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Placentia, California, City Council Districts, Measure NN (November 2016)
| Measure NN: Placentia City Council Districts |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| November 8, 2016 |
| Status: |
 Approved
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| Topic: |
| Local election and voting laws |
| Related articles |
| Local election and voting laws on the ballot November 8, 2016 ballot measures in California Orange County, California ballot measures |
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| Placentia, California |
A measure establishing city council voting districts was on the ballot for Placentia voters in Orange County, California, on November 8, 2016. It was approved.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of establishing five districts from which city council members are elected. |
| A no vote was a vote against establishing five districts from which city council members are elected. |
Election results
| Measure NN | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 11,135 | 59.64% | ||
| No | 7,536 | 40.36% | ||
- Election results from Orange County Elections Office
Text of measure
Ballot question
The following question appeared on the ballot:[1]
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Shall Ordinance No. O-2016-05 be approved to amend the City Charter to require the City Council to establish five equal, geographically based districts from which council members will be elected by residents of those districts to serve four year terms?[2] |
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Impartial analysis
The following impartial analysis of the measure was prepared by the office of the Placentia City Attorney:
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This measure seeks voter approval of Ordinance No. O-2016-05, which would amend the City Charter concerning the method and manner of election of members to the Placentia City Council. The City Charter, last amended in 2002, currently calls for elections of five City Council members by all City voters (at large) to terms of four years each, staggered so that three are elected in one election year and two are elected in the next. The proposed measure, placed on the ballot by the City Council, would change this system to “district-based elections,” a method of electing members to the City Council by districts. A candidate must reside within an election district and is elected only by voters residing within that district. Under the proposed ordinance, the City would be divided into five geographic districts equal in population according to the latest federal decennial census. Factors which may be considered in creating the districts are: (1) topography, (2) geography, (3) cohesiveness, contiguity, integrity, and compactness of territory, and (4) community of interest of the districts. Cal. Elec. Code § 21620. Communities of interest may include racial, ethnic, and language minorities, but under federal law, race cannot be the predominate factor. Elections would continue to be staggered as they currently are. The measure does not specify the exact manner of drawing districts, which would be done in accordance with State law. After the initial establishment of the districts, the district boundaries would be modified, if necessary, every ten years so that each district continues to be as nearly equal in population as may be according to the latest federal decennial census. If this measure is approved, by-district elections would commence in the November 2018 election. A “yes” vote on this measure would approve Ordinance No. O-2016-05, which changes the current city-wide at-large election system to a district election system, allowing the creation of five districts, from which one council member would be elected by voters of each district, with the Mayor to continue to be selected by the Council from among its members. A “no” vote on this measure would leave in place the current charter provision which provides for five Council Members, elected by all voters city-wide, for staggered terms of four years each, with the Mayor selected by the council. THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS OF MEASURE NN. IF YOU DESIRE A COPY OF THE MEASURE OR OF ORDINANCE NO. O-2016-05, PLEASE CALL THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE AT (714) 993-8217 AND A COPY WILL BE MAILED TO YOU AT NO COST. |
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| —Placentia City Attorney[1] | ||
Full text
The full text of the measure was available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Placentia, California.
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Measure NN," accessed October 10, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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