HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-034 - Ballot Titles Measures Charter Amendments Election November 5, 2024RESOLUTION NO. 2024-034
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA SETTING FORTH THE LANGUAGE OF
BALLOT TITLES FOR CITY CHARTER AMENDMENTS
REGARDING CLEAN-UP OF OBSOLETE SECTIONS, CIVIL
SERVICE, ETHICS CODE, CITY CLERK AND CITY
ATTORNEY AUTHORITY AND COUNCIL COMPENSATION
TO BE INCLUDED ON THE BALLOT FOR THE 2024
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. By Resolution 2024-033, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana has
called for a General Municipal election to be held on November 5, 2024 and submitted to
the voters an amendment to sections of the Santa Ana City Charter.
Section 2. The California Elections Code directs that the City Council approve the
form of the ballot question to be submitted to the voters and the City Council of the City
of Santa Ana desires, on its own motion, to submit to the voters of the City two questions,
one relating to clean-up of obsolete sections, civil service, ethics code, and City Clerk and
City Attorney authority, and one relating to Council compensation, to be submitted to the
voters at the General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
Section 3. The amendments called for in Resolution 2024-033 shall be proposed
as follows, with identification as determined in accordance with the California Elections
Code:
Shall the Charter of the City of Santa Ana be amended to delete
references to obsolete job titles and obsolete bonding
requirements, specify that all department heads are at -will
Yes
employees, address definitions of funds and levies for
compliance with state law, authorize limited purchasing authority
for the City Clerk and City Attorney and require the City Council
No
to adopt an ordinance to enforce the Ethics Code?
Shall the Charter of the City of Santa Ana be amended to index
Yes
Council compensation at a salary of thirty three (33%) percent of
that of an Orange County Superior Court Judge?
No
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Section 4. If the ballot measure receives a majority of the votes cast on it at the
election, the question shall be approved.
Section 5. Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 9295, this Resolution
and the included Measures will be available for public examination for no fewer than ten
(10) calendar days prior to being submitted for printing in the voter information guide.
Section 6. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or provision of this
Resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of any other provision or applications, and
to this end the provisions of this Resolution are declared to be severable. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have passed this Resolution and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase or provision thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or provisions thereof be declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 7. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall attest to and certify the vote adopting this Resolution.
ADOPTED this 18th day of June, 2024.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
By: k
Sonia R. Carvalho
City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers Hernandez Lopez Phan, Vazquez (5)
NOES: Councilmembers Amezcua Penaloza (2)
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers None 0
ABSENT: Councilmembers None 0
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CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, JENNIFER L. HALL, City Clerk, do hereby attest to and certify that the attached
Resolution No. 2024-034 to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on June 18, 2024.
Date: i 19j U2.
City of Santa Ana
Resolution No. 2024-034
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