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CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 12/11/2024
AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Consent Calendar
AGENDA TITLE:
Consideration and possible action to certify the results of the General Municipal Election of
November 5, 2024.
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
1) Adopt Resolution No. 2024-__, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES RECITING THE FACT OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024, DECLARING THE RESULT AND SUCH
OTHER MATTERS AS PROVIDED BY LAW.
FISCAL IMPACT: None
Amount Budgeted: N/A
Additional Appropriation: N/A
Account Number(s): N/A
ORIGINATED BY: Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk
REVIEWED BY: Catherine Jun, Deputy City Manager
APPROVED BY: Ara Mihranian, AICP, City Manager
ATTACHED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS:
A. Resolution declaring the results of the November 5, 2024, election (page A-1)
B. Exhibit A - Certificate of the Canvass of the Election Returns and Statement of
Votes Cast (page B-1)
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BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
At the conclusion of any given election , a canvas is conducted to account for every ballot
cast and ensure that every valid vote cast is included in the election totals. On December 3,
2024, the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder completed the Official Canvass and
certified the election results of the November 5, 2024, General Municipal Election and will issue
the Official Certificate of the Canvass of the Election Returns and Official Statement of Votes
Cast. The results of that canvass will be set forth in Exhibit A (Attachment B) of the proposed
resolution (Attachment A).
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The tally of votes are as follows:
STEPHEN PERESTAM 7,511
GEORGE LEWIS 7,469
DAVID CHURA 7,195
JEFF CHEN 5,941
MICHELE P. CARBONE 3,638
CONCLUSION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached resolution reciting the facts of
that election, thereby enabling those candidates (Stephen Perestam and George Lewis) who
were elected at the November 5, 2024 General Municipal Election to assume office and
begin their terms on the City Council effective December 11, 2024.
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Resolution No. 2024-__
Declaring Election Results
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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-__
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES RECITING THE FACT OF THE
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024,
DECLARING THE RESULT AND SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS
PROVIDED BY LAW
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election was held and conducted in the City
Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as required by law;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 2024-28 adopted on June 4, 2024, the
election was consolidated with the Los Angeles County Local and Municipal Elections
and the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk canvassed the returns of
the election and has certified the results to this City Council, the results are received,
attached and made a part hereof as Exhibit A ; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Elections Code § 10264 the City Council desires now to
enter upon the records of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes the results thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND
ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the whole number of ballots cast in the precincts except
vote-by-mail voter ballots was 5,448. That the whole number of vote-by-mail voter
ballots cast in the City was 18,760, making a total of 24,208 ballots cast in the City.
SECTION 2. That the names of persons voted for at the election for Member
of the City Council are as follows:
Stephen Perestam
George Lewis
David Chura
Jeff Chen
Michelle P. Carbone
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Resolution No. 2024-__
Declaring Election Results
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SECTION 3: That the number of votes given at each precinct and the number
of votes given in the City to each of the persons above named for Member of the City
Council for which the persons were candidates, were as listed in Exhibit A attached.
SECTION 4. The City Council does declare and determine that: Stephen
Perestam was elected as Member of the City Council for the full term of four (4) years;
and George Lewis was elected as Member of the City Council for the full term o f four
(4) years.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall enter on the records of the City Council of
the City, a statement of the results of the election showing:
1. The whole number of ballots cast in the City;
2. The names of the persons voted for;
3. For what office each person was voted for;
4. The number of votes given at each precinct to each person and
5. The total number of votes given to each person.
SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall immediately make and deliver to each of
the persons so elected a Certificate of Election signed by the City Clerk and
authenticated; that the City Clerk shall also administer to each person elected the Oath
of Office prescribed in the Constitution of the State of California and shall have them
subscribe to it and file it in the office of the City Clerk. Each and all of the persons so
elected shall then be inducted into the respective office to which they have been
elected.
SECTION 7. 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 11th day of December 2024.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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Mayor
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Resolution No. 2024-__
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that the above
Resolution No. 2024-__ was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a
special meeting thereof held on December 11, 2024.
City Clerk
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 11/05/24 GENERAL ELECTION 76.1 -Page-172
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council
FINAL OFFICIAL V2
STATEMENT OF VOTES CAST
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RANCHO PALOS VERDES - 5530001A 180 62 45 45 54 30
VOTE BY MAIL SERIAL 7031 699 241 223 182 188 82
TOTAL 1,124 879 303 268 227 242 112
RANCHO PALOS VERDES - 5530018A 807 276 271 223 257 102
VOTE BY MAIL SERIAL 0646 3,175 1,022 931 854 903 403
TOTAL 4,902 3,982 1,298 1,202 1,077 1,160 505
RANCHO PALOS VERDES - 5530027A 517 135 134 120 166 88
VOTE BY MAIL SERIAL 0647 1,906 596 516 427 697 275
TOTAL 3,173 2,423 731 650 547 863 363
RANCHO PALOS VERDES - 5530033B 696 205 198 187 208 107
VOTE BY MAIL SERIAL 0648 2,452 744 727 667 732 448
TOTAL 3,995 3,148 949 925 854 940 555
RANCHO PALOS VERDES - 5530042A 733 217 256 161 203 104
VOTE BY MAIL SERIAL 0649 2,514 824 900 542 773 330
TOTAL 4,032 3,247 1,041 1,156 703 976 434
RANCHO PALOS VERDES - 5530053A 465 119 180 74 155 80
VOTE BY MAIL SERIAL 0650 1,795 492 841 345 675 246
TOTAL 2,793 2,260 611 1,021 419 830 326
RANCHO PALOS VERDES - 5530055A 1,028 306 262 295 239 204
VOTE BY MAIL SERIAL 0651 3,448 1,044 995 1,014 955 492
TOTAL 5,889 4,476 1,350 1,257 1,309 1,194 696
RANCHO PALOS VERDES - 5530082A 575 177 169 124 150 91
VOTE BY MAIL SERIAL 0652 1,672 537 460 370 406 303
TOTAL 2,823 2,247 714 629 494 556 394
RANCHO PALOS VERDES - 5530086A 447 142 112 92 136 78
VOTE BY MAIL SERIAL 7033 1,099 330 291 219 298 175
TOTAL 1,987 1,546 472 403 311 434 253
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 11/05/24 GENERAL ELECTION 76.2 -Page-173
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Member of the City Council
FINAL OFFICIAL V2
STATEMENT OF VOTES CAST
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PRECINCT TOTAL 5,448 1,639 1,627 1,321 1,568 884
VBM TOTAL 18,760 5,830 5,884 4,620 5,627 2,754
GRAND TOTAL 30,718 24,208 7,469 7,511 5,941 7,195 3,638
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