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RESOLUTION NUMBER d90~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SEAL BEACH ENCOURAGING LEGISLATION
TO ENSURE REASONABLE TIME LIMITS BETWEEN
EACH STEP OF THE RECALL PROCESS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY RESOLVE:
WHEREAS, the procedures for recall of elected city officials are
established by the State Legislators and defined in the
State Elections Code; and
WHEREAS, the Elections Code currently provides elected officials
seven days in order to respond to a formally presented
Notice of Intention to Circulate a Recall Petition; and
WHEREAS, once such Notice has been responded to by the elected
official, the Elections Code does not impose a deadline by
which the recall initiator(s) must submit the Notice to
the County Registrar of Voters for certification and approval
of the recall petition; and
this omission in the Elections Code has created a situation
whereby the r.eca1l initiator(s) can prolong the recall process
and, thus, cause great harm to the elected official by
subjecting their credibility and character to doubt and
inhibiting the performance of their duties; and
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS, the lack of a reasonable time limit for submission of the
Notice to the County Registrar of Voters is an invitation
to abuse the recall process.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Seal Beach hereby requests the League of California Cities to seek
legislation to amend the Elections Code to provide a specific and
definite time limit between all of the steps in the recall process.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be forwarded to the League
of California Cities prior to August g, 1979 for consideration by the
General Assembly at their 1979 Annual Conference in San Francisco.
~ D, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Seal
Bea , California, at a meeting thereof held on the ~day of
, 1 9, by the following v .
Counci1me
NOES:
Councilmen
ABSENT: Councilmen
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