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Recommendation to adopt resolution declaring the results of the Primary Nominating Election held in the City of Long Beach, California, on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, for the purpose of nominating and/or electing candidates for three (3) offices on the City Council from district numbers 2, 6, and 8; and nominating and/or electing candidates for the Long Beach Unified School District Governing Board Members for the Second and Fourth Districts; and directing the City Clerk to place on ballots to be used at the General Municipal Election to be held on the 3rd day of November 2020, the names of the candidates declared to have been nominated in the Primary Nominating Election; and directing the City Clerk to issue a certificate of Election to the candidate declared to have been elected at the Primary Nominating Election;
DISCUSSION
Attached are the Resolutions prepared by the City Attorney on the results of the consolidated City of Long Beach Primary Nominating Election held on March 3, 2020:
1. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Long Beach declaring the results of the Primary Nominating Election held in the City of Long Beach, California, on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, for the purpose of nominating and/or electing candidates for three (3) offices on the City Council from district numbers 2, 6, and 8; and nominating and/or electing candidates for the Long Beach Unified School District Governing Board Members for the Second and Fourth Districts; and directing the City Clerk to place on ballots to be used at the General Municipal Election to be held on the 3rd day of November 2020, the names of the candidates declared to have been nominated in the Primary Nominating Election; and directing the City Clerk to issue a certificate of Election to the candidate declared to have been elected at the Primary Nominating Election;
2. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Long Beach declaring the results of the Special Municipal Election held in the City of Long Beach, California, on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, for the two (2) ballot measures which had been submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the City;
3. A Resolution ordering, proclaiming, calling, giving notice of and providing for the holding of a General Municipal Election to be held in the City of Long Beach, California, on Tuesday, the 3rd day of November, 2020, for the election of three (3) City Councilmembers from the Second, Sixth, and Eighth Districts and one (1) Long Beach Unified School District Governing Board Member from District 2, for a full term of four (4) years commencing with the third Tuesday of December, 2020; Designating the ballot listing of the candidates to be voted on; and adopting provisions relating to translations of and the charges for costs of candidate statements.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
Approval of the recommended action on April 14, 2020, will meet the provisions of Elections Code Sections 10262 and 10263. To complete the certification process, the City Council is required to adopt a Resolution reciting the fact of the election and the statement of the results as provided in section 10264 of the California Elections Code.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Amy Webber on March 10, 2020.
FISCAL IMPACT
Adopting the attached Resolutions will have no fiscal impact.
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE PRIMARY NOMINATING ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ON TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020 FOR THE PURPOSE OF NOMINATING AND/OR ELECTING CANDIDATES FOR THREE (3) CITY COUNCIL OFFICES, COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBERS 2, 6, AND 8; NOMINATING AND/OR ELECTING CANDIDATES FOR TWO (2) LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS, DISTRICT NUMBERS 2 AND 4; AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO PLACE ON THE BALLOTS TO BE USED AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2020, THE NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES DECLARED TO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED IN THE PRIMARY NOMINATING ELECTION; AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION TO THE CANDIDATES DECLARED TO HAVE BEEN ELECTED AT THE PRIMARY NOMINATING ELECTION
Respectfully Submitted,
MONIQUE DE LA GARZA
CITY CLERK