Tag: San Diego County, California

San Diego County Registrar of Voters Michael Vu has determined there were insufficient signatures to put a measure on the November ballot that sought to force county elections to go to November runoffs no matter how well a candidate does in a primary election. Gloria’s bill had said that such a petition to change the county law would need to be signed by “10 percent of the qualified electors in the county.” That is, 10 percent of all voters, or about 166,000 people. State law normally requires that initiatives collect signatures from 10 percent of voters who voted in the previous election. On the one hand: Vu is reading the law by its word. I hear things throughout the week and then try to cram all my reporting about them into two hours of work on a Friday. Would you agree you’ve brought some change to leadership of the local labor movement that makes it easier to collaborate with business groups? Previously, the Labor Council leader was elected by its board. This week, they agreed to pay a partnership that controls the lease of land behind the Convention Center more than $33 million. Alvarez is saying he’s concerned about city money funding a political objective of the ballot initiative’s supporters. She will have to tell the city clerk whether not 50 percent plus one vote would be enough for the measure to pass.