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Committee splits and duplicates charter file on special elections for supervisor vacancies; seeks further review
Summary
Committee debated a charter amendment that would require a special election for Board of Supervisors vacancies and an interim mayoral appointment ineligible to run; members voted to duplicate the file and continue both versions to a special rules meeting so alternate language can be considered before the February Board deadline.
The Rules Committee considered a third draft of a charter amendment (item 8) proposing that the Department of Elections call a special election when a seat on the Board of Supervisors is vacant unless a regular election is within 180 days, and that the mayor appoint an interim supervisor within 28 days who would be ineligible to run in that special election.
Jeremy Pollock, legislative aide to Supervisor John Avalos, summarized a narrowed measure that focuses on supervisorial vacancies and the mechanics for the interim…
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