Tag: california
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Voters in San Mateo County, California, to decide on charter amendment to allow supervisors to remove elected sheriff for cause
Voters in San Mateo County, California, will decide on a charter amendment to allow the County Board of Supervisors to remove Sheriff Christina Corpus from office for cause through a four-fifths (4 of 5) vote. The charter amendment would expire on December 31, 2028. Voters will decide on the charter amendment at a special election…
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California, Massachusetts become first states to reject minimum wage increase ballot measures since 1996
Ballot measures to increase the minimum wage were consistently approved from 1998 to 2023, with 24 measures passing during this period. In 2024, voters in California and Massachusetts broke the trend by rejecting proposals to increase minimum wages, the first such defeats since 1996. In California, voters rejected Proposition 32, which would have increased the…
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Pamela Price first district attorney in Alameda County’s history to be recalled
Voters recalled Alameda County, California, District Attorney Pamela Price on Nov. 5 by a margin of 65.2%-34.2%. The office is nonpartisan, but Price is affiliated with the Democratic Party. This is the first time in the county’s history that voters recalled a district attorney. The county must certify election results no later than Dec. 5,…
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Sheng Thao first mayor in Oakland’s history to be recalled
Oakland, California, voters recalled Mayor Sheng Thao by a margin of 61.5%-38.5% on Nov. 5. The office is nonpartisan, but Thao is affiliated with the Democratic Party. This is the first time in the city’s history that voters recalled a mayor. Official results will be certified on Dec. 5, at which time Thao must vacate…
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Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao faces a recall election on Nov. 5, 2024
An election to recall Mayor Sheng Thao is scheduled to take place on Nov. 5, 2024, in Oakland, California. Governing’s Joshua Spivak wrote this election, along with the recall of Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price also on Nov. 5, “were in part launched due to pushback against approaches to crime and the criminal justice…
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33% of elections in California are uncontested
Of 2,789 regular elections in California—908 (33%) are uncontested. An uncontested election is one where the number of candidates on the ballot is less than or equal to the number of seats up for election. Of the 24 states where Ballotpedia is covering every election on Nov. 5, California has the 22nd highest rate of…
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Elections for San Francisco Unified School District school board to be especially crucial this year
Eleven candidates are running in a nonpartisan election for four seats on the seven-member San Francisco Unified School District school board (SFUSD) in California on Nov. 5. Incumbent Matt Alexander, Parag Gupta, Jaime Huling, John Jersin, and Supryia Marie Ray lead in media attention and endorsements. Board members serve four-year terms. Alexander is the only…
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Both candidates for Marina, Calif. city council complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both candidates running in the general election for Marina, Calif. City Council District 3—Jenny McAdams and Mike Moeller—completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. All survey respondents are asked to tell voters about their three key campaign messages. In…
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School board members in California and Michigan face November recall elections
Recall elections are being held in the Reef-Sunset Unified School District in California and the Onaway Area Community School District in Michigan on November 5, 2024. The names of three board members are on the ballot in Reef-Sunset Unified, and one is on the ballot in Onaway. Two of the three Reef-Sunset Unified board members…
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California Proposition 5, proposed to reduce supermajority requirements for some local bonds, would apply to this November’s measures
Voters in California will decide on 10 statewide ballot propositions, including Proposition 5, on Nov. 5. Proposition 5 would lower the vote threshold requirement for local bond measures to fund affordable housing and public infrastructure projects, as defined in the text. Heading into November, a two-thirds vote (or about 66.67%) is needed for voters to…