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Aurelio Mattucci recall, Torrance, California (2024)
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An effort to recall District 5 City Councilman Aurelio Mattucci did not go to a vote in Torrance, California. Recall organizers did not submit signatures by the deadline to do so.[1][2]
Recall supporters
Regarding the reason for the recall effort, recall organizer and former candidate for District 5 of the Torrance City Council Jean Adelsman has said, "After years of seeing our transportation tax dollars spent everywhere but the South Bay, we were getting a $1 billion infrastructure project: A spur from Metro’s C-Line to Torrance. Metro had even built a state-of-the-art transit center on Crenshaw at 208th St. We could park our cars there and take Metro to LAX or the Bowl or Downtown L.A. or . . . . But no sooner had the June ribbon cutting happened than Mattucci began his attempts to scuttle it."[3]
Recall opponents
In a video discussing the recall that Mattucci posted to his Facebook, he said, "You have the legal right, the constitutional right to try to recall me, but you sign that petition as a resident, you sign that petition, you're going to be spending between 75,000 and 150,000 dollars in an attempt to try to recall me."[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]
The notice of intent to recall Mattucci was filed and found sufficient.[1] Adelsman has said that about 3,500 signatures would be needed to trigger a recall election for Mattucci.[6]
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
- Torrance, California
- Recall campaigns in California
- Political recall efforts, 2024
- City council recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ballotpedia staff, "Email communication with Torrance City Clerk Rebecca Poirier," January 29, 2024
- ↑ Daily Breeze, "Effort to recall Torrance councilmember fails to obtain enough signatures," June 5, 2024
- ↑ Take Back Torrance, "The Reasons to Recall Mattucci," January 17, 2024
- ↑ Facebook, "Aurelio Mattuci on January 13, 2024," accessed January 30, 2024
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Recall Procedures Guide 2023," accessed October 16, 2023
- ↑ Take Back Torrance, "Newsletter No. 36," September 9, 2023
