Perris Municipal Code Ch. 2.06 City Council Elections by District

The city council of the city hereby declares the purpose of this chapter is to further the purposes of the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (Elections Code Section 14025, et seq.), as amended.

(Ord. No. 1415, § 2, 3-8-2022)

(a) This chapter shall apply to the election of members of the city council, but shall not apply to the election of the mayor. The mayor shall instead be elected pursuant to Chapter 2.03 of the Perris Municipal Code.

(b) For the purposes of this chapter, references to "member of the city council" or "city councilmember" shall not include the mayor.

(Ord. No. 1415, § 2, 3-8-2022)

(a) Pursuant to Government Code Section 34886, all members of the city council shall be elected by district in four single-member districts.

(b) All members of the city council shall be elected in the city council districts established in Section 2.06.040 and as such districts are subsequently amended as provided therein. All city council elections shall take place "by district" as that term is defined in Government Code Section 34871, meaning one 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.

(c) Pursuant to Government Code Section 34882, 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 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 Elections Code Section 10227.

(Ord. No. 1415, § 2, 3-8-2022)

(a) All members of the city council shall be elected on a by district basis from the city council districts shown and numbered on the City Council District Map in Exhibit "A" of Ordinance No. 1415 and on file in the city clerk's office, which is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by this reference.

(b) The city council districts described in subsection (a) shall be amended after each federal decennial census pursuant to Elections Code Section 21600 et seq. and, further, may otherwise be amended as permitted by applicable law. Further, except as otherwise required by applicable law, the city council may make such amendments by adoption of a resolution.

(Ord. No. 1415, § 2, 3-8-2022)

(a) The by district system of elections shall be implemented, beginning at the general municipal election held in November 2022, as follows:

(1) Members of the city council shall be elected in districts 1 and 3 beginning at the general municipal election in November 2022, and every four years thereafter; and

(2) Members of the city council shall be elected in districts 2 and 4 beginning at the general municipal election in November 2024, and every four years thereafter.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, all members of the city council in office at the time this chapter takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration of the at-large term to which they were elected.

(Ord. No. 1415, § 2, 3-8-2022)