Resolution No. 6663RESOLUTION NO. 6663
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA,
PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS FOR
CITY MEASURES SUBMITTED AT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
WHEREAS, Elections Code §§ 9220 and 9285 authorizes the City Council, by
majority vote, to adopt provisions to provide for the filing of rebuttal arguments for city
measures submitted at municipal elections.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That pursuant to Elections Code §§ 9220 and 9285, when the City
Clerk has selected the arguments for and against the measure which will be printed and
distributed to the voters, the City Clerk shall send copies of the argument in favor of the
measure to the authors of the argument against, and copies of the argument against to
the authors of the argument in favor. The authors may prepare and submit rebuttal
arguments not exceeding 250 words or may authorize in writing any other person or
persons to prepare, submit, or sign the rebuttal argument. A rebuttal argument may not
be signed by more than five authors.
The rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk, signed, with printed
name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, or if submitted on behalf of an
organization, the name of the organization, and the printed name and signature of at least
one of its principal officers, not more than 10 days after the final date for filing direct
arguments. Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner as the direct
arguments. Each rebuttal argument shall immediately follow the direct argument which is
seeks to rebut.
SECTION 2. That all previous resolutions providing for the filing of rebuttal
arguments for city measures are repealed.
SECTION 3. That the provisions of Section 1 shall apply only to the election to be
held on June 5, 2018, and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 4. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of the
Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress, at a special
meeting held on the 691 day of March, 2018.
ATTEST:
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I, DENISE BASHAM, City Clerk of the City of Cypress DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a special meeting of the said City Council held
on the 6th day of March, 2018, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Johnson, Yarc, Berry, and Peat
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Morales
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