HomeMy WebLinkAbout1790 ORDINANCE NO. 1790
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 2.02 TO, REPEALING
SECTIONS 2.04.080 AND 2.04.100 OF THE PALM SPRINGS
MUNICIPAL CODE, AND REPEALING UNCODIFIED
ORDINANCE NO. 1562, RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
City Attorney Summary
Currently the City has adopted Cal. Elections Code § 10220
requiring candidates to be nominated to run for the office of Mayor
or Member of the City Council by obtaining signatures of not less
than 20 nor more than 30 qualified voters in the City. This
Ordinance increases the number of qualified voters to not less than
80 nor more than 120 to be nominated for elective office, extending
the nomination period by seven days, and includes minor
administrative actions.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS FINDS:
A. Section 802 of Article VIII of the City of Palm Springs Charter provides the
City Council may by ordinance enact procedures for the conduct of municipal elections.
B. Section 5(b) of Article XI of the California Constitution allows Charter
Cities to provide for the conduct of city elections and recognizes that regulations for the
conduct of local elections is a matter of local concern.
C The City Council desires to increase the number of requisite signatures to
be nominated for all city elective offices to further the electoral process from impropriety
and/or the appearance of impropriety.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2.02 of Title 2 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is
hereby added to read as follows:
Chapter 2.02
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
Section 2.02.010 General Municipal Elections.
Section 2.02.020 Method of Nomination for Elective Office.
Section 2.02.030 Signatures, Nomination Papers.
Section 2.02.031 Affidavit of Circulator.
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2.02.010 General Municipal Elections.
The Palm Springs general municipal elections shall be consolidated with
established election dates and shall be held on the first Tuesday following the first
Monday of November of each odd-numbered year.
2.02.020 Method of Nomination for Elective Office.
The provisions of Cal. Elections Code § 10220 shall apply to candidates for any
of the elective offices in the City except as follows:
(a) Each candidate shall be proposed by not less than 80 nor more than 120
voters in the City, but only one candidate may be named in any one Nomination Paper.
(b) Only one person may circulate each Section of a Nomination Paper.
(c) Not earlier than the 120th day nor later than the 88th day before a
municipal election during normal business hours, as posted, the voter may nominate
candidates for election by signing a nomination paper.
2.02.030 Signatures, Nomination Papers.
The provisions of Cal. Elections Code § 10221 shall apply with respect to the
signatures on Nomination Papers except as follows:
(a) The City Elections Official shall provide for four (4) Sections to a
Nomination Paper. Each Section of a Nomination Paper shall provide for 30 signatures.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of § 10221 of Cal. Elections Code,
the signatures to each Section of a Nomination Paper shall be appended on the same
sheet of paper.
2.02.031 Affidavit of circulator.
The provisions of Cal. Elections Code § 10222 pertaining to the affidavit of
circulator, shall apply to each Section of a Nomination Paper.
SECTION 2. Section 2.04.080 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is repealed.
SECTION 3. Section 2.04.100 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code, pertaining to
voluntary expenditure ceiling, is repealed.
SECTION 4. Ordinance No. 1562, suspending the provisions of Section 2.04.100
of the Palm Springs Municipal Code, is repealed.
SECTION 5. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary thereof, to be
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published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law and this Ordinance shall take
effect on January 1, 2012.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY
COUNCIL THIS 1 st DAY OF JUNE, 2011.
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STEP EN P. POUGIT, MAYOR
ATTEST:
�J MES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, California, do
hereby certify that Ordinance No. 1790 is a full, true, and correct copy, and was
introduced at a regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on the 20th day of
Aril, 2011, reintroduced at a regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on the
4t' day of May, 2011, reintroduced at a regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council
on the 18th day of May, 2011, and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held
on the 15t day of June, 2011 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Hutcheson, and Councilmember
Mills.
NOES: Mayor Pro Tern Weigel and Mayor Pougnet.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
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oES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK
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