Sacramento, California, Measure A, Charter Revision Measure (November 2020)

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Sacramento Measure A
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Election date
November 3, 2020
Topic
City governance and Local charter amendments
Status
Defeatedd Defeated
Type
Referral		Origin
Lawmakers

Sacramento Measure A was on the ballot as a referral in Sacramento on November 3, 2020. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported approving a revised city charter to make the following changes, among others:

  • change the form of city government from a council-manager form to a mayor-council form, making the mayor the city's chief executive officer instead of the city manager;
  • changes budget provisions, including making the mayor responsible for proposing the budget, requiring two public hearings before passing a budget instead of one, and requiring “inclusive economic development and youth services” funding in the budget;
  • require certain social and economic impact reports, adopt a code of ethics and conduct for city officials, and enact transparency responsiveness provisions; and
  • create an ethics commission and a fair housing and human rights commission.

A "no" vote opposed approving a revised city charter thereby leaving the existing charter in place, including the city's council-manager form of government.


A simple majority was required for the approval of Measure A.

Election results

Sacramento Measure A

Result Votes Percentage
Yes 89,231 42.66%

Defeated No

119,946 57.34%
Results are officially certified.
Source



Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Measure A was as follows:

“

Shall the measure known as the ‘Sacramento Mayoral Accountability and Community Equity Act’ – which amends the City of Sacramento charter to establish a mayor-council form of government; establish participatory budgeting for citizens’ direct input; require analysis of impacts of certain council decisions on racial, ethnic, LGBTQ, and gender groups; require a specified portion of the budget be invested in inclusive economic development and youth services; makes permanent the city’s ethics commission; and make other changes – be adopted?​

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in California

This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing body of Sacramento.


See also

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