A.
Pursuant to California Government Code Sections 34886 and 34871(c), Council members shall be elected on a district-based elections system in four single-member districts. For purposes of this article, the term "district-based elections system" shall mean the election of members of the City Council by the voters of the district alone.
B.
Except as provided in subsection C of this section, the Council member elected to represent a district must live 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 district in which he or she seeks election at the time nomination papers are issued, pursuant to California Government Code Section 34882 and Elections Code Section 10227.
C.
A Council member in office at the time this article takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration of the full term to which he or she was elected or appointed and until his or her successor is qualified. If vacancies in Council member offices elected at large occur before expiration of the full term thereof, such vacancies shall be filled according to law from the City at large.
D.
Upon expiration of the full term of each Council member elected at large, that Council member's successor shall be elected on a by-district basis in the districts established in LMC § 2.14.090(A) and (B) and as provided in LMC § 2.14.100.
(Ord. 2078 § 2, 2018; Ord. 2133 § 3 (Exh. A), 2022)