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RESOLUTION NO. 19-7189
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY
OF LOS ANGELES TO CONSOLIDATE A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO
BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2019, WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THAT DATE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 10403 OF THE ELECTIONS CODE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, called a General
Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, for the purpose of the election of
two Members of the City Council, a City Clerk and a City Treasurer, each to extended terms of
five years ending November 2024 (pursuant to Council action on November 22, 2016 in order to
accommodate the election date change to November of even -numbered years as required by
Senate Bill 415 and enacted by Ordinance No. 16-1873, which set November 2022 as the effective
date for consolidating the City's General Municipal Elections with the Statewide General
Elections conducted by the County of Los Angeles); and
WHEREAS, the City Council is submitting to the voters a question relating to making the
City Clerk an appointive position; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the General Municipal Election be consolidated with the
County of Los Angeles General Election to be held on the same date and that, within the City, the
precincts, polling places and election officers of the two elections be the same; that the
Election Department of the County of Los Angeles canvass the returns of the General Municipal
Election; and that the election be held in all respects as if there were only one election.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND
ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. Pursuant to the requirements of Section 10403 of the Elections Code, the
Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles is hereby requested to consent and agree to the
consolidation of a General Municipal Election with the County of Los Angeles General
Election on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, for the purpose of the election of two Members of the
City Council, a City Clerk and a City Treasurer, each to extended terms of five years ending
November 2024 (pursuant to Council action on November 22, 2016 in order to accommodate the
election date change to November of even -numbered years, as required by Senate Bill 415 and
enacted by Ordinance No. 16-1373, which set November 2022 as the effective date for
consolidating the City's General Municipal Elections with the Statewide General Elections
conducted by the County of Los Angeles).
SECTION 2. One measure is to appear on the ballot as follows:
Shall the office of city clerk be appointive? I_ YES I NO
SECTION 3. The vote requirement for each of the measures to pass is a majority vote
(50% +1) of the votes cast.
SECTION 4. The County Election Department is authorized to canvass the returns of the
General Municipal Election. The election shall be held in all respects as if there were only one
election, and only one form of ballot shall be used.
SECTION 5. The Board of Supervisors is requested to issue instructions to the County
Election Department to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of the consolidated
election.
SECTION 6. The City of Hermosa Beach recognizes that additional costs will be incurred
by the County by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the County for any costs.
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SECTION 8. The City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this Resolution
with the Board of Supervisors and the Election Department of the County of Los Angeles.
SECTION 9. This Resolution shall take effect immediately. The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this Resolution; shall enter the same in the book of original Resolutions; and
shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City
Council meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 1 lth day of June, 2019.
PRESIDENT of the City Council and MAYOR of the City of Hermosa Beach, California
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH
I, Elaine Doerfling, City Clerk of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 19-7189 was duly and regularly passed,
approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach at a Regular
Meeting of said Council at the regular place thereof on June 11, 2019 by the following vote:
AYES: Campbell, Duclos, Fangary, Massey, Mayor Armato
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Dated: June 11, 2019
Elaine Doerfling, City Cier f'