RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASADENA,CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF REBUTTALARGUMENTS FOR THE CITY OF PASADENA 911FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC EMERGENCY MEDICAL/WILDFIREPREPAREDNESS/RESPONSE MEASURE SUBMITTED AT A GENERALMUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE CONSOLIDATED WITH THESTATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3,2026
WHEREAS, Section 9285 of the California Elections Code authorizes the City Council, by majority vote, to adopt provisions for the filing of rebuttal arguments for city measures submitted at municipal elections.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Pasadena does resolve, declare, determine, and order as follows:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 9285 of the California Elections Code, when the elections official has selected the arguments in favor of and against the measure which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the elections official shall send a copy of an argument in favor of the measure to the authors of any argument against the measure, and a copy of an argument against the measure to the authors of any argument in favor of the measure immediately upon receiving the arguments.
The author or a majority of the authors of an argument relating to a City measure may prepare and submit a rebuttal argument not exceeding 250 words or may authorize in writing any other person or persons to prepare, submit, and sign the rebuttal argument. A rebuttal argument may not be signed by more than five persons.
The rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk, signed, with the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, or if submitted on behalf of an organization, the name of the organization, and the printed name and signature of at least one of its principal officers, not more than 10 days after the final date for filing direct arguments. The rebuttal arguments shall be accompanied by the Declaration by Author(s) form to be supplied by the City Clerk.
Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner as the direct arguments.
Each rebuttal argument shall immediately follow the direct argument which it seeks to rebut.
1 SECTION 2. The provisions of Section 1 shall apply only to the General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
Adopted at a special meeting of the City Council held on the _ day of July 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Michele Beat Bagneris
City Attorney/City Prosecutor
Mark Jomsky, City Clerk
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