TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Liza Tamura, City Clerk
City Attorney, Quinn Barrow
Martha Alvarez, Senior Deputy City Clerk
SUBJECT:Title
Consider Adopting Resolutions Calling and Giving Notice Pertaining to the November 3, 2020, General Municipal Election to be Conducted by the Los Angeles County Registrar - Recorder/County Clerk (City Clerk Tamura and City Attorney Barrow).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NOS. 20-0061, 20-0062 AND 20-0063
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolutions Calling and Giving Notice pertaining to the November 3, 2020, General Municipal Election to be conducted by the Los Angeles County Registrar - Recorder/County Clerk.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Sufficient funds are currently budgeted in the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 City Clerk budget to conduct various services related to the November 3, 2020, General Municipal Election.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
With the passage of SB 415, which became effective January 1, 2018, the City Council changed municipal election days from March odd years to November even years. The November 3, 2020, General Municipal Election will be the City's first consolidated election to be conducted by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk since the passage of the bill.
The November 3, 2020, General Municipal Election for the City of Manhattan Beach is for the purpose of electing three City Council seats and one City Treasurer seat.
The Registrar will administer, manage and oversee the operational portion of the City's election, including voting processes, ballot counting and canvass of the votes, which will take place at the Registrar's office. The City Clerk will continue to serve as the Elections Official, manage the nomination filing process, Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) filings, creating/publishing official election not...
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