Exhibit B
Notice of Election and Measure to Be Voted On
CITY OF RICHMOND
NOTICE OF GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION AND
MEASURE TO BE VOTED ON
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Statewide Primary Municipal Election will be held in the City of Richmond on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at which there will be submitted to the voters the following measure:
"Shall the Measure, to fund resources to address blight and illegal dumping, code enforcement services, and discourage vacant properties, by enacting a Vacant Property Tax on undeveloped parcels and blighted developed parcels used less than 30 days per year, at annual rates between $3,000 and $8,000 per parcel; raising about $1,500,000 annually; with exemptions contingent upon code compliance for very low income, low income local seniors and hardship, be adopted?”
Said Election has been consolidated with the Statewide Primary Election to be held in the City of Richmond on June 7, 2022. The election precincts within the City of Richmond for said Election shall be the regular election precincts established for said Statewide Primary Election, and the polling places and officers of election within the City of Richmond for said Election shall be the same as those selected and designated or to be selected and designated for said Statewide Primary Election.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN pursuant to Article 4, Section 9282 of the Elections Code of the State of California, the legislative body of the City of Richmond, or any member or members of the legislative body authorized by the body, 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, not to exceed 300 words in length, accompanied by the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the person(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, for or against the City measures.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, based upon the time reasonably necessary to prepare and print the arguments and sample ballots for the election, the City Clerk has fixed March 23, 2022, during normal office hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., as the date after which no arguments for or against the City measures may be submitted to the Clerk for printing and distribution to the voters as provided in Article 4. Arguments shall be submitted to the City Clerk, accompanied by the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the person(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, at the Richmond City Hall, 450 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 300, Richmond, California. No more than five signatures may appear on the argument.