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Sec. 404. Presiding officer, mayor. <br />The mayor shall be a member of the City Council and shall preside over the <br />meetings of the City Council. The mayor shall have voice and vote in all of the <br />City Council's proceedings and shall be recognized as head of the City government <br />for all ceremonial purposes. The mayor shall have no administrative duties but <br />shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this charter, or imposed by <br />the City Council, consistent with his office. <br />The mayor shall be elected by the voters of the City at large at each general <br />municipal election in November of even-numbered years for a two-year term <br />commencing on the same date as the terms of other council members elected in <br />such year. No person may be a candidate for mayor and a candidate for any other <br />office on the City Council in the same election. In the event an incumbent City <br />Council member other than the mayor is elected mayor such other office shall <br />become vacant at the time he or she assumes office as mayor and the City Council <br />shall call a special election to fill the vacancy. <br />To be eligible to be elected to the office of mayor a person must be a qualified <br />voter as provided for in the Elections Code of the State of California. If the mayor <br />is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, the office shall immediately <br />become vacant and be so declared by the city council. <br />A person who has served four (4) consecutive terms of two (2) years each, <br />commencing with the term entered as a result of the November 2012 election, shall <br />be eligible for appointment, nomination for or election to the office of mayor no <br />sooner than for a term beginning eight (8) years after completion of the mayor's <br />fourth consecutive full term. This eight year "cooling off" period shall not apply to <br />eligibility for appointment, nomination for or election to a council member office; <br />provided, however, that any person who has served twenty (20) consecutive years <br />in office, as both a council member and mayor, regardless of the order in which <br />they served, shall not be eligible for appointment, nomination or election as a <br />council member or as mayor, no sooner than for a term beginning eight (8) years <br />after completion of the council member or mayoral term. <br />Short or partial terms shall not be considered in determining eligibility for <br />appointment nomination or election as mayor. For purposes of this Charter, short <br />or partial terms shall only be those where the mayor was elected or appointed to <br />replace another mayor who left office before the latter official's term expired. Any <br />mayor who assumed office at the beginning of a term and left office early or before <br />term expires for any reason whatsoever shall be deemed to have served a full term. <br />The provisions of this section related to short or partial terms is deemed to be <br />declaratory of existing law.