Ventura Municipal Code § 2.210.030 Election schedule

2 Editor’s note(s): Section 2 of Ord. No. 2018-001, adopted January 8, 2018, amended Chapter 2.210 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former Chapter 2.210 pertained to the same subject matter, consisted of Section 2.210.010, and derived from Ord. No. 2017-007, adopted March 20, 2017.

In accordance with San Buenaventura City Charter Section 506 and pursuant to California Government Code Section 34886 and the schedule established in Section 2.210.030, beginning in November 2018, members of the city council shall be elected on a district-based electoral system from seven single-member city council districts. For purposes of this chapter, the term “district-based electoral system” shall mean the election of members of the city council by the voters of the district alone. The city’s district-based electoral system shall be conducted in accordance with California Government Code Section 34871(a). (Ord. No. 2018-001, § 2, 1-8-18)

A. Pursuant to Section 2.210.010, members of the city council shall be elected on a district-based electoral system, from the seven city council districts described as follows, which shall continue in effect until they are amended or repealed in accordance with law:

1. City council district 1 shall comprise all that portion of the city reflected on Attachment A.

2. City council district 2 shall comprise all that portion of the city reflected on Attachment A.

3. City council district 3 shall comprise all that portion of the city reflected on Attachment A.

4. City council district 4 shall comprise all that portion of the city reflected in Attachment A.

5. City council district 5 shall comprise all that portion of the city reflected in Attachment A.

6. City council district 6 shall comprise all that portion of the city reflected in Attachment A.

7. City council district 7 shall comprise all that portion of the city reflected in Attachment A.

B. Members of the city council shall be elected in the electoral districts established by this section and subsequently reapportioned pursuant to applicable state and federal law.

C. Except as provided in subsection D of this section and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the member of the city council 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 a registered voter in, the district in which they seek election at the time nomination papers are issued, pursuant to Elections Code Section 10227. Termination of residency in a district by a member of the city council shall create an immediate vacancy for that council district unless a substitute residence within the district is established within 30 days after the termination of residency.

D. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, and consistent with the requirements of California Government Code Section 35612, the members of the city council in office at the time the ordinance codified in this chapter takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration of the full term to which they were elected and until their successor is qualified. At the end of the term of each member of the city council, that member of the city council’s successor shall be elected on a district-based system in the districts established in subsection A of this section. (Ord. No. 2018-001, § 2, 1-8-18; Ord. No. 2022-001, § 2, 3-21-22)

Editor’s note(s): Attachment A referred to in Section 2.210.020 has not been codified herein, but is attached to Ord. No. 2022-001 and is on file in the city’s offices.

Except as otherwise required by California Government Code Section 36512, the members of the city council shall be elected in city council districts Nos. 1, 4, 5, and 6 beginning at the general municipal election in November 2018, and every four years thereafter, as such city council districts shall be amended. Members of the city council shall be elected from city council districts Nos. 2, 3, and 7 beginning at the general municipal election in November 2020, and every four years thereafter, as such city council districts shall be amended. (Ord. No. 2018-001, § 2, 1-8-18)