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League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
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Measure F Board of Education References City of Alameda Charter Amendment 14,991 / 57.2% Yes votes ...... 11,225 / 42.8% No votes
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Results as of Dec 15 1:28pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (48/48) |
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Shall the Charter of the City of Alameda be amended to delete references to the Board of Education resulting in the Board no longer being subject to, controlled and/or governed by the Charter but instead governed by State law?
The City of Alameda City Charter now includes three references to the Board of Education. The first provides that, if vacancies exist in a majority of the City Council seats, two of those vacancies are to be filled by the two members of the Board of Education receiving the highest number of votes at the last election. The second exempts the Board of Education from a provision that, with certain exceptions, prohibits compensation for service on City Boards. The third governs the nomination and election of members of the Board of Education, their terms of office, and procedures for filling vacancies on the Board. This measure would adopt a new provision of the City of Alameda City Charter to require an election to fill a City Council vacancy if two members of the City Council had been appointed to previous vacancies. Such an election must be held within 90 days of the vacancy. If necessary to form a quorum of three Councilmembers, one or more of the following City officials will serve as Interim City Councilmembers until a special election is held: Auditor, Treasurer, and Planning Board President. This measure would delete the provision of the City of Alameda City Charter allowing compensation of members of the Board of Education and would repeal the provisions of that Charter governing the nomination and election of members of the Board of Education, their terms of office, and filling vacancies on the Board, leaving all these issues to be addressed by State law. A "yes" vote would approve the proposed amendment to the City of Alameda City Charter and would delete references to the Board of Education from that Charter. A "no" vote would disapprove the proposed amendment to the City of Alameda City Charter and would retain in that Charter the references to the Board of Education described above. s/CAROL A. KORADE City Attorney
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Arguments For Measure F | Arguments Against Measure F |
The City of Alameda and the Alameda Unified School District both have a long history of serving the needs of our community: the City, responsible for providing municipal services and the School District, providing educational services.
Both the City and the School District are regulated in part by the general laws of the State of California and they conduct their operations in compliance with State laws. As an older City, the City of Alameda is also governed in part by its City Charter. The Alameda City Charter applies almost exclusively to the City and not the School District, except for one area: elections. School Board elections for the School District are regulated in part by the Alameda City Charter. School Board elections are also governed by State law in the Elections Code and Education Code. The Measure, if approved by the voters of Alameda, will repeal these inconsistent and excess provisions of the City Charter that impact the School District. If these provisions are repealed, the Alameda School Board election process will be controlled exclusively by State law, as are most other school board elections throughout the State. The repeal of these inconsistent provisions of the City Charter impacting the School District will have no effect on the remaining provisions of the City Charter and it will continue to govern certain areas of the City, just as it has done for many years. As members of the Alameda community, we urge you to vote YES on the Measure to repeal the inconsistent and excess provisions of the Charter so that School District election activities can be controlled by State law. s/MIKE McMAHON Vice-President, Board of Education s/TRACY JENSEN Member, Board of Education s/FRANK MATARRESE Councilmember s/TONY DAYSOG Vice Mayor s/BEVERLY J. JOHNSON Mayor
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Full Text of Measure F |
CITY OFALAMEDA
CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT
Sec. 2-7(D). In the event that vacancies exist in a majority of the offices of Councilmember, such vacancies shall be filled by Sec. 10-12. No position of employment with any right of compensation attached thereto shall be established under the jurisdiction of any said boards, except the Board of Education, the Public Utilities Board and the Library Board, except by action of the Council. ARTICLE XI Repealed.
Sec. 23-5. The Boards and members thereof named in the first column following shall be deemed to be the successors to the Boards and members thereof named in the second column following. All incumbents and members of Boards in the second column at the time this Charter takes effect shall immediately assume and continue to hold the successor office for the remainder of their unexpired terms.
Library Board, successor to Board of Library Trustees. Public Utilities Board, successor to Board of Public Utilities Commissioners. Social Service Board, successor to Board of Social Service. |