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ORDINANCE NO. 2025-009 3 <br />Section 2. Uncodified Ordinance Establishing By-District Elections. Upon a certification of <br />passage of a charter amendment, no later than July 1, 2026, to the same effect, the City Council hereby <br />passes an ordinance to read as follows (bold and underline comprising new language, and strikethrough <br />comprising deleted language: <br /> <br />The Mayor shall be elected by the registered voters of the City at large. All Council Members, <br />except and the Mayor, shall be elected by the registered voters of the City by district at-large. In <br />conformance with the California Voting Rights Act, one Council Member shall be elected from <br />each Council Member district only by the registered voters of that district. <br /> <br />Section 3. Environmental Review. The passage of this ordinance is not a project according to <br />the definition in the California Environmental Quality Act and, therefore, is not subject to the provisions <br />requiring environmental review. <br /> <br />Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance <br />is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent <br />jurisdiction, such decision will not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City <br />Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each of every section, subsection, <br />sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any <br />portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional. <br /> <br />Section 5. Effective Date and Duration. Unless otherwise stated under the express terms of this <br />ordinance, this ordinance shall take effect immediately as an ordinance relating to an election pursuant <br />to San Leandro Municipal Code section 1-1-345 (Ordinances – Immediate Adoption and Effect) and <br />Government Code section 36937(a). Its duration shall be subject to the passage of a charter amendment, <br />no later than July 1, 2026, of the same effect. <br /> <br />Section 6. Publication. The City Clerk is directed to cause this ordinance to be published in a <br />manner required by law. <br /> <br />Introduced by Councilmember Viveros-Walton a nd passed and adopted the 16th day of June <br />2025 by the following vote: <br /> <br />AYES: Councilmember Aguilar, Azevedo, Bold, Bowen, Viveros-Walton, Mayor González (6) <br /> <br />NOES: None (0) <br /> <br />ABSENT: Councilmember Simon (1) <br /> <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> Kelly B. Clancy, CMC <br />City Clerk <br /> <br />Exhibit A <br />Resolution No. 2026-011 Page 3