...Title
Proposed Ballot Measure for the June 7, 2022 Election to Amend the City Charter to Move the Mayoral Election to the Presidential Election Cycle.
...Recommendations
Adopt a resolution of the City Council:
(a) Calling and giving notice, on its own motion, for a Special Municipal Election to be held on June 7, 2022, to submit to the electors of the City of San Jose, the following measure: Shall the City Charter be amended to: (1) move the election for the Office of Mayor to the same year as presidential elections beginning in 2024 and (2) limit the person elected to the Office of Mayor in 2022 to a two-year term with the option to run for and serve as Mayor for two additional successive four-year terms;
(b) Directing the City Clerk to, pursuant to Elections Code Section 12111, cause a synopsis of the proposed measure to be published at least one time not later than one week before the election in the San Jose Mercury News, a newspaper of general circulation within the City of San José, instead of printing the full text of the measure in the Sample Ballot;
(c) Authorizing the City Council, or any member or members of the City Council, to submit a ballot argument in favor of the measure pursuant to Elections Code Section 9282;
(d) Authorizing the submittal of rebuttal arguments or, in the alternative, declining to authorize the submittal of rebuttal arguments pursuant to Elections Code Section 9285;
(e) Directing the City Attorney to prepare an Impartial Analysis of the measure pursuant to Elections Code Section 9280; and
(f) Directing the City Clerk to take all other actions necessary to place this measure on the June 7, 2022 ballot.
CEQA: Not a Project, File No PP17-008, General Procedure and Policy Making resulting in no changes to the physical environment. (City Clerk)