6916 / 69.95% Yes votes ...... 2971 / 30.05% No votes

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Section 36502(b) of the California Government Code authorizes a majority of the voters voting on the measure to impose a term limit on the Office of Mayor. If approved by the voters, the term limit can later be repealed only by a majority vote of those voting on the measure.

The proposed term limit measure would impose a limit of three consecutive terms on the Office of Mayor. An individual, after completing three consecutive terms as Mayor, would immediately be eligible to seek nomination and election as a member of the City Council. Said individual would be eligible to again seek nomination and election as Mayor after one election cycle (i.e., four years) following the completion of the third consecutive term as Mayor.

State law provides that in the event of a vacancy in the Office of Mayor, the vacancy may be filled by appointment by the City Council, or by the holding of a special election. Pursuant to the proposed term limit measure, any person appointed Mayor by the City Council for less than two years, or elected in a special election for the balance of a regular term of Mayor for less than two years, would thereafter be eligible to serve three consecutive full terms as Mayor.

If approved, the term limit would apply prospectively to full terms commencing after the November 2, 2004 election.