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P.O. Box 711 (City Hall,
400 Grand Avenue)
South San Francisco, CA
Ordinance: ORD 1524 -2016
File Number: 16 -744 Enactment Number: ORD 1524 -2016
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2.16.010 OF THE SOUTH
SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE DATES
DESIGNATED FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY,
IN ORDER TO CONSOLIDATE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS WITH
STATEWIDE ELECTIONS, AS REQUIRED BY SENATE BILL 415.
WHEREAS, Section 2.16.010 ( "General municipal elections designated. ") of the South San Francisco
Municipal Code ( "Municipal Code ") sets forth the date on which the city's general municipal elections
shall be held; and
WHEREAS, following the enactment of Senate Bill 415, all California cities with municipal elections
held in a year that was not concurrent with statewide elections and resulted in a significant decrease in
voter turnout must align its municipal elections with the statewide elections beginning in 2018 or have a
plan in place to do so by 2022; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to align the city's general municipal elections with statewide elections
beginning in 2018 in order to comply with Senate Bill 415.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of South San Francisco does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT
The City Council hereby amends Section 2.16.010 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code to read as
follows. Section and subsections that are not amended by this Ordinance are not included below, and
shall remain in full force and effect.
2.16.010 General municipal elections designated.
Prior to January 1, 2018, the general municipal election of the city shall be held on the same day as the
date of the school district elections as set forth in Section 1302 of the Elections Code.
After January 1, 2018, the general municipal elections of the city shall be consolidated with the
statewide election date in accordance with sections 1301, 10000 to 10735, and 14050 to 14057 of the
Elections Code, as amended. The terms for the local elected officials that are scheduled to end in 2017
and 2019 are hereby extended by 12 months. As used in this section, "12 months" means the period
between the day upon which the term of office would otherwise have commenced and the first Tuesday
after the second Monday in the 12th month before or after that day, inclusive.
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SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid
or unconstitutional, the remainder of this Ordinance, including the application of such part or provision
to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.
To this end, provisions of this Ordinance are severable. The City Council of the City of South San
Francisco hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph,
sentence, clause, or phrase hereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be held unconstitutional, invalid, or
unenforceable.
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PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall be published once, with the names of those City Councilmembers voting for or
against it, in the Examiner, the Court declared newspaper of general circulation in the City of South San
Francisco, as required by law, and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and after its adoption.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South San Francisco, held the 24th day
of August, 2016.
At a meeting of the City Council on 9/28/2016, a motion was made by Karyl Matsumoto, seconded by
Pradeep Gupta, that this Ordinance be adopted. The motion passed.
Yes: 4 Councilmember Normandy, Councilmember Matsumoto, Vice Mayor Gupta,
and Mayor Addiego
Absent: 1 Councilmember Garharino
Attest
nel
Mayor Mark Addiego
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