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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JULY 7, 2020 <br />TITLE <br />ADOPT A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR <br />AND GIVING NOTICE OF A GENERAL <br />MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON <br />NOVEMBER 3, 2020 AND REQUESTING <br />THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF <br />THE COUNTY OF ORANGE CONSOLIDATE <br />THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION <br />WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL <br />ELECTION ($430,000) <br />(GENERAL FUND) <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1 s' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />/s/ Kristine Ridge FILE NUMBER <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Adopt a resolution ordering, calling, and giving notice of a General Municipal Election to be held <br />in City of Santa Ana on November 3, 2020 and requesting the Board of Supervisors of the <br />County of Orange to consolidate it with the Statewide and County General Election. <br />Adopt a resolution establishing a charge for candidates' statements to be submitted to the <br />electorate as part of the November 3, 2020 General Municipal Election. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In order to conduct an election, State law and the City Charter require that the City Council adopt <br />a resolution calling for a general municipal election (Exhibit 1). The subject resolution establishes <br />November 3, 2020 as the date for the election of the Mayor and Members of Wards 1, 3 and 5 of <br />the City Council. <br />Pursuant to Section 10403 of the California Elections Code, the City Council is required to formally <br />request consolidation of the City's General Municipal Election with the Statewide and County <br />Election. The subject resolution fulfills this requirement by requesting that the Board of Supervisors <br />of Orange County consolidate the general elections and authorizes the Board of Supervisors and <br />the Orange County Registrar of Voters to canvass the election returns. <br />Pursuant to Elections Code 10224, the nomination period will open at 8:00 a.m. on <br />July 13, 2020 and close at 5:00 p.m. on August 6, 2020. If a qualified incumbent does not file, the <br />period is extended for that Ward to 5:00 p.m. on August 12, 2020 for candidates anyone other than <br />55B-1 <br />