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City of South San Francisco
Resolution: RES 118-2022
P.O. Box 711 (City Hall,
400 Grand Avenue)
South San Francisco, CA
File Number: 22-567 Enactment Number: RES 118-2022
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A CERTIFICATE OF
SUFFICIENCY OF SIGNATURES ON A PETITION
FOR AN INITIATIVE ORDINANCE OF AN ANNUAL
PARCEL TAX ON SOME COMMERCIAL OFFICE
PROPERTIES FOR EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION
AND CHILDCARE AND DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS
WHEREAS, on December 29, 2021, the City Clerk received a letter conveying to the City a
Notice of Intent to Circulate a Petition per Elections Code Section 9202, and Text of Initiative entitled,
South San Francisco Early Care for All Parcel Tax Act; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Elections Code Section 9203(a), the letter served as formal written
request for preparation of a ballot title and summary of the measure by the City Attorney; and
WHEREAS, as requested by the proponents and as required by Elections Code Section 9203, a
Ballot Title and Summary was prepared by the City Attorney and returned to the proponents by the City
Clerk on January 5, 2022, along with notification that the proponents were then entitled, per Elections
Code Section 9205, to publish the Notice of Intention, Ballot Title, and Summary; and
WHEREAS, the Notice of Intent to Circulate Petition and text of the measure was published in
the Examiner; and
WHEREAS, Elections Code 9215 states that in order to qualify for the ballot, the petition must
be signed by ten percent (10%) of the registered voters in South San Francisco; and
WHEREAS, according to the Report of Registration filed with the Secretary of State,
Woodside has 35,185 registered voters, and thus 3,519 verified signatures were required for this Petition;
and
WHEREAS, on June 3, 2022, the Petition containing 5,751 unverified signatures was filed
with the City Clerkâs Office as required by Elections Code 9208, prior to the established deadline; and
WHEREAS, after completing the prima facie review of signatures, the City Clerk provided the
Petition to the San Mateo Assessor/County Clerk-Recorder and Elections Office for
examination and verification of the signatures; and
WHEREAS, by letter dated June 6, 2022; received by the City on June 7, 2022, San Mateo
Assessor/County Clerk-Recorder and Elections Office verified that the Petition contains 3,635 valid
signatures.
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