Sunnyvale Municipal Code Art. XIV Elections

A regular election to fill elective offices shall be held in the City of Sunnyvale on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year, commencing with the year 2016, and the same shall be known as the General Municipal Election.

(Amended effective December 31, 1975 and December 16, 2013)

All other Municipal Elections that may be held by authority of this Charter, or by any law, shall be known as Special Municipal Elections.

Unless otherwise provided by ordinance hereafter enacted, all municipal elections shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same now exist or may hereafter be amended, for the holding of elections in cities organized under the General Law of the State of California, insofar as the same are not in conflict with this Charter.

(Amended effective July 8, 1968)

Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, hereafter enacted, the provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California as the same now exist or may hereafter be amended, governing the initiative, referendum and the recall of municipal officers, shall apply to use thereof in the City insofar as such provisions of the Elections Code are not in conflict with this Charter.

All candidates for the office of City Councilmember, and all committees supporting such candidate, shall file with the City a campaign statement containing the full name, street address, occupation and employer of, and the cumulative amount of contributions made by, any person who has made contributions in a cumulative amount of one hundred dollars or more to said candidate or committee. Any campaign statement filed pursuant to General Law or any ordinance which contains the required information and which is required to be filed in sufficient time to allow publication in accordance with the provisions of this section shall satisfy the filing requirements of this section. In the event the General Law does not require the filing of such a campaign statement, or does not require its filing in sufficient time to allow publication, the City Council shall adopt, by ordinance, procedures for the filing of such campaign statements. For the purpose of this section, definitions contained in the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Government Code Sections 81000, et seq.) shall apply. Any failure to file a campaign statement required by General Law or by an ordinance in a timely manner, which prevents the publication of required information in accordance with procedures established pursuant to this section, shall constitute a violation of this section.

The City Council shall direct the City Clerk to cause the publication of the name and occupation of, and the cumulative amount of contributions made by, any person whose cumulative contributions to any candidate or committee equal or exceed one hundred dollars, along with the name of the candidate or committee to which the contributions were made, on the Saturday immediately preceding the date of the Municipal Election. The City Council shall adopt, by ordinance, procedures for such publication.

(Added effective December 23, 1982)