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Phil Ortiz recall, El Cajon, California (2025)
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An effort to recall District 4 City Councilman Phil Ortiz is underway in El Cajon, California.[1][2]
Recall supporters
The Recall Phil Ortiz website states that Ortiz, "Voted to Circumvent SB 54, Endangering Immigrants," "Ignored the Risk of Discrimination Against Immigrants," and "Defied California's Pro-Immigrant Policies to Push an Anti-Immigrant Agenda."[3]
Recall opponents
In response to the recall petition, Ortiz has written, "I’m proud of my record helping our immigrant community. If a small group of extremists want to try and recall me because I want to keep El Cajon safe from people who commit crimes, no matter what their immigration status is, that’s all the public needs to know about their agenda vs my agenda."[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.[4]
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
- El Cajon, California
- Recall campaigns in California
- Political recall efforts, 2025
- City council recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The San Diego Union-Tribune, "Recall attempt launched against El Cajon Councilmember Ortiz," April 23, 2025
- ↑ East County Magazine, "RECALL ORTIZ EFFORT PASSES FIRST VERIFICATION HURDLE; OPPONENTS CRITICIZE RECALL ORGANIZER FOR “DIE OFF” COMMENTS," May 5, 2025
- ↑ Recall Phil Ortiz, "Home," accessed May 6, 2025
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Recall Procedures Guide 2023," accessed October 16, 2023
