Pease
Pease v. Zapf
Opinion
lead Opinion
Haller, J.
*810 *297 In November 1992, San Diego voters approved an amendment to the city charter that established a term limit for members of the San Diego City Council.
Bryan Pease is a city council candidate who did not qualify for the November 2018 general election. He contends Councilmember Lorie Zapf-who received the most votes in the primary election-is termed out of office and ineligible to run in the general election. He maintains he should be placed on the ballot instead. We disagree.
Here, the parties agree Councilmember Zapf represented District 6 during her first term of office and represented District 2 during her second term of office. The parties also agree that, as a result of redistricting that occurred during Councilmember Zapf's first term of office, she resided in District 2 for both terms. Based on her residency, Pease contends Councilmember Zapf has already served two consecutive terms from the same district and is termed out of office.
Because this interpretation is not supported by the language of the term limit provision and fails to take into account other relevant charter provisions, including the impact of the redistricting provision, we reject Pease's…