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31 ORDINANCE NO. 2025-_____
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CULVER CITY, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING AN ALL MAIL BALLOT
ELECTION FOR AUGUST 26, 2025
WHEREAS, the City of Culver City (the “City”) is experiencing a fiscal emergency; and
WHEREAS, at the March 4, 2025, City Council Meeting, the City Council unanimously requested that staff agendize a discussion item regarding the placement of a 0.25% sales tax ballot measure at an upcoming election; and WHEREAS, the first available date for an all -mail ballot election is August 26, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the City is authorized to conduct all mail ballot elections pursuant to City Charter section 1505.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Culver City, California, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council authorizes the conduct of an all-mail election dated August 26, 2025.
SECTION 2: The City Council hereby declares that, if any provision, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, phrase or word of this Ordinance is rendered or declared invalid or unconstitutional by any final action in a court of competent jurisdiction or by reason or any preemptive legislation, then the City Council would have independently adopted the remaining provisions, sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, phrases, or words of this Ordinance, and as such they shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3: Pursuant to Section 619 of the City Charter, this Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its adoption. Pursuant to Section 616 and 621 of the City Charter, prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days after the adoption, the City
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31 Clerk shall cause this Ordinance, or a summary thereof, to be published in the Culver City News and shall post this Ordinance or a summary thereof in at least three (3) places within the City.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this day of 2025.
DAN O’BRIEN, MAYOR
City of Culver City, California
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JEREMY BOCCHINO HEATHER BAKER
City Clerk City Attorney