RESOLUTION NO. 2026-010
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON,
CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF DIRECT AND
REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS AND SETTING RULES FOR THE FILING OF
WRITTEN ARGUMENTS REGARDING A CITY MEASURE TO BE
SUBMITTED AT THE JUNE 2, 2026 SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION SECTION 1. Recitals.
A. A Special Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Vernon, California on June 2, 2026, at which there will be submitted to the voters the following measure:
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
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 2. Direct Arguments. That the City Council authorizes (i) the City Council or any member(s) of the City Council, (ii) any individual voter eligible to vote on the above measure, (iii) a bona fide association of such citizens or (iv) any combination of voters and associations, to file a written argument in favor of or against the City measure, accompanied by the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, in accordance with Article 4, Chapter 3, Division 9 of the Elections Code of the State of California, and to change the argument until and including the date fixed below by the City Clerk, after which no arguments for or against the City measure may be submitted to the City Clerk.
The deadline to submit direct arguments for or against the City Measure pursuant to this Resolution is Monday, March 16, 2026. Each argument shall not exceed 300 words and shall be filed with the City Clerk, signed, and include the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, or if submitted on behalf of an organization, the name of the organization, and the printed name and signature of at least one of its principal officers who is the author of the argument.
SECTION 3. Rebuttal Arguments. Pursuant to Section 9285 of the Elections Code of the State of California, when the City Clerk has selected the primary arguments Resolution No. 2026-010
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for and against the City Measure which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the Clerk shall send copies of the primary argument in favor of the Measure to the authors of the primary argument against, and copies of the primary argument against to the authors of the primary argument in favor. The authors or persons designated by them may prepare and submit rebuttal arguments not exceeding 250 words. The rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk not later than Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner as the direct arguments. Each rebuttal argument shall immediately follow the direct argument which it seeks to rebut.
SECTION 4. June 2, 2026 Election. That the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 shall apply only to the election to be held on June 2, 2026, and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 5. 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 6. Certification. 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. 2026-010
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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