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San Luis Obispo County, CA November 6, 2012 Election
Measure G-12
Mayor's Term of Office
City of El Paso De Robles
Majority Approval Required

Pass: 5081 / 58.46% Yes votes ...... 3611 / 41.54% No votes

See Also: Index of all Measures
Results as of Nov 7 12:08am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (13/13)
61.4% Voter Turnout (9438/15367)
Information shown below: Impartial Analysis | Arguments |

Shall the term of office of mayor be four years?

Impartial Analysis from City Attorney
Measure G-12, if approved by a majority of the voters voting on the measure, will change the term of office for the mayor from two years to four years.

Government Code section 34900 et seq. permits the City to have a directly elected mayor and for the mayor to serve either a two-year or a four-year term. The voters of the City of Paso Robles previously voted to have a directly elected mayor who serves a two-year term. This measure would change the mayor's term to four years, which would be the same as the term of the other council members. The measure would take effect immediately upon the passage of the measure.

If the measure is not approved by a majority of the voters voting, the mayor's term would remain at two years.

s/ Iris P. Yang
City Attorney, City of El Paso de Robles

The above statement is an impartial analysis of Measure G-12. If you desire a copy of the Measure, please call the elections official's office at (805) 237-3888 and a copy will be mailed to you at no cost to you.

  
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Arguments For Measure G-12
Several years ago, the voters decided that the Mayor should be a separately elected office with a term of two years. Now that we've had time to try out this approach, we think it makes good sense to have the mayor's term be the same as those of all the other City Council members, which is four years.

First, by law, the Mayor has no greater power or authority than any of the other Council members. More importantly, having a four-year term would allow the Mayor to focus more time on meeting his or her city responsibilities, rather than having to worry about the next election. A two-year term means the Mayor has to raise money for and campaign twice as often as the other Council members, which means less time spent representing you. Finally, elections are costly, not only for the candidates, but for the voters as well who finance the cost of extra elections. For all of these reasons, we believe it is right and proper that the Mayor's term of office be the same as all of the other City Council members.

s/ Frank Mecham, 1st District Supervisor

s/ Jim Heggarty, Former City Councilman

s/ Chris Iversen, Former City Councilman

s/ John Hamon, City Councilman

s/ Ed Steinbeck, City Councilman

(No arguments against Measure G-12 were submitted)

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