LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Two seats on the Lakeport City Council and a measure specifically focused on the proposed South Main Street annexation area will be on the Nov. 8 ballot.
Council incumbents Stacey Mattina and Mireya Turner are seeking reelection. Mattina is now in her third term, Turner in her second.
They were the only two candidates to file for the seats in the November election, the Lake County Registrar of Voters reported.
That was the case four years ago as well, at which point the council decided to forgo an election and appoint them to new terms, as election code allows.
This year, however, the city isn’t pursuing that option due to the fact that Measure P, which is for the South Lakeport annexation, is on the ballot, said City Manager Kevin Ingram.
“Election codes state that the ability to direct appoint only exists when there is nothing else already on the current ballot and given that the Measure P item is a City sponsored measure it seemed the safest to hold the election,” Ingram told Lake County News in a Wednesday email.
He said there are differing opinions on the matter, with Registrar of Voters Maria Valadez concluding that since Measure P involves an area currently outside of the city, the city could move forward with appointing the two incumbents.
However, City Attorney David Ruderman is advising that it is not that clear, Ingram said, thus the decision to move forward with an election, not appointments.
Measure P will be voted on by the less than 20 voters who live specifically in the annexation area, which consists of 50 parcels totaling 137 acres stretching from 2325 South Main St. to 96 Soda Bay Road.
The measure will ask voters if the order to add the annexation area to the city boundaries, adopted on March 30 by the Lake Local Agency Formation Commission, should be confirmed.
If anyone wishes to run as a write-in candidate for the Lakeport council seats, they should contact the City Clerk’s Office at Lakeport City Hall at 707-263-5615 to fill out the required paperwork to qualify.
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Two council seats, Measure P on Lakeport’s November ballot
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