According to a presentation prepared for the board, the Alameda County charter’s current rules include unconstitutional provisions, missing procedures, and unfeasible election laws.
In a move with potentially serious implications for the recall campaign targeting District Attorney Pamela Price, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors will consider on Tuesday a measure that could overhaul how the county conducts such elections.
According to Ziegler’s report, the move is necessary to align the county’s laws with the state’s and eliminate “decades old procedures” that are “a detriment to ensuring lawful, competent, and timely recalls.” The report’s rationale is organized around the possibility that the charter’s current language could be vulnerable to a lawsuit that would overturn or void a potential recall.
“They’ve never had anybody recalled, so they say, in 30 years,” Grisham said. “The reason it took us so long is that they had no clue on what needed to be done.” Neither the District Attorney’s office, nor county counsel Ziegler had responded to requests to comment by press time.
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