Vacancies.

Riverside City Charter, art. IV, § 404

in effect

Sec. 404. - Vacancies. If a member of the City Council or the Mayor is absent from three consecutive regular meetings of the City Council, unless by permission of the City Council expressed in its official minutes, or is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, the office of such person shall become vacant. Within fourteen days from notice of the vacancy, the City Council shall declare the existence of any vacancy in elected office, from whatever cause arising, except in the event of a successful recall. For vacancies in elected office with no more than one year remaining on the term from declaration of the vacancy, the City Council shall appoint to fill the vacancy for the remaining term within sixty days after such office shall have been declared vacant. In the event the City Council fails to fill such vacancy by appointment within sixty days after such office shall have been declared vacant, the City Council shall cause an election to be held within one hundred twenty days to fill such vacancy. For vacancies in elected office with more than one year remaining on the term, the City Council shall call a special election for the purpose of filling the vacancy for the remainder of the term. Such special election shall be held within one hundred twenty days after such office shall have been declared vacant. If in a special election to fill a vacancy for a member of the City Council for any ward, or for the office of Mayor, no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast for the office, the City Council shall immediately upon the determination of that fact, call a special runoff election to be held within ninety days. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes in the special election to fill the vacancy shall be declared the candidates for the special runoff election. If for any election called pursuant to this section, there is a local or statewide election scheduled within one hundred eighty days after such office shall have been declared vacant, the City Council shall consolidate the special election with such local or statewide election. Appointed officials shall not be permitted to reference "incumbent", "member of the City Council", "Mayor", or other designation indicating incumbency in a Statement of Qualifications published in the sample ballot materials at the subsequent election for the same seat. (Char. Am. of 11- 3-2020(1))

Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTICICH_ARTIVCICOMA_S404VAFetched: 11/1/2026