ITEM 12-A
City Council Meeting 3-3-92 Santa Monica, California
STAFF REPORT
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Attorney
SUBJECT: Resolutions for a Special Municipal Election
to be Held on June 2, 1992
This Staff Report transmits to the City Council four
resolutions for adoption in connection with the 1992 Special
Municipal Election. The purpose of each resolution is discussed
below.
1. Resolution Calling and Giving Notice of the Special
Municipal Election.
This Resolution provides that a Special Municipal Election
shall be called for and held on June 2, 1992, and takes various
actions to facilitate this election.
2. Resolution Requesting Consolidation of Election.
This Resolution requests the Board of Supervisors to
consolidate the Special Municipal Election with the statewide
general election.
3. Resolution Requesting Election Services from the
County.
This Resolution authorizes the City Clerk to request
various election services from the County to assist in such tasks
as distributing sample ballots.
4. Resolution Authorizing Certain City Council Members to
File Written Arguments Regarding the Measures to be Placed on the
Ballot.
This Resolution authorizes certain members of the City
Council to file written arguments regarding the Gann Override and
TORCA ballot measures.
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended:
1. That the City Council adopt the Resolution calling and
giving notice of the Special Municipal Election.
2. That the City Council adopt the Resolution requesting
consolidation of the election.
3. That the City Council adopt the Resolution requesting
election services from the County.
4. That the City Council adopt the Resolution authorizing
certain of its members to file written arguments regarding the
Gann Override and TORCA ballot measures.
PREPARED BY: Robert M. Myers, City Attorney
RESOLUTION NUMBER ____
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA CALLING FOR AND GIVING NOTICE
OF THE HOLDING OF A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1992
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to submit to the voters,
pursuant to Government Code Section 34458, one or more proposed
amendments to the City Charter; and
WHEREAS, Elections Code Section 17050 authorizes the City
Council to provide that all ballots cast at the Special Municipal
Election be counted at a central counting place; 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 Special Municipal Election shall be held in
the City of Santa Monica on June 2, 1992, which is the election
ordered in accordance with Government Code Section 34458 for the
purpose of submitting one or more proposed amendments to the City
Charter.
SECTION 2. At the Special Municipal Election called for
June 2, 1992, the following proposition shall be submitted to the
qualified electors of the City of Santa Monica:
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PROPOSITION " ." Shall City
Charter Sections 2001, 2002, 2003,
2004, 2009, and 2012 be amended
and Sections 2003A and 2015B added
to the City Charter to provide
greater tenant protections in the
Tenant Ownership Rights Charter
Amendment (TORCA), to change the
use to which TORCA tax funds may
be used and to increase the City's
expenditure limitation for each
fiscal year during the four year
period ending June 1, 1996?
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The City Clerk shall cause the text of the proposition, which is
contained in Exhibit 1 attached hereto and incorporated by
reference, to be mailed to all qualified voters with the sample
ballot.
SECTION 3. At the Special Municipal Election called for
June 2, 1992, the following proposition shall be submitted to the
qualified electors of the City of Santa Monica:
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PROPOSITION " ." Shall the City
Charter be amended by adding
Section 1907 to increase the
City's expenditure limitation by
$24,500,000.00 for each fiscal
year during the four year period
ending June 1, 1996, for the
purposes of maintaining and
providing increased police
services, for aid to public
schools, for maintaining basic
City services, and for other
specified purposes such as capital
improvements and outlays for
parks, street lighting, libraries
and police facilities?
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The City Clerk shall cause the text of the proposition, which is
contained in Exhibit 2 attached hereto and incorporated by
reference, to be mailed to all qualified voters with the sample
ballot.
SECTION 4. The ballots to be used at the Special Municipal
Election shall be both as to form and matter contained therein
such as may be required by law.
SECTION 5. 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 Special Municipal Election.
SECTION 6. The polls for the Special Municipal Election
shall be open at 7:00 a.m. of the day of the election and shall
remain open continuously until 8:00 p.m. of the same day when the
polls shall be closed, except as provided in Elections Code
Section 14301.
SECTION 7. The notice of the time and place of holding of
the Special Municipal Election 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 8. Pursuant to Elections Code Section 17050, the
City Clerk is authorized, instructed, and directed to give such
notice of the central counting place in the time, form, and
manner required by law.
SECTION 9. Pursuant to Elections Code Section 5011, the
City Clerk is directed to transmit a copy of each measure to be
submitted to the voters to the City Attorney and the City
Attorney is directed to prepare an impartial analysis of each
measure in accordance with the provisions of Elections Code
Section 5011.
SECTION 10. In all particulars not recited in this
Resolution, the Special Municipal Election shall be held and
conducted as provided by law for holding municipal elections in
the City of Santa Monica.
SECTION 11. 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 12. In the event the Special Municipal Election is
consolidated with the statewide Direct Primary Election on the
same date, the provisions of this Resolution applicable only in
the event the election is conducted by the City shall be of no
force or effect.
SECTION 13. 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