General Municipal elections for the Town shall be held on the same day as the Statewide general election (i.e., the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each even numbered year). (Ord. 223, 3-1-2011)
A. Pursuant to California Government Code section 34886, members of the Town Council of the Town of Yucca Valley, shall be elected by-district in five (5) single-member districts.
B. 1. Beginning with the general Municipal election in November 2018, members of the Town Council shall be elected in the electoral districts established by section 2.05.110 of this part 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 Town Council shall be elected from each district, by the voters of that district alone. Each member of the Town Council shall serve a four-year term until his or her successor is qualified.
2. Except as provided in subsection B4 of this section, 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 Town Council must live 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 within thirty (30) days after the termination of residency.
4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the members of the Town Council in office at the time this section takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration of the full term to which he or she was elected and until his or her successor is qualified. At the end of the term of each Council member, that member's successor shall be elected on a by-district basis in the districts established in section 2.05.110 of this part and as provided in section 2.05.120 of this part. An appointee to fill a vacancy in the Office of a Town Council member who continues in office pursuant to this subsection, may reside anywhere within the corporate boundaries of the Town and, subject to section 2.05.120 of this part, shall be elected at- large by all the voters of the Town. (Ord. 278, 5-1-2018)