Chino Hills Municipal Code Ch. 1.14 City Council Electoral System

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 381, § 3(Exh. B), adopted April 12, 2022, amended Ch. 1.14 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former Ch. 1.14, §§ 1.14.010—1.14.040, pertained to similar subject matter, and derived from Ord. No. 312, § 3, adopted July 11, 2017.

A. Pursuant to California Government Code Section 34886, members of the City Council of the City of Chino Hills shall be elected by-district in five (5) single-member districts.

B. 1.

Members of the City Council shall be elected in the electoral districts established by Section 1.14.020 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 (1) member of the City Council shall be elected from each district, by the voters of that district alone. Each member of the City Council shall serve a four-year term until his or her successor is qualified.

2. 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 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, 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. If a substitute residence is not established within thirty (30) days after the termination of residency, the Council Member's office shall be deemed vacant on the thirty-first day after the termination of residency. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, if the Council Member who terminates residency in a district submits a letter of resignation effective immediately, or the City Council declares the existence of a vacancy by a resolution reciting the circumstances creating the vacancy and the date on which the vacancy commences, the vacancy shall begin as and when set forth in the letter of the Council Member or the resolution of the City Council. A vacancy on the City Council may be filled in accordance with State law.

4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, each Council Member in office at the time this chapter takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration of the full four-year term to which he or she was elected and until his or her successor is qualified. At the end of the full four-year term of each Council Member, that Council Member's successor shall be elected on a by-district basis in the districts established in Section 1.14.020 and as provided in Section 1.14.030.

(Ord. No. 381, § 3(Exh. B), 4-12-2022)

A. The City Clerk will maintain a map of the city showing the current boundaries and numbers of each City Council district as may be established and amended from time to time by ordinance of the City Council.

B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and pursuant to California Elections Code § 21606(a) and (b), each of the Council Members currently in office at the time this chapter takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration of the full term to which they were regularly elected or appointed. Any vacancy in or recall election for a Council term currently in effect shall be filled based on the Council districts in effect at the time the current Council term was last regularly elected.

(Ord. No. 381, § 3(Exh. B), 4-12-2022)

Council Members were elected in Council Districts 1, 2, and 4 at the General Municipal Election in November 2018, in Council Districts 3 and 5 at the General Municipal Election in November 2020 and shall be elected by-district every four years thereafter.

(Ord. No. 381, § 3(Exh. B), 4-12-2022)