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Board approves charter amendment to tighten recall windows; measure to go to voters after 7-4 vote
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 7–4 on Feb. 15 to submit a charter amendment to the June ballot that lengthens the time windows around when recall petitions can be filed and limits who may be a candidate for a vacancy created by a successful recall.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 7–4 on Feb. 15 to submit a charter amendment to city voters that would extend restrictions on when recall petitions can be filed and limit who may run to fill a vacancy created by a successful recall.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin, the item’s sponsor, told colleagues the measure is aimed at reducing what he called “unnecessary and enormous costs” to taxpayers and the corrosive political behavior he said accompanied recent recalls. “The core premise of this measure is very simple,” Peskin said. “San Francisco taxpayers should not have to shell out tens of millions of dollars … when the officials being subject to recall are already up for election on the same year's ballot.”
The amendment…
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