City of San Leandro Charter Amendment

MEASURE F

City of San Leandro Charter Amendment

Shall Section 225(a) of the San Leandro City Charter be amended to the following: The Mayor shall be elected by the registered voters of the City at large. All Council Members, except the Mayor, shall be elected by the registered voters of the City by district. In conformance with the California Voting Rights Act, one Council Member shall be nominated and elected from each Council Member district only by the registered voters of that district.

Required Vote: 50%+1

Criteria

1-Intent of the Measure –  

2-Duration of the measure if it passes?

3-Are there any financial effects if this measure passes?  If so- how much?

4-Where will the money go that is spent on this if it passes?  

5- If there are financial impacts, is the source of that money made clear?

6-Does the measure deal with 1 or more issues?

7- What is the current situation that would remain if this measure does not pass?

 8.-Extraneous language unrelated to the matter which could be considered as deceptive to the 

     voter.

SCORE: 2.8

Comments: The score was lowered from the maximum of five because of the failure to provide a clear objective for the measure and why it should be passed. It’s unclear what is being changed and what remains the same. There is no mention of long-term financial impacts and/or the costs of implementing these changes.