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Clerk of the Council Office <br />www.santa-ana.org/departments/clerk-of-the-council/ <br />Item # 13 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />June 7, 2022 <br />TOPIC: Calling of General Municipal Election <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Giving Notice of a General Municipal Election to be Held on November 8, 2022 and <br />Requesting Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange to Consolidate a General <br />Municipal Election with the Statewide General Election (General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Adopt a resolution ordering, calling, and giving notice of a General Municipal Election <br />to be held in City of Santa Ana on November 8, 2022 and requesting the Board of <br />Supervisors of the County of Orange to consolidate with the Statewide General <br />Election. <br />2. Adopt a resolution establishing a charge for candidates’ statements to be submitted <br />to the electorate in the November 8, 2022 General Municipal Election. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In order to conduct an election, State law and the City Charter require the City Council to <br />adopt a resolution calling for a General Municipal Election (Exhibit 1). The subject <br />resolution establishes November 8, 2022 as the date for the election of the Mayor and <br />Members of Wards 2, 4 and 6 of the City Council. <br />Pursuant to Section 10403 of the California Elections Code, the City Council is required <br />to formally request consolidation of the City’s General Municipal Election with the <br />Statewide and County Election. The subject resolution fulfills this requirement by <br />requesting that the Board of Supervisors of Orange County consolidate the general <br />elections and authorizes the Board of Supervisors to canvass the election returns. <br />Pursuant to Elections Code 10224, the nomination period will open at 8:00 a.m. on July <br />18, 2022 and close at 5:00 p.m. on August 12, 2022. If a qualified incumbent does not <br />file, the period is extended for that Council seat to 5:00 p.m. on August 17, 2022 for any <br />candidates other than the incumbent to file.