CITY OF SANTEE
CITY ATTORNEY’S IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS OF MEASURE “Q”
The City of Santee currently does not have term limits for its Mayor or City Council.
Measure “Q” would amend the Santee Municipal Code to provide that no person shall serve as an “elected official” for more than twelve years, or three four-year terms, with any portion of a term, whether by election or appointment, counting as a full term. The Measure defines “elected official” to include the offices of the Mayor and Member of the City Council. Therefore, if Measure “Q” is approved, no person could serve as either Mayor or City Council Member, or in any combination of those positions, for more than a total of twelve years, or three four-year terms, with any portion of a term counting as a full term.
Measure “Q” was placed on the ballot by a petition signed by the requisite number of voters.
If Measure “Q” is approved, pursuant to the Elections Code, and notwithstanding any contrary language in the Measure, the term limits would apply only to future terms, elected or appointed, beginning with the terms that commence as a result of the November 3, 2020 election.
A separate term limits measure, Measure “R,” is also on the ballot. Under the Elections Code, if both Measure “Q” and Measure “R” pass with a majority of “yes” votes, the measure receiving the highest number of “yes” votes will become the operative law of the City, and can thereafter be amended or repealed only by a majority of the voters at a subsequent City election.
A copy of the entire text of the proposed ordinance is printed in this voter information pamphlet.
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SHAWN HAGERTY
City Attorney