Measure EL
City of Whittier · Los Angeles County · November 3, 2026
The question on your ballot
Shall the measure amending the City's charter to prohibit candidates from running for mayor or member of the city council if their election would result in that candidate serving more than 12 total years in elective office in the City (aside from terms of office that were elected or appointed at or prior to November 3, 2026) be adopted?
In plain language
Measure EL would change the City of Whittier's charter to stop candidates from running for mayor or city council if being elected would mean they served more than 12 total years in elected office in the city. Years served in office before or on November 3, 2026 would not count toward this limit. A YES vote adopts this term limit. A NO vote keeps the charter as it is now, without this limit.
Impartial analysis
Impartial Analysis of Measure EL Keith Collins, City Attorney This measure, which was placed on the ballot by the Whittier City Council, proposes to adopt an ordinance that amends the Whittier City Charter to impose term limits on elected offices in the City. Currently, the City has no limit on the number of terms that an elected officer (a Mayor or a Member of the City Council) may serve. The proposed ordinance would add language to the City Charter prohibiting the submission of nomination papers for Mayor or Member of the City Council if election to that office would result in that person serving more than 12 total years in any elective office in the City. For purposes of this calculation, “total years in elective office in the City” includes each of the following (each rounded to the nearest full year): 1. Where the person is submitting nomination papers for election to a full term of office, the full term of that office. 2. Where the person is submitting nomination papers for election to a partial term of office, the length of that partial term. 3. Where the person is currently serving in an elective office, the lesser of (i) the length of the current full or partial term to which the person was elected or appointed and (ii) the portion of that full or partial term that will occur before the election date for the office for which the person is submitting nomination papers. 4. The time actually served by the person in each full or partial term of office to which the person has been elected or appointed, where that term of office has ended or that person has otherwise left office. The following full or partial terms of office, and the time served in office during such terms, will not be counted: (i) where the office holder was elected to the term of office at an election held on or before November 3, 2026 and (ii) where the office holder was appointed to the term of office on or before November 3, 2026. A “yes” vote is a vote in favor of imposing term limits on the offices of Mayor and Member of the City Council. A “no” vote is a vote to not establish such limits. The above statement is an impartial analysis of Measure EL.
Official ballot arguments
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