Oceanside Municipal Code Art. XV By-District Elections for City Council Offices

(a) The office of the city councilmember shall be elected pursuant to by-district elections in accordance with California Government Code section 34886, beginning in November 2018, based upon the schedule established in section 2.90 of this chapter.

(1) City councilmembers shall be elected in the electoral districts established by section 2.89 of this chapter and subsequently reapportioned pursuant to applicable state and federal law. Beginning in November 2018, elections shall take place on a by-district basis as defined in California Government Code section 34871, subdivision (c).

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the city councilmember elected to represent a district must reside in that district and be a registered voter in that district, and any candidate for city council must live in, and be registered to vote in the district in which he or she seeks election at the time nomination papers are issued, pursuant to Government Code section 34822 and Elections Code section 10227. Termination of residency in a district by a city councilmember shall create an immediate vacancy for that district unless a substitute residence within the district is established within thirty (30) days after the termination of residency.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, city councilmembers in office at the time this ordinance takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration of the full term to which he or she was elected prior to the adoption of this ordinance. If a city councilmember elected prior to the time this Ordinance takes effect is unable to complete his or her term and the councilmember office is declared vacant, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided by Government Code section 36512 and the councilmember appointed or elected to fill the vacancy may be a resident of any council district until the expiration of the term.

(Ord. No. 17-OR0447-1, § 2, 8-1-17)

(a) Subject to election schedule in section 2.90, city councilmembers shall be elected on a by-district basis from the council districts depicted on the official district map attached as Exhibit 1 to this section and incorporated herein by reference.

(b) The council districts specific in subsection (a) shall continue in effect until they are amended or repealed.

(Ord. No. 17-OR0447-1, § 2, 8-1-17; Ord. No. 22-OR0169-1, § 2(Exh. 1), 3-23-2022)

Except as provided by Government Code Section 36512, city councilmembers shall be elected in council districts 1 and 2 beginning at the general municipal election in November 2018 and every four (4) years thereafter, as such council districts shall be amended. City councilmembers shall be elected in council districts 3 and 4 beginning at the general municipal election in November 2020 and every four (4) years thereafter, as such council district shall be amended.

(Ord. No. 17-OR0447-1, § 2, 8-1-17)