HomeMy WebLinkAbout90-14 - Adding Section 2-13 to Provide for Ballot Arguments and RebuttalsORDINANCE NO. 90-14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION 2-13 TO
THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL ODDE TO PROVIDE FOR
BALLOT ARGUMENTS AND REBUTTALS TO A CITY MEASURE
THAT QUALIFIES TO BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT FOR A
CITY ELECTION.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLIOUZ:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does hereby
find that establishment of a ballot argument and rebuttal process will have
a beneficial impact on the equality, fairness, and integrity of the elec-
toral process in the City of Costa Mesa.
SECTION 2. Section 2-13 is hereby added to Chapter 1 of Title 2 of
the Costa Mesa Municipal Code to read as follows:
Section 2-13. Ballot Arguments and Rebuttals to Ballot Arguments.
To the extent any City measure qualifies or is enacted to be submitted
to the voters at a City election, ballot arguments for and against the
measure and rebuttals to such ballot arguments shall be permitted as pro-
vided in Chapter 3 of Division 5 of the California Elections Code, Sections
4000 through 5025, inclusive. The provisions of this section shall apply
to all City elections called after November, 1990,
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
thirty (30) days from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the
expiration of fifteen (15) days from its passage shall be published once in
the ORANGE COAST DAILY PICOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed
and published in the City of Costa Mesa or, in the alternative, the City
Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified
copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the
City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance,
and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to
be published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office of
the City Clerk a certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names
of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of October, 1990.
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City C1 k of the City of Costa M a Mayor of the City oflEpsta Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) PPROVED AS TO FORM
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CITY OF STA MESA ) CITY ATTORNEY
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and fore-
going Ordinance No. 90-14 was introduced and considered section by section
at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 1st day of October,
1990, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of
the City Council held on the 15th day of October, 1990, by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: OOUNCIL MEMBERS: Buffs, Hornbuckle, Amburgey, Genis
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Glasgow
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 16th day of October, 1990.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of e
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa