A. Pursuant to California Government Code Section 34886, members of the city council of the city of Yucaipa shall be elected by-district in five single-member districts.
1. Beginning with the General Municipal Election in November 2016, members of the city council shall be elected in the electoral districts established by Section 1.08.030 and subsequently reapportioned as provided by state law. Elections shall take place “by-district” as that term is defined in California Government Code Section 34871, meaning one member of the city council shall be elected from each district, by the voters of that district alone. Each member of the city council shall serve a four-year term until his or her successor is qualified.
2. Except during the transition period as provided in subdivision (4) of this subsection, the council member elected or appointed to represent a district must reside in that district and be a registered voter in that district, and any candidate for city council must reside in, and be a registered voter in, the district in which he or she seeks election at the time nomination papers are issued pursuant to California Government Code Section 34882 and Elections Code Section 10227.
3. Termination of residency in a district by a council member shall create a vacancy for that council district unless a substitute residence within the district is immediately declared and established by the council member within thirty (30) days after the termination of residency. If a substitute residence is not established within thirty (30) days after the termination of residency, the thirty-first (31st) day after the termination of residency by the council member shall be deemed “commencement of a vacancy.” Notwithstanding the previous sentence, if the council member who terminates residency in a district submits a letter of resignation effective immediately, or the city council declares the existence of a vacancy and the commencement thereof by a resolution reciting the circumstances creating the vacancy and the date on which the vacancy commences, the commencement of the vacancy shall begin as and when set forth in the letter of the council member or the resolution of the city council.
4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the council members in office at the time this chapter takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration of the full four-year term to which he or she was elected and until his or her successor is qualified. At the end of the full four-year term of each council member, that council member or that council member’s successor shall be elected on a by-district basis in the districts established in Section 1.08.030 and as provided in Section 1.08.040. In 2016, the full four-year term of three council members expires and said council members or their successors shall be elected by-district. In 2018, the full four-year term of two council members expires and said council members or their successors shall be elected by-district. In the event a vacancy occurs in a city council office before the expiration of the full four-year term of a city council office in 2018, a person who is appointed to fill such vacancy may reside anywhere within the corporate boundaries of the city. In the event a vacancy occurs in a city council office before the expiration of the full four-year term of a city council office in 2018, a person who is elected to fill such vacancy may reside anywhere within the corporate boundaries of the city and shall be elected at-large by all the voters of the city. A person appointed or elected to fill such a vacancy shall hold the office for the remainder of the term of that office pursuant to Government Code Section 36512 and subject to Section 1.08.040. (Ord. 348 § 1, 2016)