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Vacancies in the office of Members of the Board of Education shall be filled by appointment or election in the manner set forth in this section.
(a) Appointment. The Board of Education may fill a vacancy by appointing a person to hold the office for the portion of the unexpired term remaining until the next second Monday in December of an even-numbered year. If any portion of the term remains after that date, the Board shall also request the City of Los Angeles to call a special election or elections to fill the remainder of the term, and the Council shall consolidate the election with the primary nominating election and general municipal election next following the appointment. If a vacancy is filled by appointment after the first date fixed by law for filing a Declaration of Intention to become a candidate at the next primary nominating election, the person appointed shall hold the office for the remainder of the unexpired term.
(b) Special Election. The Board of Education may request the City of Los Angeles to call a special election or elections for the purpose of filling the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term. Within 30 days of the Board's request, the City Council shall adopt an ordinance calling a special election, and special runoff election, if necessary, for the purpose of filling the vacancy. The Council shall provide in the ordinance for the consolidation of the election with any other election and for the procedure for nominating candidates, including the amount of the filing fee, if any, to be paid by candidates and other matters pertaining to the election. The Los Angeles Unified School District shall pay for all costs incurred in conducting the special election or elections. The Board of Education also may appoint a person to hold the office temporarily until the vacancy election is conducted and the election results are certified and declared.
(c) Recall. Any person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy may be removed from office by the recall in the same manner as if he or she had otherwise been elected to office.
SECTION HISTORY
Amended by: Charter Amendment 1, approved March 3, 2015, effective April 2, 2015; Charter Amendment 2, approved March 3, 2015, effective April 2, 2015; Charter Amendment E, approved November 6, 2018, effective December 14, 2018; Charter Amendment EE, approved November 6, 2018, effective December 14, 2018.
All elections conducted by the City Clerk, unless otherwise provided in the Charter, shall be conducted and held in accordance with the provisions of the City Election Code. No amendment to the City Election Code shall affect any election, petition, or other election-related proceeding occurring within six months following the publication of the ordinance effecting the amendment.
SECTION HISTORY
Amended by: Charter Amendment 1, approved March 3, 2015, effective April 2, 2015; Charter Amendment 2, approved March 3, 2015, effective April 2, 2015.
(a) Form and Timing. Each candidate for nomination to any elected office shall sign and file with the City Clerk a sworn Declaration of Intention to become a candidate for the office designated in the Declaration. The Declaration of Intention must be made on a form furnished by the City Clerk, and shall include an affidavit by the candidate that he or she possesses all necessary legal qualifications to be a candidate for the designated office. The Declaration of Intention shall be filed not earlier than 120 days, nor later than 115 days prior to the primary nominating election.
(b) Restrictions; Withdrawal. A candidate may not file a Declaration of Intention to become a candidate for more than one office at the same primary nominating election. Prior to the issuance of a Nominating Petition, a candidate may withdraw the Declaration of Intention to become a candidate for the office designated therein by filing a written statement with the City Clerk. In that case, a candidate may file a new Declaration of Intention to become a candidate for another office not later than 115 days prior to the primary nominating election.
(c) Statement of Economic Interests. Each candidate for Mayor, City Attorney, Controller and member of the City Council shall file a Statement of Economic Interests that itemizes investments, interests in real property and income, except for gifts, received in the previous 12 month period. The Statement shall be filed with the City Ethics Commission no later than the final filing date for filing the Declaration of Intention. A Declaration of Intention shall not be valid unless a Statement of Economic Interests has been submitted by the final filing date for the Declaration of Intention.
SECTION HISTORY
Amended by: Charter Amendment R § 3, approved March 5, 2002, effective April 12, 2002.
(a) Form and Requirements. The City Clerk shall prepare and furnish a Nominating Petition to each candidate who has filed a valid Declaration of Intention. The Nominating Petition shall specify the name of the office and the name of the candidate to be nominated, and shall otherwise comply with the requirements of the City Election Code. In order to qualify a candidate for placement on the primary nominating ballot, the Nominating Petition shall be signed by at least 500 registered voters of the City, in the case of nomination to an office elected at large, or of the Council district or Board district in the case of nomination to the City Council or Board of Education. Only signatures of registered voters living within the Council district or Board district, as the case may be, shall be counted in determining the sufficiency of those petitions. Voters may sign more than one petition for a candidate for the same office. A petition presented to the City Clerk shall not be valid if it contains blanks for more than one thousand signatures.
(b) Filing and Certification. Nominating Petitions shall be filed with the City Clerk not more than 115 days and not less than 90 days prior to the primary nominating election. No Nominating Petition shall be filed with the City Clerk until any filing fee requirement has been satisfied. The City Clerk shall examine the Nominating Petition, and determine whether it contains the requisite number of signatures of qualified registered voters, in accordance with procedures contained in the City Election Code. When the City Clerk has completed the examination of the petition, the Clerk shall prepare a dated certificate showing the result of the examination.
(c) Supplementing the Petition. The City Election Code shall govern the process by which and circumstances under which an insufficient Nominating Petition may be supplemented. However, no supplement to a Petition shall be allowed after the expiration of the time for filing the Nominating Petition set forth in the Charter, and no signature may be withdrawn from a Nominating Petition after its presentation to the Clerk.
SECTION HISTORY
Amended by: Charter Amendment R § 4, approved March 5, 2002, effective April 12, 2002.
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