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Blanca Nava and Andrew Ramirez recall, Keppel Union School District, California (2024)
| Keppel Union School District recall |
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| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2024 Recalls in California California recall laws School board recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall two of the five members of the Keppel Union School District board of trustees in California did not go to a vote in 2024. The recall petitions were not approved for circulation.[1]
The recall effort began in January 2024. Blanca Nava and Andrew Ramirez were named in the notices of intent to recall.[2][3]
The recall started after the board voted to terminate Superintendent Terry Walker's contract without cause during a special school board meeting on December 28, 2023. Nava, Ramirez, and Dominique Ballante voted in favor of firing Walker. Ballante was not included in the recall effort as her term on the board expired in December 2024.[2]
Recall supporters
The notices of intent to recall said that Nava and Ramirez "engaged in discussions and decision-making outside the public purview violating the Brown Act." The notices also said that the board's decision to fire Walker "negatively impacts our district and community."[2]
Recall opponents
Nava said that the board did not have the intention to fire Walker at the school board meeting on December 28, 2024. “But due to multiple incidents, the decision was clear and was done,” Nava said.[2]
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.[4]
To get the recall against Nava and Ramirez on the ballot, supporters would have had to first get the petitions approved by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. If the petitions had been approved, supporters would have had to collect signatures equal to 20% of registered voters in the school district in 120 days, a total of approximately 2,200 signatures per board member.[5]
2024 recall efforts
- See also: School board recalls
Ballotpedia tracked 40 school board recall efforts against 83 board members in 2024. Recall elections in 2024 removed 14 members from office, including three who resigned before the election, and retained seven members in office. The school board recall success rate was 13.4%.
The chart below details the status of 2024 recall efforts by individual school board member.
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
- Keppel Union School District, California
- Keppel Union School District, California, elections
- Recall campaigns in California
- Political recall efforts, 2024
- School board recalls
- States that allow school board recalls
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Keppel Union School District
- Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
Footnotes
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Anjanette Allen, Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk," June 4, 2024
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Antelope Valley Press, "2 on Keppel board face recall," January 19, 2024
- ↑ Keppel Union School District, "Board of Trustees," accessed January 25, 2024
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Recall Procedures Guide 2023," accessed October 16, 2023
- ↑ Antelope Valley Press, "Protesters oppose superintendent firing," January 25, 2024
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