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Angie Jimenez recall, Montebello, California (2024)
| Angie Jimenez recall |
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| Officeholders |
| Recall status |
| Recall election date |
| November 5, 2024 |
| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2024 Recalls in California California recall laws City council recalls Recall reports |
An election to recall District 5 City Councilwoman Angie Jimenez was scheduled for November 5, 2024, in Montebello, California. Voters recalled Jimenez.[1][2]
Recall organizers collected 2,023 valid signatures. They needed 1,388 to trigger an election.[1]
Recall vote
Angie Jimenez recall, 2024
Angie Jimenez lost the Montebello City Council District 5 recall election on November 5, 2024.
Recall Vote |
% |
Votes |
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| ✖ | Yes |
63.6
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2,018 | ||
No |
36.4
|
1,155 | |||
Total Votes |
3,173 | ||||
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Recall supporters
The recall was organized by a group called Residents Supporting the Recall of Councilmember Angie Jimenez. According to the group's website, reasons for the recall effort include Jimenez's absences from city council meetings, her support of a waste transfer station in South Montebello, a vote against reinstating the Traffic and Safety Commission, a vote against the 2024-2025 fiscal budget, disregarding requests for help from residents, attacking constituents, and creating a hostile work environment.[3]
Recall opponents
San Gabriel Valley Tribune reported that Jimenez said, "This deceptive recall was instigated by and (is) being funded by land developers who misled my constituents to secure their signatures," and "I remain committed to championing my community, mobilizing my supporters, and prevailing over the recall."[4]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in California
No specific grounds are required for recall in California. The recall process starts with a notice of intention to recall. The notice must be served to the officer whose recall is being sought as well as published in a newspaper of general circulation. The notice must then be filed with the relevant election office. Once the notice has been deemed sufficient by the election office, a petition must also be filed and approved by the election office. Once the petition is approved, it can be circulated. To get a recall on the ballot, supporters must collect signatures from registered voters in the jurisdiction. The number of signatures required is between 10% and 30% of registered voters in the jurisdiction, depending on the size of the jurisdiction. Jurisdictions with 1,000 registered voters or fewer require 30%, and jurisdictions with 100,000 or more registered voters require 10%. Charter cities can also set their own signature threshold. The amount of time allowed for the circulation of recall petitions also varies by the number of registered voters in a jurisdiction, between 40 and 160 days. Jurisdictions with fewer than 1,000 registered voters allow 40 days, and jurisdictions with more than 50,000 registered voters allow 160 days.[5]
Recall organizers had 90 days following the approval of the recall petition on May 27, 2024, to collect 1,388 signatures to trigger a recall election.[1]
Recall context
- See also: Ballotpedia's Recall Report
Ballotpedia covers recall efforts across the country for all state and local elected offices. A recall effort is considered official if the petitioning party has filed an official form, such as a notice of intent to recall, with the relevant election agency.
The chart below shows how many officials were included in recall efforts from 2012 to 2024 as well as how many of them defeated recall elections to stay in office and how many were removed from office in recall elections.
See also
- Ballotpedia's Recall Report
- Montebello, California
- Recall campaigns in California
- Political recall efforts, 2024
- City council recalls
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Government website of Montebello, California
- Residents Supporting the Recall of Councilmember Angie Jimenez website
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 San Gabriel Valley Tribune, "Montebello City Council approves recall election for November ballot," July 25, 2024
- ↑ Whittier Daily News, "2024 Election Results: Montebello City Council District 5 recall appears above threshold to pass," November 6, 2024
- ↑ Recall Angie Jimenez, "Home," accessed July 29, 2024
- ↑ San Gabriel Valley Tribune, "Recall of Montebello councilmember reaches signature requirement for November ballot," July 20, 2024
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Recall Procedures Guide 2023," accessed October 16, 2023
