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
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(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)