ORDINANCE 1625ORDINANCE NO. 1625
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE DATE OF THE CITY'S
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO THE FIRST TUESDAY
AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER OF EVEN -
NUMBERED YEARS BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER 2022;
REQUESTING CONSOLIDATION WITH LOS ANGELES COUNTY
PURSUANT TO ELECTIONS CODE SECTION 10403; AND
REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1578.
The City Council of the City of El Segundo does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council finds and declares as follows;
A. The general municipal elections for the City of El Segundo are currently held
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March in each even -numbered
year;
B. Government Code § 14052 prohibits the City from holding an election other
than on a statewide election date;
C. The City desires to change its municipal election to the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November in even -numbered years starting in 2022, an
established election date listed in Elections Code § 1000 and the date of
the statewide general election;
D. In order to accomplish the change in election date, the terms of City Council
Members, the City Clerk and City Treasurer elected in April 2018 and March
2020, which would otherwise expire in March 2022 and March 2024, will
instead expire in November 2022 and November 2024.
SECTION 2: Environmental Assessment. Adoption of the proposed Ordinance is
statutorily exempt from further environmental review under the California Environmental
Quality Act (California Public Resources Code §§21000, et seq., "CEQA") and CEQA
Guidelines (14 California Code of Regulations §§15000, et seq.), because the proposed
Ordinance would amend the El Segundo Municipal Code as far as timing of the City's
election, and it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the Ordinance
will have a significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 3: ESMC Title 1 (Administration and Personnel), Chapter 4A (Elections), is
amended as follows:
Chapter 4A: ELECTIONS.
Section 1-4A-1: Beginning in MaFG�2020 November 2022, general
municipal elections for the election of Council members, the City Clerk and
the City Treasurer, and for such purposes as the City Council may
prescribe, will be held in the City on the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in MaFGh November in each even -numbered year.
SECTION 4:. Adjustment of Terms of Office. In accordance with Elections Code §§ 1301
and 10403.5(d), due to the change of election date, the terms of office of those elected
officials of the City elected in April 2018 and March 2020, whose terms would previously
have expired in March 2022 and 2024, respectively, will instead expire at the Council
meeting after receipt of the certification of the results of the November 2022 and 2024
General Municipal Election and upon administration of oaths of office.
SECTION 5: Consolidated Election. Pursuant to Elections Code § 1301, the City Council
requests the County of Los Angeles approve consolidation of the City's March City
Council election with the statewide general election conducted by the County in
November of each even -numbered year.
SECTION 6: Notice to Voters. Pursuant to Elections Code § 10403.5, within 30 days after
this Ordinance becomes effective, the City Clerk must cause a notice to be mailed to all
registered voters of the City of El Segundo (pursuant to the last report of registration by
the County Clerk to the Secretary of State) informing the voters of the change in the
election date. The notice must also inform the voters that as a result in the change in
election date, elected city officeholders' terms in office will be changed.
SECTION 7: Date of the First City Council Election in November. If this Ordinance
becomes effective, the first City Council election to be held in November will be November
8, 2022.
SECTION 8: Request to the County. The City Clerk is directed to forward, without delay,
a certified copy of this Ordinance to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and
the County Election Department.
SECTION 9: Ordinance No. 1578, adopted by the City Council on November 20, 2018,
is hereby repealed.
SECTION 10: Construction. This ordinance must be broadly construed in order to
achieve the purposes stated in this ordinance. It is the City Council's intent that the
provisions of this ordinance be interpreted or implemented by the City and others in a
manner that facilitates the purposes set forth in this ordinance.
SECTION 11: Severability. If any part of this ordinance or its application is deemed
invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the City Council intends that such invalidity
will not affect the effectiveness of the remaining provisions or applications and, to this
end, the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 12: The City Clerk is directed to certify the passage and adoption of this
ordinance; cause it to be entered into the City of El Segundo's book of original ordinances;
make a note of the passage and adoption in the records of this meeting; and, within 15
days after the passage and adoption of this ordinance, cause it to be published or posted
in accordance with California law.
SECTION 13: Pursuant to Government Code § 36937(a), this Ordinance takes effect
immediately upon adoption.
ORDINANCE NO.1625
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PASSED AND ADOPTED ORDINANCE No. 1625 this 15t" day of June, 2021.
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
Drew Boyles, Mayor
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I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 1625 was duly introduced by said City Council at a regular meeting held
on the 1st day of June, 2021, and was duly passed and adopted by said City Council,
approved and signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk, all at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the 15t" day of June, 2021, and the same was so passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Boyles, Mayor Pro Tern Pimentel, Council Member Pirsztuk, Council
Member Nicol, and Council Member Giroux
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Mark D. Hensley Ck Attorney
ORDINANCE NO. 1625
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