§ 6.1. Eligibility.1
No person shall be eligible to file as a candidate for or hold office as a member of the City Council unless such person shall be registered to vote at an address within the district such person seeks to represent at the time of filing nomination papers, and shall have been a resident of the City for at least thirty (30) days immediately preceding the date of such filing. In addition, the candidate for City Council either by election or appointment, shall have been a resident of the district which such person seeks to represent for at least thirty (30) days immediately prior to filing such person's nomination papers or the date of such person's appointment. § 6.5. Vacancy, declared by Council.2
If a member of the City Council is absent from all regular meetings of the City Council for four (4) consecutive regular meetings from and after the last regular City Council meeting, attended by such Councilmember unless by permission of the City Council as evidenced by its official minutes, or is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, or ceases to be a resident of the district from which such Councilmember was elected, such Councilmember's office shall become vacant and shall be so declared by the City Council.
1. 6.1—as amended by election 6-6-78, 3-7-95 and 3-7-23.
2. 6.5—as amended by election 3-7-23.
City of Redondo Beach, CA
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