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Item # 25
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
January 16, 2024
TOPIC: Election of Mayor Pro Tem for 2024
AGENDA TITLE
Election of Mayor Pro Tem for 2024
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Nominate and elect one Councilmember to serve as Mayor Pro Tem for calendar year
2024.
GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No
DISCUSSION
At the December 8, 2020 Special City Council meeting, the City Council decided to
make the mayor pro tem position an annual appointment rather than a two-year
appointment as was previous practice. At the November 8, 2022 General Municipal
Election, the Santa Ana electorate approved amendments to the Santa Ana City
Charter, including revisions to Section 405, which now reads: “Each calendar year, at
the first meeting in January, the City Council shall elect a mayor pro tem who shall act
as mayor during the absence from the city or disability of the mayor, or during any
vacancy in the office of mayor until otherwise filled in accordance with section 403.”
Section 405 provides that all members of the City Council, other than the mayor, shall
be eligible to serve as mayor pro tem regardless of their seniority or whether they have
previously served as mayor pro tem, with the exception that the mayor pro tem from the
previous year cannot be selected as the mayor pro tem for the next year. The mayor
pro tem serves at the will and pleasure of the City Council and may be replaced by four
affirmative votes of the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Mayor Pro Tem History
Election of Mayor Pro Tem for 2024
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Submitted By: Jennifer L. Hall, City Clerk
Approved By: Tom Hatch, Interim City Manager
CITY OF SANTA ANA
HISTORY OF MAYOR PRO TEM
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YEAR COUNCILMEMBER
2023 Jessie Lopez
2022 Phil Bacerra
2021 David Penaloza
2019-2020 Juan Villegas
2017-2018 Michele Martinez
2015-2016 Vicente Sarmiento
2013-2014 Sal Tinajero
2011-2012 Claudia Alvarez
2009-2010 Claudia Alvarez
2/2007-2008 Claudia Alvarez
11/2006-2/2007 Carlos Bustamante
2005-11/2006 Lisa Bist
2003-2004 Brett Franklin
2001-2002 Patricia McGuigan
1999-2000 Tom Lutz
1997-1998 Robert Richardson
1995-1996 Robert Richardson
1993-1994 Miguel Pulido
1991-1992 Miguel Pulido
1989-1990 John Acosta