CC RESOLUTION 5314RESOLUTION NO. 5314
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF EL
SEGUNDO CONFIRMING THE CITY CLERK'S CERTIFICATION
OF THE SUFFICIENCY OF PETITION SIGNATURES FOR THE
VOTER INITIATIVE ENTITLED "AN INITIATIVE AMENDING THE
EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE TO REPEAL THE CURRENT
PROHIBITION ON COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITIES AND
INSTEAD AUTHORIZE COMMERCIAL CANNABIS RETAILING IN
SPECIFIED ZONES WITHIN THE CITY SUBJECT TO A
REGULATORY PERMITTING PROCESS."
The City Council of the City of El Segundo does resolve as follows:
gECTI.Qbl 1, Findings. The City Council finds and declares as follows:..
A. On July 20, 2021, a notice of intent to circulate an initiative petition was
filed with the City Clerk.
B. The City Clerk provided the City Attorney's ballot title and summary for the
initiative to the proponent on August 1, 2021.
C. The proponent published the ballot title and summary in a newspaper of
general circulation on August 5, 2021.
D. The proponent gathered petition signatures and submitted the petition to
the City Clerk on January 21, 2022.
E. The City Clerk forwarded the petition to the Los Angeles County
Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk ("County"), where it examined a
sampling of signatures pursuant to the sampling method set forth in
Elections Code § 9115 as over 500 signatures were submitted with the
petition.
F. The number of registered voters in the City, as reported by the Secretary of
State on July 16, 2021, was 12,451, and pursuant to Elections Code
§9215, the petition is considered sufficient if signed by at least ten percent
(10%) of City's registered voters, or 1,245.
G. Pursuant to the County's signature verification results, 468 of the sample
500 signatures were verified as sufficient, and under Elections Code §
9115(b).
H. Although the County's sampling indicated the number of valid signatures to
be 125% of those required for sufficiency; beyond the 110% statutory
threshold to bypass the counting of all signatures, the City requested the
County's review of all signatures in an abundance of caution.
I. Based upon the County's March 9, 2022 report of its review of all
signatures, 1,555 of the 1,660 signatures were found as sufficient, and
the 1,555 number of signatures exceeds the 1,245 signature threshold to
require City Council action in accordance with Elections Code § 9215.
J. The City Clerk has issued a certification, attached hereto as Exhibit "A" to
this Resolution of the sufficiency of the petition signatures for the subject
voter initiative (the "Certification") based upon the County's signature
review which is attached to the report accompanying this Resolution.
K. The City Clerk must present the Certification to the City Council
indicating the sufficiency of the petition signatures at the next regular
meeting following the City Clerk's finding of sufficiency.
SECTION 2. Approval of Certification.
A. The City Council approves and confirms the City Clerk's Certification
attached hereto as Exhibit "A."
B. The City Council will take all necessary actions identified in Elections
Code§ 9215 based upon approval of the Certification.
SECTION 3. Electronic Signatures. This Resolution may be executed with
electronic signatures in accordance with Government Code §16.5. Such electronic
signatures will be treated in all respects as having the same effect as an original
signature.
SECTION 4. Signature Authority. The Mayor, or presiding officer, is hereby
authorized to affix his signature to this Resolution signifying its adoption by the City
Council of the City of El Segundo, and the City Clerk, or her duly appointed deputy, is
directed to attest thereto.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Resolution will take effect immediately upon
adoption and will remain effective unless repealed or superseded.
SECTION 6. City Clerk Actions. The City Clerk will certify to the passage and adoption
of this Resolution, enter it in the City's book of original Resolutions, and make a record
of this action in the meeting's minutes.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of April, 2022.
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Tracy Weaqor, City Clerk
APP AS TO FORM:
Mark lie sley, City Attorney
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of the City is five; that the
foregoing Resolution No. 5314 was duly passed and adopted by said City
Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested to by the City
Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 19t" day of
April, 2022, and the same was so passed and adopted by the following roll call
vote:
AYES: Mayor Boyles, Mayor Pro Tern Pimentel, Council Member Pirsztuk, Council Member
Nicol, and Council Member Giroux
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this24-2i day of April, 2022.
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EXHIBIT "A"
PETITION INITIATIVE CERTIFICATION
WITH MARCH 9, 2022 SIGNATURE
VERIFICATION REPORT ATTACHED THERETO
CERTIFICATE OF SUFFICIENCY
OF VOTER INITIATIVE PETITION
I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California ("City"), do
certify the following:
A voter initiative petition ("Petition") from proponent, Sandra Spiker, was filed with
me on January 21, 2022. My office forwarded the Petition to the Los Angeles County
Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk ("County") who conducted an examination of the
Petition signatures submitted to the City.
Pursuant to the Secretary of State's relevant July 16, 2021 voter registration
report, the number of registered voters in the City was 12,451. Pursuant to Elections
Code§ 9215, the Petition is considered sufficient if signed by at least ten percent (10%)
of the 12,451 City's registered voters, or 1,245.
The results of the examination -based upon the County's attached March 9,
2022 report -were as follows:
• Number of signatures filed 1,660
• Number of signatures verified 1,660
• Number of signatures found sufficient 1,555
• Number of signatures found not sufficient 105
• Not sufficient because duplicate 3
Pursuant to the County's signature verification results, 1,555 signatures were
verified as sufficient. Based upon the foregoing results, I certify the Petition is deemed
to meet the Elections Code§ 9215 registered voter signature requirement.
I hereby set my hand and official seal this 12th day of April 2022 at El Segundo,
California.
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DEAN C. LOGAN
Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY
REGISTRAR-RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK
March 9, 2022
Ms. Georgeann Hanna, Interim Deputy City Clerk
City of El Segundo
350 Main Street
El Segundo, California 90245
Dear Ms. Hanna;.
We have completed the signature verification resubmitted on March 2, 2022, for An
Initiative Amending the El Segundo Municipal Code to Repeal the Current Prohibition on
Commercial Cannabis Activities and Instead Authorize Commercial Cannabis Retailing in
Specified Zones Within the City Subject to a Regulatory Permitting Process.
The results of the signature verification are as follows:
Number of signatures filed
1,660
Number of signatures verified
1,660
Number of signatures found sufficient
1,555
Number of signatures found not sufficient
105
Not sufficient because duplicate
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Please call Tiffany Olsen, Head, Data Entry and Signature Verification at
(562) 462-2376 if you have any questions regarding the signature verification of this
petition.
Sincerely,
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DEAN C. LOGA
Registrar-Recor r/County Clerk