§ 27.0803 — Obtaining Application Forms

§27.0803 Obtaining Application Forms

The City Clerk will not issue application forms until the City Clerk has verified the applicant’s voter registration and residency required under section 27.0110. Applicants for appointment to elective office shall file with the City Clerk on or before the date for return of applications as published by the City Clerk under section 27.0804 background information certified by the applicant as true and correct, signed under California perjury laws, disclosing the following: (a) name; (b) current address; (c) length of residence at current address, and address for the past 30 days if other than the current address; (d) Statement of Economic Interests Form 700; (e) a resume which includes the profession, vocation, or occupation the applicant engaged in during the past five years, together with the address of and dates of service for each such profession, vocation, or occupation; branch, dates, and rank at discharge of military service, if applicable; and education starting with high school to the highest level attained together with the name of each educational institution attended and any degree or diploma received; (f) a statement of qualifications not longer than 500 words expressing in the applicant’s own words the reasons why the applicant believes they are qualified for the elective office; (g) the required number of signatures of voters in the form and content required by the nomination procedures in this Article as follows: (1) for Mayor or City Attorney, at least 120 voters registered in the City, and who at the time of signing are registered voters of the City; or (2) for Councilmember, at least 60 voters registered in the district and who at the time of signing are registered voters in the district from which the applicant seeks nomination; and (h) a statement signed under California perjury laws that the applicant complies with the requirements of section 27.0110 and has been a resident and voter of the City in the case of the Mayor or City Attorney, or of the district in the case of Councilmembers, for at least 30 calendar days immediately before the date of making application for appointment.

(Amended 9-10-2001 by O-18979 N.S.) (Amended 1-30-2015 by O-20454 N.S.; effective 3-1-2015.) (Amended 6-27-2023 by O-21667 N.S; effective 7-27-2023.) (Renumbered from Section 27.0804 to Section 27.0803, retitled from “Application Forms and Requirements” to “Obtaining Application Forms” and amended 1-12-2026 by O-22028 N.S.; effective 2-11-2026.)