City Council

24.\nAccept the Certificate of Sufficiency for Petition to Recall Councilmember Jessie\nLopez, City Council, Ward 3, and Either Adopt Resolutions Calling a Special Election\nand Adopting a Regulation for Officer’s Statement or Direct Staff to Prepare\nResolutions Calling a Special Election and Adopting a Regulation for Officer’s\nStatement for Consideration at the August 15, 2023 City Council Meeting\nDepartment(s): City Clerk’s Office\nRecommended Action: 1. Approve resolution accepting the certification of the\nOrange County Registrar of Voters as to the verification of signatures and the City\nClerk’s Certificate of Sufficiency for petition seeking to recall Councilmember Jessie\nLopez, City Council, Ward 3;\nRESOLUTION NO. 2023-XXX A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE\nCITY OF SANTA ANA ACCEPTING THE CERTIFICATE AS TO VERIFICATION OF\nSIGNATURES ON PETITION AND CERTIFICATE OF SUFFICIENCY FOR PETITION\nTO RECALL COUNCILMEMBER JESSIE LOPEZ\nFollowing acceptance of the certification, take one of the following actions:\n2. Approve two resolutions:\n1) calling and giving notice of a Special Municipal Election for the submission of the\nquestion of the recall of Councilmember Jessie Lopez to a vote by the electorate of\nWard 3 of the City of Santa Ana and requesting specified services from the County of\nOrange to conduct said election,\nRESOLUTION NO. 2023-XXX A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE\nCITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, CALLING AND GIVING NOTICE OF THE\nHOLDING OF A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD I N C O U N C I L\nW A R D 3 ON TUESDAY,_____________________, 2023 FOR SUBMISSION OF\nTHE QUESTION OF THE RECALL OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AND REQUESTING\nSPECIFIED SERVICES FROM THE COUNTY OF ORANGE TO CONDUCT SAID\nELECTION; ​and\n2) adopting a regulation for officer’s statement and establishing a system for payment\nof the cost of inclusion of the statement in the voter information guide.\nRESOLUTION NO. 2023-XXX A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE\nCITY OF SANTA ANA ADOPTING A REGULATION FOR AN OFFICER WHOSE\nRECALL IS BEING SOUGHT PERTAINING TO A STATEMENT SUBMITTED TO THE\nVOTERS AT A SPECIAL ELECTION ON TUESDAY __________, 2023 AND\nESTABLISHING A SYSTEM FOR PAYMENT OF THE COST OF INCLUSION OF THE\nOFFICER’S STATEMENT IN VOTER INFORMATION GUIDE/PAMPHLET AND/OR\nELECTRONIC COPY\nOR\n3. Direct staff to prepare a resolution for approval at the August 15, 2023 Council\nmeeting, submitting the question of the recall of Councilmember Jessie Lopez to a\nvote by the electorate of Ward 3 of the City of Santa Ana at a special election, and a\nresolution adopting a regulation for officer’s statement.