CITY OF POMONA
COUNCIL REPORT
April 15, 2024
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Anita Gutierrez, City Manager
Submitted By: Rosalia A. Butler, MMC, City Clerk
SUBJECT: OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS OF THE MARCH 5, 2024 PRIMARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. 2024-63 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA, RECITING THE FACT OF THE PRIMARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD MARCH 5, 2024 DECLARING THE RESULT AND SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS PROVIDED BY LAW EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Pursuant to Sections 10262 and 10263 of the California Elections Code, the Elections Official shall certify the results to the governing body and the governing body shall adopt a resolution reciting the fact of the election, declaring the official results and such other matters as provided by law, no later than the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting following presentation of the canvass, or at a special meeting called for that purpose. Due to the City of Pomona’s agenda posting deadlines defined in the City’s Charter, the next regularly scheduled meeting for this item to be considered and approved after receiving the official canvass results from Los Angeles County was April 15, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact to this action at this time.
DISCUSSION:
On March 5, 2024, a Primary Municipal Election was held in consolidation with the Los Angeles County Local and Municipal Consolidated Primary Elections for the purpose of electing the Mayor and three members of the City Council for Districts 1, 4 & 6 for the full term of four years and voting on the following measures:
MEASURE P – Pomona City Services Funding Measure. To maintain City services such as 911 emergency response, police, fire, crime prevention, youth/recreation, library, park and road maintenance, homelessness services, and other City programs, shall the measure keeping the current City Transactions and Use Tax at 0.75% beyond the March 31, 2029 sunset date and until ended by Pomona voters, providing an estimated $16.8 million annually for general government use, subject to public disclosure and oversight, be adopted? MEASURE X – Shall the measure reducing the rate of the City’s Transactions and Use Tax from 0.75% to 0.50%, and extending the term of the Transactions and Use Tax by repealing its March 31, 2029 expiration date/sunset, resulting in an average of $5.8M in reduced revenues annually for general government use until ended by the voters, be adopted? The Los Angeles County Election Department conducted a canvass of all election returns and has verified that all ballots have been counted and accounted for. The Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk has certified the results and submitted the Official Canvass Certificate and Statement of Votes Cast. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors declared the election results official on March 29, 2024. The results are marked as “Exhibit A” to the attached resolution (Attachment No.’s 1 & 2).
The canvass of this election verified that the number of registered voters in Pomona for this election was 75,869. For the at-large Mayor’s race and the ballot measures, a total of 15,948 ballots were cast in the City (3,736 in precincts and 12,212 vote-by-mail), resulting in a 21% turnout. Voter turnout in the specific districts was as follows:
District 1: 2,551 ballots cast out of 11,978 registered District 4: 3,000 ballots cast out of 13,176 registered District 6: 3,535 ballots cast out of 13,715 registered To determine the results of the Primary Elections, Article IX, Sec. 901 (b) of the Pomona City Charter states:
“If any candidate for Mayor or Council receives a majority of all votes cast for Mayor or for a specific Council office, that candidate shall be declared elected and no general municipal election shall be held for that office. If no candidate for Mayor or for a specific City Council office receives a majority of all votes cast for that office, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for that office at the primary nominating election shall be the candidates and the only candidates for that office whose names shall be printed upon the ballots to be used at the general municipal election.” For the office of Mayor, Tim Sandoval has been elected by a majority vote. He received 7,858 votes or 52.71%.
For the three members of the City Council for Districts 1, 4 & 6, no candidate for each of these offices received a majority of all votes cast. The following top two candidates from each district will be placed on the ballot for the November 5, 2024 General Municipal Election:
District 1: Debra Martin and John Nolte
District 4: Guillermo Gonzalez and Elizabeth Ontiveros-Cole District 6: Lorraine Canales and Miranda Sheffield
Measure P received 8,850 “yes” votes. Measure X received 7,727 “yes” votes. Due to the fact that Measure P and Measure X were competing measures, the measure with the most amount of “yes” votes will be adopted. Therefore, Measure P was carried and shall be deemed adopted and ratified.
The City Council is required by State Law to adopt a resolution certifying the election results. The installation of the newly elected officers will proceed after the General Election results have been certified in December to allow for the current elected officials to complete their current term.
Prepared by:
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Karla Shipman, CMC
Assistant City Clerk
ATTACHMENT(S):
Attachment No. 1 – Resolution No. 2024-63 – Declaration of Election Results Attachment No. 2 – Exhibit A – Election Official’s Certificate of Canvass Adoption of March 5, 2024 Election Results