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BY-DISTRICT ELECTION <br />BY-WARD ELECTION <br />CVRA <br />CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACTREQUEST FOR <br /> <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 20, 2016 <br />TITLE: <br />EVALUATION OF OPTIONS CONCERNING <br />POTENTIAL TRANSITION TO A <br />BY -DISTRICT ELECTIONS SYSTEM <br />1 <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />.9 11.710001 _ck <br />❑ As Recommended <br />As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 151 Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For__ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Discuss the information and options contained in this report and provide further direction. <br />DISCUSSION <br />At the December 6, 2016 City Council meeting, Mayor Pro Tem Sarmiento, Councilmember <br />Tinajero and former Councilmember Amezcua placed an 85A item on the agenda to consider <br />establishing a by -district elections system in the City of Santa Ana. Council directed staff and the <br />City Attorney to prepare a report addressing the following: <br />1. Evaluate various municipal election systems, including at -large systems, by -district <br />systems and mixed systems. <br />2. Evaluate the transition process from the City's existing from district/at-large system to a <br />by -district system. <br />3. Evaluate the option of holding a Special Election in 2017 to consider the transition to a by - <br />district system. <br />In a from -district election system the city council candidate must reside in a specific election <br />district, but is elected by all voters in the City. This is the current system by which Santa Ana <br />Council Members are elected. <br />In a by -district election system, the city council candidate must reside within an election district <br />that is a divisible part of the city and is elected only by voters residing within that election district. <br />1. Evaluation of Various Municipal Election Systems <br />A. City of Anaheim <br />By -District with Six Districts and a Mayor elected at -large. <br />65E-1 <br />