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Recommendation to request City Council to receive and file the Letter of Completion for the Hotel Workplace Requirements and Restrictions petition and approve one of three alternative actions, as required by the California Elections Code Section 9215 and the Long Beach City Charter Section 2000:
1) Adopt the Initiative Ordinance, without alteration, at the
regular meeting at which the certification of the petition
is presented, or within 10 days after it is presented; or
2) Submit the ordinance, without alteration, to the voters
pursuant to Section 1405, and adopt resolutions a) and b).
a) Adopt resolution calling for the placement of an initiative
measure to amend the Long Beach Municipal Code to
add Hotel Workplace Requirements and Restrictions,
directing the City Attorney to prepare an impartial analysis
of the measure, and providing for the filing of primary and
rebuttal arguments and setting rules for the filing of written
arguments regarding said measure to be submitted at the
November 6, 2018 Special Municipal Election; and
DISCUSSION
On May 22, 2018, proponents of the Hotel Workplace Requirements and Restrictions petition submitted 4,966 sections and 46,084 signatures. As the elections official, the City Clerk made the determination to conduct a random draw of 3 percent or 1,383 signatures. The results fell within 95 percent - 110 percent of the number of signatures needed to declare the petition sufficient. Per California Elections Code Section 9115 (b), a 95 percent - 110 percent validity rate requires a full check of signatures until sufficiency is met.
On June 28, 2018, the City Clerk requested the signature verification services of the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (LARRCC). LARRCC was asked to verify signatures until sufficiency was met (27,462 valid signatures). On Friday, July 27, 2018, LARRCC notified the City Clerk that sufficiency was met and provided a Certificate of Completi...
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