RESOLUTION NO. 26-62
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, CALLING AND ORDERING THE SUBMISSION TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE A BALLOT MEASURE RELATING TO MAYOR TERM LIMITS AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE CONSOLIDATED AND HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026 WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election for Tuesday, November 3, 2026, has been called by Resolution No. 26-58, adopted on April 21, 2026 and Resolution No. 26-59, adopted on April 21, 2026, requested that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange to consolidate the General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, with the Statewide General Election to be held on that date; and WHEREAS, on November 7, 2023, the City Council of the City of San Clemente adopted Ordinance No. 1762, which, among other things, added Section 2.04.100 to Chapter 2.04 of Title 2 of the San Clemente Municipal Code, which provides in part that the elected Mayor “shall serve a term of two years, with a life-time term limit of three full terms, and without the ability to run for Mayor again after completing three full terms”; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code section 36502(b), those term limits are not operative until submitted to the electors at a regularly scheduled election and a majority of the votes cast on the question favor the adoption of the limits; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is in the best interest of the residents of San Clemente for the voters to consider whether term limits should be imposed on the office of Mayor; and WHEREAS, the City Council also desires, on its own motion, to submit to the voters at the November 3, 2026 Statewide General Election a question relating to Mayor term limits.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council of the City of San Clemente does resolve, declare, determine and order as follows, that:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein fully as findings.
SECTION 2. Pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the State of California relating to general law cities, there has been called and ordered to be held in the City of San Clemente, California, on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, a General Municipal Election.
SECTION 3. The City Council pursuant to its right and authority, does order to be submitted to the voters at said General Municipal Election the following question:
[Insert Ballot Measure Letter] San Clemente, Mayor Term Limits Shall the office of Mayor of the City of San Clemente be subject to a lifetime term limit of three full two-year terms? YES
NO
SECTION 4. The Ordinance to be placed before the voters is attached as Exhibit "A" hereto and incorporated into this resolution fully by reference. The City does not request the Registrar of Voters to print the entire text of the Ordinance in the voter information materials. The ballots to be used at the election shall be in the form and content as required by law.
SECTION 5. The vote requirement for the Ordinance to pass is a majority (50% +1) of the votes cast.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk/Elections Official is authorized, instructed, and directed to coordinate with the Registrar of Voters of the County of Orange to procure and furnish any and all official ballots, notices, printed matter and all supplies, equipment and paraphernalia that may be necessary in order to properly and lawfully conduct the election.
SECTION 7. The City will reimburse the County for the actual cost incurred in conducting the election upon receipt of a bill stating the amount due.
SECTION 8. The polls for the election shall be open as provided by applicable law.
SECTION 9. In all particulars not recited in this resolution, the election shall be held and conducted as provided by law for holding municipal elections.
SECTION 10. Notice of the time and place of holding the election is given and the City Clerk/Elections Official is authorized, instructed and directed to give further or additional notice of the election, in time, form and manner as required by law.
SECTION 11. Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 9280, the City Council hereby directs the City Clerk/Elections Official to transmit a copy of the measure to the City Attorney. The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure, not to exceed 500 words in length, showing the effect of the measure on the existing law and the operation of the measure, and transmit such impartial analysis to the City Clerk/Elections Official within the date set by the City Clerk/Elections Official for the filing of primary arguments.
SECTION 12. The City Clerk/Elections Official is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this resolution with the Orange County Board of Supervisors and the Orange County Registrar of Voters and to issue instructions to the Registrar of Voters to execute such documents and take any and all steps necessary to hold the election and propose this measure.
SECTION 13. The City requests for this measure to be treated by the County of Orange pursuant to Resolution No. 26-58, wherein the City: requested that the County agree to consolidate the General Municipal Election with the Statewide General election; requested that the County permit the Registrar of Voters to perform and render all services and proceedings, and to procure and furnish any and all official ballots, notices, printed matter and all supplies and equipment and paraphernalia incidental to and connected with the conduct of the subject election; requested that the Registrar of Voters canvass the returns and hold the election as if it were only one election with one form of ballot; requested that the County Board of Supervisors issue instructions to the Registrar of Voters to take any and all steps for the holding of the consolidated election and canvas the returns; and agreed to reimburse the County in full for the services performed by the Orange County Registrar of Voters by the City of San Clemente upon presentation of a proper invoice, including reimbursement for any additional costs to consolidate the election.
SECTION 14. That this resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on November 3, 2026 and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 15. That the City Clerk/Elections Official shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this ________ day of ___________, 2026. ________________________
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Rick Loeffler, Mayor of the City
of San Clemente, California
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK, Elections Official of
the City of San Clemente, California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE )
I, LAURA CAMPAGNOLO, City Clerk/Elections Official of the City of San Clemente, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 26-62 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on the ___________ day of , 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of San Clemente, California this ____________ day of ________________, 2026. ______________________________
CITY CLERK, Elections Official of
the City of San Clemente, California
Approved as to form:
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Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney
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