ADOPTED this _________day of___________, 2022.
___________________________________
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
ATTEST:
________________________________________
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF COMPTON )
I, Alita L. Godwin, City Clerk of the City of Compton, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the City Council, signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk at a special meeting thereof held on the _______day of ______________, 2022.
That said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
________________________________________
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
EXHIBIT A
The People of the City of Compton do hereby amend the Charter of the City of Compton as follows:
1. Section 603 of Article VI of the Charter of the City of Compton is amended in its entirety to read as follows (text to be deleted shown in strikethrough and text to be added shown in double underline):
“Section 603. Regular Meetings. The City Council shall hold at least twofour regular meetings each month, at such times as it shall fix by ordinance or resolution and may adjourn or re-adjourn any regular meeting to a date certain which shall be specified in the order of adjournment and when so adjourned each adjourned meeting shall be a regular meeting for all purposes.”
2. The City Clerk is directed to certify to the passage of this Charter Amendment and to file it in the Office of the Secretary of State forthwith, and to take such other actions as are necessary to give effect to its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE VOTERS THIS ______ DAY OF ____________, 2022.
EXHIBIT B
The People of the City of Compton do hereby amend the Charter of the City of Compton as follows:
1. Section 500 of Article V of the Charter of the City of Compton is amended in its entirety to read as follows (text to be deleted shown in strikethrough and text to be added shown in double underline):
“Section 500. Enumeration of and Term. The elective officers of the City shall consist of:
A City Council composed of five (5) members who are registered voters of the City, four (4) to be residents of their respective districts and nominated and elected only by the residents of their respective districts. The fifth shall be nominated and elected from the City at large and shall hold the office of Mayor:
Other elected officers of the City shall be:
A City Clerk;
A City Treasurer; and
A City Attorney.
All of the elected officers shall serve for a term of four (4) years. The terms of office of the members of the City Council residing in districts Two and Three, and the terms of office of the Mayor, City Clerk, City Treasurer and City Attorney elected in 1969 shall expire in the year 1973. The terms of office of the present members of the City Council residing in districts One and Four shall expire in the year 1971.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in order to transition to new elections dates starting in 2024, each elected officer whose term of office would have expired on June 30, 2023 when the successor was elected and qualified, shall continue in office until the successor is elected and qualified on the first of the calendar month following the certification of the results of the General Municipal Election in 2024. Each elected officer whose term of office would have expired on June 30, 2023, when the successor was elected
and qualified, shall continue in office until the successor is elected and qualified on the first of the calendar month following the certification of the results of the General Municipal Election in 2024.
Starting in the year 2022, the terms of office of the Mayor, City Clerk, City Treasurer, City Attorney, and Councilmembers elected from District 2 and District 3 shall commence in the year 2026 and in each fourth anniversary of the year 2022, and the terms of office of Councilmembers elected from District 1 and District 4 shall commence in the year 2024 and in each fourth anniversary of the year 2024.
The terms of all elective officers shall commence on Julythe Ffirst of the calendar month following their certification of the election results and each shall serve until his successor is elected and qualified. Any ties in voting shall be settled by the casing of lots.
Provided, however, the City Council, on and after the operative date (as the term “operative date” is hereafter defined) shall be composed of seven (7) members, six (6) to be residents of their respective districts and nominated and elected only by the residents of their respective districts, and the seventh to be both nominated and elected from the City at large, and to be known as the Mayor.
At any time when the City Council finds by ordinance adopted by not less than four (4) affirmative votes that the population of the City exceeds 100,000 persons, the City Council shall thereupon, and within sixty (60) days after the effective date of such ordinance, adopt an ordinance by at least three (3) affirmative votes dividing the City into six (6) Districts for the purpose of electing members of the Council.
Said districts so revised and fixed shall comprise as nearly as practicable equal numbers of voters as determined by records of the registration of voters of Los Angeles County on file with the Registrar of Voters of said County and be composed of contiguous and compact territory and bounded by natural boundaries of street lines.
The ordinance shall provide the districts so that each Councilman then in office will reside within the district bearing the number of the district from which he was elected and District 5 and District 6 shall not include the residence of any of the members of the Council except that either such districts may include the residence of the Mayor.
Within thirty (30) days after the effective date of the ordinance establishing six (6) council district, the Council shall in the manner provided by law, call a special election for the purpose of holding an election for a councilman from District 5 and a councilman from District 6. If any candidate receives a majority for either of such offices, the City Council shall declare such candidate or candidates (as the case may be) elected. If no candidate for either or both of such offices receives a majority, a final election shall be held on the Fourth Tuesday following said election between the two candidates receiving the highest vote in the first election of each or either of said offices. Following said second election, the City Council shall declare the candidate receiving the highest vote for each or either of said offices elected.
Such election, including the nominations, notice, canvass and other proceedings, shall follow as near as may be practicable the procedures for elections. The Council may provide procedures for such elections by ordinance.
When the Council has declared a candidate elected for Districts 5 and a candidate elected for District 6, the provisions for a seven (7) member City Council shall become operative at 12:01 a.m. on the seventh day after such declaration or if candidates are declared elected in the two districts at different times, at 12:01 a.m. on the seventh day after the last such declaration. Such seventh day is herein defined as the operative dated.
The Councilman elected in the first instance from District 5 shall serve a term that shall commence on the operative date and shall end at the same time that the term of the councilman from District 1 ends. The Councilman elected in the first instance from District 6 shall serve a term that shall commence on the operative date and end at the same time as the term of the councilman from District 2 ends.
Councilmen thereafter elected from Districts 5 and 6 shall serve for a term of four (4) years.
On and after the operative date, the City shall be divided into six (6) districts notwithstanding the provisions of Section 501 of this Charter.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 502 of the Charter, and after the operative date, the City Council may change the boundaries of the Six Districts into which the City has been divided by ordinance adopted by at least five (5) affirmative votes whenever in the opinion of the City Council such is necessary to better equalize the population among the respective districts.
On and after the operative date whenever the provisions of the Charter call for three (3) affirmative votes, or the concurrence of the three (3) members of the City Council; or otherwise provide for an action to be taken by three (3) members of the City Council, such provisions shall be construed to require four (4) affirmative votes, or the concurrence of four (4) members of the City Council or otherwise provide for an action to be taken by four (4) members of the City Council.
On and after the operative date whenever the provisions of the Charter call for four (4) affirmative votes, or the concurrence of four (4) members of the City Council, or otherwise provide for an action to be taken by four (4) members of the City Council such provision shall be construed to require six (6) affirmative votes, or the concurrence of six (6) members of the City Council, or otherwise provide for an action to be taken by six (6) members of the City Council.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 502 of this Charter, on and after the operative date, a person shall be deemed to have been a resident of the City or a district, at a place which is, at the time of the election, within the City or the District.”
2. Section 1301 of Article XIII of the Charter of the City of Compton is amended in its entirety to read as follows (text to be deleted shown in strikethrough and text to be added shown in double underline):
“Section 1301. Primary Nominating Elections. Primary Nominating Elections shall be called by ordinance adopted not later than September 1 of any odd-numbered year. The Primary Nominating Election shall be held on an established election date as defined in the Elections Code of the State of California as the same now exists or may hereafter be amendedon the third Tuesday in April in each odd-numbered year for the purpose of nominating not more thanexceeding two candidates for each of the elective offices in which vacancies have occurred since the preceding general municipal election, and for such other purposes as may be provided by Charter or ordinance. The primary nominating election may be consolidated with the election of the Compton Unified School District.”
3. Section 1302 of Article XIII of the Charter of the City of Compton is amended in its entirety to read as follows (text to be deleted shown in strikethrough and text to be added shown in double underline):
“Section 1302. General Municipal Elections. General Municipal Elections shall be held on the first Tuesday in June in each evenodd-numbered year concurrent with the statewide primary election for the purpose of electing officers of the City to fill the vacancies and expiring terms in the elective offices and for such other purpose as may be provided by Charter or Ordinance. To allow for the orderly transition to holding General Municipal Elections in even-numbered years, the General Municipal Election that was previously scheduled for June 2023 shall be moved to the date of the statewide primary election in 2024.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Sectionthe foregoing, the general election date of the General Municipal Election may be changed by ordinance adopted not later than December 1 of any oddeven-numbered year, if the date stated in the ordinance is not later than June 15th of the evenodd-numbered year and will permit consolidation of the next election with that of another public entity.”
4. The City Clerk is directed to certify to the passage of this Charter Amendment and to file it in the Office of the Secretary of State forthwith, and to take such other actions as are necessary to give effect to its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE VOTERS THIS __________ DAY OF ___________, 2022.
July 26, 2022
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: CITY CLERK
SUBJECT: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COMPTON CALLING AND PROVIDING FOR A SPECIAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF
COMPTON ON NOVEMBER 8, 2022 FOR THE SUBMISSION TO
THE VOTERS OF THE CITY TWO MEASURES TO AMEND THE
CITY OF COMPTON CHARTER IN CONNECTION WITH
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED MONTHLY
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND CHANGING THE
DATE OF THE PRIMARY NOMINATING ELECTION AND
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
SUMMARY
The attached Ordinance calls and gives notice of a Special Municipal Election to be held on November 8, 2022, and to be consolidated with the election to be conducted by the County of Los Angeles on the same date.
BACKGROUND
The Compton City Charter serves as the local Constitution for the City of Compton and authorizes the City Council to control municipal affairs. Article XIII of the Charter governs municipal elections and provides that other than Primary Nominating Elections and General Municipal Elections, all other municipal elections that may be held by authority of the Charter, or of any law, shall be known as Special Municipal Elections and shall be called by ordinance.
The attached Ordinance calls and gives notice of a Special Municipal Election to be held on November 8, 2022 for the submission of the following ballot measures to the voters of the City:
1. A measure to amend the City of Compton Charter to reduce the number of required monthly regular City Council meetings; and
2. A measure to amend the City of Compton Charter to change the dates of the Primary Nominating Elections and General Municipal Elections to align the latter with the Statewide Primary Election.
The attached Ordinance provides that in all particulars not recited in the attached Ordinance or in Council resolutions ordering measures to be submitted to the voters of the City at the Special Municipal Election, the Special Municipal Election shall be held and conducted as provided by law for holding municipal elections. All persons qualified and registered to vote in the City of Compton as of the date of said election shall be entitled to vote.
24.24. Staff Report – Ordinance Calling Special Election
The attached Ordinance relates to the calling of an election and shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
FISCAL IMPACT
Los Angeles County will divide election costs among participating cities after costs are determined. Funds for expenditures related to the Special Election are available in the 2022/2023 fiscal year budget.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff has no recommendation on the attached Ordinance.
ALITA GODWIN, MMC
CITY CLERK
APPROVED FOR FORWARDING:
THOMAS THOMAS
CITY MANAGER
ORDINANCE NO. _________________
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
CALLING AND PROVIDING FOR A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF COMPTON ON NOVEMBER 8, 2022 FOR
THE SUBMISSION TO THE VOTERS OF THE CITY TWO MEASURES
TO AMEND THE CITY OF COMPTON CHARTER IN CONNECTION
WITH REDUCING THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED MONTHLY
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND CHANGING THE DATE
OF THE PRIMARY NOMINATING ELECTION AND GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Calling and Giving Notice of Special Municipal Election. Pursuant to its right, power and authority under the laws of the State of California and the Compton Municipal Code and Charter, the City Council hereby calls and gives notice of a Special Municipal Election to be held in the City of Compton on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to be consolidated with the election to be conducted by the County of Los Angeles on the same date. The City Clerk is hereby authorized, instructed and directed to give further or additional notice of the Special Municipal Election, in the time, form, and manner as required by law.
Section 2. Measures to Amend the City of Compton Charter. Two Measures to Amend the City of Compton Charter shall appear on the Special Municipal Election ballot as follows:
YES
Shall the measure amending the Compton City Charter to reduce the number of required monthly regular City Council meetings from four to two be adopted?
NO
YESShall the measure amending the Compton City Charter to change the City’s general municipal election date to coincide with the statewide primary election, change the date of the City’s primary nominating election to an established election date, and make other related and technical changes to the City’s election procedures and terms of office, be adopted? NO
The proposed measures described in this Section 2 shall not take effect unless and until approved by a vote of at least a majority of the voters voting on the question at said Special Municipal Election.
Section 3. Conduct of the Special Municipal Election. In all particulars not recited in this Ordinance or in Council resolutions ordering measures to be submitted to the voters of the City at the Special Municipal Election, the Special Municipal Election shall be held and conducted as provided by law for holding municipal elections. All persons qualified and registered to vote in the City of Compton as of the date of said election shall be entitled to vote. The City Clerk is hereby authorized, instructed and directed to procure and furnish any and all supplies and equipment that may be necessary in order to properly and lawfully conduct the election. The City Council recognizes that additional costs will be incurred by the County by reason of this consolidation and ORDINANCE NO. ____________
agrees to reimburse the County for any such costs upon presentation of reasonably detailed invoices.
Section 4. Severability. The City Council declares that, should any provision, section, subsection, sentence, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance hereby adopted, be rendered or declared invalid by any final court action in a court of competent jurisdiction, or by reason of any preemptive legislation, the remaining provisions, sections, subsections, sentences, paragraphs, clauses, phrases or words of this Ordinance hereby adopted shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance relates to the calling of an election and shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
Section 6. Filing Copies of Ordinance. Copies of this Ordinance shall be filed in the offices of the City Clerk, City Manager and City Attorney, and with the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors and Registrar of Voters.
Section 7. Publication or Posting of Ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance or a summary of this Ordinance to be published or posted in accordance with the City of Compton Charter.
Section 8. Signature and Attestation. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the adoption of this Ordinance.
ADOPTED this ________ day of____________, 2022.
___________________________________
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
ATTEST:
________________________________________
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF COMPTON )
I, Alita L. Godwin, City Clerk of the City of Compton, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted by the City Council, signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk at a special meeting thereof held on the ________ day of____________, 2022.
That said Ordinance was adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
________________________________________
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
July 26, 2022
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: CITY CLERK
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COMPTON REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO CONSOLIDATE A
SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER
8, 2022, WITH THE ELECTION TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ON THE SAME DATE PURSUANT
TO SECTION 10403 OF THE CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE
SUMMARY
The attached Resolution requests the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County to consolidate a Special Municipal Election to be held on November 8, 2022 with the election to be conducted by the County of Los Angeles on the same date.
BACKGROUND
At this meeting, the City Council previously considered Ordinance No. __________, calling and providing for a Special Municipal Election to be held in the City of Compton on November 8, 2022; Resolution No. _________ ordering two measures proposing charter amendments to be submitted to the voters at the Special Municipal Election.
The Council desires that the Special Municipal Election be consolidated with the election to be conducted by Los Angeles County on the same date and that, within the City, 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 conduct the election and canvass the returns of the Special Municipal Election and that the election be held in all respects as if there were only one election.
The attached Resolution requests the County Board of Supervisors to consent and agree to the consolidation of the Special Municipal Election with the election to be conducted by the County of Los Angeles on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT
Additional costs will be incurred by the County by reason of the consolidation of the Special Municipal Election, and the City will reimburse the County for such costs.
25.25. Staff Report – Resolution Requesting Consolidation
RECOMMENDATION
Staff has no recommendation on the attached Resolution.
ALITA GODWIN, MMC
CITY CLERK
APPROVED FOR FORWARDING:
THOMAS THOMAS
CITY MANAGER
RESOLUTION NO. _________
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF
LOS ANGELES TO CONSOLIDATE A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 8, 2022, WITH THE
ELECTION TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
ON THE SAME DATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 10403 OF THE
CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE
WHEREAS, on July 26, 2022, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. ____________ calling and providing for a Special Municipal Election to be held in the City of Compton on November 8, 2022, which Ordinance became effective immediately; and WHEREAS, on July 26, 2022, the City Council of the City of Compton adopted Resolution No. __________, ordering two measures to be submitted to the voters at the Special Municipal Election, as described in Section 2 hereof; and WHEREAS, it is desirable that the Special Municipal Election be consolidated with the election to be conducted by Los Angeles County on the same date and that, within the City, 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 conduct the election and canvass the returns of the Special 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 COMPTON HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.That pursuant to the requirements of Section 10403 of the California Elections Code, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles is hereby requested to consent and agree to the consolidation of a Special Municipal Election with the election to be conducted by the County of Los Angeles on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, for the purpose of submitting the Measures set forth in Section 2 to the voters.
Section 2.That two Measures are to appear on the Special Municipal Election ballot as follows:
YES
Shall the measure amending the Compton City Charter to reduce the number of required monthly regular City Council meetings from four to two be adopted?
NO
YESShall the measure amending the Compton City Charter to change the City’s general municipal election date to coincide with the statewide primary election, change the date of the City’s primary nominating election to an established election date, and make other related and technical changes to the City’s election procedures and terms of office, be adopted? NO
RESOLUTION NO. ________________
Section 3. That the Registrar of Voters of the County of Los Angeles is authorized to canvass the returns of the Special 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. The election will be held and conducted in accordance with Section 10418 of the California Elections Code and other provisions of law regulating the Special Municipal Election.
Section 4. That the Registrar of Voters of the County of Los Angeles shall conduct the election and canvass the returns of the Special Municipal Election and the election shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election.
Section 5. That the Board of Supervisors is requested to issue instructions to the Registrar of Voters of the County of Los Angeles to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of the consolidated election.
Section 6. That the City Council recognizes that additional costs will be incurred by the County by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the County for any costs upon presentation of reasonably detailed invoices. The City Clerk is authorized to contract with the County as necessary to facilitate the consolidated election.
Section 7.That the City Clerk is hereby requested to file a certified copy of this resolution with the Board of Supervisors and Registrar of Voters of the County of Los Angeles forthwith, and not later than 5:00 p.m. on August 12, 2022.
Section 8.That the Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the adoption of this Resolution.
ADOPTED this _________day of____________, 2022.
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF COMPTON
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF COMPTON )
I, Alita L. Godwin, City Clerk of the City of Compton, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the City Council, signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk at a special meeting thereof held on the ______ day of ____________, 2022.
That said resolution was adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS-
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF COMPTON