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A. Council members shall be elected to office at each general municipal election held in the manner hereinafter provided by this Charter. Upon election, council members shall assume office at 7:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday in December following the date of their election and shall hold office for a term of four years thereafter and until successors are elected and qualified.
B. If, on the date an incoming councilmember is to assume office, the identity of the person elected to such office has not been finally determined, then no person shall be deemed qualified to assume such office until the first meeting held by the council following the date the identity of the person elected to such office has been finally determined and if, on the date an incoming councilmember is to assume office, there is any uncertainty as to which outgoing councilmember has been succeeded, then such uncertainty shall be resolved by the remainder of the council at its meeting on such date.
C. Term Limits.
i. A person is ineligible to hold office as a member of the city council if that person has served as a member of the city council, including any services as mayor, vice-mayor, or mayor pro tempore, for three (3) consecutive full terms. Nothing in this section shall act to bar any person from serving as a member of the city council after at least two (2) years have elapsed from the person's last full term as a member of the city council.
ii. For the purpose of the term limits set forth in this section, a person who was appointed or elected to a vacant city council position for an unexpired term of more than one-half the original term shall be deemed to have served a full term. Any person who resigns or is removed from office during a term shall be deemed to have served a full term.
iii. The term limits established by this section shall apply prospectively, to those terms of office which commence on or after November 6, 2018. Only those terms of office commencing on or after November 6, 2018 shall be counted towards the term limit established by this Subsection 401.C.
(Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 142, Ch. 135, Statutes of 1965; Res. No. 84 74-75 §3(a), Passed 4-8-75, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 4-21-75; Res. No. 20 76-77 §1, Measure B, Passed 11-2-76, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 11-23-76; 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. 25 84- 85 §1 (part), Passed 11-6-84, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 1-3-85; Res. No. 112 93-94 §1, Measure A (part), Passed 6-7-94, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 10-3-94; Res. No. 58-18, Measure S, Passed 11-6-18, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 1-2-18)
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)
Candidates for city councilmember shall have all of the following qualifications at the time nomination papers are issued: (a) reside in the city, such residency having been for such period of time, if any, provided by state law for general law cities; (b) be over the age of twenty-one (21) years; and (c) be a qualified voter as defined by the Elections Code of the State of California.
(Assembly Concurrent Res. No. 148, Ch. 96, 1971; Res. No. 84 74-75 §3(c), Passed 4-8-75, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 4-21-75; Res. No. 126 80-81 §7 (part), Measure G (part), Passed 4-7-81, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 6-8-81; Res. No. 25 84-85 §2, Passed 11-6-84, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 1-3-85)
If a member of the city council is absent three (3) consecutive regular meetings, such member shall forfeit such member's office unless excused by the council for cause and so recorded in its official minutes. If a member of the city council is adjudged legally incompetent, or ceases to be an elector of the city, or is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, such member's office shall become vacant and shall be so declared by the council.
(Res. No. 126 80-81 §7 (part), Measure G (part), Passed 4-7-81, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 6-8-81)
A. Any vacancy in the office of councilmember shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by special election called by the council to elect a successor and to be held as soon as practicable. However, a special election need not be called if (1) the term of the vacant office ends less than six months from the date the vacancy occurred or, when a declaration of vacancy by the council is necessary to establish the vacancy, the effective date of the vacancy so declared, and (2) the election cannot be held earlier than the 42nd day before the next general municipal election for election of council members.
B. Notwithstanding subsection A, during the first 30 days of any vacancy, the council may, in lieu of calling a special election, fill the vacancy by appointment of a person qualified to be a candidate for city councilmember. The appointee shall hold office until the first Tuesday in December following the next general municipal election and until the appointee's successor qualifies. At the next general municipal election following any such appointment, a successor shall be elected to serve for the remainder of any unexpired term.
(Res. No. 75 76-77 §1, Measure B (part), Passed 3-8-77, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 5-2-77; Res. 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. 25 84-85 §1 (part), Passed 11-6-84, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 1-3-85; Res. No. 112 93-94 §1, Measure A (part), Passed 6-7-94, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 10-3-94; Measure J, Passed 11-2-04, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 12-9-04)
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