1987-11 RESOLUTION NO. 87- 11
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING AB 2190,
WHICH WOULD DICTATE THAT EVERY CITY SHALL BE
-GOVERNED ,BY -A CITY COUNCIL AND THAT MEMBERS OF
COUNCIL WOULD BE ELECTED FROM SINGLE-MEMBER
DISTRICTS ONLY.
WHEREAS, Title 4 of the Government Code outlines the procedure
established, by legislation, for the incorporation of cities in the State
of California; and
WHEREAS, these procedures -allow residents of an area to be
incorporated to petition as a General Law City or as a Charter City; and
WHEREAS, the procedures allow the residents to determine the form of
government they wish to govern their city, whether the officials will be
appointed or elected, and whether the elected officials_ are to be elected
at-large, from a single-member district or a multimember- district; and
WHEREAS, the decision as to the manner of incorporation and how the
officials will be elected is made by the residents of the area to be
incorporated by an election held in. accordance with the Elections Code; and
WHEREAS., AB. 2190 provides that every city shall be governed by a city
council—'add",- requires that members of the council be elected from single-
.member ds.tri;cts, only, thereby eliminating the residents rights to the
. democratic process in determining what form of government would best serve
them; a d
WHEREAS, AB 2190 will usurping local home rule and the right of
residents ' to determine the type of election most appropriate for their
community; and
WHEREAS, establishing the required districts and conducting elections
in single-member districts will be costly:
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace DOES
RESOLVE as follows:
This City Council urges the non-support of AB 2190 and that cities
retain the right to select the form of government that would best serve
their needs and whether elections will be held at-large, single-member
districts or multimember districts.
ADOPTED this 14th day of May, 1987.
ATTEST:
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thereof.
I, LORETTA THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace held on
the 14th day of May, 1987, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Pfennighausen, Grant, Evans, Crawford;
Mayor Matteson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Wiy=er c�
Approved as to form:
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