City and County Elections. | |
Terms of Elective Office. | |
Vacancies. | |
Instant Runoff Elections. | |
Special Municipal Elections. | |
Elections Commission. | |
Department of Elections. | |
Use of Other City Employees and Officers. | |
Nomination. | |
Qualification. | |
Election Material Mailed to Voters. | |
Posting of Ballot Counts at Polls. | |
Determination of Election Results. | |
Filing Fees. | |
Election of Board of Education. | |
(a) Except in the case of an appointment or election to fill a vacancy, the term of office of each elected officer shall commence at noon on the eighth day of January following the date of the election.
(b) Subject to the applicable provisions of Section 13.102, the elected officers of the City and County, and members of the Board of Education and of the Governing Body of the Community College District, shall be elected as follows:
(1) The following officials shall be elected at the general municipal election in 2024 and every fourth year thereafter: Mayor, Sheriff, District Attorney, City Attorney, Treasurer, four members of the Board of Education, and four members of the Governing Board of the Community College District.
(2) The following officials shall be elected at the general municipal election in 2022 and every fourth year thereafter: Assessor-Recorder, Public Defender, three members of the Board of Education, and three members of the Governing Board of the Community College District.
(3) The election and terms of office of members of the Board of Supervisors shall be governed by Section 13.110.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter, including Section 3.101, the term of office for Mayor, City Attorney, District Attorney, Sheriff, and Treasurer that began at noon on January 8, 2020 shall end at noon on January 8, 2025. This five-year term for the office of Mayor shall be deemed a single term for the purposes of term limits under Section 3.101.
(Amended November 1996; March 2002; Proposition E, Approved 11/8/2005; Proposition D, Approved 11/6/2012; Proposition H, Approved 11/8/2022)
(a) If the office of Assessor-Recorder, City Attorney, District Attorney, Public Defender, Sheriff, Treasurer, or Member of the Board of Supervisors, Board of Education or Governing Board of the Community College District becomes vacant because of death, resignation, recall, permanent disability, or the inability of the respective officer to otherwise carry out the responsibilities of the office, the Mayor shall appoint an individual qualified to fill the vacancy under this Charter and state laws.
(b) If the Office of Mayor becomes vacant because of death, resignation, recall, permanent disability or the inability to carry out the responsibilities of the office, the President of the Board of Supervisors shall become Acting Mayor and shall serve until a successor is appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
(c) Any person filling a vacancy pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this Section shall serve until a successor is selected at the next election occurring not less than 120 days after the vacancy, at which time an election shall be held to fill the unexpired term, provided that (1) if an election for the vacated office is scheduled to occur less than one year after the vacancy, the appointee shall serve until a successor is selected at that election or (2) if an election for any seat on the same board as the vacated seat is scheduled to occur less than one year but at least 120 days after the vacancy, the appointee shall serve until a successor is selected at that election to fill the unexpired term.
(d) If no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast at an election to fill a vacated office, the two candidates receiving the most votes shall qualify to have their names placed on the ballot for a municipal runoff election at the next regular or otherwise scheduled election occurring not less than five weeks later. If an instant runoff election process is enacted for the offices enumerated in this Section, that process shall apply to any election required by this Section.
(Added November 2001)
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