Nancy Loera recall, Hacienda La Puente Unified School District, California (2024)
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An effort to recall Nancy Loera from her position as the Trustee Area 2 representative on the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District Board of Education in California did not go to a vote in 2024. The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk rejected the notice of intent to recall for not meeting requirements set by the California Elections Code.[1]
The recall effort started after the school district set up a reconfiguration plan that included closing four schools due to declining enrollment. Loera's district, Trustee Area 2, included some of the closed schools.[1]
Recall supporters
Recall supporters said Loera had been unresponsive to constituent questions about the closed schools, failed to hold town hall meetings about the issue, and did not advocate enough for students with disabilities and Spanish-speaking students. Nayellie Diaz, a parent in the school district and leader of the recall effort, said the recall group hoped "to have a board member who represents and respects our community."[1]
Recall opponents
“Over the past three months, the district held several Community Connection meetings at impacted sites for parents and families to learn more about the reconfiguration plans and support resources,” said Superintendent Alfonso Jimenez in a statement. “These information meetings will continue to be held through March to ensure all families have an opportunity to learn more and ask questions.”[1]
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.[2]
Recall supporters served Loera a notice of intent to recall on January 23, 2024. The county rejected the notice on March 7, 2024. To get the recall against Loera on the ballot, recall supporters would have had to collect signatures equal to 20% of registered voters in Trustee Area 2, approximately 2,400 signatures.[1]
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
- Hacienda La Puente Unified School District, California
- Hacienda La Puente Unified School District, California, elections
- Recall campaigns in California
- Political recall efforts, 2024
- School board recalls
- States that allow school board recalls
External links
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- Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
- Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
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