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TIME LIMIT TO SUBMIT BALLOT ARGUMENTS (California Elections Code §9280 -9287) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Arguments with respect to the following ballot measure will be received according to the following procedures: 1. The City Council or any member(s) of the Council authorized by the City Council, or bona fide association of citizens, or any individual voter who is eligible to vote on the Measure, or any combination of voters and associations, may file a written argument for or against the measure on the ballot. No argument shall exceed 300 words in length. 2. A ballot argument shall not be accepted unless accompanied by the name(s) of the person(s) submitting it, or, if submitted on behalf of an organization, the name of the organization and the name of at least one of its principal officers. 3. No more than five authors may sign any argument. If an argument is signed by more than five individuals, the names of only the first five persons signing, determined by the order in which their signatures appear, shall be printed on the argument appearing in the Voter Information Pamphlet. 4. The Clerk of the Council shall cause an argument for and an argument against the measure, if submitted, to be printed and shall transmit the arguments to the qualified electors in addition to any necessary ballot materials. Arguments for and against the measure shall be submitted to the Office of the Clerk of the Council, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California 92701, not later than 14 days after City Council calls for the Election. 5. Arguments may be changed or withdrawn by their authors by specified date. 6. Printed arguments submitted to the voters shall be titled either "Argument In Favor of Measure_" or "Argument Against Measure_ ", accordingly. The blank space will be assigned a number or letter by the Orange County Registrar of Voters. Words used in the title shall not be counted when determining the length of the argument. 7. If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the ballot measure is submitted to the Clerk of the Council within the time prescribed above, the Clerk of the Council shall select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to voters. In such selection, preference and priority shall be given as follows: 1) member(s), of the legislative body authorized by that body, 2) bona fide associations of citizens, and, 3) individual voters who are eligible to vote on the measure. If more than one argument for a measure is received from individuals or groups with the same preference and priority, the first argument submitted to the Clerk of the Council will be selected if no other arguments from an individual or group with a higher priority are received. 8. At the time of filing an argument, a certificate is also required that states that the facts contained in the argument are true and correct. The certificate must be signed by each author of the argument. (A certificate form is available from the Clerk of the Council) 9. Copies of arguments for and against the measure shall be open for public examination at the Clerk of the Council Office, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California, 92701 65A -23