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Proposal Details

Proposal ID16
ProposalAmendment, Bylaws: County Council Vacancies
PresenterMike Feinstein, Marla Bernstein
Floor ManagerAjay Rai
PhaseClosed
Discussion02/03/2020 - 03/02/2020
Voting03/03/2020 - 03/09/2020
ResultAdopted
Presens Quorum6 0.5001
Consens Quorum0 0.6666 of Yes and No Votes

Background

Five Greens in State Senate District 26 obtained enough signatures to qualify for the March 2020 County Council ballot, in a district with six seats. Because their seats are uncontested, they will be automatically be elected next county council. No other Greens in Los Angeles County qualified for the ballot. That leaves 39 of the 44 potential County Council seats vacant to start the 2020-2024 County Council term.

Under GPLAC bylaws Article VIII County Council vacancies, individuals may apply to the County Council to be appointed to these vacancies. To qualify for consideration under current GPLAC Bylaws,

"8-3.1 Nominees must be registered Greens within the District they wish to represent, and must also gather as many signatures of registered Greens in the district on a petition as defined in 8.4, as would be normally required by the County Registrar to appear on the ballot in that district, for the purposes of being elected to the Los Angeles County Green Party County Council; or for the County Council meetings of March 12, April 23 and June 4, (2017) may gather five signatures of registered Greens in the district on a petition as defined in 8.4 and to be appointed, would need 80% approval from the County Council https://losangeles.cagreens.org/bylaws/2019-08-04#section8-3

Since the 2017 dates have sun-setted, the only option for any person seeking to be appointed is gather at least 20 valid nomination signatures - unless the County Council enacts a bylaws change, potentially similar to what was in place for early 2017, where a smaller number of signatures could required, combined with a higher approval threshold.

GPLAC Bylaws Article 14 Amendment of Bylaws requires a minimum of 30 days prior written notice to the County Council email list of the text of any proposed bylaws change. On February 2, 2019 a draft was posted to the GPLAC voting page, for a thirty day discussion period ending March 2, followed by a one week voting period between March 3 and 9. https://losangeles.cagreens.org/bylaws/2019-08-04#ARTICLE14.

Proposal

Part I: Amend GPLAC Bylaws 8-3.1 from

8-3.1 Nominees must be registered Greens within the District they wish to represent, and must also gather as many signatures of registered Greens in the district on a petition as defined in 8.4, as would be normally required by the County Registrar to appear on the ballot in that district, for the purposes of being elected to the Los Angeles County Green Party County Council; or for the County Council meetings of March 12, April 23 and June 4, may gather five signatures of registered Greens in the district on a petition as defined in 8.4 and to be appointed, would need 80% approval from the County Council.

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8-3.1 Nominees must be registered Greens within the District they wish to represent, and must also gather as many signatures of registered Greens in the district on a petition as defined in 8.4, as would be normally required by the County Registrar to appear on the ballot in that district, for the purposes of being elected to the Los Angeles County Green Party County Council; or for the two regular County Council meetings in April or May 2020, if they have attended at least one prior County Council meeting within the previous six months, may gather five signatures of registered Greens in the district on a petition as defined in 8.4 and to be appointed, would need 80% approval from the County Council.

Part II: After May 2020, remove the language “or for the two regular County Council meetings in April or May 2020, if they have attended at least one prior County Council meeting within the previous six months, may gather five signatures of registered Greens in the district on a petition as defined in 8.4 and to be appointed, would need 80% approval from the County Council”.

Resources

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References

Existing GPLAC Bylaws 8-3.1

https://losangeles.cagreens.org/bylaws/2019-08-04#section8-3

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