Chapter 7 — ELECTIONS — Arcadia Municipal Code

- ELECTION DATES.

For the years 2018 and 2020, general municipal elections for officers and for such other purposes as the Council may prescribe shall be held in the City on the second Tuesday of April of each even-numbered year. Commencing with the year 2022, general municipal elections for officers and for such other purposes as the Council may prescribe shall be held in the City on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year.

Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 10403.5(b), all Arcadia elected officials whose terms of office are scheduled to expire in April, 2022 shall have their terms of office extended to November, 2022, or until their successors elected at the November, 2022 election have been qualified. All Arcadia elected officials whose terms of office are scheduled to expire in April, 2024 shall have their terms of office extended to November, 2024, or until their successors elected at the November, 2024 election have been qualified. Officials elected to new terms in November, 2022, November, 2024 and in all future elections shall serve four-year terms.

Special elections called for the purpose of filing vacancies, recall of officers, initiative or referendum measures, are not affected by this Section, and may be called at any time authorized by applicable law.

(Article I, Chapter 7, Section 1700, added by Ordinance No. 1843, adopted 10-21-86; Ord. No. 2352, § 1, 1-16-18)

- ADOPTION OF VOLUNTARY EXPENDITURE CEILING.

Pursuant to Government Code Section 85400(c), a voluntary expenditure ceiling of Fifty Cents ($.50) per resident is established for candidates and controlled committees of such candidates for elective office for each election in the City in which the candidate is seeking elective office to a City elective position. As of the effective date of the Ordinance codified in this Section, the number of residents in the City for purposes of the voluntary expenditure limit is fifty thousand (50,000) people. Accordingly, no candidate for an elective municipal office in the City of Arcadia who voluntarily accepts expenditure ceilings, and any controlled

committee of such a candidate shall make campaign expenditures exceeding Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per election.

(Added by Ord. 2078 adopted 10-7-97)

- RESOLUTION DETERMINING NUMBER OF CITY RESIDENTS.

With reference to elections for City office that occur subsequent to April 1998, the City Council shall determine, by resolution adopted not less than six (6) months prior to each general municipal election, the number of residents in the City for purposes of the voluntary expenditure limit.

(Added by Ord. 2078 adopted 10-7-97)

- AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT ALL MAIL BALLOT CITY ELECTIONS AND TO ESTABLISH LOCAL RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR CONDUCT OF CITY ELECTIONS.

Notwithstanding any provisions of the California Elections Code to the contrary, the City Council may, by resolution, authorize City elections including, without limitation, general municipal elections, to be conducted by all mail ballot, whether for the election of municipal officials or officers, or for such other purposes or measures as prescribed by the City Council to be submitted to the voters; and may also, by resolution, establish local rules and regulations for the conduct of City elections.

(Added by Ord. 2293 adopted 12-6-11)

- BY-DISTRICT ELECTIONS.

(A)

By-District Elections. Pursuant to California Government Code section 34886, Members of the City Council of the City of Arcadia shall be elected by-district in five (5) single-member districts.

Members of the City Council shall be elected in the electoral districts established by subdivision (B) of this Section 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 Councilmember shall be elected from each district, by the voters of that district alone.

A Councilmember 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.

Termination of residency in a district by a Councilmember shall create a vacancy for that City Council district unless a substitute residence within the district is immediately declared and established within thirty (30) days after the termination of residency.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the Councilmembers in office at the time this Section takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration of the term to which he or she was elected. In the event a vacancy occurs before the expiration of the term of a Councilmember in office at the time this Section takes effect, a person who is appointed or elected by special election to fill such vacancy may reside anywhere within the corporate boundaries of the City. A person appointed or elected to fill such a vacancy shall hold the office in accordance with Section 403 of the City Charter.

(B)

City Council Districts and District Elections. All five Councilmembers shall be elected on a "by-district" basis from the Council districts shown and numbered on the map titled "City of Arcadia 2022 Redistricting Plan Map 115 Version 5" attached hereto as Exhibit "A", as posted on the City's website, ArcadiaCA.gov/redistricting and copy of which shall be on file in the City Clerk's Office. In 2022, and every year four years thereafter, the following three City Council electoral districts shall be elected by-district: District 2, District 3, and District 5. In 2024, and every four years thereafter, the following two City Council electoral districts shall be elected by district: District 1 and District 4.

(C)

Amendment of District Boundaries. Pursuant to Elections Code section 21601, as it may be amended from time to time, the City Council shall adjust the boundaries of any or all of the districts following each decennial federal census to ensure that the districts are in compliance with all applicable provisions of law.

(Ord. No. 2350, § 1, 10-17-17; Ord. No. 2386, § 4, 4-11-22)