ORDINANCE NO. 26-___
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 2.04.048
OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE
CONCERNING CITY COUNCIL SALARY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Section 2.04.048 is amended to read as follows:
"2.04.048 City Council Salaries
The salary for City Councilmembers shall be increased as provided for in Government Code Section 36516 from the amount of $2,444.69 to $2,566.92 per month effective on January 1, 2027 or after the November 2026 election results are certified by the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder and the Santa Clarita City Clerk, whichever date is later. This salary increase represents a total pay increase of 2.5 percent (not compounded) for the calendar years 2025 and 2026, for a total increase of 5 percent. Such salary shall be payable on a monthly basis and in the same manner as salaries are paid to other officers and employees of the City of Santa Clarita."
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect as set forth in Government Code section 36937, but the date set forth in section 2.04.048 reflects that the change in salary will not apply to any Councilmembers during their current term of office. Instead, it shall apply after one or more members of the council has become eligible for such change in salary by virtue of commencing a new term of office, at which time it shall apply to all Councilmembers.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 28th day of April, 2026.
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
DATE:________________________
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance 26- was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 14th day of April 2026. That thereafter, said ordinance was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 28th day of April 2026, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the foregoing is the original of Ordinance No. 26- and was published in The Signal newspaper in accordance with State Law (G.C. 40806).
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CITY CLERK