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 Long Beach
 City Charter
 Article V. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

  § 502. RESIDENCE.  

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  • Unless expressly provided in this Charter to the contrary, no person shall be eligible to nomination for election to any office who at the time of his or her nomination and election is not a legally registered voter of the City, and shall not have been a bona fide resident of the City or territory legally annexed thereto, for at least thirty (30) days immediately preceding the first day upon which candidates are permitted to file nominating petitions for such office with the City Clerk.

    No person shall be eligible for appointment to any membership on any Charter-mandated commission, who at the time of his or her appointment, is not a legally registered voter of this City, and shall not have been a bona fide resident of the City or territory legally annexed thereto, for at least thirty (30) days immediately preceding the date of his or her appointment.

    No person shall be eligible for either election or appointment to any office or to any membership on any Charter-mandated commission, or for appointment as an assistant, deputy, clerk, or other employee of any officer or commission, or to appointment to any position of employment whatsoever in the service of the City, who on the date of his or her election or appointment, shall be in litigation against the City.

    All elective officers and all members of Charter-mandated commissions, must be bona fide residents of the City and maintain their respective places of abode within its corporate limits at all times during which they hold such office, or are members of any such Charter-mandated commission. The term, places "of abode", as used herein, shall mean not only the legal or technical residence or domicile, but also actual abode in fact.

    Any elective officer, member of a Charter-mandated commission upon his or her failure to comply with and abide by the requirements as to residence and place of abode as hereinbefore set forth, shall be thereby immediately disqualified from holding such office or membership. The tenure of such officer or member shall be immediately terminated.