CC RES 2019-028 RESOLUTION NO. 2019-28
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, CALIFORNIA, SETTING PRIORITIES FOR FILING A WRITTEN
ARGUMENTS AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL
ANALYSIS REGARDING A CITY MEASURE TO BE SUBMITTED AT THE GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2019.
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes, California, on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, at which there will be submitted to
the voters a ballot measure to consider adopting a proposed City Ordinance that would
add Chapter 5.40, Hospitality Working Conditions, to the City of Rancho Palos Verdes
Municipal Code;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 9282(a) the persons
filing an initiative petition may file a written argument in favor of the Ordinance, and the
legislative body may submit an argument against the Ordinance. An argument shall not
exceed 300 words in length.
SECTION 2. That the City Council authorizes the following member(s) of its body:
Eric Alegria and Susan Brooks, to file, if desired, a written argument not exceeding 300
words regarding the initiative measure as specified above, accompanied by the printed
name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, in accordance with Article 4,
Chapter 3, Division 9 of the California Elections Code.
SECTION 3. All arguments may be changed or withdrawn until Tuesday, July 2,
2019, by 5:30 P.M., after which no arguments for or against the City measure may be
submitted to the City Clerk.
SECTION 4. The arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk, signed, with the
printed name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, or if submitted on behalf
of an organization, the name of the organization, and the printed name and signature of
at least one of its principal officers who is the author of the argument. The arguments
shall be accompanied by the Form of Statement to be Filed by Author(s) of Argument as
provided for in California Elections Code Section 9600.
SECTION 5. That the City Clerk/Elections Official is directed to follow the format
for ballot arguments provided in Sub-sections (d), (e), and (f) of Section 9282 of the
Elections Code.
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SECTION 6. That if more than one argument for or against the measure is
submitted to the City Clerk/Elections Official within the time prescribed, she shall give
preference and priority first, to "arguments for/against" submitted by member(s) of the
City Council and "arguments in favor of" submitted by bona fide sponsors or proponents
of the measure, as authorized by this Resolution, and second, to individual voters, bona
fide associations, or a combination thereof, in the order set forth in California Elections
Code § 9287.
SECTION 7. That the City Council directs the City Clerk to transmit a copy of the
initiative measure to the City Attorney, unless the organization or salaries of the office of
the City Attorney are affected. In accordance with Elections Code § 9280, the City
Attorney is hereby directed as follows:
a. Prepare an impartial analysis of the initiative measure showing the effect of the
measure on the existing law and the operation of the measure.
b. The analysis shall include a statement indicating whether the measure was
placed on the ballot by a petition signed by the requisite number of voters or by
the governing body of the city. If the measure affects the organization or
salaries of the office of the City Attorney, the City Council may direct the City
Clerk to prepare the impartial analysis.
c. The analysis shall be printed preceding the arguments for and against the
measure. The analysis shall not exceed 500 words in length.
d. If the entire text of the measure is not printed on the ballot, nor in the voter
information guide, there shall be printed immediately below the impartial
analysis, in no less than 10-point bold type, a legend substantially as follows:
"The above statement is an impartial analysis of Ordinance or Measure [TBD].
If you desire a copy of the ordinance or measure, please call the City
Clerk/Elections Official's office at (310) 544-5217 and a copy will be mailed at
no cost to you."
e. The impartial analysis shall be filed by the date set by the City Clerk/Elections
Official for the filing of primary arguments, Tuesday, July 2, 2019, by 5:30
P.M.
SECTION 8. That the City Clerk/Elections Official shall cause the City Attorney's
Impartial Analysis, and duly selected arguments, to be printed and distributed to voters in
accordance with State law regarding same.
SECTION 9. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 18th day of June 2019.
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ATTEST:
CeAlf, a Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Emily Colborn, City Clerk of The City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that the
above Resolution No. 2019-28 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said
City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on June 18, 2019.
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