Yamada Bill Would Give County Clerk Authority to Strike Inaccurate Ballot Arguments
Legislation Would Close Loophole From Parcel Tax Election
Assemblymember Mariko Yamada, who represents Davis and much of Yolo County, has now introduced legislation addressing an issue that arose during Davis’s Measure C election in March.
AB 1626, which passed out of the Assembly Elections & Redistricting committee Tuesday on a strong bipartisan vote, gives a county elections official authority to seek a writ of mandate to amend or delete errors or omissions in election materials in special district and school district elections. The elections official already has this authority in state, county and city elections.
Forget the Davis City Council, the most compelling electoral battle this year will be for the 5th Supervisorial District, where two heavyweights will slug it out over the most contentious of all local issues – land use.
A few weeks ago, Former Davis School Board Member Jan Bridge, a long time Davis resident most recently noted for her role on Sydney Vergis’ City Council Campaign, membership on the Senior Citizens Commission, support of CHA, and role on the committee that recommended the closing of Valley Oak, announced she would run for the open seat on the County Board of Education.
While the Davis political world waits on the final decision for Councilmember Lamar Heystek as to whether he will change his mind and run for re-election, a new intrigue has potentially emerged in the Supervisor’s race.
In one of the least kept secrets locally, soon-to-be Mayor Don Saylor has announced his candidacy for Yolo County Supervisor last night at Central Park. He will be running in District 2, where current Supervisor Helen Thomson will be stepping down after two terms following her exit from Sacramento as a three-term Assemblymember.
It was a decision that was not automatic for First Term County Supervisor Matt Rexroad. In fact, there was a point where it seemed a good possibility that he would not run for re-election. He had told me that he could always run for Supervisor but his kids wouldn’t always be young. As he wrote in his blog on Saturday:
On Friday, it was announced that Jim Provenza had won the 4th Supervisorial district race outright garnering 54 votes over the needed 50 percent in order to avoid a November runoff election. Mr. Provenza received 4,065 votes or 50.7 percent, easily outdistancing John Ferrera’s 2,739. Cathy Kennedy finished third with 15.2% or 1,217 votes. He will replace the likely Assemblywoman from this district, Mariko Yamada who won the Democratic Nomination on Tuesday in a district that is heavily Democratic.