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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution Declaring the Results of the General Municipal Election Held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
The City of San Leandro held its General Municipal Election on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. The City's election was consolidated with the Statewide General Election and was conducted by the Alameda County Registrar of Voters (ROV).
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution declaring the results of the City of San Leandro's General Municipal Election for City Council Districts 1, 3, and 5, and Mayor.
BACKGROUND
On July 5, 2022, the San Leandro City Council adopted Resolution No. 2022-112, calling its General Municipal Election, to be held on November 8, 2022, and requesting that the Board of Supervisors permit the consolidation of the City's election with the Statewide General Election to be held on the same date.
San Leandro's City Charter requires election of candidates by a 50% plus one majority. Since 2010, San Leandro has used the Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) system. However, for the November 8, 2022 election, the candidate for District 3 ran unopposed and there were only two candidates for District 5 respectively, which eliminated the need for RCV for those two elections.
As required by the California Elections Code, an official canvass was performed by the ROV, and a Statement of Election Results was submitted to the City. A resolution accepting the Statement of Election Results and declaring the results of the election is provided for the City Council's adoption.
The following provides the results of the November 8, 2022 election:
District 1 - Celina Reynes, Councilmember, for a full term of four years from and after January 1, 2023, and until their successor is elected and qualified.
District 3 - Victor Aguilar, Jr., Councilmember, for a full term of four years from and after January 1, 2023, and until their successor is elected and q...
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