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Sec. 401. Qualifications of members. <br />To be eligible to be elected to the office of councilmember, a person must be a <br />qualified voter and a thirty (30) day resident of the ward from which the candidate <br />is nominated at the time nomination papers are issued as provided for in the <br />Elections Code of the State of California, except that the mayor need only be a <br />registered voter and thirty (30) day resident of the city at such time. In the event <br />any councilmember other than the mayor shall cease to be a resident of the ward <br />from which the councilmember (or, in the case of an appointee, the <br />councilmember's predecessor) was elected, or in the event the mayor shall cease to <br />be a resident of the city, the office shall immediately become vacant and shall be <br />filled in the same manner as herein provided for other vacancies; provided, that <br />where a councilmember ceases to be a resident of the ward from which the <br />councilmember (or, in case of an appointee, the councilmember's predecessor) was <br />elected solely because of a change in boundaries of any ward as in this charter <br />provided, the councilmember shall not lose the office by reason of such change. If <br />a member of the city council shall be convicted of a crime involving moral <br />turpitude, the office shall immediately become vacant and be so declared by the <br />city council. <br />A peFso who has served t ee (3) eensornt4iye terms of four (4) years <br />eael, <br />shall be eligible for- ointment, nomination f6F of eleetion o the offrne <br />period) no sooner- than f6f a teFm beginning eight (8) years aftet: eompletion of th <br />EAtmeilmember-'s thifd eenseetitive fAAtefr. <br />Choft or paftinl terms shall <br />not <br />be eonsider-e in <br />dete <br />rmin <br />ing eligibility <br />for <br />appoint ination or- 7 For- purposes of this 7 <br />tefms shall only be these where the eouneilmembet: was elected or- appointed to <br />r-epl ee another nauneilmember- who <br />1A office before the latter offlnial's term <br />expired. Any eatineilmembet: who assumed office at the beginning of a term an <br />1�ee early <br />for- a fyases1 whatsoever - <br />shall <br />Nall be <br />deemed to sel=Ve n full <br />temI ' provided, GTL <br />7 <br />appointment, nomination or- eleetion a <br />no sooner- than fef a teFm beginning eight (8) years - <br />pin f a �. p� or-, <br />aftef eomple f th eouneil member- or mayofnl tefm,-o -V iVV-�VL JCL gPhe <br />�vis of this seetio r. minted to shoft or nrtinl terms is <br />. -loomed to l,,v <br />rlonlnrnt�rcof existing <br />law. <br />City Council 18 — 13 8/2/2022 <br />