Joshua Spivak, left, and David A. Carrillo, right, of Berkeley Law's California Constitution Center. Courtesy photos Oakland's Avoidable Mayoral Carousel
The problems that Oakland and the county are facing were foreseeable when the legislature upended local recall procedures. Either way, this mayoral carousel should inspire Oakland and other charter cities and counties to rethink their recall laws.
June 25, 2024 at 10:30 AM
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Election and Political Law
Less than halfway into her term Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao looks set to face the city's first-ever mayoral recall election this fall, in the nation's largest mayoral recall vote since 2011. If she loses Oakland will see a rotating cast of characters in the mayor's seat: thanks to little-noticed changes in state recall law, Oakland could have four mayors in just three months. That bizarre outcome is not Oakland's fault. As with the shambles Alameda County is suffering in the District Attorney Pamela Price recall, Oakland's pickle is yet more fallout from the legislature's recent move against local recalls.
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