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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-072
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, CALLING AND GIVING
NOTICE OF THE HOLDING OF A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2022, TO FILL A
VACANCY ON THE CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 1, AND
CONSOLIDATING THE ELECTION WITH THE STATEWIDE
GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE SAME DAY
WHEREAS, Council Member Sam Spagnolo was elected to a four-year term to represent
City Council District 1 on November 3, 2020; and
WHEREAS, a vacancy in the office of Member of the City Council, District 1, was
created as a result of the passing of the member on May 2, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the term of office in which the vacancy occurs ends in November 2024; and
WHEREAS, on June 1, 2022, pursuant to Government Code Section 36512, the City
Council provided direction to fill the vacancy in City Council District 1 by calling a special
election to fill the remaining term of office; and
WHEREAS, the special election to fill the vacancy must take place at the next regularly
established election date that is not less than 114 days from the call of the special election; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Elections Code Section 1000, the next established election date
that is not less than 114 days from the call of the special election made pursuant to this
Resolution is November 8, 2022; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 2022-071, the City Council has called and given
notice of a General Municipal Election to be held on November 8, 2022, for the purpose of
electing two members of the City Council and the office of Mayor.
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the special election be consolidated with the statewide
general election to be held on November 8, 2022, and that within the City of Rancho
Cucamonga, the precincts, polling places, and election officers of the two elections be the
same, and that the San Bernardino Registrar of Voters canvass the returns of the special
election and that the election be held in all respects as if there were only one election; and
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does hereby
resolve, declare, determine and order as follows:
SECTION 1. After due consideration, and pursuant to applicable law, the City Council
hereby determines that the vacancy in City Council District 1 shall be filled by the election of a
replacement at a Special Municipal Election.
SECTION 2. That pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the state of California
relating to General Law Cities, there is hereby called and ordered to be held in the City of
Rancho Cucamonga, County of San Bernardino, State of California, on Tuesday, the 8th day of
November 2022, a Special Municipal Election of the qualified electors of District 1 of the City of
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Rancho Cucamonga for the purpose of electing one Member of the City Council representing
District 1 for the unexpired term of Sam Spagnolo, which expires in November 2024.
SECTION 3. Candidates seeking election to fill the vacancy at the Special Municipal
Election shall be nominated separately from candidates seeking election to full terms on the City
Council, and the Special Municipal Election shall appear separately on the ballot.
SECTION 4. That the Special Municipal Election hereby called for the date
hereinbefore specified shall be and is hereby ordered consolidated with the General Municipal
Election to be held on November 8, 2022. The proceedings, polling places, precincts, precinct
board members and officers for the Special Municipal Election shall be the same as those
provided for said election. The Board of Supervisors of San Bernardino County is hereby
requested to order the consolidation of the Special Municipal Election hereby called with said
General Municipal Election, and the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters is hereby
authorized to canvass the returns of said Special Municipal Election. Said Registrar of Voters
shall supervise the canvass of said returns for said General Municipal Election and Special
Municipal Election and transmit said returns to the City Council of said City which shall
thereafter declare the results thereof.
SECTION 5. The City of Rancho Cucamonga shall reimburse the County of San
Bernardino for services performed when the work is completed and upon presentation to the
City of a properly approved bill.
SECTION 6: The City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga is directed to forward,
without delay, to the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, a certified copy of this
Resolution.
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 15th day of June 2022.
L. D n Michael, Mayor
ATTEST:
c C. Reynolds, Ci erk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA )
I, Janice C. Reynolds, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, at a Regular Meeting of said Council held on the
15th day of June 2022.
AYES: Hutchison, Kennedy, Michael, Scott
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
Executed this 16th day of June, 2022, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
is C. Reynolds, City erk
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