1971 Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 90Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 90
Adopted in Assembly April 27 , 1971
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Adopted in Senate June 3 , 1971
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Secreta1'Y of the Senate
This resolution was received by the Secretary of State this
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Assistant Secretci1'yof State
OFFICE OF
SECRETARY OF STATE
, EDMUND G. BROWN JR.Secretary of State of the State of California , herebycertify:
That the annexed transcript has been compared with the RECORD on fie in thisoffce, of which it purports to be a copy, and that same is full , true and correct.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I execute
this certificate and affx the Great
Seal of the State of California this
JUN 8 - 1971
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Secretary of State
Assistat Secretary of Sta
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RESOLUTION CHAPTER--_-__--
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 90-Approving an
amendment to the Charter of the City of Alameda, County
of Alameda , State of California , ratified by the qualified
electors of the city at a special municipal election held
therein on the ninth day of March , 1971.
WHEREAS , Proceedings have been taken and had for the
proposal , adoption , and ratification of an amendment to the
Charter of the City of Alameda , a municipal corporation in
the County of Alameda , State of California , as hereinafter set
forth in the certificate of the mayor and city clerk of the city,
as follows:
CERTIFICATE OF RATIFICATION BY ELECTORS OF THE Crl'Y OF
ALAMEDA OF A CERTAIN CHARTER Al\fENDl\fENT
State of California
County of Alameda ss.
City of Alameda
, the undersigned , Terry LaCroix
, ,
Jr., Mayor of the City
of Alameda , and Irma L. Nelson , City Clerk of the City of
Alameda , do hereby certify and declare as follows:
That the City of Alameda , a municipal corporation in the
County of Alameda , State of California , now .is and at all
times herein mentioned was a city containing a population of
more than three thousand five hundred (3 500), and ever since
the 5th day of May, 1937 has been and is now organized
existing and acting under a freeholders ' charter adopted under
and by virtue of applicable sections of Article XI of the
Constitution of the State of California , which charter was
duly ratified by the qualified electors of said City at an elec-
tion held for that purpose on the 29th day of April , 1937 , and
approved by the Legislature of the State or California by
concurrent resolution filed with the Secretary of State on the
5th day of May, 1937 (Statutes of 1937 , page 2880).
That in accordance with the provisions of said Article XI
of the Constitution of the State of California , the Council of
the City of Alameda , being the legislative body thereof , on its
own motion by Resolution No. 7721 , adopted on January 19
1971 , duly and regularly submitted to the qualified electors of
said City one proposal to amend the Charter of the City of
Alameda and to be voted on by said qualified electors at a
special municipal charter amendment election by said Resolu-
tion called for said purpose in said City on the 9th day of
March , 1971 , and consolidated with the General Municipal
Election of the City of Alameda held on said date.
The said proposal was published and advertised , in accord-
ance with the provisions of Article XI of the Constitution of
the State of California and in accordance with the provisions
of the Charter of the City of Alameda , on the 22nd day of
January, 1971 , in the Alameda Times-Star , a newspaper of
general circulation published daily except Sunday in the said
City of Alameda and the offcial newspaper of said City, and
in each edition thereof during said day of publication.
The said Council caused a copy of said proposal to be
printed in convenient pamphlet form and in type of not less
than ten-point , and caused copies thereof to be mailed to each
of the qualified electors of said City, and , beginning on Feb-
ruary 24 , 1971 , advertised in said Alameda Times-Star daily,
except Sunday, until the day fixed for said election , a notice
that cop if's of said proposal could be had on applic:ation there-
for at the offce of the City Clerk of said City and that printed
copies of said proposal were on hand and could be had on
application ther.efor at said offce of said City Clerk from
February 24 , 1971 , up to and including the day fixed for said
election.
The said special municipal charter amendment election of
the City of Alameda , consolidated as aforesaid , was duly
called , held and conducted in the time , form and manner re-
quired by the Charter of the said City and by law on said 9th
day of March , 1971 , which day was not less than forty (40)
and not more than sixty (60) days after the completion of
said publication and advertisement of said proposal in said
Alameda Times-Star.
That the Council of said City of Alameda did , in the manner
provided by law , duly and regularly canvass all ballots cast at
said special municipal charter amendment election of the City
of Alameda , consolidated as aforesaid , and did , by Resolution
No. 7748 duly adopted on March 16 , 1971 , duly find and de-
clare that a majority of the qualified voters voting on said
proposal voted in favor thereof and that said proposal to
amend the Charter of said City was ratified , said vote being
661 "Yes , and 3 502 "
That a majority of the qualified voters voting on said pro-
posal voted in favor of the ratification of and did ratify said
proposal to amend said Charter of said City.
That said Charter amendment so ratified by the majority of
the qualified voters of said City voting at said specialmunici-
pal charter amendment election is in the words and figures
following, to-wit:
CHARTER MEASURE
By amending Section 2.5 of Article II of said Charter
which reads as follows:
Sec. 2.5. No person shall be qualified to be elected or
appointed to any of the elective offces hereinabove set forth
unless he shall have been an elector of the City of Alameda
for a period of three years continuously next preceding his
election. Every offcer of the City referred to in Section 2-
of this Charter shall be a resident of the City during his
tenure of offce. Employees of the City, other than such offcers
shall reside within the City, or within such distance of the
City limits thereof as the Council may by ordinance pre-
scribe. "
And we , and each of us , further certify that we have com-
pared the foregoing proposed and ratified amendment to the,
Charter of the City of Alameda with the original proposal sub-
mitting the same to the electors of said City and find that the
foregoing is a full , true and correct copy of said amendment.
The foregoing proposed and ratified amendment to the
Charter of the City of Alameda is hereby submitted to the
Legislature of the State of California for approval without
change in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of Arti-
cle XI of the Constitution of the State of California. As to
said amendment , this certificate shall be taken as a full and
complete certification of the regularity of all proceedings had
and done in connection therewith.
And we , and each of us , submit as attachments hereto
pursuant to Section 62 of the Elections Code of California
true, correct and certified copies of the following:
(a) All publications and notices required by Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 34450), Part 1 , Division 2 , Title 4
of the Government Code of California , or by Sections 2(a),
3 (a) and 13 of Article XI of the Constitution of the State of
California , or by other laws of the State of California in
connection with an election to amend a city charter , all as
referred to hereinabove in this certification.
(b) Any arguments for or against (there bcing one argu-
ment for and none against) the proposed amendment to a
chartcr which was mailed , as aforesaid , to voters pursuant to
Section 5012 of said Elections Code.
(c) An abstract of the vote , being a certified copy of Reso-
lution No. 7748 adopted by the City Council of the City of
Alameda OIl March 16 , 1971 , at the election at whieh the
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proposed amendment to said Charter was approved by thevoters.
In \vitness whereof , we have hereunto set our hands and
caused the seal of the City of Alameda to be affxed hereto this
31st day of March , 1971.
( SEAL)
TERRY LACROIX , JR.
Mayor of the City of Alameda
IRlIA L. NELSON
City Clerk of the City of Alameda
and
WHEREAS , The proposed amendment to the charter , as
adopted and ratified as hereinabove set forth , has been and
now is duly submitted to the Legislature of the State of Cali-
fornia for approval or rejection , as a whole without power of
alteration or amendment , in accordance with Section 3 of
Articlc XI of the Constitution of the State of California; now
therefore , be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California , the
Senate thereof concuh-ing, a majority of all the members
elected to each house voting therefor and conm r1"ng therein
That the amendment to the Charter of the City of Alameda
as proposed to , and adopted and ratified by, the electors of the
city, as hcreinabove fulJy set forth , is hereby approved as a
whole , without alteration or amendment , for and as an amend-
ment to , and as part of , the Charter of the City of Alameda.
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