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Whittier council finalizes ballot language and term-limit parameters for November charter measures
Summary
Council approved ballot language and procedural decisions to place a Charter Amendment and a Term Limits measure on the November 3, 2026 ballot, set term limits at 12 years with a lifetime cap, and created an Ad Hoc committee (Council Members Santana and Macedo) to author arguments. Council also decided against allowing rebuttal arguments and required the full ordinance text plus a 500-word impartial analysis in the voter guide.
The City Council reviewed proposed ballot language and options for a Charter Amendment and a related Term Limits measure to appear on the November 3, 2026 General Statewide Election. City Clerk Rigoberto Garcia and City Attorney Keith Collins answered questions about rebuttal arguments, measure letters, vacancy rules, and state law implications. By consensus the council approved the proposed ballot question and the proposed language for the revision to Section 1000 of the City Charter and established parameters for the measures.
Key consensus items: the council will present the full text of the ordinance and a 500-word impartial analysis in the Voter Information Guide; rebuttal arguments will not be authorized; the primary letter designation for the Charter Amendment will be EV (with V as the first alternative) and EL as the alternative for the Term Limits measure; a 12-year length-of-service limit was selected with a lifetime cap; appointed service will count toward the limit if the appointed period exceeds half the length of the term; and an Ad Hoc committee of Council Members Vicky Santana and Aida Macedo will author the council's arguments on term limits. Council Members Santana and Macedo will serve as the named authors; no formal vote was recorded because the items were adopted by consensus.
