Ballot Measures-II
II
Section
7
City of Fullerton, By-District Elections
Shall members of the legislative body of the City of Fullerton be elected by districts described in Ordinance No. 3230?
What your vote means
YES
NO
A “Yes” vote on this measure would approve Ordinance
No. 3230, which changes the current city-wide at-large
election system to a district election system, allowing
the creation of five districts, from which one council
member would be elected by voters of each district,
commencing with the November 2018 election.
A “No” vote on this measure would leave in place the
current at large system for electing all five Council
Members, elected by all voters city-wide, for staggered
terms of four years each, with the Mayor selected by the
council.
For and against
FOR
AGAINST
Jennifer Fitzgerald
Mayor, City of Fullerton
Jane Rands
Author Map 10 A
Jeremy Popoff
Fullerton Resident and Business Owner
Ryan Cantor
Map 7 Author
Sam Han
Fullerton Resident
Joe Lins
President, Fullerton Century 21 Discovery and Fullerton
Resident
Mike Mendoza
Fullerton Resident and Business Owner
Ballot Measures-II
Section
7
Full Text of Measure II
City of Fullerton
The People of the City of Fullerton do ordain as follows:
Chapter 2.04 of the Fullerton Municipal Code shall be amended to provide that commencing in 2018, City Council Members shall be elected by-district,
with voters in each district only being permitted to vote for a council member residing in that district to the City Council. Current Council Member
terms of office will not be affected. There shall be five districts, and the initial district boundaries shall be as set forth on the map attached hereto
as Exhibit A. Revisions to boundaries may be made by ordinance periodically to adjust for a change in the City boundaries and following issuance of
United States census data every 10 years to maintain districts with approximately equal population. The number of districts may not be changed
without a vote of the people.
IF YOU DESIRE A COPY OF THE DISTRICT ELECTIONS ORDINANCE NO. 3230, PLEASE CALL THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE AT (714)738-6350,
AND A COPY WILL BE MAILED AT NO COST TO YOU.
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Newkirk Ave
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Ballot Measures-II
Impartial Analysis
City of Fullerton
Measure II
Section
7
This measure seeks voter approval of Ordinance 3230, which would amend the City’s method and manner of election of members to the Fullerton City
Council commencing with the election in November 2018 election.
The City of Fullerton, as a general law city, currently has five City Council members elected by all City voters (at large) to terms of four years each,
staggered so that three are elected in one election year and two are elected in the next. The Mayor is selected annually by members of the City Council.
The proposed measure was placed on the ballot by the City Council as part of a settlement agreement with plaintiffs who asserted that Fullerton’s
current at-large system violated the California Voting Rights Act. The Measure would change this system to “district-based elections,” a method of
electing members to the City Council by districts. A candidate must reside within an election district and is elected only by voters residing within that
district.
Under the proposed ordinance, the City would be divided into five geographic districts, as shown on the attached map, equal in population according
to the latest federal decennial census. All Council Members would be chosen by this district method for four-year terms. The Mayor would continue to
be selected by the City Council as is done now.
Elections would continue to be staggered so that every two years, there would be a Council Member election, with two Council Member seats up
for election at one election (commencing in November 2018) and three Council Member seats up for election at the next election (commencing in
November 2020). Current council members would continue to serve until they are replaced at the end of their current terms of office. The measure
includes a map of the initial district boundaries selected after an extensive public process. After the initial establishment of the districts, the district
boundaries would be modified, if necessary, every ten years so that each district continues to be as nearly equal in population as may be according to
the latest federal decennial census.
A “yes” vote on this measure would approve Ordinance No. 3230, which changes the current city-wide at-large election system to a district election
system, allowing the creation of five districts, from which one council member would be elected by voters of each district, commencing with the
November 2018 election.
A “no” vote on this measure would leave in place the current at large system for electing all five Council Members, elected by all voters city-wide, for
staggered terms of four years each, with the Mayor selected by the council.
THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS OF MEASURE II. IF YOU DESIRE A COPY OF THE MEASURE OR OF ORDINANCE 3230, PLEASE CALL
THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE AT (714) 738-6355, AND A COPY WILL BE MAILED AT NO COST TO YOU.
Dated: July 5, 2016
s/ Richard D. Jones
City Attorney
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Argument in Favor of Measure II
Rebuttal to Argument in Favor of Measure II
Fullerton is a great city with a small town feel and no matter what laws
change in our community, we must work together to ensure that Fullerton
always remains a special place. Recent changes in California state law
dictate that the city of Fullerton will no longer be able to elect its city
council members by a city-wide vote. Instead, starting in 2018, voters will
only be able to vote for one council member who lives in their respective
voting district. Fullerton will be divided into five voting districts and the
map of those recommended districts is attached.
The district map in this ballot measure was devised by a bar owner
who didn’t attend any of the eight community meetings on the voting
districts. And why should he? He and other bar owners just wanted to use
the district elections as a tool to maintain their power over, and prevent
downtown area residents from having a voice on City Council.
The City Council felt that changing our election system required a
strong community process. The recommended map contained in this
measure came about after extensive public education and involvement
of community members across the spectrum of our city at community
meetings, through on-line engagement and at public hearings. In June
of this year, the recommended map was unanimously approved by the
Fullerton City Council.
Fullerton is a City with amazing history and a big heart. The proposed
map respects our communities of interest and gives all Fullerton citizens
a common voice in representation of our unique historic downtown, the
heart of our community. Our downtown is our natural meeting place.
Whether it is First Night, the Thursday Night Market or the Veterans Day
Parade, downtown is at the center of it all.
We recognize not everyone is happy with having council districts or with
this specific map. But after much community engagement, a unified city
council joined together in support of this plan.
Please join us in moving forward with community pride for an even better
Fullerton.
On Weekend nights our historic downtown becomes a drunkard’s
playground. Our police make a record number of DUI arrests downtown,
while bar owners host lavish fundraisers for council candidates each
election. No wonder we can’t clean up downtown!
Everyone in the city deserves a neighborhood voice on the council. That
is what district elections should do. But to create this gerrymandered
confluence of district boundaries in downtown, neighborhoods were split
apart all over the city.
Look at district 3. It extends from downtown, through Cal State Fullerton,
and into Rolling Hills. It then conveniently winds its way along a residential
street to create districts that protect the current city council members
from having to run against each other for reelection in 2018.
This map is the product of a completely failed process not a “strong
community process.” The city council rode roughshod over months of
input to select the one map that most disrespects communities of interest.
None of the five districts have a connection to the neighborhoods they’re
supposed to represent.
For the good of your family and your neighbors, reject Measure II. Vote
No on II.
We urge you to vote “Yes” on Measure II.
s/ Daniel R. Torres
Fullerton Citizen
s/ Jennifer Fitzgerald
Mayor, City of Fullerton
s/ Mark H. Shapiro
Fullerton Resident
s/ Jeremy Popoff
Fullerton Resident and Business Owner
s/ Sam Han
Fullerton Resident
s/ Joe Lins
President, Fullerton Century 21 Discovery and Fullerton Resident
s/ Mike Mendoza
Fullerton Resident and Business Owner
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Argument Against Measure II
Rebuttal to Argument Against Measure II
Voters should vote No on Measure II because the five districts included in
the ballot measure will fracture and divide our city. The measure’s district
boundaries cut up our community to prevent neighbors from electing a
representative of their choosing while protecting the council members
elected under the current system. It’s gerrymandering at its worst.
Let us be clear, Fullerton must move from at-large, citywide elections to
by-district voting for its city council. If this measure fails, our settlement
agreement dictates that a court of law will draw our districts, leaving our
community NO say in how those districts look.
Measure II divides our downtown community into five separate districts,
making it impossible for roughly 26,000 Fullerton residents to elect a
city council member to represent the unique and challenging problems
affecting their homes. Not allowing downtown residents a voice to speak
out against the increasing negative impacts on their neighborhoods from
downtown bars and overdevelopment is a mistake Fullerton can’t afford.
Measure II also splits the Rolling Hills neighborhood into two while
it combines other neighborhoods that are not the least bit similar.
Historic downtown houses on Whiting are crammed into a district with
the Amerige Heights community. Renters in the high rise apartments on
Santa Fe are jammed into a district with residents west of Buena Park
High School. People who live east of Craig Park are lumped into a district
with renters at Commonwealth and Lemon. These grotesque distortions
of geography are disrespectful of the communities and neighborhoods
of Fullerton.
By-District Elections could have been used to improve representation
for all residents of Fullerton. But instead of creating an opportunity for a
greater range of Fullerton voices to be heard, the boundaries devised by a
downtown bar owner will serve only a limited set of political interests that
are very different from yours.
Vote no on Measure II. Don’t let special interests determine Fullerton’s
future.
s/ Jane Rands
Author Map 10 A
s/ Ryan Cantor
Map 7 Author
The map included in this measure was unanimously selected by our
City Council after months of community meetings and on-line citizen
engagement. In the end, many across this community said this was
the best map because it was respectful of the unique character of our
neighborhoods like West Fullerton, Fullerton Hills, South Fullerton and our
education district and it complied with the law in respect to “communities
of interest.”
And while this map respects the unique character of our neighborhoods,
it also brings our community together in our own historic Downtown.
Why Downtown? Much like Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, our historic
downtown is our center for culture, commerce, transportation and
government. Fullerton residents are proud of our history and identify
with our Downtown as something uniquely “Fullerton.” This map is able to
provide the crucial benefit of unification, that we all benefited from under
the previous at-large election system, by ensuring that every resident
of Fullerton has a voice in our historic core. Empowering our residents
with a voice in Downtown, while still improving representation of our
“communities of interest” is what defines Measure II.
Vote “Yes” on Measure II to improve representation for your neighborhood
and preserve local control for Fullerton’s future.
s/ Jennifer Fitzgerald
Mayor, City of Fullerton
s/ Jeremy Popoff
Fullerton Resident and Business Owner
s/ Sam Han
Fullerton Resident
s/ Joe Lins
President, Fullerton Century 21 Discovery, Fullerton Resident and
Business Owner
s/ Mike Mendoza
Fullerton Resident and Business Owner