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34902
. (a) If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is
for it, the office of mayor shall thereafter be an elective office,
except as provided in subdivision (b). At the next succeeding general
municipal election held in the city, one of the offices of city
councilperson, to be filled at the election, shall be designated as
the office of mayor, to be filled at the election. The person elected
at the election as mayor shall hold office from the Tuesday
succeeding his or her election, and until his or her successor is
elected and qualifies.
In the case of a vacancy in the office of the mayor for any
reason, the council shall fill the vacancy by appointment. If the
council fails to fill it within 60 days, it shall call an election to
fill the vacancy to be held on the next established election date to
be held not less than 114 days thereafter. A person appointed or
elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the unexpired term of
the former incumbent.
(b) After an office of elective mayor has been established, the
city council may subsequently submit to the electors the question of
whether or not to eliminate the elective office of mayor, pursuant to
the procedures enumerated in this article, and thereby reestablish
the procedure of selection of the mayor by the city council. If a
majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in favor of the
elimination of the office of elective mayor, the office shall be
eliminated on the expiration date of the incumbent's term, and on the
date the procedure of selection of the mayor by the city council
shall be reestablished.