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

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

Local measures

• Local measures in 2020
• City governance ballot measures
• Local charter amendments ballot measures
• Sacramento County measures

California

• November 3, 2020 measures in California
• Local ballot measures, California
• Sacramento, California

News and analysis

• State and local preemption conflicts
• Measures advancing national agendas

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