RESOLUTION NO. 2025-03
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
ACCEPTING THE CERTIFICATE AS TO VERIFICATION OF SIGNATURES ON
PETITION FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS REGARDING THE INITIATIVE PETITION ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING NEW SECTION 2.30.100, ENTITLED "PUBLIC OPERATION OF LIBRARY SERVICES"
WHEREAS, on May 15, 2024, proponents of an initiative measure entitled "An Ordinance to Amend the Huntington Beach Municipal Code by Adding New Section 2.30.100, Entitled "Public Operation of Library Services" ("Initiative") submitted a Notice of Intention and written text of the measure and requested that a title and summary be prepared by the City Attorney for the measure in order to circulate the petition; and WHEREAS, on May 29, 2024, the City Attorney prepared and provided an official ballot title and summary for the proposed Initiative for use by the proponents for publication and circulation of the petition; and
WHEREAS, the Huntington Beach City Clerk contacted the Orange County Registrar of Voters to determine the number of registered voters in the City of Huntington Beach, as of its last report to the Secretary of State pursuant to Elections Code Section 2187, effective February 20, 2024, and the Clerk determined that the number of registered voters in the City was 132,471; and
WHEREAS, the Initiative would require at least 13,247 (10%) valid signatures to be sufficient to qualify for a regular or special election; and WHEREAS, the petitions regarding the Initiative were timely filed with the City Clerk and were then submitted to the Orange County Registrar of Voters for signature verification; and WHEREAS, the results of the signature verification conducted by the Orange County Registrar of Voters established that 17,144 of the 17,657 signatures on the petition were examined, of which 13,257 were found to be sufficient; and WHEREAS, the number of signatures qualified, 13,257, is in excess of the minimum number of signatures required for a regular or special election pursuant to Election Code Section 9215 and 1405; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Registrar of Voters has prepared the Certificate As To Verification Of Signatures On Petition, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit "A"; and WHEREAS, Elections Code Section 9114 requires that the City Clerk, as the Elections Official of Huntington Beach, shall certify the results of the examination of the petitions to the City Council,
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-03
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach hereby accepts the Certificate As To Verification Of Signatures On Petition regarding the Initiative.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on January 21, 2025.
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM
Peden
City Clerk for City Attorney pul
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CERTIFICATE AS TO VERIFICATION
OF SIGNATURES ON PETITION
State of California) :
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County of Orange)
1, Bob Page, Registrar of Voters of the County of Orange, do hereby certify that I am the county officer having charge of the registration of voters in the County of Orange, and I have examined, or caused to be examined, the signatures contained on the petition submitted to the City of Huntington Beach entitled, "Petition to Adopt an Ordinance Amending Title 2 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code by adding Section 2.30.100."
I further certify that from said examination I have determined the following facts regarding this document:
Number of signatures filed: 17,657
Number of signatures required: 13,247
Number of signatures verified: 17,144
Number of signatures found valid: 13,257
Number of signatures found invalid: 3,887
Invalid because of Duplicate: 378
WITNESS my hand and Official Seal this 19th day of December, 2024.
SOF:
OUNT, ORANGE Rent Ky
BOB PAGE
Registrar of Voters
Orange County
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