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I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 0% 23 24 25 26 27 28 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 3900 MAIN STREET RIVERSIDE, CA 92522 (951) 826 -5567 RESOLUTION NO. 22967 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AT THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION OF JUNE 7, 2016. WHEREAS, Article XI, Section 3, of the Constitution of the State of California, Elections Code section 9255, and Government Code section 34458 authorize the City Council, on its own motion, to submit to the qualified electors of the City any ballot measure by ordinance or resolution proposing amendments to the City Charter at a regularly scheduled municipal election; and WHEREAS, on January 12, 2016, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 22948, ordering, calling, providing for and giving notice of a General Municipal Election to be held in the City of Riverside on the 7th day of June, 2016, to be conducted in the City of Riverside for the purpose of electing the Mayor of the City of Riverside; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 72193, the voters may amend the City Charter to designate the City Attorney as the City Prosecutor, having the primary duty to prosecute all state law misdemeanors committed within the City of Riverside; and WHEREAS, City Council wishes to submit a certain Charter Amendment to the voters at the June 7, 2016, General Municipal Election. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, as follows: Section 1: The City Council, pursuant to its right and authority under California law, hereby orders that the following question be submitted to the qualified electors of the City of Riverside at the General Municipal Election on June 7, 2016, as referenced in Resolution No. 22948: N The Riverside City Prosecution And Crime Reduction Measure. Shall Section 702 of the City Charter be amended to establish that the Office of City Prosecutor be created within the City Attorney's Office, and the City Attorney acts as City Prosecutor and charged with the duty on behalf of the people of prosecuting misdemeanor offenses arising out of violations of state law?