CC RES 2019-029 RESOLUTION NO. 2019-29
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF REBUTTAL
ARGUMENTS FOR A VOTER-SPONSORED MEASURE SUBMITTED AT A
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION ON 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; and
WHEREAS, Elections Code § 9282 provides for written arguments to be filed in
favor of or against city measures not to exceed 300 words in length; and
WHEREAS, Elections Code § 9285 authorizes the City Council, by majority vote,
to adopt provisions to provide for the filing of rebuttal arguments for city measures
submitted at municipal elections;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That pursuant Elections Code § 9285(a)(1), when the City
Clerk/Elections Official has selected an argument in favor and an argument against a
measure to be printed in the voter information guide, the City Clerk/Elections Official shall
send a copy of the argument in favor of the measure to the authors of the argument
against the measure and a copy of an argument against the measure to the authors of
the argument in favor of the measure.
SECTION 2. That pursuant Elections Code § 9285(a)(2), the author or a
majority of the authors of an argument relating to a city measure may prepare and submit
a rebuttal argument or may authorize in writing another person or persons to prepare,
submit, or sign the rebuttal argument.
SECTION 3. That pursuant Elections Code § 9285(a)(3), a rebuttal argument
shall not exceed 250 words.
SECTION 4. That pursuant to Elections Code § 9285(a)(4), a rebuttal
argument relating to a city measure shall be filed with the City Clerk/Elections Official no
later than 10 days after the final filing date for primary arguments, setting the deadline for
rebuttals as Friday, July 12, 2019, by 4:30 P.M. The rebuttal argument shall be
accompanied by the Form of Statement to be Filed by Author(s) of Argument as provided
for in California Elections Code § 9600.
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SECTION 5. That pursuant to Elections Code § 9285(a)(5), a rebuttal
argument relating to a city measure shall not be signed by more than five persons, shall
be printed in the same manner as a direct argument, and shall immediately follow the
direct argument which it seeks to rebut.
SECTION 6. That all previous resolutions providing for the filing of rebuttal
arguments for city measures are hereby repealed.
SECTION 7. That the provisions of Sections 1-5 of this Resolution shall apply
only to the General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, and
shall then be repealed.
SECTION 8. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of
this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 18th day of June 2019.
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ATTEST:
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State of California )
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I, Emily Colborn, City Clerk of The City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that the
above Resolution No. 2019-29 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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