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City Councilman Gil Cedillo, right, backed a ballot measure asking voters to change the city’s election date. Los Angeles City Los angeles election date members moved Wednesday to prepare a ballot measure asking voters to change the city’s election date, saying it will boost lagging turnout.

On a 12 to 1 vote, the council instructed City Atty. Mike Feuer to prepare a measure for the March 3 ballot that would shift city elections from odd-numbered to even-numbered years starting in 2020. Councilman Gil Cedillo, who backed the measure, said it will address a lack of participation by African Americans, Latinos and Asian Americans. The status quo is simply untenable.

It is not democratic,” said Cedillo, who represents a district stretching from Westlake to Highland Park. There’s no democracy for all the people who are not participating,” he said. The council is scheduled decide Oct. 31 whether to put the measure on the spring ballot. If approved, the measure would give L. July 2015 an extra 18 months in office.

For example, Wesson and Councilman Jose Huizar, who would have had to leave office under term limits in June 2019, would be allowed to stay in office until December 2020. Parks cast the only opposing vote, saying he has strong doubts about one effect of the measure: turning the administration of city elections over to Los Angeles County. The city currently has no way of knowing how much the costs will be when the county runs elections, he said. We’re talking about what I think is prematurely scrapping our system well before we’re sure that their system will absorb it,” he said. Fernando Guerra, who headed a citizens commission that recommended the election date change, said he is confident that the county will have a new election system up and running in 2018.

Guerra told the council he can’t imagine the county would charge more than the current election costs. Your confidence in the county,” Parks responded, “is far greater than I’ve ever had. A roundup of the stories shaping California. You are now following this newsletter. What is a UCC Financing Statement? What is a UCC Financing Statement?

Upcoming Elections Click on each link to learn more about upcoming elections. Available voter and candidate information vary by election. CC does not conduct all elections in Los Angeles County — only those listed on this page. SANTA FE SPRINGS — The City Council here is expected to act Dec. 8 on an ordinance to switch its election dates from November of odd-numbered years to November of even-numbered years to coincide with state and national elections in compliance with a new state law. Bell Gardens and Pico Rivera are expected to take similar action Dec.

City councils may choose to start their even year voting in 2018, 2020 or 2022, but a decision must be made by Jan. Council members’ terms could be extended or reduced by not more than one year, depending on when they were voted into office, under the state law, Senate Bill 415, signed by Gov. The law is aimed at increasing voter turnout, which is usually higher for state and national elections than for local municipal voting. Although cities may chose between the June primary or November general election, county officials advise the latter for a greater turnout as determined by a state study, he added.