19D - ACCEPT VERIFICATION VOTER INITIATIVE

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iA ry',I REQUEST • • COUNCIL ACTION CITY ✓w! C { 0 � COUNCIL DATE: �I uPK APRIL 15, 2014 TITLE: ACCEPT CERTIFICATE OF VERIFICATION AND INSUFFICIENCY - VOTER INITIATIVE MEASURE: AUTHORIZING REGULATED OPERATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITIES CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 18t Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2 "d Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER 1. Accept the Certificate of Verification and Insufficiency issued by the County of Orange Registrar of Voters regarding the Medical Marijuana Control Act Initiative. 2. Approve reimbursement to the County of Orange, Registrar of Voters Office in the amount of $1,700 for verifying signatures on the petition. BACKGROUND The procedures for placing an initiative to enact an ordinance on the ballot are established in California Elections Code §9200 -9226 and is the right of the voters to bring upon for consideration. On January 2, 2014, the City of Santa Ana, Clerk of the Council, received a voter initiative petition by the Proponents to Support Medical Marijuana Control Act (Exhibit 1). As required by the California Elections Code, the City Attorney's Office provided a title and summary (Exhibit 2). The Proponents of the initiative published the Notice of Intent to Circulate and were legally permitted to circulate the petition between January 8, 2014 and July 1, 2014. The petition required 8,738 valid signatures to qualify for the 2014 General Election ballot. At the time the Notice of Intention was filed, the voter registration report on file with the California Secretary of State revealed 87,337 registered voters within Santa Ana. California Elections Code § 9215 requires that an initiative petition be signed by at least ten percent (10 %) of the total number of eligible registered voters to qualify for the next General Municipal Election. 19D -1