City Council

7. ADDING BALLOT MEASURE TO ESTABLISH ELECTIONS BY DISTRICT IN FOUR\nDISTRICTS, WITH A DIRECTLY ELECTED MAYOR TO THE MARCH 5, 2024, LA VERNE\nGENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION CONSOLIDATED WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS\nANGELES - On February 6, 2023, the City Council voted 3-2 to direct the City Attorney to\nprepare and bring forward a ballot measure to allow the City’s voters to determine whether\nthey would like to reinstate a directly elected mayor which the City previously had in place\nprior to the adoption of by-district voting in 2021. If approved, the first election with a directly\nelected mayor would be in the year 2032.\nRECOMMENDATION: Based on previous direction from City Council, it is recommended\nthat the City Council consider whether to adopt the following Resolutions for adding a ballot\nmeasure to the City of La Verne’s General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, March\n5, 2024:\n1. Resolution No. 23-76 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nLA VERNE, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CALLING FOR\nTHE HOLDING OF A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON\nTUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2024, FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE VOTERS OF A\nQUESTION RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A DIRECTLY ELECTED MAYOR AND\nFOUR DISTRICTS FOR ELECTION OF OFFICERS; and\n2. Resolution No. 23-77 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nLA VERNE, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE\nBOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO CONSOLIDATE\nTHE CITY OF LA VERNE’S GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION WITH THE STATEWIDE\nPRIMARY ELECTION TO BE HELD TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2024, PURSUANT TO\nSECTION 10403 OF THE CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE AND TO RENDER\nSPECIFIED SERVICES TO THE CITY RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF A GENERAL\nMUNICIPAL ELECTION; and\n3. Resolution No. 23-78 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nLA VERNE, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SETTING\nPRIORITIES FOR FILING WRITTEN ARGUMENTS REGARDING A CITY MEASURE\nAND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS; and\n4. Resolution No. 23-79 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA\nVERNE, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE\nFILING OF REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS FOR CITY MEASURES SUBMITTED AT\nMUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.\nALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATION\nThat the City Council not adopt the Resolutions thereby retaining the current five district-based\nelection process and rotational mayor selected from one of the City Council Members as set\nforth in Ordinance 1107.