Item 16 - Affirmation and/or Amendment of Rent Stabilization and Just Cause Eviction Ordinance

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Resolution No. 2023-XXX Page 3 of 5 Section 11. That pursuant to Elections Code Sections 9220 and 9285, when the City Clerk has selected the arguments for and against the Ballot Measure which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the City Clerk shall send copies of the argument in favor of the Ballot Measure to the author or authors of the argument against, and copies of the argument against the Ballot Measure to the author or authors of the argument in favor. The author or authors may submit a rebuttal argument to the direct argument not exceeding 250 words. Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner as the direct arguments and shall immediately follow the direct argument, which it seeks to rebut. All previous resolutions providing for the filing of rebuttal arguments for City measures are repealed, and this Section shall only apply to the election on the Ballot Measure to be held on November 5, 2024. Section 12. In accordance with California Elections Code Section 10002, the City Council requests the Orange County Board of Supervisors to permit the county elections official to render specified services to the City relating to the conduct of an election, for which the City shall reimburse the County in full for the services performed upon presentation of a bill to the City. The Board of Supervisors is also requested to consent and agree to the consolidation of the City’s general election with any othe r election occurring on November 5, 2024, and the City hereby consents to any such consolidation. Section 13. The services requested by the City of the county elections official, or such other official as may be appropriate and authorized to perform, incl ude: the preparation, printing, and mailing of sample ballots and polling place cards; the establishment or appointment of precincts, polling places, and elections officers; opening and closing of polling places, and making such publications as are require d by law in connection therewith; the furnishing of ballots, voting booths, and other necessary supplies or materials for polling places; the canvassing of the returns of the election and the furnishing of the results of such canvassing to the City Clerk; and the performance of such other election services as may be requested by the City. Section 14. All persons qualified to vote at municipal elections in the City on the day of election herein provided shall be qualified to vote on the ballot measure hereby submitted at the general municipal election. Section 15. In all particulars not recited in the Resolution, the election shall be held and conducted as provided by law for holding general municipal elections in the City. Section 16. Notice of the time and place of holding the general municipal election is given, and the Clerk of the Council is authorized, instructed, and directed to give further or additional notice of the election in the time, form, and manner as required by law. Section 17. The City Clerk shall receive the canvass as it pertains to the general municipal election and shall certify the results to the City Council, as required by law.