RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, RECITING THE FACT OF THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD IN SAID CITY ON THE 5TH DAY OF MARCH, 2024 DECLARING THE RESULTS THEREOF AND SETTING FORTH SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS ARE PROVIDED BY LAW.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 24049 adopted on October 17, 2023, a Municipal Election was held on March 5, 2024, for the purpose of electing the Mayor and members of the City Council for the First, Third, Fifth and Seventh Wards of said City of Riverside for four-year terms, and the County of Riverside Registrar of Voters canvassed the returns of said election and has certified the results to this City Council and said results are received, attached, and made a part hereof as Exhibit “A”; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 24063 adopted on November 28, 2023, a Municipal Election was held on March 5, 2024 for the purpose of submitting a measure to adopt an ordinance imposing a cannabis business tax of up to ten percent (10%) of gross receipts, and the County of Riverside Registrar of Voters canvassed the returns of said election and has certified the results to this City Council and said results are received, attached, and made a part hereof as Exhibit “A”; and WHEREAS, notice of said election was duly and regularly given in the time, form and manner as provided by law; voting precincts were properly established; election officers were appointed and in all respects said election was held and the returns made and declared in the time, form, and manner as required by the provisions of the Charter of the City of Riverside and the Elections Code of the State of California for the holding of elections in the City of Riverside; and WHEREAS, pursuant to City Charter, section 402(b), the members of the City Council shall be nominated and elected by wards by the registered voters of the respective wards only. One member of the City Council shall be elected by each ward, and only the registered voters of each ward shall vote for the member of the City Council to be elected by that ward. In those wards where there are more than two candidates, only a candidate receiving a majority of the total votes cast for the office shall be declared elected; and WHEREAS, the California Elections Code section 10262, entitled “Canvassing of returns and certification of results,” states that “(b) For a consolidated election, the city elections official, upon receipt of the results of the election from the elections official conducting the election, shall certify the results to the governing body which shall, no later than the next regularly scheduled city council meeting following presentation of the 28–day canvass of the returns, or at a special meeting called for this purpose, complying with the applicable provisions of Section 10263;” and WHEREAS, California Elections Code section 10263, “Declaration of results and installation of newly elected officers,” states that “[u]pon the completion of the canvass and before installing the new officers, the governing body shall adopt a resolution reciting the fact of the election and the other matters that are enumerated in Section 10264. The governing body shall declare elected the persons for whom the highest number of votes were cast for each office. . . . (b) For a consolidated election, the governing body shall meet at its usual place of meeting no later than the next regularly scheduled city council meeting following presentation of the 28–day canvass of the returns, or at a special meeting called for this purpose, to declare the results and to install the newly elected officers;” and WHEREAS, Riverside City Charter section 400(e) states that “Officials elected at the general municipal election shall take office on the second Tuesday following completion of the canvass, but in no event later than the fifth Tuesday following the general municipal election. Officials elected at any other election shall take office on the second Tuesday following completion of the canvass, but in no event later than the fifth Tuesday following the election;” and WHEREAS, the California Elections Code section 15400 states that “[t]he governing board shall also declare the results of each election under its jurisdiction as to each measure voted on at the election." NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Riverside, as follows:
Section 1: Every registered voter received a vote-by-mail ballot. There were twenty-one (21) Voter Centers and thirteen (13) ballot drop-off locations in the City of Riverside in addition to the Registrar of Voters Office.
Section 2: That said municipal election was held for the purpose of electing a Mayor of the City of Riverside and members of the City Council for the First, Third, Fifth and Seventh Wards and submitting a measure to the voters.
Section 3: That the whole number of votes cast in the City of Riverside was ___.
Section 4: That the names of the persons voted for at said election and the office which each person was voted for are as follows:
MAYOR:
PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
JESSICA QATTAWI
CITY COUNCIL, FIRST WARD:
STEVEN LAWSON
KAYLA BOOKER
PHILIP FALCONE
HASS RATNAYAKE
DAVID LEON ROMO SR
CITY COUNCIL, THIRD WARD:
WARREN AVERY
STEVEN ROBILLARD
CITY COUNCIL, FIFTH WARD:
GABY PLASCENCIA
SEAN MILL
CITY COUNCIL, SEVENTH WARD:
STEVE HEMENWAY
Section 5: That the number of votes given in the City to each of said persons above named for the respective offices for which said persons were candidates are listed on the attached Exhibit “A”.
Section 6: That the following measure was submitted to the qualified electors at said election:
Measure B: Shall the City of Riverside adopt an ordinance establishing a tax on all cannabis businesses at a maximum rate of 10% of the gross receipts of each business, potentially generating $2,000,000 or more in revenues annually for unrestricted general revenue purposes, until repealed by voters? Section 7: That the number of votes given in the City for and against said measure are listed on the attached Exhibit “A”.
Section 8: That the number of votes given at each precinct, the number of votes given in the City to each of said persons above named for the respective offices for which said persons were candidates and that the number of votes given in each precinct in the City for and against Measure B are listed on the attached Exhibit “A”.
Section 9: That the City Council does declare and determine that Patricia Lock Dawson was elected Mayor of said City to serve for the full term of four years.
Section 10: That the City Council does declare and determine that Philip Falcone was elected as a member of the City Council from the First Ward of said City to serve for the full term of four years.
Section 11: That the City Council does declare and determine that Steve Robillard was elected as a member of the City Council from the Third Ward of said City to serve for the full term of four years.
Section 12: That the City Council does declare and determine that Sean Mill was elected as a member of the City Council from the Fifth Ward of said City to serve for the full term of four years.
Section 13: That the City Council does declare and determine that Steve Hemenway was elected as a member of the City Council from the Seventh Ward of said City to serve for the full term of four years.
Section 14: That the City Council does declare and determine Measure B to have passed. Section 15: That the City Clerk shall enter on the records of the City Council of said City a statement of the results of the General Municipal Election held on March 5, 2024, showing:
The whole number of votes cast in the City;
The names of the persons voted for;
The office each person was voted for;
The number of votes given at each precinct to each of said persons; The number of votes given in the City to each of said persons; The measure voted upon;
The number of votes given at each precinct in favor and against the measure; The number of votes given in the City in favor and against the measure; Section 16: That pursuant to Section 400 of the Riverside City Charter and Election Code section 10265, the City Clerk shall deliver to the person so elected, a Certificate of Election signed by her and duly authenticated; that she shall also administer to each person elected, the Oath of Office prescribed in the State Constitution of the State of California and shall have them subscribe thereto and file the same in her office; whereupon, said persons so elected shall be inducted in to the office to which they have been elected. / /
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ADOPTED by the City Council this 9th day of April, 2024. ____________________________________
PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
Attest:
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DONESIA GAUSE
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 adopted at a meeting of the City Council of said City at its meeting held on the 9th day of April, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this 9th day of April, 2024. ____________________________________
DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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