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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.
 
 
Sec. 462. Action by City Council on Referendary Petition.
 
   When a referendary petition is presented to the City Council by the City Clerk, the Council must take one of the following actions within 20 days of the presentation:
 
   (a)   repeal the ordinance;
 
   (b)   call a special election to be held not earlier than 110 days nor more than 140 days after action by the Council on the petition to submit the ordinance to a referendary vote; or
 
   (c)   determine to submit the ordinance to a vote of the qualified electors of the City for approval or rejection at either the next regular City election to be held more than 110 days from the date of certification of 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 certification of the petition.
 
SECTION HISTORY
 
Amended by: Charter Amendment 1, approved March 3, 2015, effective April 2, 2015.
 
 
Sec. 463. Conflict Between Measures.
 
   If the provisions of two or more ordinances, orders or resolutions adopted at the same election by vote of the qualified electors of the City conflict, then the ordinance, order or resolution receiving the highest affirmative vote shall prevail.
 
 
Sec. 464. Amendment and Repeal of Ordinances Adopted by Initiative and Referendum.
 
   (a)   Initiative. Any ordinance adopted by a vote of the electors of the City pursuant to an initiative petition cannot be amended or repealed, except by an ordinance proposed either by petition or by the Council at its own instance and adopted by a vote of the electors, or by an amendment of the Charter superseding the ordinance.
 
   (b)   Referendum. Any ordinance, order or resolution adopted by referendum shall be subject to amendment or repeal as provided in subsection (a). In addition, any ordinance, order or resolution shall be subject to amendment or repeal by the Council at any time, but amendment or repeal shall not be made within six months after adoption, except by unanimous vote of the Council, and the amendment or repeal shall be subject to a referendary vote as provided in this Article.
 
 
 
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