
City Council to subrn~t sald Charter rev~sions to the electors
of the City at any t~me ~f said rev~s~ons do not conform to
val~d ~nltiatlve procedures and prOV~5lons or do not con5tltute
a valid lnitiatlve petltion. By submlttlng the following
enumerated Charter revislons to the gualifled electors of the
City, ~t 15 not the ~ntent of the Clty Councll to, and the C~ty
Counc~l does not make any recommendation to the quaIl fled
electors that sa~d rev~sions be approved or adopted.
Under no clrcumstances should thlS ordinance be
construed as a proposal of the Clty CounCll that the dlstrlctlng
plan be adopted or as a proposal pursuant to Section 34458 of the
California Government Code, nor should lt be considered a
submiss10n to the electors pursuant to Sectlon 34871 of the
Government Code. Based on the above findings 1t is the positlon
of the Clty Council that the proposed ln~t~at1ve lS lnvalld and
uncon5t1tut1onal. There 15 no lntent to place the matter on
the ballot at any tlme, unless the City Counc1l lS compelled
by law to do so, but if the Clty Council is so compelled, 1t 15
the intent that lt be placed on the General Municipal Electlon
ballot rather than call a spec1al electlon and con5ol1date 1t
with the State election.
SECTION 5. Pursuant to Art. 11, Section 5 of the
Californla Const~tution, a Charter Clty, such as Santa Mon1ca,
15 competent to prov1de for the conduct of city electlons. In
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Sect~on 1403 and Section 1404 of the Charter of the City of
Santa Monica, the C~ty ~s author~zed by ord~nance to ut~l~ze
a procedure for elections ~n general, and in~t~ative elect~ons
~n part~cular, which d~ffers from procedures provided for by
state law. This ordlnance supercedes any prov~Slon of state
law whlch may apply in the premlses.
Whlle it is the belief of the C1ty Council, that
lts actlon 1n determlning the date for this election ls-in
conforrnlty w1th appl~cable provlsions of the Elect10n Code and
the Government Code of the State of Callfornla, the C1ty Council
hereby f1nds that In the event of a conflict w~th state law, the
procedures they have followed should control notwlthstandlng any
such prov~sion of state law. The Clty Council, therefore, hereby
adopts the follow~ng procedure:
a. A mun~clpal Charter amendment, whether
instltuted by inltlatlve or otherwlse, may be submitted 1n the
full d~scretion of the C1ty Counc11 at any reasonable tlme after
the measure quallfles for submlSS10n to the electorate.
b. The per~od for advertislng or publ~shing
an lnit1atlve 15 solely withln the discretion of the Clty Council,
and the Clty Council may set any date for the advertlsing or
publish~ng of an initiatlve it chooses so long as that date 1S
between forty (40) and sixty (60) days prlor to the date set by
the Clty Councll for an elect10n upon such initiat1ve.
SECTION 6. Pursuant to thlS ordinance, Sect~ons l400
through l404, 1nclusive, of the Charter of the Clty of Santa
Monlca, and the Constitutlon of the State of Callfornia, the
Clty Councll of the Clty of Santa Monica does establlsh the tlme
for submisSlon of the follow1ng enumerated Charter revisions to
the quallf1ed electors of the Clty as the tlme of the next
general munic~pal electlon to be held on April 8, 1975, and said
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Charter revisions shall be subm~tted as a s~ngle proposit~on
at said tlme, having been so clrculated, and said Charter
revisions, as clrculated by petitlon, are hereby enumerated
as follows:
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FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT
Section 600 of ArtIcle VI shall read Number, Term and Districts. The City CounCIl shall consist of seven
members elected from the CIty by dlstncts at the times and rn the manner In this Charter provided, and who
Ijhatl serve for a term of four years unless ot~erwlse provided rn this charter
The seven members of the Council shall be elected by dlstncts as foHows
(1) A Counellperson from PALISADES DISTRICT, which In the first Instance IS hereby establ:shed as all
jh~t portion of the City of Santa Momca, Callfornra, descnbed as follows All that ter'ltory lYing southwesterly of
the center hne of Woodacres Road and tt>e centerline of Fourteenth Street, northwesterly of the centerlrne of
Idaho Avenue, southwesterly of the centerline of Eleventh Street, and northwesterly of the centerline of
Washington Avenue and1he southwesterly prolongation thereof Within the boundanes of the City of Santa
Monica.
(2) A Councllperson from FRANKLIN DISTRICT. which 10 the fIrst Instance IS hereby established as alf
that portion of tile City of Santa Momca. Callfomt&, descnbed a.s follows: All that territory lYing northeasterly of
the centerline of Woodacres Road and the centerhne of Fourteenth Street, northwesterly of the centerline of
Washmgton Avenue, -northeasterly of the centerlrne of Seventeenth Street, and northwesterly of the centerline
of Wilshire Boulevard Within the boundanes of the City of Santa MOnica.
(3) A Councllperson from GATEWAY DISTRICT, which In the first Instance IS hereby establrshed as all
that portion of tf1e City of Santa MOnica, California, descnbed as follows. All that temtory lYing southeasterly of
the centerline of Wilshire Boulevard, southwesterly at ti1e centerline at Seventeenth Street, southeasterly of the
centerhne of Washington Avenue. northeasterly of the centerline of Fourteenttl Street, southeasterly of the
centerlrne of Santa MOnica Boulevard, northeasterly of the centerline of Tenth Street, northwesterly of the
centerline of Colorado Avenue, northeasterly of the centerline of Stanford Street, al"lc northwesterly of the
centerline of Nebraska Avenue wlthm the boundanes of the CIty of Santa MOnica
(4) A CounCllperson from OLYMPIC D1STPICT, whIch rn the first Instance is hereby established as all
that portion of the City of Santa Monrca, Callfomla, descnbed as follows: All that terntory lYing southeasterly of
tl1e centerline of Nebraska Avenue, southwesterly of the centerline of Stanrord Street, southeasterly of the
centerline of Colorado Avenue, northeasterly of the centerline of Lrncoln Boulevard, northwesterly of the center-
line of Maple Street, southwesterly of the centerline of Sixteenth Street, and northwesterly of the centerh~e of
Pica Boulevard wlth'n the boundanes of the City of Santa Momca
(5) A Councllperson from SUNSET PARK DISTR1CT, which In the first Instance IS hereby estabJrsred as
all that portron of the City of Santa MOnica, Callfomla, descnbed as follows Ail that temtory lYing southeasterly
of the centerline of PIca Boulevard, northeasterly of the centerlIne of Sixteenth Street, southeasterly of the
centerline of Maple Street and northeasterly of the centerlIne of Lmcol!) Boulevard w:thm the boundanes of the
City of Santa Monrca
(6) A Councllperson from OCEAN PARK DlSTRICT, which U1 the first Instance is hereby estab1rst>ed as
all that portIon of the City of Santa Monrca, California, deSCrIbed as foliows' All that terntcry lYIng southeasterly
of t'1s center'lne of PICO Boulevard and the soutnwesterly prolongauon thereof, southV"esterly af the center1lne
Of Fourth Street, southeasterly OJ the centerline of Bay Street, and southwesterly of the centerline of Lmcoln
Boulevard wltnrn the bOl,lndanes of the City of Santa Monrca
(7) A Councllperson from CITY CENTER DISTRICT. whIch rn the first Instance IS hereby established as
alf that portlan of the City of Santa Monrca, Callfomla, descnbed as follows. All that temtory lYing south9as~a(!y
01 the centerline of Washington Avenue and the southwesterly prolongation thereof, northeasterly of the center-
1I:1e of Eleventh Street, southeasterly of the centerline of Idaho Avenue, southwesterly of the centerlIne of
Fourt~enth Street, northwesterly of the centerilne of Santa Monrca Boulevard, southwesterly of the centerline of
Te~t'"; Street, nortl1westerly of the centerline of Colorado Boulevard, southwesterly of t...e centerline of Lincoln
BDUlevard, northwesterly of the centerline of Bay Street, northeasterly of the centerlme of Fourth Street, and
nortilwesterty of the centerline of Pice Boufevard and tt1e southwesterly prolongatlon thereof ...../thln the bound-
anes of tile City of Santa MonIca.
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O:'1Cg eacf1 ten years, Wlt~tn 90 days of tl1e pubhcatlon of the Cersus by ti-;e Bu~eau of the Ce'1sus, De;:lartm~~~.
of Commerce, the City Clerk shall report t~ the City COU:1cii tre oo;)~:atwn 07 each of the seven GIS~~:;ts sr:d
wn97~er or ~ot the poculali;:m of any dlstnct shail have l'lcreased or d~c..eased by at least five perce'lt Since ~he
~r"::"iO,JS re~"stn~t;rjil or the adooi:on or In:s Charter Amendment If there shaii have been such an ncrease or
cec.rease, tre CI~Y ~our.cll shaa Immed:atC'~y aD~oln~ a corrt:Tl'ttae conSisting of t\VG cJa!jf1ed efe(:tors f~c:i1 eac;,
O~ ~'1~ sev~n du;tr1c~S to conSider t~a redefinition Of the bo~_p"1d2ries of 2:iY or 2;1 of the d:s~pcts here n esloab---
{c~~=-a S~[';n com:Tllttse shall report tts recc"TImenda~!ons to'""'l t~.!3 Cit'y Cn1::""l, ~ ,f LA.1........n 9" r<",y_ C' "s -"""'..,~I""tt~~nt
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1!11~E:alc.tely UPOi: recef;Jt of suc~ CO'THillttee repCi1r the City Council S=18T~, by ordl~ance, charge 2rd rece;~re
the b:J!.mdanes C,i any or ;;11J 0; the districts 1">erem establIshed Tna bauncanes sa der'nad snaii be established
li'"t .SU~~ ma:lner. tnat tre d;s~ncts S~2!lt as nearly as practlca~:81 repl'"es€n! t1je geo~rach.cal areas herein estao-
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I.:J ~ ,..... .... ~ I _L 'Go C c_ t '-J h~' U c:tn compcc~ Let rnc:,' QUnu8 y natural bOL..::102.nes or st.!"evt
1''1~5, ccmprlse as ['early as P";;:ctJc2:Jie equal populatIon ailc pro.vlde fair represant2t!On on tr.e CI~' Cour;::IJ
For the purpose of n:Jmfnat,;lg and elactli,g s~....en members of the C~ty Counc'] by distriCts, we first e!eCtlon
tJnj9i l~ s Chartsr Amer'1cment shaU be ~e!d r:~t less than 74 n~r r=10ie !~2' 1 eo da}fs f~oL'T'J the ti'l'le of ~ts
2.;J;:;rovc.! by the Leg:slature The three cano:oales e!ected fro-n tile three dlstncts casting the hIghest percent.
age ci votes in proportion to tre number of registered \1O!ers in such districts shall serve until Api'l' 1979, and
the remaining fOUT shall seIVE! llntll P-pnl 1977
The elected officers of thiS CIty, in ofm:e at the time thiS charter amendment ta~es effect, ~hall continue In office
u~tll th,OIi successors are eleCted ana qualifIed,
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The words "eou,lI("p fIGIl" and "CouncIifnM" 'are used ~lgMbly in thiS charter and shall mean a
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SECONO PftOPOseo AMEHDMEHT
Section 601 of Amcle VI shall read: Efigri:rihty. No person shall be ehgtble to file as a Cl!lndldate for OT hold
oITlce as a '1'ember of the CIty CounCil unless he IS and shall have beefl a resident of tl1e dlstnctfrom which he
IS elected and a qualified ~or of the C1ty for at least 60 days poor to flhng hiS nomInation papers or the date
of hiS a::Jpomtment..
A candidate's I1Ommatlon papers must be s;gned by qualifl~ voters resldll'!g In the dlstnct he s~eks to repre-
sent In ad:::lItlon thereto~ the candidate for City COW1CII shall not be el1glble to fIle nOl'l'unat'on pa;lers unless
they 2-fe slgnBd by I'lot less than one-haif of one percent of the quahlled voters of the dlstr1ct he seeks to
represent, according to the County Clerl<'s last offIcial report of registratIon to the Secretary of State.
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There shall be no law, code or regulatlon reqttlnng that a cancbdatB's nominatIOn papers be signed by more
than one-haff of one percent at the qual/fied voters of the dtstnct the candidate seeks to represent, accordmg to
tne County Clerk's last off1aal report of reg~non to the Secretary of State.
No person shIM be...... to hold GfIIcle as a membe1' of the City Councit ..... he ,____ a ~ of tM-
district tram wNIIh he IS ......
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TH!RD PAOPOSED AMEHOMeNT
Se-:::;:o'1 603 of Art'cle VI snell read VaCB11e1es. In the event of a vacancy In the City CounCIl from whatever
c~usa 2l"'Slng, me City CouncIl shail, except as proVided h~m. Imml!thately order a speCial electien for the
DtHjXJS3 of el9ctlng a Councl!person to flU ttle vacancy. Such e4ectlon shalf be held not less than 7~ nor more
tha:"1 89 days from ,he date such vacancy IS declaM!!d and shall adhere to procedure e$t~1!d In thiS cnarter.
in 1n':1 C''-'8M! lne unexpmK! term of the former incumbent IS less than 272 days from the time such vacancy is
cec;?red, tl1a vacancy may be filled by appt:lmtment by the CIty CounCIl and It shaH not be ne<:essary to order a
soeclal election except If sueh vacancy OCctlfS as a result of a recail ffiectJon to whIch case the vaccnC'J shall
r'i:Jt be fjlled by a::loomtment
I; a r'=9:..l1ar mumC1pal electton IS to occur not more than 104 nor les5 than 74 days from the date ?f canvassing
tbe vote cf a recall election, the City CounCll may proVIde for fdllng !hit vacancy at the regular InUnlClpal election
:nst<'!ad of a~ a speoal etedlOrr,
Any CoUnOlp8l'SOn who is e1ectl!td or apfXll"1ed to fill a y~ cffu::e shaI f'lI'!Ilde In the same dlstnct as the
former tncum~nt and shalf hold office fOT tn. unelCpintd tem'I of the fanner incl.m'lbent.
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:: 2. r.:e"'~b~~,Ql me C;ty CounCIl IS absent from all ~ ..__tt..~ of the City Councrl for a penod of 60 days
-c::~<,~Ci.lt~'MIt.fmm and artsr trle last regul.r City Capndl meettng attendIng by such member, unless by petf+ ~'h
"CJt' , 02un91l axp~ in Its otnaal m~"'lUt&5. or C8a~ to be an elect9! (~Uh. qt}!. Qr .c,e8HS{o.~ .
, >'~lclihsW&S .'*1 _..~ ...~vac=-:=.. -~"''''~--~~-.tlYlff"':;'r'';
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FOURTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT
Se:~jO, 1400 of Art/cia)/'p.,J shail reaG. General Municl:lal ElectlO:1S Ge'1eral rnunlc;p21 elect:ons ior the l;ii,r.g
o~ elective offices shall be held In tne eliY 01 Santa" MOfllca on 1":18 seccno Tuesday in Apr.\ 1:\ each o.;d
numbered year u'1iess otherwise orolilded by thiS Ct1arter
FIFTH PROPOS:;:O AMENDME.NT
SectlO'1 1404 of Artl:::la XIV shail read: 1'1Ii:iatlve, gef:rendum a'1d ReC2;1i The fa'"s cf the State of Ca:,f~}'ma
p'ovlding for the Imtla~lVe, referendum and recaillr1 Cities, as they om\' eXist, 0' nereaf:er 'Tia,! be a"'i1er:ded. a,<'!
t>ereby made a part of thiS Charter ard all action under tre In::latlve, ref~rendum ar;d recari In Ire CIty of Sar"J1a
Mon:ea shall be taken In accordar"Jce wIth said laws except as provIded herem, to ,Vlt
(i) If the imtlatlve 0'- referendum pelltlon IS sIgned by not less than 10 perce"t of the voters of the c:ty
accordmg to the County Clerk's last offiCIal report of registration io ti1e Secretary of State, and IS not passed
, Without change by the City Council, the City Cour1cll shalllmmed;a~ejy order a special election to be held not
less than 74 nor more than 180 days atter the da:e at ti;e order, at which the mdmance. WIthout alteration, sr.all
be submItted to a vote of me voters of the City Such specIal elecbor shaH. when pract'cal, be he:d cor:current
With any Gefl8ral, pnmary or Sp~al County or State elecbon occurnng Within tl,e t'me penod specltred t>erem
If a regular munrClpal election occurs Wlthtn the tIme speafMJd heretn, the ordinance shall be suomlited to the
volers at suc:b r.... muntQpaI e+ectJon and It shall not be necessary to ord8f a $peaaI election.
. {2} There shaH be no law, code or regulation requmng an Inillatlve or referer1durn petrtlon be signed by
more than 10 percent of the 'IOters of the CIty according to the County Clerk's last offIcial report of regIstratIon to
the Secretary of State.
(3} The title of a r~1I pantlon shall locJude eIther the word "Dlstncf or the word' CItywide:' Both words
cannot be used In the same title .
(-t) If the petltlOn demandmg the recall of the Cmmclipersoi1 sou~ht to be reca.lled shall bear the word
"Olslnct" In Its 1ltle and spall be signed by net less than 10 percent of the voters ot 1!1e Councllperson's dlstr:c1,
or shall bElar the word "C~lde" In Its t'tle and shail be signed by not less than 10 percent of m~ voter9- of the
c:ty, according to t.1e COUi'ty Cierl<'s lest off:clal report of reglstrallOn to t~e Secretary of State, the City Gaur-cd
sha!! :mIT'ed'areiy oreer a speclal e:ectlO'1 to be held not less tha'l 74 nor more tha:1 89 days aftar tr,e cata o'
the o~dar, at which t'me 1i"1e q'Jestlon of the recall of thEl Councli~erson sOl1ght to be recai:ed sh'all be submr'ted
to a vo~e at ttje, vor;"rs ot tne dlsuict 'epresented by the Councllperson sought to be recalled.
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(5) There shall be no law, codEl or regulation reqlJtn:1g a recal! petition, the '.t:e of w'llch bea's tne word
'"QJ,5tr;ct," be sIgned by more than 1 0 percer! of the volers of the dist~'Ct reoressllted by tr.e Cocnc":)erson
s:Jl.lght to be recalled accordll"lg to the COUflty Cier,,;'s last of'fic;al report of reg:strat.Cr1 to the Secre:ary c: Sra:e.
Tnere shall be no law, code or reguiat:on requmng a recall pelltion, the title of WhiCh bears tre word "Citywide,"
be Signed by more than 10 pe'cent of the voters of t"a c:ty acco~dlng to the County C1er'~'s last orrlc'al repert of
regIstration to tOle Secretary or State
(6) Tt>ere s1aU.Je prmt~d on me recall bailot, as to each Cour.c;!nerson wMose reC211 /s to be voted cn,
the f0ilowrng Cjuesaol" ' Sha!1 [name of person] be recalled from the office 01 Ccu"'!CI::Jerscn?" Foi:O\v'ng Wl1lCn
cuestlon shail oe lIle words' yes" c'ld "no' on separate !mas, wi:h a vctmg squaie at ~ne 'I;;!it of each, if1 wrlch
tne voter si"lalllndlcaie by ~tampli"'g a crass (T) hiS vote far or i1gal'1st the recall No c:;,er s~a~em~nt shall b~
p;-:1ted on the ro/'..aH bailct
(7) Signatures upon nit/alive, reiere'ldum a'1d recaJi ;Jet~'ons 2nd sections thereor shall be secL.:rs:d, 2~d
t~~ :Je~;tlon toge~:'er wl~n 3.li s=G~lons t~er~Qf~ s;-,:e!~ be i'~e-:i wf~~ln 1 gO days of tl!B cG.~e Of D:.J::I~C~lion or :~e
f1'Jt :.:e of :nter'lt to cl;~u~ate 2=1j ::'~2~er.1ant
is) Th9'ra shail be no I?'/J, CJd~ or reg:Jiat!oi"J reQUlilil-g sfgn2tures u:::o-rr lnit;a::Lve, r-=::f~ren~L~ 2~C re:c~U
petitions be fIled or coHec~2d In iess t"12" 180 days of tile d2.te of pubircat.on 0: t~e no~/ce 0; l'ltent iO C'rc'J!a'a
and statement
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;.:: ~2;.vft1! ordl:""?rTCeS. I'es()tutlo~$, r~IJ~s and reguJa~'o"s, a"d D:>rt,O'lS th~re.of, Hi force at t,e tIme thas~ Cha:::er
Ail~ndmer:ts t3.k~ e7fec~ 2nd not In cc.,fLct or t.'1Co;"tslste~t herew'th, are hereby cO"'::Jnue-d In fo~cg untd the
sar.1~ s~a!: r2ve b~en duly re;Jealec, c.f'"'~nd~d, cnanged or sUDerseded by oroue' 2.t.:tno-':y
If'''se Ch;:!.rte~ Amendments shall ta~e l:i1m!!diate effect, and be In fuii l:Jrce. fr071 2nd after the lirT'a of t!'1err
2.;:;:; -:Ivai ay t:'e Legrslature of ne S1at~ 01 Callfo'1'1ra
SECTION 7.
The C1ty Clerk, not less than forty (40)
days and not more than S1Xty (60) days before the 8th day of
Aprll, 1975, shall cause thlS ordlnance to be publlshed once ln
the offlclal newspaper of the Clty of Santa Monlca, to wit:
The Evenlng Outlook, a newspaper of general circulatlon wlth1n
the C1ty of Santa Monlca, and ln each ed1t1on thereof durlng
the day of pub11cat10n and shall cause copies of th1s ord1nance
to be printed ln conven1ent pamphlet form and 1n type of not
less than ten p01nt and shall cause copies thereof to be malled
to each of the qual1f1ed electors of the C1ty of Santa Mon1ca
and shall, unt11 the day f1xed for the election upon such
proposed amendments, advert1se in the Even1ng Outlook, a newspaper
of general c1rculat1on 1n the C1ty of Santa Mon1ca, a notice that
coples of such proposed amendments may be had upon application
therefor.
SECTION 8.
Pursuant to Section 6l9(a) of the Charter
of the Clty of Santa Monica thlS ordlnance shall take effect upon
lts adoptlon.
SECTION 9.
The Mayor shall s1gn and the C1ty Clerk
shall attest to the passage of thlS ordlnance. The C1ty Clerk
shall cause the same to be pub11shed once in the offic1al news-
paper w1thln f1fteen (15) days after ltS adopt1on pursuant to
Sect10n 617 of the Charter of the C1ty of Santa Monica.
ADOPTED th1s
3rd
day of
September
, 1974.
M~yor
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