CITY OF GROVER BEACH
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Agenda Item No. 10
Placement: Consent
Meeting Date: June 22, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Matthew Bronson, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Wendi Sims, City Clerk
SUBJECT: Resolution Requesting the Board of Supervisors Consolidate City of Grover Beach Ballot Initiative Elections
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the Resolution requesting the County Board of Supervisors to consolidate the City’s General Municipal Ballot Initiatives Elections with the Statewide General Election.
BACKGROUND
State law establishes the dates when general law cities conduct municipal elections for the purpose of considering citizen-initiated ballot measures. Grover Beach Municipal Code (“GBMC”) section 2350 requires the General Municipal Election to be held on the same day as, and consolidated with, the Statewide General Election. With adoption of this resolution, the City of Grover Beach (“City”) will be requesting the County Board of Supervisors to consolidate the General Municipal Ballot Initiative Election with the Statewide General Election. The request must be submitted to the Board of Supervisors by no later than August 7, 2026.
On October 15, 2024, the City Council adopted a resolution to place an initiative on the November 2026 ballot. This measure will be Measure A-26 on the ballot and invites Grover Beach’s electorate to weigh the benefits of electing a City Clerk against the tradition and current practice of appointment.
On June 6, 2026, the City Council adopted a resolution to place an initiative on the November 2026 ballot. This measure invites Grover Beach’s electorate to weigh the benefits of limiting building height in certain City zones and requiring mixed used development to be at least thirtythree percent (33%) commercial.
Adoption of this resolution will consolidate these two ballot initiatives with the Statewide General Election.
FISCAL IMPACT
The City’s total estimated costs for the November 2026 General Municipal Election are FortySeven Thousand Dollars ($47,000) and are included in the proposed Fiscal Year 2026-27 budget.
The cost of placing the citizen initiative on development standards and the citizen initiative to elect a City Clerk on the ballot is expected to cost an additional approximate Ten Thousand Dollars Staff Report: Resolution to Consolidate Municipal Ballot Initiative Election Page 2 June 22, 2026
($10,000). By consolidating the election with other jurisdictions in the County, the City's costs are significantly reduced.
ALTERNATIVES
The City Council has the following alternatives to consider:
1. Adopt the Resolutions as submitted;
2. Amend the Resolutions, provided all requirements of the Elections Code are met, and adopt the Resolutions as amended; or
3. Do not adopt the Resolutions and provide alternative direction to staff.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
The agenda was posted in accordance with the Brown Act.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Resolution - Requesting that the County Board of Supervisors consolidate the City’s General Municipal Ballot Initiative Election with the Statewide General Election Multi-Year Goals
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RESOLUTION NO. 26-__
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GROVER BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO TO CONSOLIDATE THE CITY OF GROVER
BEACH BALLOT INITIATIVE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026, WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE DATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 10403 OF
THE ELECTIONS CODE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grover Beach (“City”) called a General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, for the purpose of considering two citizen-initiated ballot measures; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the General Municipal Election be consolidated with the Statewide General Election to be held 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 County election department of the County of San Luis Obispo canvass the returns of the General Municipal Election and that the election be held in all respects as if there were only one election.
NOW, THERFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GROVER BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES DESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to the requirements of section 10403 of the Elections Code, the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo is hereby requested to consent and agree to the consolidation of a General Municipal Election with the Statewide General Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, for the purpose of: (1) considering a citizen ballot initiative to limit building heights and to require a thirty-three percent (33%) commercial component in mixed-use projects; and (2) to require the office of the City Clerk to be elected.
SECTION 2. That the San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder Elections Division is authorized to canvass the returns of the General 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 the provisions of law regulating the statewide election.
SECTION 3. That the Board of Supervisors is requested to issue instructions to the County Election Division to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of the consolidated election.
SECTION 4. That the City recognizes that additional costs will be incurred by the County by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the County for election-related costs.
SECTION 5. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this resolution with the Board of Supervisors and the San Luis Obispo County Elections Division.
SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
Attachment 1
Resolution No. 26-__ Page 2
On motion by _________, seconded by ___________, and on the following roll-call vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members –
NOES: Council Members –
ABSENT: Council Members –
ABSTAIN: Council Members –
RECUSED: Council Members –
the foregoing Resolution was PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Grover Beach, California, this 22nd day of June 2026.
KASSI DEE, MAYOR
Attest:
WENDI B. SIMS, CITY CLERK