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>> >>PEGGY: SAIT SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL WILL BE DOWN ONE MEMBER UNTIL VOTERS IN THE FOURTH
DISTRICT ELECT A NEW REPRESENTATIVE. THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS WITHIN THE NEWLY REDRAWN
DISTRICT MAY NOT BEE GET TO VOTE FOR THE NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
TODD GLORIA JOINS ME TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM AND SOME POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.
THANKS FOR RETURNING. WHY WON'T ESTIMATED 5,000 REGISTERED VOTERS
FROM RED WOOD VILLAGE AND ROLANDO PARK BE EXCLUDED IN THIS SPECIAL ELECTION?
>> >>: OUR MUNICIPAL CODE ALLOWS FOR THE FILLING OF VACANT POSITIONS USING THE OLD LINES OF
THE COUNCIL DISTRICT. WE HAVE HAD TWO UNUSUAL EVENTS HAPPEN AT ONCE,
REDISTRICTING AND THE RESIGNATION OF A COUNCIL MEMBER, CREATE AD CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE OUR MUNICIPAL
IS IN AN UNFAIR SITUATION WHERE THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE LEFT OUT OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION.
>> >>PEGGY: THAT CODE TAKE AS PERFECT STORM AS YOU SAID.
IT WAS ACTUALLY VOTED IN 1999, I BELIEVE, AND WHAT WAS THE LOGIC BEHIND IT.
>> >>: WE'RE STILL RESEARCHING THAT. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SOMETHING WE STUMBLED UPON
BECAUSE OF THESE EVENTS HAPPENING THAT SAME TIME.
IT WAS AT SOME DIRECTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. MUNICIPAL CAN BE CHANGED BY THE CITY COUNCIL,
WHICH I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING, BUT OF COURSE THE CAUSING IT TO COME ABOUT VIA
THE STATE MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO DO THAT. WE'RE RESEARCHING THAT AND HOPE TO HAVE SOME
ANSWERS IN TIME FOR MONDAY'S HEARING. >> >>PEGGY: YOU TALKED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY
ABOUT THIS? >> >>: CORRECT, THIS IS A LEGAL MATTER.
I'VE ASKED HIM TO COME TO MONDAY'S HEARING WHEN WE VOTE ON THIS WITH A NUMBER OF OPTIONS
FOR THE COUNCIL, TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO FILL THIS POSITION QUICKLY.
>> >>PEGGY: YOU HAVE 90 DAYS IN ORDER TO FIND A REPLACEMENT, BUT SO FOR THE ELECTION ACTUALLY
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE 90 DAYS YOU HAVE SEVERAL CANDIDATES?
>> >>: WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CANDIDATES WHO HAVE FILED THEIR INTENTIONS WITH THE CITY
CLERKS OFFICE. WE IMAGINE MORE BEFORE THE DEADLINE IN THE
MEAN TIME WE'LL BE OPERATING BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR OFFICE.
I'LL BE SUPERVISING THE STAFF THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR COUNCIL MEMBER YOUNG.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
>> >>PEGGY: YOUR GOING TO BE OVER SEEING THE OFFICE, WILL YOU BE VOTING ON DISTRICT FOUR
ISSUES? >> >>: NO Y WILL NOT.
WE WILL HAVE AN EIGHT MEMBER COUNCIL. WE RECENTLY EX EXPANDED TO 9, WE'LL BE AN
EIGHT MEMBER UNTIL THE NINTH PERSON JOINS US.
>> >>PEGGY: BECAUSE THERE'S NEARLY A DOZEN CANDIDATES ALREADY TO FILL THIS POSITION,
HOW MUCH IS THIS SPECIAL ELECTION GOING TO COST?
>> >>: THAT'S UNCLEAR AT THE MOMENT. IT COULD BE MORE THAN 300,000 DOLLARS.
WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WORKING WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHICH ALSO HAS A SPECIAL
ELECTION IN BASICALLY THE SAME AREA. WE HOPE TO CONSOLIDATE THOSE ELECTIONS SAVING
SAN DIEGO TAX PAYERS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IF I'M GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE THE CITY SOME MONEY, I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
>> >>PEGGY: ROLANDO AND REDWOOD VILLAGE VOTERS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR POLITICAL ACTIVISM.
THEY'RE A VERY ACTIVE GROUP. THEY SAY THIS IS NOT FAIR, THEY FEEL DISENFRANCHISED,
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO THEM? >> >>: I AGREE WITH THEM.
THIS IS NOT FAIR AT ALL. IT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, THAT'S WHY WE'RE
CONSULTING WITH OUR ATTORNEYS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER WAY WE CAN LEGALLY ACCOMPLISH WHAT
WE WANT. WE'RE PRESENTED WITH A VERY ODD SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT MAY NOT ALLOW WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN WHICH IS FULL ENFRANCHISEMENT TO OCCUR IN THIS CASE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WILL BE ANOTHER WAY TO DO.
>> >>DWANE2: ONE OF THE LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLES REDRAWN LINES VOTERS IN DISTRICT 9
GET TO VOTE FOR A REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT FOUR EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT LIVING THERE
ANYMORE. >> >>: YOU'LL HAVE PEOPLE WHO WILL VOTE FOR
SOMEONE WHO WILL NEVER SERVE THEM A DAY IN THEIR ENTIRE TENURE.
IT'S A FUNCTION OF THIS MUNICIPAL CODE WHICH NAY OR MAY NOT BE A FUNCTION OF THE STATE.
I'VE LIVED IN MY OWN REDISTRICTING EXPERIENCE. MY OWN HOME WAS DRAWN OUT OF THE REDISTRICTING.
THIS IS YET ANOTHER WAY THAT IT HAPPENS T DESERVES TO BE FIXED.
>> >>PEGGY: WE'RE GOING TO KNOW MORE ON MONDAY, CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT TODD GLORIA.
THANKS FOR EXPLAINING THIS TO US.