RESOLUTION NO. 2026-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF
ORANGE CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3,
2026, WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION TO
BE HELD ON THE SAME DATE PURSUANT TO
CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE SECTION 10403 FOR
THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California called a General MunicipalElectionto be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, forthe purpose of the electionof members of the CityCouncil to representthe First,Third, Fourth, and Sixth Districtsfora term of four years;
WHEREAS, California Elections Code Section 10400 et seq. authorizes a municipalityto consolidateitselectionwith a statewideelection to be held on the same day: and
WHEREAS, itis desirable that the General Municipal Election be consolidated with the Statewide General Election to be held on the same date and that,withinthe City, the precincts,vote centerlocations,ballotdrop box locations,and election officersof the two elections be the same; the County Election Department of the County of Orange canvass the returns of the General Municipal Election;and the election be held in all respectsas iftherewere only one election.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Pursuant to the requirements of CaliforniaElections Code Section 10403, the Board of Supervisors ofthe County of Orange ishereby requested to consent and agree tothe consolidationofa General MunicipalElection with the Statewide General Electionon Tuesday, November 3, 2026, forthe purpose of the election of members of the CityCouncilto representthe First,Third,Fourth,and Sixth Districts for a term of four years.
The Orange County Registrarof Voters isauthorized to canvass theSection 2:
returnsof the General Municipal Election.The electionshallbe held in allrespects 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 regulatingthe Statewide General Election including,but not limitedto. Elections Code Sections 10402, 10403, 10411, and 10418.
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Section 3: The Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange is requested to issue instructionsto the County ElectionDepartment to take any and allsteps necessary forthe holdingofthe consolidatedelection.
Section 4: The City of Newport Beach recognizes that additional costs will be incurredby the County ofOrange by reason ofthisconsolidationand agrees to reimburse the County of Orange forany costs.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to filea certifiedcopy of this resolutionwith the Board of Supervisors and the County Election Department of the County of Orange.
Section 5:
Section 6: The City Clerk shall certifyto the passage and adoption of this resolutionand enter itintothe book of originalresolutions.
The recitalsprovided in thisresolutionare true and correct and are incorporatedintothe operativepartof thisresolution.
Section 7:
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolutionis,forany reason, held to be invalidor unconstitutional, such decision shall not affectthe validityor constitutionalityof the remaining portionsof thisresolution.The City Council hereby declares that itwould have passed thisresolution, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespectiveof the factthat any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 8:
The CityCouncil findsthe adoption of thisresolutionisnot subject to the CaliforniaEnvironmental QualityAct (“CEQA”) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activitywillnot resultina director reasonablyforeseeable indirectphysicalchange inthe environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activityisnot a projectas defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, CaliforniaCode of Regulations, Title14, Division6, Chapter 3, because ithas no potentialforresultinginphysicalchange to the environment, directlyor indirectly.
Section 9:
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Section 10: This resolutionshalltake effectimmediately upon adoption by the CityCouncil,and theCityClerkshallcertifythevote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this9th day ofJune, 2026.
Lauren Kleiman
Mayor
ATTEST:
Lena Shumway
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Harp
CityAttorney