July 3, 2007
Oh No, Ed Jew!: Moonbeam
Just passing along the word from ABC 7 that today is beleaguered District 4 Supervisor Ed Jew's last day to prove up his San Francisco residency to Attorney General Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown.
In other deadline-related Ed Jew news, the other operative date to watch out for is Monday Tuesday July 10, which is the cutoff date for a special election for the seat if Ed Jew resigns. If Ed resigns over the looong July 4 weekend (weird the 4th is on a Wednesday this year, huh?), we have to have a special election in November, but if he waits until after, Newsom can just appoint someone to serve out the remaining three years of Ed's term under section 13.101.5 of the SF City Charter.
We get why the appointed person shouldn't have to run in November if they were appointed in August, but why wouldn't that person be required just to run in the next city election, in March or June or whenever it was we moved the primaries to? (February -- we just checked.)
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(c) Any person filling a vacancy pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this Section shall serve until a successor is selected at the next election occurring not less than 120 days after the vacancy, at which time an election shall be held to fill the unexpired term, provided that (1) if an election for the vacated office is scheduled to occur less than one year after the vacancy, the appointee shall serve until a successor is selected at that election or (2) if an election for any seat on the same board as the vacated seat is scheduled to occur less than one year but at least 120 days after the vacancy, the appointee shall serve until a successor is selected at that election to fill the unexpired term.
If Jew resigns by 10 July AND Newsom appoints a replacement, than that supervisor would have to seek election in November.
That is not going to happen because Newsom would prefer to appoint a replacement after that deadline to push it off to a subsequent election.
If Newsom appoints a replacement before the November election, then that person would have to run in February.
If Newsom appoints a replacement after the November election, then that person would run for election in November 2008 with the odd district supervisors.
-marc
The even district supervisors are odd as well.
If ranked choice voting has any meaning, then if Newsom gets to pick a candidate, it must be runner-up Ron Dudum. Any other choice would be a purely political move by Newsom and a rejection of the will of the voters.
As a word geek, I discovered a few weeks ago that "Supervisor Ed Jew" anagrams to "Ed Vows Perjuries."
Christine
Now I know why Newsom isn't pushing the issue. I bet he starts in July 11th.
Christine:
You're a genius! I love that anagram! One gold star for you!
Dudum.
I think July 10th is a Tuesday.
(yay, I managed to register an account!)
July 10 is indeed a Tuesday! Correction forthcoming.
And as to guest/marc's comment [1], the Examiner is reporting that if Ed Jew resigns after that date, the city charter allows the appointed official to stay through Ed's term. I don't know if you're right or if the Examiner is, I just point it out.
Umm, this guest commenting thing sucks. The gray text is way hard to read, and even if people are guests, they should really be able to use a pseudonym.
Mayor Gavin Newsom had told reporters that he would decide by Tuesday whether to intervene in the matter. Under San Francisco law, Newsom has the authority to suspend and eventually remove Jew from office for official misconduct through the city Ethics Commission and Board of Supervisors.
Of course, Mayor Gavin Newsom is not playing politics with the critical issue of supervisorial legitimacy, what, with waiting to consider suspension after the deadline for the voters of D4 to have a say this November over their representation.
Newsom would rather have his appointment serve as long as possible without having to face the voters.
-arc