Mayor and city council recall, Placerville, California (2021)
| Placerville Mayor and City Council recall |
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Kara Taylor Micheal Saragosa Patty Borelli |
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| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2021 Recalls in California California recall laws Mayoral recalls City council recalls Recall reports |
An effort in Placerville, California, to recall Mayor Dennis Thomas, Vice Mayor Kara Taylor, and Council Members Michael Saragosa, and Patty Borelli was initiated in 2021. The recall did not qualify for the ballot after organizers did not collect the required number of signatures by the deadline.[1][2][3]
Recall supporters
Recall organizer Mandi Rodriguez offered the following grounds for recall in a press release.[3]
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Mountain Democrat reported that recall organizers were circulating petitions during an unrelated demonstration at the Placerville courthouse on April 16, 2021. Organizers accused Thomas of "abusing his power in favor of commercial growth that is not conducive with the General Plan while doing little to promote the mom and pop businesses of the downtown."[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in California
Recalls of local officials in California start with notices of intent to targeted officials. Each notice requires signatures from 10 city residents, the name of the targeted official, and reasoning for the recall that cannot exceed 200 words. A copy of the notice is delivered to the city clerk, who publishes the notice in at least three public places. Targeted officials have seven days following receipt of their notices to issue statements of defense. A recall petition can be circulated against each targeted official once the notice of intent is published.
Petitioners needed around 1,660 signatures to put the recall election on the ballot.[2] They had collected around 600 signatures by October 5. An election was not scheduled after the campaign did not meet the signature requirement.[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mountain Democrat, "City Council recall petitions fall short," October 12, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mountain Democrat, "Residents rally ’round noose," April 21, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Swift Headline, "City Council Recall Effort Reaches Next Step," June 24, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
