55A - RESO GEN ELECTION & BY-WARD ELECTIONS

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EXHIBIT 4 RESOLUTION NO. 2018 -XXX A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING WRITTEN ARGUMENTS FOR PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE SANTA ANA CHARTER REGARDING WHETHER CITY CHARTER SECTION 400 SHALL BE AMENDED REQUIRING CITY COUNCILMEMBER ELECTION FROM HIS OR HER RESIDENCY WARD AND ONLY BY REGISTERED VOTERS OF THAT WARD, INSTEAD OF CITY COUNCILMEMBER ELECTION BY REGISTERED VOTERS OF THE ENTIRE CITY BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. A general municipal election of the City of Santa Ana will be held on November 6, 2018, at which there will be submitted to the qualified electors of the City a Charter Amendment measure related to whether the City of Santa Ana Charter section 400 shall be amended requiring City Councilmember election from his or her residency ward and only by registered voters of that ward instead of City Councilmember election by registered voters of the entire City. B. That pursuant to the requirements at Section 9282 of the Elections Code of the State of California, the legislative body may authorize any member(s) of the City Council to write arguments for or against any measure. Section 2: The City Council, as the legislative body of the City of Santa Ana, hereby authorizes the Clerk of the Council to give preference and priority to any member or members of the City Council (up to five members), then to voters as set forth in California Elections Code section 9287, to file a written argument for or against the City measures set forth above, and to change said argument until and including the date fixed by the Clerk of the Council after which no arguments for or against said City measure may be submitted. Resolution 2018 -XXX Page 1 of 2 55A-17