ARTICLE II. ELECTIONS
The City is hereby divided into five (5) wards, numbered consecutively from one (1) to five (5), inclusive, the respective boundaries of which shall be as established on the effective date of this section; provided, that the Council shall by ordinance change such boundaries from time to time to provide equal representation among the five (5) wards in compliance with the one person - one vote principle. The qualified electors of the City shall elect one member of the Council from the ward in which the residents are registered to vote.
(Amended by election November 8, 2016)
For filling the elective offices of Mayor and five (5) Council Members, a general municipal election must be held on the same date as the State of California general election and consolidated therewith. Municipal measures may also be submitted to the electorate at said general municipal election, as well as at special elections called for the purpose. As determined by the ranked choice voting process detailed in the ordinance the Council must enact under Section 207, the officers elected are those who receive the majority of votes for each office at said general municipal election.
(Amended by election on November 8, 1994; Amended by election November 2, 2010; Amended by election November 3, 2020)
At each municipal election the number of Council Members to be elected shall be equal to the number of terms to expire at the ensuing first regular meeting of the Council, as the case may be, following the general municipal election date.
(Amended by election November 2, 2010)
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