1. Beginning with the general municipal election in November 2022, councilmembers shall be elected in the electoral districts whose boundaries and district numbers are reflected on the map contained in Exhibit A attached to the ordinance codified in this section and incorporated herein by this reference and as subsequently reapportioned as provided by state law. Elections shall take place on a by-district basis as that term is defined in California Government Code Section 34871, meaning one member of the city council shall be elected from each district, by the voters of that district alone, except for the mayor, who shall be elected citywide. In accordance with the general law and the city charter, each councilmember and the mayor shall serve a four-year term until his or her successor has qualified.

2. Except as provided in subsection (B)(3) of this section, the councilmember elected to represent a district must reside in that district and be a registered voter in that district, and any candidate for city council must live in, and be a registered voter in, the district in which he or she seeks election at the time nomination papers are issued, pursuant to California Government Code Section 34882 and Elections Code Section 10227. Termination of residency in a district by a councilmember shall create an immediate vacancy for that council district unless a substitute residence within the district is established within thirty days after the termination of residency.

3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, each of the councilmembers in office at the time this chapter takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration of the full term to which he or she was elected and until his or her successor is qualified. Vacancies in councilmember offices elected at large may be filled from the city at large. At the end of the term of each councilmember, that member’s successor shall be elected on a by-district basis in the districts established in subsection A of this section and the map contained in Exhibit A of the ordinance codified in this section, as may be subsequently reapportioned as provided by state law. A vacancy in a councilmember office elected by district shall be filled by a person qualified to hold the office, who is a resident of the district. (Ord. 2022-01 § 3, 2022; Ord. 2019-04 § 1, 2019)