Acquanetta Warren recall, Fontana, California (2017)
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An effort in Fontana, California, to recall Mayor Acquanetta Warren from her position was launched in January 2017. Inland Empire First PAC delivered a notice of intention to recall Warren prior to a city council meeting on January 10, 2017.[1][2] The recall effort was abandoned after recall organizers changed their focus to working against Warren's re-election in 2018.[3]
Warren was first elected in 2010, targeted for recall in 2011, and won re-election in 2014.[1] The 2011 recall effort was abandoned in August 2011.
Recall supporters
Recall supporters provided the following reasons for pursuing a recall of Warren:[1]
- Promoting residential and commercial developments after receiving political contributions of at least $100,000 from developers
- Supporting subsidies to neighboring cities through a police helicopter program
Karen Coleman, speaking on behalf of Inland Empire First PAC, told The Sun that the mayor's support for new development projects "downgraded quality of life, decreased neighborhood safety, overcrowded schools, increased traffic and increased air pollution."[1]
Recall opponents
The Press Enterprise made the following arguments against recall in an editorial published on January 19, 2017:
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This editorial board has endorsed Warren in all four of her runs for council or mayor in Fontana, as the city has grown more dynamic under her leadership. But even if we hadn’t endorsed her, we would not support a recall on such flimsy grounds. The mayor adopted the right stance, declining even to comment on the recall effort and saying she is concentrating on city business instead. Perhaps this recall effort is some sort of payback. Warren was seen as the main instigator of a 2013 recall election that removed two school board members with whom she had quarreled after they ended a city-run after-school program. We opposed that recall election too, not because we were fans of the two targets, but because the special election would waste district funds and the board members had not abused the public trust. Warren has been on the Fontana City Council since 2002, was elected mayor in 2010 and re-elected in 2014 with a whopping, 41.7 percentage-point margin over her closest competitor (a former congressman). She’ll be up for re-election next year, if she chooses to run again, so a recall attempt now seems particularly silly. Those who don’t care for Warren’s leadership of the city should put their efforts into electing a different candidate in 2018 — not waste their time trying to recall her.[4][5] |
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| —The Press Enterprise, (2017) | ||
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in California
Organizers had 120 days following delivery of recall papers to gather and submit enough signatures to force a special election. Inland Empire First PAC needed approximately 12,000 signatures from city voters to continue the recall process.[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Sun, "Petition seeks recall of Fontana’s first woman and first African American mayor," January 11, 2017
- ↑ Fontana Herald News, "Group is attempting to recall Fontana Mayor Warren," January 11, 2017
- ↑ Fontana Herald News, "Group's effort to recall Mayor Warren is unsuccessful," September 14, 2017
- ↑ The Press Enterprise, "Attempted recall of Fontana mayor a waste of effort," January 19, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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