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WHEREAS, throughout its transition to district-based elections, the City engaged in robust and meaningful public outreach and engagement beyond the requisite public hearings and other procedures required by California Elections Code Section 10010; and WHEREAS, the purpose of this Ordinance is to provide for the election of Councilmembers on a by-district basis, such that each of the six voting districts, as set forth in the District Map, elects one of its own residents to be its representative on the City Council, in furtherance of the purposes of the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (Elections Code Section 14025 et seq.), and the guarantees of Section 7 of Article 1 and of Section 2 of Article II of the California Constitution. NOW THEREFORE, the City of San Leandro City Council does ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. Recitals. The recitals above are true and correct and when applicable, incorporated herein by reference. Section 2. Uncodified Ordinance Establishing By-District Elections. Upon a certification of passage of a charter amendment, no later than July 1, 2026, to the same effect, the City Council hereby passes an ordinance to read as follows (bold and underline comprising new language, and strikethrough comprising deleted language: The Mayor shall be elected by the registered voters of the City at large. All Council Members, except and the Mayor, shall be elected by the registered voters of the City by district at-large. In conformance with the California Voting Rights Act, one Council Member shall be elected from each Council Member district only by the registered voters of that district. Section 3. Environmental Review. The passage of this ordinance is not a project according to the definition in the California Environmental Quality Act and, therefore, is not subject to the provisions requiring environmental review. Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision will not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each of every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional. Section 5. Effective Date and Duration. Unless otherwise stated under the express terms of this ordinance, this ordinance shall take effect immediately as an ordinance relating to an election pursuant to San Leandro Municipal Code section 1-1-345 DRAFT