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Measure D Ammending Term Limits San Joaquin County Ordinance - Majority Approval Required Fail: 78752 / 41.75% Yes votes ...... 109872 / 58.25% No votes
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Shall an ordinance be adopted to allow a member of the Board of Supervisors and the County Board of Education to serve three (3) terms of office rather than two (2) terms as currently allowed by law and that this three (3) term limit be a lifetime restriction on the number of terms a person can serve on these boards?
An Ordinance Amending Measure A and Adding Chapter 5 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Ordinance Code of San Joaquin County Pertaining to Term Limits
2-1060 TERM LIMITS
DAVID WOOTEN San Joaquin County Counsel
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Measure D reforms the current San Joaquin County term limit law by allowing voters to elect members to the San Joaquin Board of Supervisors and County Board of Education from the current maximum two (2) four year terms to a maximum of three (3) four year terms in office.
1. Measure D maintains term limits 2. Clarifies that Board of Supervisors and County Board of Education members may serve no more than three terms in his or her lifetime 3. San Joaquin County residents are better served when voters have the choice to elect board members to a third term in office 4. This choice empowers the voting public, while establishing a lifetime ban. Measure D continues to recognize the value of limiting the number of terms that a person can serve in either position, but also provides a better form of elected representative government and clarifies that the three available terms are the maximum that a person can be elected in his or her lifetime. Support clear, common sense term limit reform. Vote YES on Measure D. Submitted by: /s/ Jose Rodriguez, Pres./CEO El Concilio /s/ Grant Thompson /s/ John R. Vera, Retired /s/ Sonny Dhaliwal, Council Member
Submitted by: /s/ Dean Andal, Businessman and Former California Assemblyman /s/ Leroy Ornellas, Farmer and County Supervisor | Vote No on Measure D. It is merely a scheme orchestrated by four termed-out County Supervisors - Steve Bestolarides, Larry Ruhstaller, Carlos Villapudua, and Ken Vogel - to serve an additional term. This measure attacks existing term limits passed by the voters in 1998. It allows these four supervisors to collect an additional "salary" of $500,000 each from unlucky tasxpayers for this part-time job. Additionally, it cost over $100,000 of your taxpayer money just to put the measure on the ballot. Voters long ago limited these four Supervisors to two four-year terms - just like the President and Governor. Two terms is plenty and they proved that by placing this costly measure on the ballot in the middle of budgtet cutbacks and layoffs. Deputy sheriffs, criminal prosecutors, health care providers, youth programs and road construction have all been dramatically cut- yet they found enough money to make this attempt to get a $500,000 windfall for themselves. Tell them "No". Vote No on Measure D.
Submitted by: /s/ Dean Andal, Businessman and Former California State Assemblyman /s/ Leroy Ornellas, Farmer and County Supervisor
Ornellas, soon to be a former elected official, enjoyed 10 years of service and was elected three (3) times to the Board of Supervisors. Ornellas served two additional years and now argues that elected officials with whom he served should not be entitled to the same. It is hypocritical for Ornellas to distort the truth in a misgided effort to deny sitting Board Members that which he has alredy enjoyed, three elected terms. The underlying issue is whether voters should have the right to decide if County government is better served when members of either the Board of Supervisors or Board of Education are able to be elected up to a maximum of three terms in office. We feel it is important to give voters the opportrunity to retain the leadership which has guided the County with a steady hand through the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression while at the same time improving education, expanding healthcare services at San Joaquin General Hospital, promoting agriculture, protecting the Delta, and keeping our schools and neighborhoods safe. Good government begins by empowering voters to make informed decisions about their elected representatives. Voters have a right to choose their representatives without being influenced by those with personal agendas playing cynical political games. Support Term Limit Reform Yes on Measure D For more facts visit Measure-D.com Submitted by: /s/ Steve Gutierrez, Form County Supervisor, District 1 /s/ Carlos Villapudua, Board of Supervisors, District 1 /s/ Steve Bestolarides, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, District 3 |