To: Board of Supervisors
From: Clerk/Recorder
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
title
District Resolutions to Transition to Even-Year Elections Pursuant to Senate Bill 415
(California Voter Participation Act)
end
RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive staff report;
2. Receive staff impact analysis and district resolution for school and special districts; and
3. Approve school and special district resolutions to transition to even-year elections pursuant California Elections Code, Sections 14050-14057.
Body
SOURCE OF FUNDING:
N/A
DISCUSSION:
On September 1, 2015, Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 415 (SB 415), also known as the California Voter Participation Act (CVPA), into law becoming Division 14, Chapter 1.7 of the Election Code, Sections 14050-14057 (Attachment 1). The law requires school and special districts with regularly scheduled odd-year elections that have experienced "significant decrease in voter turnout" in a regularly scheduled election to transition to even-year statewide general elections. Significant decrease in voter turnout is described as voter turnout that is at least 25 percent less than the average turnout for the previous four statewide general elections.
Districts meeting the threshold were required to adopt a plan by January 1, 2018, to consolidate with even-year elections not later than the November 8, 2022, statewide general election. Humboldt County has 34 school and community college districts, one county school board, and 43 special districts subject to the provisions of SB 415. Pursuant to Elections Code, Sections 10404(b)(2) and 10404.5(b) (Attachment 1), districts transitioning to even-year elections must submit a resolution to the Board of Supervisors "no later than 240 days prior to the date of the currently scheduled district election".
Districts transitioning to even-year elections in 2017 were required to submit resolutions to the Board of Supervisors by...
Click here for full text