agenda-report Request of Mayor Himmelrich, Council Member Davis, and Council Member Negrete that the City Council join with and support the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (“SMMUSD”) in opposing a petition filed by certain individuals with the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization pursuant to SB 442 which became effective January 1, 2022. This petition seeks to compel SMMUSD to convert from at-large elections, which are required by Section 900 of the Santa Monica City Charter, to district based elections and to adopt a map of proposed districts that was drawn by the petition’s proponents without any input from SMMUSD stakeholders and which seems not to have been drawn in accordance with the California Elections Code, which sets forth a procedure for drawing such districts. This petition seeks to override the Santa Monica City Charter without a vote of the people and without a showing of any compelling interest that would justify doing so. In addition to stating its opposition to the petition, the Council authorizes the City Manager, including the City Attorney, to use City resources, as appropriate, to support the SMMUSD and to publicly oppose the nullification of the City charter in public media, at any hearing held by the County Committee on School District Organization, and, if necessary, through litigation. New Item Received.Minutes to be added later.9/5/24
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- agenda-report Request of Mayor Himmelrich, Council Member Davis, and Council Member Negrete that the City Council join with and support the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (“SMMUSD”) in opposing a petition filed by certain individuals with the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization pursuant to SB 442 which became effective January 1, 2022. This petition seeks to compel SMMUSD to convert from at-large elections, which are required by Section 900 of the Santa Monica City Charter, to district based elections and to adopt a map of proposed districts that was drawn by the petition’s proponents without any input from SMMUSD stakeholders and which seems not to have been drawn in accordance with the California Elections Code, which sets forth a procedure for drawing such districts. This petition seeks to override the Santa Monica City Charter without a vote of the people and without a showing of any compelling interest that would justify doing so. In addition to stating its opposition to the petition, the Council authorizes the City Manager, including the City Attorney, to use City resources, as appropriate, to support the SMMUSD and to publicly oppose the nullification of the City charter in public media, at any hearing held by the County Committee on School District Organization, and, if necessary, through litigation. New Item Received.Minutes to be added later.9/5/24
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13.C
February 8, 2022
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CITY CLERK’S OFFICE - MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk, Records & Elections Services Department
Date: February 8, 2022
13.C Request of Mayor Himmelrich, Council Member Davis, and Council Member Negrete that the City Council join with and support the Santa MonicaMalibu Unified School District (“SMMUSD”) in opposing a petition filed by certain individuals with the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization pursuant to SB 442 which became effective January 1, 2022. This petition seeks to compel SMMUSD to convert from at-large elections, which are required by Section 900 of the Santa Monica City Charter, to district based elections and to adopt a map of proposed districts that was drawn by the petition’s proponents without any input from SMMUSD stakeholders and which seems not to have been drawn in accordance with the California Elections Code, which sets forth a procedure for drawing such districts. This petition seeks to override the Santa Monica City Charter without a vote of the people and without a showing of any compelling interest that would justify doing so. In addition to stating its opposition to the petition, the Council authorizes the City Manager, including the City Attorney, to use City resources, as appropriate, to support the SMMUSD and to publicly oppose the nullification of the City charter in public media, at any hearing held by the County Committee on School District Organization, and, if necessary, through litigation.