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 twelve months. As used in this section, “twelve 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 twelfth month before or after that day, inclusive.
(Ord. 881 § 1, 1981; Ord. 1524 § 1, 2016)
Members of the city council shall be elected on a district-based electoral system from five single-member city council districts pursuant to Government Code Sections 34886 and 34871. For purposes of this section, the term “district-based electoral system” shall mean the election of city councilmembers by the voters of the district alone.
(Ord. 1558 § 2, 2018)
(a) 
Members of the city council shall be elected on a district-based electoral system, as defined in Section 2.16.020, from the five city council districts as illustrated in Figure 2.16.030(A).
(b) 
Except as provided in subsection (c), each member of the city council elected to represent a district must reside in that district and be a registered voter in that district, and any candidate for city council must live in, and be a registered voter in, the city council district in which that candidate is seeking election at the time nomination papers are issued to that candidate pursuant to Government Code Section 34882 and Elections Code Section 10227. Termination of residency in a district by a member of the city council shall create an immediate vacancy for that city council district unless a substitute residence within the district is established within thirty days after that termination of residency.
(c) 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the members of city council in office, at the time the ordinance codified in this chapter takes effect, shall continue in office until the expiration of the full term to which he or she was elected and until his or her successor is qualified.
(d) 
The city council districts described in this section shall be adjusted following each decennial Federal census, as required by California Elections Code Section 21600, et seq., or by other law.
Figure 2.16.030(A)
South San Francisco City Council Districts
(Ord. 1558 § 2, 2018; Ord. 1632 §§ 2,3, 2022)
Members of the city council shall be elected from city council districts two and four at the November 2020 general municipal election, and every four years thereafter. Members of the city council shall be elected from city council districts one, three, and five at the November 2022 general municipal election, and every four years thereafter.
(Ord. 1558 § 2, 2018)
(a) 
Any elected officer, candidate, committee, or other person required to file statements, reports, or other documents described by Chapter 4 (Campaign Disclosure) of Title 9 (Political Reform) of the California Government Code, and who has received contributions and made expenditures of two thousand dollars or more in a calendar year, shall file those statements, electronically using procedures established by the city clerk.
(b) 
Once an elected officer, candidate, committee, or other person files a statement, report, or other document electronically pursuant to subsection (a), all future statements, reports, or other documents on behalf of that filer shall be filed electronically.
(c) 
In any instance in which an original statement, report, or other document must be filed with the California Secretary of State and a copy of that statement, report, or other document is required to be filed with the city clerk, the filer may file the copy electronically.
(d) 
If the city clerk’s electronic system is not capable of accepting a particular type of statement, report or other document, an elected officer, candidate, committee or other person shall file that document with the city clerk in an alternative format.
(Ord. 1593 § 2, 2020)