RESOLUTION NO. 2026-009
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON,
CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO CONSOLIDATE A SPECIAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON JUNE 2, 2026 WITH THE
STATEWIDE PRIMARY ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THAT DATE
PURSUANT TO ELECTIONS CODE SECTION 10403
SECTION 1. Recitals
A. On March 3, 2026, the City Council of the City of Vernon (“City Council”) adopted Resolution No. 2026-008, calling a Special Municipal Election to be held on June 2, 2026 for voters to consider a general transactions and use tax measure.
B. It is therefore desirable that the Special Municipal Election be consolidated with the Statewide Primary Election to be held on the same date and that within the City of Vernon (“City”) the precincts, voting centers, ballot drop box locations, and election officers of the two elections be the same, and that the election department of the County of Los Angeles (“County”) canvass the returns of the Special Municipal Election and that the election be held in all respects as if there were only one election.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 2. Request for Consolidation. Pursuant to the requirements of Elections Code section 10403, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles (“Board of Supervisors”) is hereby requested to consent and agree to the consolidation of a Special Municipal Election with the Statewide Primary Election on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, for the purpose of submitting to the voters the following general transactions and use tax initiative measure:
SECTION 3. Measure Language. The measure is to appear on the ballot as follows:
To fund general city services such as fire protection, 911 emergency response, police patrol and crime prevention, cleaning and maintaining streets, sidewalks, infrastructure, and public facilities and to maintain Vernon’s long-term finances; shall the measure establishing a supplemental 1⁄4¢ City sales tax providing approximately $1,500,000 annually for five years; requiring audits, public spending disclosures; all funds locally controlled benefiting Vernon residents, be adopted?
YES
NO
SECTION 4. Canvass of Returns. The County election department is authorized to canvass the returns and perform all other proceedings incidental to and connected with the Special Municipal Election. The Election shall be held in all respects as if there Resolution No. 2026-009
were only one election, and only one form of ballot shall be used. Pursuant to Elections Code sections 10403 and 10418, the election will be held and conducted in accordance with the provisions of law regulating the Statewide Primary Election.
SECTION 5. Necessary Steps. The Board of Supervisors is requested to issue instructions to the County election department to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of the consolidated election.
SECTION 6. Costs. The City Council determines and declares that the City will pay to the County the reasonable and actual expenses incurred by the County by the consolidation of the Special Municipal Election with the Statewide Primary Election.
The City shall reimburse the County for services performed when the work is completed and upon presentation to the City of a properly approved bill. The City Administrator of the City of Vernon is authorized and directed to pay for the expenses incurred after receiving a statement from the County of Los Angeles.
SECTION 7. Filing of Resolution. The City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this resolution with the Board of Supervisors and the election department of the County of Los Angeles.
SECTION 8. Severability. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this Resolution are declared to be severable.
SECTION 9. The City Clerk, or Deputy City Clerk, shall certify the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED March 3, 2026.
LETICIA LOPEZ, Mayor
ATTEST:
GENOVEVA ROCHA, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ZAYNAH MOUSSA-MILWARD,
City Attorney
Resolution No. 2026-009
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF VERNON )
I, Genoveva Rocha, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council is five (5); that the above and foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the unanimous vote of all members at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Vernon on March 3, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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GENOVEVA ROCHA, City Clerk