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Sec. 401. Qualifications of members.
<br />To be eligible to be elected to the office of councilmember, a person must be a
<br />qualified voter and a thirty (30) day resident of the ward from which the candidate
<br />is nominated at the time nomination papers are issued as provided for in the
<br />Elections Code of the State of California, except that the mayor need only be a
<br />registered voter and thirty (30) day resident of the city at such time. In the event
<br />any councilmember other than the mayor shall cease to be a resident of the ward
<br />from which the councilmember (or, in the case of an appointee, the
<br />councilmember's predecessor) was elected, or in the event the mayor shall cease to
<br />be a resident of the city, the office shall immediately become vacant and shall be
<br />filled in the same manner as herein provided for other vacancies; provided, that
<br />where a councilmember ceases to be a resident of the ward from which the
<br />councilmember (or, in case of an appointee, the councilmember's predecessor) was
<br />elected solely because of a change in boundaries of any ward as in this charter
<br />provided, the councilmember shall not lose the office by reason of such change. If
<br />a member of the city council shall be convicted of a crime involving moral
<br />turpitude, the office shall immediately become vacant and be so declared by the
<br />city council.
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<br />„five tefms of „r /A\ years eh
<br />shall be eligible F .. «.. ..,�..,o„t .,ati., F ,. relaat' to the eff4ee F
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<br />Short or partial tefms shall not be nsi.doreu' n deteFminiag eligibility f
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<br />.4fHant, n „ati,.., o eleeti..., For ..Y,,rposes of this ChaFtery ,.shrt o Y t4i l
<br />teshall ..1., be these .,here the ,.,.uneil..,omber . I t aappointedor-
<br />aplaee another a a:lme .fiber who loft B ffi befoFe the la#er- ff l' t
<br />expired. A.,., ,. ,.: l.v. o...hor ..,h„ assumed office at the begiwiiag f a tefm an
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<br />loft ..FF,ae earl.. F r a ..,hats,. shall be doomed t ha-ve ,7 full
<br />.. ..a.... .,..y .., u:ay �a.o�aa
<br />term; provided, however that any person ue has s ad twenty (20) eenseeutive
<br />years : off:ao as both a eetmeil member- and mayer, regardless f the d
<br />.,high the., so a,d shall not be eligible for a ..t.., t nominatian or I t'
<br />on as
<br />a eatineil member or as J > He sooner tha., for a tar, . begipming eight (8) years
<br />after. ...Yl„otion of tke e .,v ail .mber or- mayoral t ' vioe The
<br />provisions of this _ela4e d to shirt or partial ta_f s is d______'d to h
<br />.deelaratofr ., , „f aisting law. V
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