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Mayor and city council recall, California City, California (2023)
| California City mayor and city council recall |
|---|
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| Officeholders |
Michael Kulikoff Ron Smith |
| Recall status |
| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2023 Recalls in California California recall laws Mayoral recalls City council recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall Mayor Kelly Kulikoff and Councilmen Michael Kulikoff and Ron Smith did not go to a vote in California City, California.[1]
Recall supporters
California City resident Shawn Bradley served the officials with letters of intent to recall. Bradley has said, "They’re not doing what they should be doing and they’re being dishonest in a lot of things they’re engaging in and to me I have a concern with that. I have a concern with abuse of power and a lot of other things."[2]
Recall opponents
Kelly Kulikoff has said, "There must have been some issues which they felt were wrong, which I don’t believe. I believe it was skewed, and not truthful, not the correct reasoning for the recall. I don’t believe any of those statements."[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.[3]
Kern County reported 4,218 registered voters in California City. In a city where the number of registered voters between 1,000 and 10,000, signatures are required from 25% of voters in order to trigger a recall election.[4][5]
See also
- Ballotpedia's Recall Report
- California City, California
- Recall campaigns in California
- Political recall efforts, 2023
- Mayoral recalls
- City council recalls
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Government website of California City, California
- Cal City Recall website
Footnotes
- ↑ Mojave Desert News, "Calif. City Resident Serves Letter of Intent to Mayor and 2 Council Members," August 10, 2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 23ABC, "Fed Up: Cal City resident continues recall for three councilmembers," October 31, 2023
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Recall Procedures Guide 2023," accessed October 16, 2023
- ↑ County of Kern Elections Division, "REGISTERED VOTER COUNT STATISTICS," accessed November 10, 2023
- ↑ County of Kern Elections Division, "PROCEDURES FOR RECALLING LOCAL OFFICERS," accessed November 10, 2023
