Biggest benefits enhance the authority and independence of the city auditor. Voters should approve it
When the Oakland City Council placed Measure X on the Nov. 8 ballot, they threw in everything but the kitchen sink.
However, the proposal in Measure X is term limits lite. It would only apply to council members. It would limit council members to three consecutive terms rather than the two used in many cities. It would allow someone who has served three terms to return after sitting out for one. And it would allow someone to serve three terms as a district council member directly followed by three as the citywide at-large member.
Measure X would expand the powers of the auditor to include more areas of inquiry in city government and increase the staffing of her office from 11 full-time employees to a minimum of 14. It would also add to the qualification requirements — which currently call for the officeholder to be a certified public accountant or a certified internal auditor — to also include a minimum of three years of relevant public sector or equivalent private sector experience.
The measure would also count a council member’s abstention or absence as a no vote for determining whether there is a tie. This should end the gamesmanship on the eight-member council in which someone sits out on a vote to prevent a 4-4 tie under which the mayor can provide a tie-breaking fifth vote for passage.
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