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Recommendation to request City Council to receive and file the certification of the petition regarding the “Initiative Ordinance to Establish Minimum Wages and Minimum Sick Leave Payable to Hotel Workers”; and approve one of the following three alternative actions, as required by the California Elections Code and the Long Beach City Charter, to either:
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;
2) Submit the Initiative Ordinance, without alteration, to the voters pursuant to City Charter Section 2000; or
3) Order a report pursuant to Elections Code Section 9212 at the regular meeting at which the certification of the petition is presented; and when the report is presented to the legislative body, the legislative body shall either adopt the Initiative Ordinance within 10 days or order an election pursuant to City Charter Section 2000.
DISCUSSION
On May 4,2012, proponents of the "Initiative Ordinance to Establish Minimum Wages and Minimum Sick Leave Payable to Hotel Workers" submitted petitions to the City Clerk Department for signature verification in order to determine whether the initiative would qualify for placement upon the November 6,2012, Statewide Ballot.
Upon a prima facie review, the City Clerk Department determined that the petitions contained 31,546 signatures from which a random sample verification of 946 signatures would be conducted pursuant to Elections Code Section 9115.
For the petition to be deemed sufficient pursuant to Elections Code Section 9115, the random sample needed to yield, on a projected basis, 24,036 valid signatures of Long Beach registered voters.
Based on the Section 9115 authorized random sample, the City Clerk Department determined that the petition contains a projected 27,410 valid signatures; and is therefore certified, as authorized by Elections Code Section 9115 (t).
With certific...
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