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Sec. 452. Action by Council on Initiative Petition Requesting Adoption of Ordinance.
 
   (a)   The proponents of an initiative petition may withdraw the petition in accordance with the procedures of the City Election Code.
 
   (b)   When an initiative petition requesting the adoption by the Council of a proposed ordinance is presented to the Council by the City Clerk, the Council must take one of the following actions within 20 days after the presentation, unless the petition is withdrawn by the proponents:
 
   (1)   adopt the proposed ordinance, without alteration;
 
   (2)   call a special election to be held not earlier than 110 days nor more than 140 days after Council action on the petition to submit the proposed ordinance, without alteration, to a vote of the electors of the City; or
 
   (3)   determine to submit the proposed ordinance, without alteration, to a vote of the electors of the City at either the next regular City election to be held more than 110 days from the date of Council action on the petition or the next Statewide election conducted by the County of Los Angeles to be held more than 110 days from the date of Council action on the petition.
 
   (c)   Any ordinance proposed by initiative petition, adopted by the Council and approved by the Mayor, or adopted over the Mayor's veto, shall be subject to a referendary vote as provided in Section 460 in the same manner as other ordinances adopted by the Council.
 
SECTION HISTORY
 
Amended by: Charter Amendment 1, approved March 3, 2015, effective April 2, 2015; Subsec. (a), Charter Amendment E, approved November 6, 2018, effective December 14, 2018; Subsec. (a), Charter Amendment EE, approved November 6, 2018, effective December 14, 2018.
 
 
Sec. 453. Action by Council on Initiative Petition Requesting Amendment or Repeal of Ordinance.
 
   When an initiative petition requesting the submission of a proposed ordinance amending or repealing an ordinance previously adopted by a vote of the electors is presented to the Council by the City Clerk, the Council must act within 20 days of presentation to submit the proposed ordinance to a vote of the electors of the City as provided in Section 452(b)(2) or (3), unless the petition is withdrawn by the proponents.
 
SECTION HISTORY
 
Amended by: Charter Amendment 1, approved March 3, 2015, effective April 2, 2015.
 
 
Sec. 454. Supporting and Opposing Arguments.
 
   Any person or persons filing an initiative petition or the person or organization on whose behalf the petition is filed, shall have the right to file with the City Clerk, within the time specified by ordinance, an argument favoring the proposed ordinance. The Council shall have the right to present, or permit to be presented and filed with the City Clerk within the same limit of time, an argument opposing the ordinance. Arguments supporting and opposing the ordinance proposed by initiative shall be submitted to the City Clerk and distributed to the voters in accordance with the requirements of the City Election Code.
 
SECTION HISTORY
 
Amended by: Charter Amendment E, approved November 6, 2018, effective December 14, 2018; Charter Amendment EE, approved November 6, 2018, effective December 14, 2018.
 
 
Sec. 455. Adoption of Ordinances by Initiative.
 
   If a majority, or other percentage as required by law, of the voters voting on any ordinance proposed by initiative petition vote in favor, the ordinance shall become an ordinance of the City upon the declaration by the Council of the result of the election.
 
 
 
REFERENDUM
 
 
Sec. 460. Subject of Referendum.
 
   Any ordinance adopted by the Council, except an ordinance taking effect upon its publication or passage as provided in Section 252, is subject to a referendary petition as set forth in this Article.
 
   In addition, the Council is authorized to submit to a vote of the registered voters of the City, at any election for any purpose at which all the registered voters of the City are entitled to vote, any proposed ordinance, order or resolution, that the Council itself might adopt.
 
 
Sec. 461. Referendary Petition.
 
   Any referendary petition shall comply with the provisions of the Charter and the City Election Code. The following shall apply to all referendary petitions:
 
   (a)   The referendary petition circulated for signature shall contain the full text of the subject ordinance. All names signed to a petition must have been secured within 30 days after publication of the ordinance. Any signature affixed outside of this time period shall not be counted in determining the sufficiency of the petition. To qualify for presentation to the Council, a referendary petition must be signed by registered voters of the City in an amount equal to 10% of the total number of votes cast for all candidates for the office of Mayor at the last general municipal election, or primary nominating election at which a Mayor was elected prior to the filing of the petition.
 
   (b)   The provisions of the Charter and the City Election Code relating to filing, examination, certification, supplementation and amendment of initiative petitions, the processing of supporting and opposing arguments, and the presentation of initiative petitions to the Council by the City Clerk, shall apply to referendary petitions.
 
   (c)   If a referendary petition is filed, and the City Clerk certifies that the petition is sufficient, the subject ordinance, order or resolution shall not take effect until adoption by a vote of the electors and declaration by the Council of the result of the election. If the City Clerk certifies that the petition is insufficient, the ordinance shall take effect upon the date of the certificate, but in no event earlier than 30 days from publication of the ordinance.
 
   (d)   If more than one petition is filed with respect to the same ordinance, all signatures on all those petitions shall be counted in determining the sufficiency of the petition, as though all the names had been appended to a single petition.
 
 
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