To: Board of Supervisors
From: Kristin Connelly, Clerk-Recorder
Report Title: Agreement for Polling Sites in the City of El Cerrito for November 4, 2025 Statewide Special Election.
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Clerk-Recorder, or designee, to execute a contract with the City of El Cerrito to rent space at the Hana Gardens Senior Center and the El Cerrito Community Center for Polling Sites for the November 4, 2025 Statewide Special Election.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
The Elections Division of the Clerk-Recorder’s office will provide 141 polling places throughout the County for the November 4, 2025 Statewide Special Election. Sites that will be utilized include the Hana Gardens Senior Center and the El Cerrito Community Center. The Rental Conditions and Agreement for these sites contain an indemnification and hold harmless provision, whereby the County agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the City of El Cerrito for use of the sites as voting locations. For election day voting, as well as set up and take down of voting equipment, the agreements provide the County with the use of the sites on November 4, 2025.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The Elections Office will not be able to use these sites as voting locations.