BILL NUMBER: AB 2220	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  751
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 19, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooper
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Cristina Garcia)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 34886 of the Government Code, relating to
elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2220, Cooper. Elections in cities: by or from district.
   Existing law generally requires all elective city offices,
including the members of a city council, to be filled at large by the
city electorate at a general municipal election. Existing law, at
any municipal election or special election held for this purpose,
authorizes the legislative body of a city to submit to the registered
voters an ordinance providing for the election of members of the
legislative body by district or from district, as defined, and with
or without an elective mayor. Existing law also authorizes the
legislative body of a city with a population of fewer than 100,000
people to adopt an ordinance that requires the members of the
legislative body to be elected by district or by district with an
elective mayor without being required to submit the ordinance to the
voters for approval.
   This bill would delete the population limitation in that
provision, thereby authorizing the legislative body of a city to
adopt an ordinance that requires the members of the legislative body
to be elected by district or by district with an elective mayor
without being required to submit the ordinance to the voters for
approval.
   The bill also would make a conforming change to these provisions.




THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 34886 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   34886.  Notwithstanding Section 34871 or any other law, the
legislative body of a city may adopt an ordinance that requires the
members of the legislative body to be elected by district or by
district with an elective mayor, as described in subdivisions (a) and
(c) of Section 34871, without being required to submit the ordinance
to the voters for approval. An ordinance adopted pursuant to this
section shall include a declaration that the change in the method of
electing members of the legislative body is being made in furtherance
of the purposes of the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (Chapter
1.5 (commencing with Section 14025) of Division 14 of the Elections
Code).