John Huerta Jr. recall, Greenfield, California (2012)
| Greenfield Mayoral recall |
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| June 5, 2012 |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2012 Recalls in California California recall laws Mayoral recalls Recall reports |
An effort in Greenfield, California, to recall Mayor John Huerta Jr. began in November 2011. A recall vote took place on June 5th, 2012. While it initially appeared that Huerta Jr. was recalled from his seat, a recount revealed that Huerta Jr. had retained his seat.[1][2][3][4] Yolanda Teneyuque and John Martinez, other members of the Greenfield City Council, were successfully recalled on June 5, 2012.
Recall vote
Official results, released on June 15, 2012, revealed that Huerta retained his seat.[2]
| Recall of Mayor John Huerta Jr. | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Recall | 716 | 47.7% | ||
 Retain | 785 | 52.3% | ||
Recall supporters
Huerta was accused of putting public safety in jeopardy, being an ineffective leader, and causing "damage to the City's reputation."[4]
Response by John Huerta Jr.
Huerta Jr. defended his record, noting that he helped secure a state award of $3 million for a new city park.[5] He also issued the following official response, which appeared on the ballot:
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Our community needs to stop fighting and get back to working together, I am proud of all that Greenfield has accomplished when we worked together...Now we need to work together again for new goals like building the Yanks Air Museum, constructing a new courthouse, developing the El Camino Real streetscape and solving our budget shortfall. [6] |
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| —John Huerta Jr. (2012), [7] | ||
Path to the ballot
Huerta was served a notice of intent to recall on November 18th, 2011.[8] Recall organizers had until January 31st, 2012, to submit signatures.[9] Signatures from 25 percent of Greenfield's registered voters were required to force a recall election.[8] In February 2012, recall supporters announced that their campaign had been successful in gathering enough signatures to force an election. The election date, June 5th, 2012, was formally scheduled at the February 28th city council meeting.[9] Former mayor Leon Dart sought Huerta Jr.'s seat in the event of a recall.[5]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Monterey County Weekly, "Shaken, Not Settled," June 14, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Monterey County Herald, "Election update: Latest count doesn't yield many changes," June 15, 2012
- ↑ Monterey County Elections, "June 5, 2012 Results," June 5, 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Central Coast News, "Greenfield Mayor Served Recall Notice," December 3, 2011
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Californian, "Greenfield voters to decide 3 recall elections," May 8, 2012
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Allie Archer, "Email exchange with Mayor John Huerta Jr.," January 6, 2016]
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Greenfield News, "Recall for Mayor John Huerta," December 14, 2011
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Herald, "Greenfield recall effort moves ahead," December 31, 2011 Cite error: Invalid
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