Jasjit Singh recall, Sacramento City Unified School District, California (2025)
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An effort to recall Jasjit Singh from his position representing Area 2 of the Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education in California, is underway.[1]
Singh was first elected in 2022, earning 54 percent of the vote. At the time the recall effort began, Singh was serving as the president of the board.[2]
Recall supporters
Singh was served with a notice of intention to circulate a recall petition during the October 16, 2025, school board meeting after two sixth-grade teachers were removed from Phoebe Hearst Elementary School.[1]
At the meeting, Caitlin Beckett, a district parent, said, "While this may have started as a personnel matter, that ship sailed weeks ago. Plain and simple, this is a school in crisis, in an absolute leadership failure. President Singh, you are not only board president, you are our representative, and in that capacity, you have failed us."[3]
Recall opponents
Ballotpedia did not identify a public response to the recall effort.
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]
2025 recall efforts
- See also: School board recalls
Ballotpedia has tracked 23 school board recall efforts against 41 board members in 2025. Recall elections against three board members were approved by voters on April 22, 2025, and June 10, 2025, removing all three from office. Recall elections against two other members are being held on November 4, 2025. Recall elections against three other members are being held on November 18, 2025.
The chart below details the status of 2025 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
- Sacramento City Unified School District, California
- Sacramento City Unified School District, California, elections
- Recall campaigns in California
- Political recall efforts, 2025
- School board recalls
- States that allow school board recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Sacramento Bee, "Families demand reinstatement of 2 East Sacramento teachers, threaten recall vote," October 16, 2025
- ↑ Sacramento City Unified School District, "Our Board of Education," accessed October 28, 2025
- ↑ KCRA, "Sac City Unified school board president facing recall amid controversy of removed teachers," October 16, 2025
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Recall Procedures Guide 2023," accessed October 16, 2023
