2023-054 - Accepting the Certificates to Verification of Signature on Petition and Certifcate of Sufficiency for Petition to Recall Councilmember Jessie Lopez

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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-054 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ACCEPTING THE CERTIFICATE AS TO VERIFICATION OF SIGNATURES ON PETITION AND CERTIFICATE OF SUFFICIENCY FOR PETITION TO RECALL COUNCILMEMBER JESSIE LOPEZ WHEREAS, on February 8, 2023, the City Clerk received a copy of Notice of Intention to Circulate Recall Petition for Jessie Lopez, Councilmember, Ward 3; and WHEREAS, on April 7, 2023, the Petition for Recall form was determined to meet the statutory requirements and, therefore, was approved for signature gathering; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Elections Code Section 11221(a)(3), the number of signatures required on the petition to qualify and trigger a recall election must be equal in number to not less than the following percent of registered voters in the electoral district: twenty percent (20%) if the registration is less than 50,000 but at least 10,000; and WHEREAS, according to the current Secretary of State report (dated February 10, 2023) at the time the Notice of Intention was filed, W a r d 3 i n t h e C i t y o f Santa Ana had 26,370 registered voters, and therefore, the number of verified signatures required was 5,274 for the petition; and WHEREAS, on June 12, 2023, the proponents of a recall election submitted the petition with the C i ty Clerk's Office in accordance with Elections Code Sections 11220 and 1 1222 and prior to the established deadline of August 7, 2023; and WHEREAS, after completing a prima facie review of signatures, the City Clerk determined that the petition did, in fact, contain the minimum number of signatures, and, thereafter, provided the petitions to the County of Orange Registrar of Voters for examination and verification of signatures; and WHEREAS, on July 17, 2023, the County of Orange Registrar of Voters provided a certificate as to verification of signatures on petition for the petition to recall Council Member Jessie Lopez, indicating the requisite number of signatures affixed to the petition, and attached as Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, based upon the certificate as to verification of signatures from the County of Orange Registrar of Voters, the City Clerk issued a certificate of sufficiency for the petition to recall Council Member Jessie Lopez attached as Exhibit B. Resolution No. 2023-054 Page 1 of 3