Section 500. General municipal elections.

A.   General municipal elections for the election of council members of the city, and for such other purposes as the city council may prescribe, shall be held in the city on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year.

B.   Council members representing council districts 1, 3, 5 and 7 shall be elected commencing in the year 2020 and in each fourth year thereafter. The members of the city council representing council districts 2, 4, and 6 shall be elected commencing in the year 2022 and in each fourth year thereafter.

(Assembly Concurrent Res. No. 142, Ch. 135, Statutes of 1965; Res. No. 84 74-75 §3(b), Passed 4-8-75, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 4-21-75; Res. No. 20 76-77 §1, Measure A, Passed 11-2-76, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 11-23-76; 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; Res. No. 57-20 §2 (part), Passed 12-8-20, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 1-12-21)

Section 501. Special municipal elections.

   All other municipal elections may be held by authority of general law, or by ordinance, and shall be known as special municipal elections. The city council may determine that any special municipal election shall be held by mailed ballot notwithstanding any provision of the general law to the contrary.

(Assembly Concurrent Res. No. 142, Ch. 135, Statutes of 1965; Res. No. 84 74-75 §3(b), Passed 4-8-75, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 4-21-75; Res. No. 146 95-96 §1, Measure I, Passed 11-5-96, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 12-19-96)

Section 502. Procedure for holding elections.

   Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, all elections shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the California Elections Code applicable to elections in general law cities, insofar as the same are not in conflict with this Charter.

   The council shall, by ordinance or resolution, order the calling and holding of elections within the city.

(Assembly Concurrent Res. No. 142, Ch. 135, Statutes of 1965; Res. No. 84 74-75 §3(b), Passed 4-8-75, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 4-21-75; Measure L (part), Passed 11-2-04, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 12-9-04))

Section 503. Initiative, referendum and recall.

   The provisions of the Election Code of the State of California 1 governing the initiative, the referendum and the recall of municipal officers shall apply to the use thereof in the city.

 

Notes

1	1See Elections Code §§1700 to 1777.

Section 504. Repealed by Measure L (part), Passed 11-2-04, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 12-9-04.

ARTICLE VI. THE COUNCIL.