Loma Linda Council accepts petition certification, sets June 2 ballot and approves $50,000 for election costs

The Loma Linda City Council voted to accept certification from the San Bernardino Registrar of Voters that the Loma Linda Essential City Services Measure petition contains the minimum required signatures, to call a municipal election consolidated with the June 2, 2026 statewide primary, and to introduce an ordinance on first reading establishing a 1% transactions and use tax if approved by voters. The council also approved a $50,000 supplemental appropriation from general fund reserves to cover the Registrar of Voters' estimate of election and voter‑information costs.

The vote followed an extended public hearing in which Kathy Glendrange, an attorney who said she helped draft earlier local initiatives, urged the council to reject the petition because, she said, it fails to comply with multiple requirements of the California Elections Code. "On its face the petition does not comply with the statutory requirements of the Elections Code," Glendrange said, arguing the petition did not reprint the title and summary on each signature sheet and failed to format required signature‑page…