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City Council Meeting 1-11-83
Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 6609 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA CALLING
AND GIVING NOTICE OF THE HOLDING OF A GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1983
WHEREAS, City Charter Section 1400 provides that a general
municipal election shall be held on the second Tuesday in April
of each odd-numbered year for the purpose of election of elected
officers: and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the City Charter, three
members of the Clty Council shall be elected for a full term of
four years; ann
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the City Charter, three
members of the Rent Control Board shall be elected for a full
term of four years: and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the City Charter four
members of the Santa Monica-Malibu Un~fied School District Board
of Education shall be elected for a full term of four years; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Chapter 366 of the
California Statutes of 1982, four members of the Santa Monica
Community College Dlstrict Board of Trustees shall be elected for
a full term of four years and two members of the Santa Monica
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Community College District Board of Trustees shall be elected for
a two-year term ending April, 1985; and
WHEREAS, a petition for submission to the voters of a
proposed amendment to Article XIX of the City Charter has been
circulated and signed by the requisite number of eligible persons
to qualify for the ballot; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Government Code Section
34461, the City Council is required to submit the proposal
without alteration at the General Municipal Election, and the
City Council so ordered an election on December 21, 1982: and
WHEREAS, Elections Code Section l70S0 authorizes the City
Council to provide that all ballots cast at the General Municipal
Election be counted at a central counting place: and
WHEREAS, the Education Code and the Elections Code
authorizes the consolidation of the election of members of the
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education
and Santa Monica College District Board of Trustees with the
General Municipal Election: and
WHEREAS, Elections Code Section 5011 authorizes the City
Council to direct the city clerk to transmit a measure appearing
on the ballot to the city attorney to prepare an impartial
analysis,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A general municipal election shall be held in
the City of Santa Monica on April 12, 1983.
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SECTION 2.
Election shall
The ballots to be used at the General Municipal
be both as to form and matter contained therein
such as may be required by law.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk is authorized, instructed, and
directed to procure and furnish any and all official ballots,
notices, printed matter and all supplies; equipment, and
paraphernalia that may be necessary in order to properly and
lawfully conduct the General Mun~cipal Election.
SECTION 4. The polls for the General Municipal Election
shall open at 7: 00 a .m. of the day of the election and shall
remain open cont~nuously until 9: 00 p.m. of the same day when
the polls shall be closed except as provided in Elections Code
Section 14301.
SECTION 5. The notice of the time and place of holding of
the General Municipal Electlon is hereby given and the City Clerk
is authorized, instructed and directed to give such further or
additional notice of the election in the time, forM, and manner
required by law.
SECTION 6. Pursuant to Elections Code Section 17050,
ballots cast by voters at the General Municipal Election shall be
counted at a central place. Santa Monica City Hall is designated
as the central place to count ballots. Notice of the central
counting place is hereby given, and the City Clerk is authorized,
instructed and directed to give such further or additional notice
of the central counting place in the time, form, and manner
required by law.
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SECTION
7.
An
election for members of the Santa
Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education and the
Santa
Monica College District Board of Trustees shall be
consolidated with the General Municipal Election.
Separate
ballots shall be provided for those voters who reside outside the
City of Santa Monica pursuant to Elections Code Section 23304.
This section shall be of no force or effect unless the Santa
Monica-Ma11bu Unified School District Board of Education and the
Santa Monica College District Board of Trustees file with the
City Clerk within the time period provided by law resolutions
requesting such consolidation in accordance with the Elections
Code and Education Code Section 5342.
SECTION
8.
At the General Municipal Election, the
following proposition, entitled Proposition A, shall be submitted
to the qualified electors of the City of Santa Monica:
A
Proposi tion "A II . Shall the City
Charter be amended to add a new
Article XIX entitled "Tenant Owner-
ship Rlghts" establishing standards
for the processing and approval of
landlord applications for the con-
version of rental units to condo-
miniUMS and other forms of owner-
ship housing?
YES
NO
SECTION 9.
The City Clerk shall cause the text of
proposltion A, as contained in the petit10n, to be mailed to all
qualified voters with the sample ballot.
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SECTION 10. The City Clerk, not less than 40 days and not
more than 60 days before the General Munic~pal Election, shall
cause the text of proposition A, as contained in the petition, to
be published once in the official newspaper and in each edition
thereof during the day of publication.
SECTION 11.
Pursuant to Elections Code Section 5011, the
City Clerk is directed to transmit a copy of the measure to be
submitted to the voters to the City Attorney and the City
Attorney is directed to prepare an impartial analysis of the
measure in accordance with the provisions of Elections Code
Sectlon SOli.
SECTION 12.
In all particulars not recited in this
Resolution, the General Municipal Election shall be held and
conducted as provided by law for holding ~unlcipal elections in
the City of Santa Monica.
SECTION 13. The City Clerk is directed to send a copy of
this Resolution to the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los
Angeles and to the Registrar of Voters.
SECTION 14. 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:
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Robert M. Myers ..
City Attorney W
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS
11th
DAY
OF January
, 1983.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
NO. 6609(CCSlWAS DULY ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA PT A MEETING THEREOF HELD ON
January 11
I 1983 BY THE FOllOWING COUNcr L VOTE:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Conn, Ed~ards, Press and Reed
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Jennings and ~ayor Yannatta Goldway
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERs:~one
ABSTAIN:
COUN C I LMEMBERS: Zane
ATTEST:
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