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RESOLUTION NO. 23892
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE,
CALIFORNIA, ORDERING, CALLING, PROVIDING FOR AND GIVING
NOTICE OF A MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON THE 5TH DAY OF MARCH 2024, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING
TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE
CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
RIVERSIDE, AND GIVING NOTICE AND ORDERING THAT SAID
MUNICIPAL ELECTION IS CONSOLIDATED WITH THE STATEWIDE
GENERAL ELECTION AND ALL OTHER ELECTIONS BEING HELD IN
THE SAME TERRITORY ON THE SAME DATE
WHEREAS, City Charter section 1404, " Charter; amending," provides that the Charter " may be amended in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of California. The City Council must submit any proposedCharter amendment, exceptfor thoseproposedby voter initiative, to a Charter Review Committee for recommendation before the City Council places the Charter amendment proposal on a ballot;" and
WHEREAS, on July 12, 2022, the City' s CharterReview Committee reviewed and approved proposed Charter amendments to create an appointed Inspector General; and WHEREAS, Article XI, Section 3, of the Constitution of the State of California, Elections Code section 9255, and Government Code section 34458 further authorize the City Council, on its own motion, to submit to the qualified electors of the City any ballot measure by ordinance or resolution proposing amendmentsto the City Charter; and WHEREAS, the State of California will conduct an election on March 5, 2024, which shall be concurrent with the City' s SAID election.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, as follows:
Section 1: The City Council, pursuant to its right and authority under California law, hereby ordersthat the following question be submitted to the qualified electorsof the City of Riverside at an election on March 5, 2024:
Shall the measure to amend the Charter of the City of Riverside to include a new Charter officer, the Inspector General, appointed by the City Council, with the powers and duties to investigate fraud, waste, abuse and illegal acts within city government 1 2
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and to provide annual reports on findings and recommendations, with an appropriate budget andwith further powers andduties of the Inspector Generalsetby ordinance of the City Council be adopted?
Section 2: The City Clerk is authorized, instructed anddirectedto take all action necessaryto place the ballot measure described herein on the ballot for the election on March 5, 2024.
Section 3: That only the qualified electors of the City of Riverside are entitled to vote at said election on the ballot measureto amendthe City Charter and that if amajority of the qualified electors voting on the ballot measure vote in favor of the ballot measure, said ballot measure shall be deemed approved.
Section 4: The City Clerk is directed to transmit a copy of the ballot measureto the City Attorney. The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the ballot measure pursuant to Elections Code section 9280, showing the effect of the ballot measure on existing law and the operation of the ballot measure. The analysis shall beprinted preceding the argumentsfor and against the measure.
Section 5: That in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Riverside and the Constitution and Election Laws of the State of California, a municipal election shall be held and the sameis hereby called and ordered to be held in the City of Riverside on March 5, 2024, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the City of Riverside such amendments to the City Charter as may be proposed by the City Council.
Section 6: That the polls for saidelection shall be openat 7:00 a.m. of the day of said election and shall remain open continuously from said time until 8:00 p.m. of the sameday, when the polls shall be closed, except as provided in section 14401 of the Elections Code of the State of California.
Section 7: That the City Council consents to the consolidation of said election hereby called with all other elections being held in the same territory on March 5, 2024, and said elections, where possible, shall be held in all respectsas if there were only one election within the City of Riverside and only one form of ballot shall be used in the precincts, and polling placesand officers of election for said elections shall be the same as provided for the statewide general election.
Section 8: That for the purposeof holding said election, there shall be and hereby are 2 1
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established consolidated voting precincts, consisting of a consolidation of the regular election precincts in the City of Riverside establishedfor the holding of state and county elections as said regular election precincts exist on the date of this resolution.
Section 9: That the form and contents of the ballot to be used at said election shall be as provided by law.
Section 10: That in accordance with section 10002 of the Elections Code, the Board of Supervisorsof Riverside County is hereby requestedto consentto the Registrar of Voters rendering election servicesto the City of Riverside asmay berequestedby the City Clerk of saidcity, theCounty of Riverside to be reimbursed in full, for such services as are performed.
Section 11: That the elections official of the City of Riverside request the Registrar of Voters, or such other official as may be appropriate, to perforin, and that such officer is hereby authorized and directed to perform if the said Board of Supervisorsconsents, include: the preparation, printing and mailing of sample ballots and polling place cards; the establishment or appointment of precincts, polling places, and election officers, and making such publications as are requested by law in connectiontherewith; thefurnishing of ballots, voting booths and other necessarysuppliesormaterials for polling places; the canvassingof the returns of election and the furnishing of the results of such canvassing to the City Clerk of the City of Riverside; and the performance of such other election servicesasmay be requestedby said City Clerk.
Section 12: That the City Clerk of said City shall receive the canvass of said municipal election and shall certify the results to the City Council, as required by law.
Section 13: That pursuant to Elections Code section 9285, when the City' s designated elections official has selected the arguments for and against the ballot measure which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the City' s designated elections official shall send copies of the argument in favor of the ballot measure to the authors of the argument against, and copies of the argument against to the authors of the argument in favor. The author or a majority of the authors of an argument relating to the ballot measure may prepare and submit a rebuttal argument not to exceed two hundred and fifty ( 250) words in length. A rebuttal argumentmay not be signedby more than five (5) authors.
The rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk not more than ten ( 10) days after the final datefor filing direct arguments. Therebuttal argumentsshall be accompaniedby the form of statement 3 1
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to befiled by author(s) of argumentasprovided for in California Elections Codesection9600. 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.
ADOPTED by the City Council this 2nd day of August, 2022.
PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
Attest:
DONESIA CAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adoptedat a meeting of the City Council on the 2nd day of August, 2022, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Edwards, Conder, Fierro, and Hemenway Noes: Councilmembers Cervantes, Perry, and Councilwoman Plascencia
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this 3rd day of August, 2022. 18- 1653 sw 07/ 19/ 22
DONESIA GRUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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