Bill Text: CA SB1293 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Recall elections: notice of intention.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-16 - Set for hearing April 30. [SB1293 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB1293-Amended.html
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Amended
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Senate
April 08, 2024 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1293
| Introduced by Senator Ochoa Bogh |
February 15, 2024 |
An act to amend Sections 11020 and 11022 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1293, as amended, Ochoa Bogh.
Recall elections: notice of intention.
Existing law governs the recall of elective officers of the state and of all counties, cities, other specified local public entities, and judges of courts of appeal and trial courts. Existing law requires proponents of the recall to serve, file and publish a copy of the notice of intention, as specified. Existing law requires the notice of intention to contain, among other things, the printed name, signature, and residence address, including street and number, city, and ZIP Code, of each of the proponents of the recall.
This bill would require the published copy of the notice of intention to omit, among other things, the proponents’ signatures and street numbers and street names of their residence addresses, as
specified.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 11020 of the Elections Code is amended to read:11020.
(a) The notice of intention shall contain all of the following:(1) The name and title of the officer sought to be recalled.
(2) A statement, not exceeding 200 words in length, of the reasons for the proposed recall.
(3) For each proponent of the recall, both all of the following:
(A) A printed name.
(B) A signature and residence address, including street and number, city, and ZIP Code. If a proponent cannot receive mail at the residence address, the proponent shall provide an alternative mailing address.
signature.
(C) (i) A residence address that includes all of the following:
(I) Street number and street name.
(II) City.
(III) ZIP Code.
(ii) If a proponent cannot receive mail at the residence address, the proponent shall provide an alternative mailing address.
(4) The provisions of Section 11023.
(b) (1) For a state office, and for a local office where the number of registered voters in the electoral jurisdiction is at least 100,000, the minimum number of proponents listed on the notice of intention is 50, or equal to five times the number of signatures required to have been filed on the nomination paper of the officer sought to be recalled, whichever is higher.
(2) For a local office where the number of registered voters in the electoral jurisdiction is at least 1,000 but
less than 100,000, the minimum number of proponents listed on the notice of intention is 30, or equal to three times the number of signatures required to have been filed on the nomination paper of the officer sought to be recalled, whichever is higher.
(3) For a local office where the number of registered voters in the electoral jurisdiction is less than 1,000, the minimum number of proponents listed on the notice of intention is 30.
(c) The notice of intention shall include at least the number of proponents specified in subdivision (b).
