Vernon Municipal Code Art. V Elections

CH: 5.1. General municipal elections.

General municipal elections shall be held in the city on the second Tuesday of April in each year.

(Adopted and ratified by the voters at the election of June 2, 2009)

CH: 5.2. Special municipal elections.

All other municipal elections shall be special municipal elections.

CH: 5.3. Procedure.

The city council is authorized to adopt by ordinance procedures governing municipal elections. Until the city council adopts by ordinance provisions governing municipal elections, all elections shall be held in accordance with the general laws of the State of California. If an ordinance respecting municipal elections is adopted by the city council thereby superseding certain provisions of the general laws governing municipal elections, the general laws not so superseded as they may exist from time to time shall be applicable unless and until the city council shall take action otherwise.

CH: 5.4. Initiative, referendum and recall.

The power of the initiative and referendum and of the recall of municipal elective officers is reserved to the voters of the city. The procedures for initiative, referendum and recall shall be governed by ordinance or ordinances of the city. Until the city council adopts by ordinance provisions governing initiative, referendum and recall, these procedures shall be in accordance with the general laws of the State of California. If an ordinance respecting initiative, referendum or recall of municipal elective officers is adopted by the City Council, thereby superseding certain provisions of the general laws governing initiative, referendum and recall, the general laws not so superseded as they may exist from time to time shall be applicable unless and until the city council shall take action otherwise.

No initiative ordinance providing for the expenditure of public money or for a change in salaries of any city officer or employee shall take effect until the beginning of the fiscal year next following the date of its adoption.

* Editor's Note—Pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Charter of the City of Vernon, the procedures for recall of municipal elective officers shall be governed by ordinance of the city and said ordinance shall supersede certain provisions of the general laws of the State of California governing the recall of municipal elective officers.

The City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1123, codified as Article XIV of Chapter 2 of the Code of the City of Vernon, establishing procedures for the recall of municipal elective officers as provided for in the Charter.

Section 4.3 of the Charter of the City of Vernon allows an ordinance to be introduced and adopted at one meeting if it relates to an election.