General municipal elections of the city shall be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each even-numbered
year. References in this chapter to state statutes shall include any
amendments thereto and any successor statutes.
(Ord. 17-04 § 2)
Five city council districts are hereby established in the city.
The boundaries and identifying number of each district shall be as
described on the official "Council District Map" on file in the office
of the city clerk as adopted by Ordinance No. 2022-04 and Resolution
No. 2022-25.
(Ord. 17-04 § 2; Ord. 22-04 § 3)
A.
Commencing
with the November 2018 general municipal election, members of the
city council shall be elected "by district" as defined in California
Government Code Section 34871. A person shall not be eligible to be
elected to be a member of the city council unless he or she is otherwise
qualified as required by law, resides in the geographical area making
up the district from which he or she is nominated to be elected and
is a registered voter of the city of Temecula at the time nomination
papers are issued to the candidate as provided in Section 10227 of
the California Elections Code. No term of any member of the city council
that commenced on or prior to the effective date of the ordinance
codified in this chapter shall be affected prior to its expiration
date.
B.
Registered
voters signing nomination papers or voting for a member of the city
council shall be residents of the geographical area making up the
district from which the member is to be elected.
C.
The
term of the office of each member elected to the city council shall
be four years.
(Ord. 17-04 § 2)
Commencing with the general municipal election in November of
2018 and thereafter, the voters in Council Districts 1, 3, and 5 shall
elect members of the city council by district for full four-year terms.
At the general municipal election in 2020 and thereafter, the voters
in Council Districts 2 and 4 shall elect members of the city council
by district for full four-year terms.
(Ord. 17-04 § 2)
A.
Pursuant
to Elections Code Section 21601 the city council shall adjust the
boundaries of any or all of the districts following each decennial
federal census. Using the census as a basis, the city council shall
adjust the boundaries in accordance with the standards and provisions
of Elections Code Sections 21600 to 21609, as they now exist or may
hereafter be amended, and in compliance with all applicable provisions
of law. Any adjustment of district boundaries shall be made by ordinance
or resolution adopted by the city council. The city council shall
hold public hearings and comply with the procedures for adoption of
the proposed district boundaries as required by Elections Code Sections
21607 and 21607.1, as those sections now exist or may hereafter be
amended.
B.
At the
time of any annexation of territory to the city, the city council
shall designate, by resolution adopted by a vote of at least a majority
of the city council, the contiguous district to which the annexed
territory shall be a part and shall amend the district boundaries
if necessary in accordance with Elections Code Section 21603.
C.
Pursuant
to Elections Code Section 21606, the term of office of any council
member who has been elected and whose term of office has not expired
shall not be affected by any change in the boundaries of the district
from which he or she was elected.
D.
At the
first election for council following adjustment of the boundaries
of the districts, a person meeting the requirements of Government
Code Section 34882 shall be elected to the city council for each district
under the readjusted district plan that has the same district number
as a district whose incumbent's term on the council is due to expire.
(Ord. 17-04 § 2; Ord. 21-06 § 1)
A.
There
is set and established a filing fee of twenty-five dollars to defray,
in part, the cost to the city of processing nomination papers for
councilmanic elections within the city.
B.
The filing fee set and established by subsection A of this section shall be payable in respect to each such nomination filed and shall be paid upon the filing of the nomination papers therefor.
D.
Filing
fees collected pursuant to this article shall be paid into the general
fund of the city.
(Ord. 92-10 § 2)
A.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this article, a candidate for member of the
city council of the city may submit, in lieu of all or part of the
required filing fee, a petition containing four qualified signatures
for each dollar of the filing fee not paid.
B.
Within
the meaning of this section, a qualified signature is the signature
of a person who, at the time of providing such signature, was a registered
voter within the city.
C.
Any
petition submitted pursuant to this section in lieu of all or part
of the required filing fee shall be submitted to the city clerk with
nomination papers related thereto, together with the amount of the
filing fee, if any, remaining to be paid.
(Ord. 92-10 § 3)
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to extend
or otherwise modify the period of time for filing nomination papers
for councilmanic elections.
(Ord. 92-10 § 4)
