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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9104
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9104
The notice of intention shall contain the printed name, signature, and business or residence address of at least one but not more than five proponents, and may include a printed statement, not exceeding 500 words in length, stating the reasons for the proposed petition. The notic
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9105
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9105
(a) The county elections official shall immediately transmit a copy of any proposed measure to the county counsel. Within 15 days after the proposed measure is filed, the county counsel shall provide and return to the county elections official a ballot title and summary for the p
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9106
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9106
Any elector of the county may seek a writ of mandate requiring the ballot title or summary prepared by the county counsel to be amended. The court shall expedite hearing on the writ. A peremptory writ of mandate shall be issued only upon clear and convincing proof that the ballot
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9107
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9107
The county elections official shall ascertain the number of signatures required to sign the petition by obtaining the number of votes cast within the county for all candidates for Governor at the last gubernatorial election preceding the publication of the notice of intention to
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9108
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9108
The proponents may commence to circulate the petitions among the voters of the county for signatures by any registered voter of the county after publication of the title and summary prepared by the county counsel. Each section of the petition shall bear a copy of the notice of in
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9109
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9109
Each petition section shall have attached to it an affidavit to be completed by the circulator. The affidavit shall be substantially in the same form as set forth in Section 104.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9110
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9110
Signatures shall be secured and the petition shall be presented to the county elections official for filing within 180 days from the date of receipt of the title and summary, or after termination of any action for a writ of mandate pursuant to Section 9106 and, if applicable, aft
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9111
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9111
(a) During the circulation of the petition or before taking either action described in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 9118, the board of supervisors may refer the proposed initiative measure to a county agency or agencies for a report on any or all of the following: (1) Its
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9112
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9112
On or before April 1 of each odd-numbered year, the county elections official of each county shall file a report with the Secretary of State containing the following information: (a) The number of county initiative petitions circulated during the preceding two calendar years that
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9113
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9113
The petition shall be filed by the proponents, or by any person or persons authorized in writing by the proponents. All sections of the petition shall be filed at one time. Any sections of the petition not so filed shall be void for all purposes. Once filed, no petition section s
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9114
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9114
Except as provided in Section 9115, within 30 days from the date of filing of the petition, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, the elections official shall examine the petition, and from the records of registration ascertain whether or not the petition is signed by the r
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9115
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9115
(a) Within 30 days from the date of filing of the petition, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, if, from the examination of petitions pursuant to Section 9114 shows that more than 500 signatures have been signed on the petition, the elections official may use a random sam
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9118
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9118
If the initiative petition is signed by voters not less in number than 10 percent of the entire vote cast in the county for all candidates for Governor at the last gubernatorial election preceding the publication of the notice of intention to circulate an initiative petition, the
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9118.5
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9118.5
The proponent of an initiative may withdraw the initiative at any time before the 88th day before the election, whether or not the petition has already been found sufficient by the elections official.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9119
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9119
Whenever any ordinance is required by this article to be submitted to the voters of a county at any election, the county elections official shall cause the ordinance to be printed. A copy of the ordinance shall be made available to any voter upon request.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9120
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9120
Article 3 (commencing with Section 9160) shall govern the procedures for submitting arguments for county initiatives.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9121
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9121
Any number of proposed ordinances may be voted upon at the same election.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9122
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9122
If a majority of the voters voting on a proposed ordinance vote in its favor, the ordinance shall become a valid and binding ordinance of the county. The ordinance shall be considered as adopted upon the date the vote is declared by the board of supervisors, and shall go into eff
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9123
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9123
If the provisions of two or more ordinances adopted at the same election conflict, the ordinance receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall control.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9124
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9124
The enacting clause of an ordinance submitted to the voters of a county shall be substantially in the following form: “The people of the County of ____ ordain as follows:”
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9125
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9125
No ordinance proposed by initiative petition and adopted either by the board of supervisors without submission to the voters or adopted by the voters shall be repealed or amended except by a vote of the people, unless provision is otherwise made in the original ordinance. In all
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9126
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9126
This article does not apply to any statewide initiative measure.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9140
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9140
The board of supervisors may submit to the voters, without a petition, an ordinance for the repeal, amendment, or enactment of any ordinance. The ordinance shall be voted upon at any succeeding regular or special election and, if it receives a majority of the votes cast, the ordi
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9141
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9141
(a) Except an ordinance granting a franchise, the following ordinances shall take effect immediately: (1) Those calling or otherwise relating to an election. (2) Those specifically required by law to take immediate effect. (3) Those fixing the amount of money to be raised by taxa
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9142
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9142
(a) Notwithstanding Section 9141, ordinances authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds by a county as part of a joint powers entity pursuant to Section 6547 of the Government Code shall not take effect for 60 days. (b) When the number of votes cast for all candidates for Governor