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<DIV>Hi Robin et al – Re having lunch with Norm: I suggest Robin, Agnes, Ellen,
Dan Hamburg, Dan Gjerde, and perhaps Jed Davis. Mary</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=bodhirobin@pacific.net
href="mailto:bodhirobin@pacific.net">bodhirobin@pacific.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 29, 2014 11:54 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=baileoakes@gmail.com
href="mailto:baileoakes@gmail.com">Baile Oakes</A> ; <A title=crn@lists.mcn.org
href="mailto:crn@lists.mcn.org">Community Rights</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=ccwood@ix.netcom.com
href="mailto:ccwood@ix.netcom.com">Charles Cresson Wood</A> ; <A
title=ellen.rosser@gmail.com href="mailto:ellen.rosser@gmail.com">Ellen
Rosser</A> ; <A title=agnes@mcn.org href="mailto:agnes@mcn.org">Agnes
Woolsey</A> ; <A title=ianmackenzie24@gmail.com
href="mailto:ianmackenzie24@gmail.com">Ian Mackenzie</A> ; <A
title=harryohls@gmail.com href="mailto:harryohls@gmail.com">Harry Ohls</A> ; <A
title=vjessielee@gmail.com href="mailto:vjessielee@gmail.com">Jessie VanSant</A>
; <A title=maryzel@willitsonline.com
href="mailto:maryzel@willitsonline.com">Mary Zellachild</A> ; <A
title=ndevall@mcn.org href="mailto:ndevall@mcn.org">ndevall@mcn.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: County Charter</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style='FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline'><PRE><FONT face=Arial>Also, I spoke to Norm DeVall. <BR>He said when
he was a county supervisor, that he wanted to get a charter <BR>going
but couldn't recruit enough support from others, but it never got off the
ground. <BR>Norm said that he had communicated with the people who had
been involved with <BR>the previous charter effort back in the '50's.
It lost by 1 vote. <BR><BR>Norm said the "Big 4" always
oppose it. <BR>1) The North Coast Builders Exchange<BR>2) The
Employers Council<BR>3) Farm Bureau<BR>4) Board of Realtors<BR><BR>Norm said they asked for an "Economic Impact Report" before
putting a charter on <BR>the ballot. He suggests we find out if we will
need one, or that was an obstacle <BR>invented by the Big 4. <BR><BR>Norm wants to have a dinner at his house in Elk with 6 advocates of a
county charter.<BR>He also wants to know more about the public bank. He
asked who could tell him more. <BR>I said I could but I think he needs
to hear it from someone more authoritative than me. <BR>Maybe Marc
Armstrong? Locally, no one knows more about it than me, Ellen or
Agnes.<BR><BR>It looks like the CA Government Code states that 2
things go on the <BR>ballot together. One is the charter question
stated in GC34453, and <BR>the other are the individuals who are running
for election to the <BR>Charter Commission. <BR><BR>Each person
running for the Charter Commission has to get on the ballot<BR>the same
way I got on the ballot to run for Assessor, with a petition <BR>of
voters' signatures. If the charter question fails, it doesn't matter<BR>who got elected to the Commission. But if the charter question
passes<BR>with 50% +1 votes, then the 15 best voted candidates become
Commissioners. <BR><BR>Sounds like a bonanza of fees to the county,
having a ballot measure and <BR>15+ candidates all paying fees to run
for election. The statute does say<BR>that the government has to foot
the bill for the election.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial><BR>It keeps
saying "for a city or a city and county." Nothing here <BR>mentions a county alone. I wonder if these are the wrong statues?
</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=Arial>In Peace, Robin</FONT><BR><BR><BR>34450. Any city or city and county may enact, amend, or repeal a
<BR>charter for its own government according to this article or <BR>Article 3 (commencing with Section 9255) of Chapter 3 of <BR>Division
9 of the Elections Code. 34451. The charter may be <BR>proposed by a
charter commission chosen by the voters of the city <BR>or city and
county, at any general or special election, but no <BR>person shall be
eligible as a candidate for the commission unless <BR>he or she is a
registered voter of the city or city and county. <BR><BR>34452. (a)
An election for choosing charter commissioners may be <BR>called by a
majority vote of the governing body of a city or city <BR>and county, or
on presentation of <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,153)">a
petition signed by not less <BR>than 15 percent of the registered voters
of the city or city and <BR>county. </SPAN>The petition shall be
verified by the authority having charge<BR> of the registration
records of the city or city and county and the <BR>expenses of the
verification shall be provided by the governing body <BR>thereof. The
governing body shall call an election pursuant to <BR>Sections 1000 and
10403 of the Elections Code. <BR>(b) If any vacancy arises in a
charter commission established for a <BR>city or city and county
pursuant to this chapter, the vacancy shall <BR>be filled by an
appointment by the mayor of the city or city and <BR>county. <BR><BR>34453. At an election the voters shall vote first on the question <BR>"Shall a charter commission be elected to propose a new
charter?" and, <BR>secondly, for the candidates of the office of
charter commissioner. <BR>If the first question receives a majority of
the votes of the qualified <BR>voters voting thereon at the election,
the 15 candidates for the office <BR>of charter commissioner receiving
the highest number of votes shall <BR>forthwith organize as a charter
commission. However, if the first <BR>question receives less than a
majority of the votes of the qualified <BR>voters voting thereon at the
election no charter commission shall be <BR>deemed to have been elected.
<BR><BR>34454. Candidates for the office of charter commissioner
shall be <BR>nominated either in the same manner provided for the
nomination of <BR>officers of the municipal or city and county
government, or by <BR>petition substantially in the same manner provided
by general laws <BR>for the nomination by petition of candidates for
public offices to <BR>be voted for at general elections.</PRE><!-- end sanitized html --></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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