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Proposed Ballot Measure(s) for the November 8, 2022 General Municipal Election to <br />Amend the City Charter <br />July 19, 2022 <br />Page 4 <br />2 <br />8 <br />5 <br />3 <br />Section 1010: Prohibitions <br />This amendments updates the Charter’s anti-discrimination provisions, as well as <br />requires that the City Council adopt an anti-nepotism policy. <br />Section 1011: Contract for Performance of Administrative Functions <br />In 2018, the City Council adopted a resolution changing the name of the Personnel <br />Services Agency to the Human Resources department. To be consistent with these <br />organizational changes, this amendment replaces the word “personnel” to “human <br />resources”. <br />Section 1014: Work Stoppages <br />Removes this section in its entirety to be consistent with state law and other applicable <br />laws and regulations. <br />Section 1208: Enforcement <br />Section 1206 prescribes rules relating to campaign contribution limits for candidates for <br />mayor or councilmember. Section 1207 prescribes rules relating to campaign committees <br />and bank accounts. Section 1208 provides enforcement provisions relating to Sections <br />1206 and 1207. This amendment allows that the City to contract with a state or county <br />entity to enforce such provisions. <br />Section 1400: Employees’ Retirement System <br />This amendment revises the in-text references to Section 1002 to be consistent with the <br />proposed revisions in Section 1002 relating to Civil Service. <br />Gender Pronouns (various sections) <br />Throughout the current Charter, references to City officials use gender-specific pronouns <br />such as he/his/him or his or her. This amendment replaces gender-specific pronouns with <br />they/them to be more inclusive. This change aligns with the contemporary use of <br />pronouns relating to gender. <br />Clerk of the Council Title (various sections) <br />The Clerk of the Council intends to replace the title "clerk of the council" with "city clerk" <br />to modernize and better identify this position. <br />Section 401: City Council Compensation <br />The Charter currently provides that the salaries of the Mayor and members of the City <br />Council shall be established by the city council compensation formula provided for by <br />California Government Code Section 36516. This compensation formula established the <br />compensation of the Mayor and members of the City Council according to the population