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RESOLUTION NO. CC-2407-063
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, SETTING PRIORITIES FOR FILING WRITTEN
ARGUMENTS AND REBUTTALS REGARDING CITY MEASURE
RELATED TO CHARTER AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XXVII, MAJOR
CHANGES IN ALLOWABLE LAND USE SECTIONS 27.2, 27.4(b), AND
27.6(h) AND (i), AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE
AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS, AND LETTER DESIGNATIONS FOR SUCH
MEASURE
WHEREAS, a Special Municipal Election to be consolidated with the Statewide General Election, to be held in the City of Redondo Beach, California on November 5, 2024, at which time there will be submitted to the voters the following charter amendment:
MEASURE __
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT. Shall Sections 27.2, 27.4(b), and
27.6(h)(i), of City Charter Article XXVII for Major Changes in Allowable Land Use be amended correcting the sequence, typographical errors, and creating an alpha sequence for Section 27.2; and change “mailed” to “make available” due to changes in technology for Section 27.4(b) and add text due to a Court ruling that is pre-empted by State law as to the housing element process for Section 27.6(h) and (i)?
YES
NO
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 9282(b) of the California Elections Code, the City Council, or any member or members of a legislative body authorized by the City Council, or any individual voter who is eligible to vote on the measure, or bona fide association of citizens, or any combination of voters and associations may file a written argument for or against a city measure.
SECTION 2. That pursuant to the above the City Council does authorize the following member(s) of its body: Councilmember(s)_____________ for __, Councilmember(s)____________ for __, Councilmember(s)________________ for __, to file written arguments In Favor of or Against City measure(s) as specified above not exceeding 300 words, accompanied by the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, in accordance with Article 4, Chapter 3, Division 9 of the Elections Code of the State of California.
The arguments may be changed or withdrawn until Friday, August 16, 2024 by 5:00 p.m., after which no arguments for or against the City measure may be submitted to the City Clerk.
SECTION 3. The arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk/Elections Official, 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 who is the author of the argument. The arguments shall be accompanied by the Form of Statement To Be Filed By Author(s) of Argument.
SECTION 4. That based on the time reasonably necessary to prepare and print the arguments and sample ballots and to permit the ten-calendar-day public examination period, the Los Angeles County Registrar Records/County Clerk has authorized Friday, August 16, 2024 RESOLUTION NO. CC-2407-063
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by 5:00 p.m., as the date after which no arguments for or against a City measure may be submitted to the City Clerk/Elections Official for printing and distribution to the voters.
SECTION 5. That if more than one argument for or against the measures is submitted to the City Clerk/Elections Official within the time prescribed, pursuant to Section 9287 of the California Elections Code, City Clerk/Elections Official shall select, pursuant to Section 6, one of the arguments in favor and one of the arguments against the Measure for printing and distribution to the voters.
SECTION 6. That the City Clerk/Elections Official shall give preference and priority, in the order named, to the arguments of the following:
(a) The City Council, or member(s) or members of the body authorized by the City Council.
(b) The individual voter, or bona fide association of citizens, or combination of voters and associations, who are the bona fide sponsors or proponents of the measure. (c) Bona fide associations of citizens.
(d) Individual voters who are eligible to vote on the measure.
SECTION 7. That pursuant to Section 9285(a)(1) of the California Elections Code, after the City Clerk/Elections Official has selected the arguments for and against each measure which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the Election Official shall send a copy of the argument in favor of each measure to the authors of the argument against each measure, and a copy of the argument against each measure to the authors of the argument in favor of each measure.
SECTION 8. That pursuant to Section 9285(a)(2) of the California Elections Code that author or a majority of the authors of an argument relating to a city measure may prepare and submit a rebuttal argument or may authorize in writing any other person or persons to prepare, submit, or sign the rebuttal argument.
SECTION 9. That pursuant to Section 9285(a)(3) of the California Elections Code rebuttal arguments may not exceed 250 words.
SECTION 10. That pursuant to Section 9285(a)(4) of the California Elections Code rebuttal arguments relating to a city measure shall be filed with the Elections Official no later than 10 days after the final filing date for primary arguments, the Election Official has fixed August 26, 2024 by 5:00pm. The rebuttal argument shall be accompanied by the Form of Statement To Be Filed By Author(s) of Argument.
SECTION 11. That rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk/Elections Official, 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.
SECTION 12. That pursuant to Section 9285(a)(5) of the California Elections Code all rebuttals may not be signed by more than five persons and shall be printed in the same manner as a primary argument and shall immediately follow the primary argument which it seeks to rebut.
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SECTION 13. The City Clerk/Elections Official shall transmit a copy of the measure to the City Attorney.
a. The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure not exceeding 500 words showing the effect of the measure on the existing law and the operation of the measure.
b. The analysis shall include a statement indicating whether the measure was placed on the ballot by a petition signed by the requisite number of voters or by the governing body of the city.
c. In the event the entire text of the measure is not printed on the ballot, nor in the voter information portion of the voter information guide, there shall be printed immediately below the impartial analysis, in no less than 10-point type, the following: “The above statement is an impartial analysis of Ordinance or Measure __. If you desire a copy of the ordinance or measure, please call the Elections Official’s office at (310) 318-0656 and a copy will be mailed at no cost to you.” d. The impartial analysis shall be filed with the City Clerk/Elections Official by Friday, August 26, 2024 by 5:00 p.m.
SECTION 14. That the City Council approves the letter designations of “_”, “_”, and “_” as the first, second, and third choice for the submission to the Los Angeles County Clerk/Registrar Recorder for identification of the ballot measure.
SECTION 15. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the Book of Original Resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 30th day of July, 2024. ________________________________
James A. Light, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
________________________________ ________________________________ Michael W. Webb, City Attorney Eleanor Manzano, CMC, City Clerk RESOLUTION NO. CC-2407-063
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH )
I, Eleanor Manzano, City Clerk of the City of Redondo Beach, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. CC-2407-063 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 30th day of July, 2024, and thereafter signed and approved by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk, and that said resolution was adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Eleanor Manzano, CMC
City Clerk