A. The city is hereby divided into seven council districts, as defined by the city council. Council districts established by the city council shall be as nearly equal in population and as compact as practical.
B. The city council shall evaluate and adopt boundaries for each council district following each decennial federal census. Any adjustment if council district boundaries shall be made before the first day of November of the year following the year in which each decennial federal census is taken. The preceding limitations shall not apply to changes made necessary by changes to city boundaries. The city council may adopt new council district boundaries at any other time when permitted by the Elections Code of the State of California.
C. Council members shall be nominated and elected by council district at a general municipal election provided for in Article V, Section 500, of this charter.
D. Council members shall be a resident of the council district for which the person is nominated at the time nomination papers are issued, and throughout their term;
E. If any member of the city council ceases to be a resident of the council district from which the member (or, in the case of an appointee, a predecessor) was nominated, the office shall immediately become vacant and shall be filled in the same manner as herein provided for other vacancies.
F. If a member of the city council ceases to be a resident of the council district from which the member (or, in the case of an appointee, a predecessor) was nominated solely because of a change in the boundaries of any district as provided for in this Charter, the member shall not lose office during that term by reason of such change.
(Assembly Concurrent Res. No. 142, Ch. 135, Statutes of 1965; Res. No. 75 76-77 §1, Measure A, Passed 3-8-77, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 5-2-77; Res. No. 126 80-81 §§1 and 7 (part), Measures A and G (part), Passed 4-7-81, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 6-8-81; Res. No. 57-20 §2 (part), Passed 12-8-20, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 1-12-21)