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Draft Charter Amendments (2022) <br />Sec. 400. Number, selection and terms of members. <br />The City Council shall consist of seven (7) members elected at the times and in <br />the manner provided in this charter, each of whom, except for the mayor, shall <br />serve a term of four (4) years. Beginning with the term for the mayor elected in <br />the general municipal election in November 2024, the mayor shall serve a term of <br />four (4) years. The term of each member shall begin at 6:00 p.m. on the second <br />Tuesday of December following certification of election results, and each shall <br />serve except as otherwise provided for in this charter, until his or her successor is <br />elected and qualified. Each office of councilmember shall be a separate office and, <br />except for the mayor, one (1) of such offices shall be assigned to each of the wards <br />of the City. Councilmembers shall be residents of their respective wards, and <br />nominated and elected only by the voters of their respective wards. The Mayor <br />shall be elected from the City at large. <br /> <br />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. <br />A person who has served three (3) consecutive terms of four (4) years each <br />shall be eligible for appointment, nomination for or election to the office of <br />councilmember (regardless of wards represented by that person during such <br />period) no sooner than for a term beginning eight (8) years after completion of that <br />councilmember's third consecutive full term.