HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2024-C41RESOLUTION NO. 2024-C41
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA,
CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF PRIMARY AND
REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS AND SETTING RULES FOR THE FILING
OF WRITTEN ARGUMENTS REGARDING A CITY MEASURE TO BE
SUBMITTED AT THE NOVEMBER 5, 2024 GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Election is to be held in the City of Azusa, California
on November 5, 2024, at which there will be submitted to the voters the following measure:
City of Azusa Public Safety, Community Services, Local
Control/ Accountability Measure.
“Shall the measure to maintain locally-generated funding for police,
firefighter/ paramedic/ 911 response services; clean up
encampments/ address homelessness; fix potholes/ streets; maintain
gang enforcement, neighborhood patrols, clean water, parks,
community centers, senior services, afterschool programs and other
general City services, authorizing a 14^ sales tax, taking effect when
legally permissible, generating approximately $2,500,000 annually
until ended by voters; requiring audits/spending disclosure, be
adopted?”
Yes
No
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
Primary Arguments. That the City Council authorizes (i) the City
Council or any member(s) of the City Council, (ii) any individual voter eligible to vote on the
above measure, (Hi) a bona fide association of such citizens or (iv) any combination of voters
and associations, to file a written argument in favor of or against the City measure, accompanied
by the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, in accordance with Article
4, Chapter 3, Division 9 of the Elections Code of the State of California, and to change the
argument until and including the date fixed below by the City Clerk, after which no arguments
for or against the City measure may be submitted to the City Clerk.
The deadline to submit arguments for or against the City Measure pursuant to this
Resolution is declared by the City Clerk to be August 16, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. Each argument
shall not exceed 300 words and shall be filed with the City Clerk, signed, and include the printed
name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, or if submitted on behalf of an
organization, the name of the organization, and the printed name and signature of at least one of
its principal officers who is the author of the argument.
Section 1.
Rebuttal Arguments. Pursuant to Section 9285 of the Elections Code ofSection 2.
the State of California, when the City Clerk has selected the primary arguments for and against
the City Measure which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the Clerk shall send copies
of the primary argument in favor of the Measure to the authors of the primary argument against,
and copies of the primary argument against to the authors of the primary argument in favor. The
authors or persons designated by them may prepare and submit rebuttal arguments not exceeding
250 words. The rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk not later than August 26,
2024, at 5:00 p.m. Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner as the primary
arguments. Each rebuttal argument shall immediately follow the primary argument which it
seeks to rebut.
Prior Resolutions. That all previous resolutions providing for the filingSection 3.
of primary and rebuttal arguments related to City measures are repealed.
November 5, 2024 Election. That the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 shall
apply only to the election to be held on November 5, 2024, and shall then be repealed.
Section 4.
Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption ofSection 5.
this resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 29^'May of July, 2024.
C
Robert ^nzales
Mayor
ATTEST:
'ce Cornejffi
City Cl
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF AZUSA
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. 2024-C41 was duly adopted
by the City Council of the City of Azusa, at a Special City Council Meeting thereof held on the
29'" day of July 2024, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS
COUNCILMEMBERS: GONZALES, ALVAREZ, AVILA, MENDEZ. BECKWITH
COUNCILMEMBERS:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
BesFBest & Krieger, l^LP
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ty Attorney