Orange County Register
A proposed measure on the June 8 ballot would, if passed, allow residents to vote on developments that require changes to the city’s general plan or zoning code. Measure D, known as the “Right to Vote Initiative,” classifies development projects in two categories: those that would require minor amendments to the general plan or zoning code, and those that would require major amendments. Developments that require major amendments would have to be voted on.
Two separate measures addressing the state Legislature’s dysfunction are in jeopardy – the proposed constitutional convention and the voter-approved citizen redistricting commission. Backers of a proposal to hold a constitutional convention have suspended signature-gathering efforts to place the measure on the November ballot. If approved by voters, the initiative would have established a statewide delegation of citizens – mostly from outside the political establishment – to draw up a list of proposed changes to the state’s governmental structure.
A Capistrano Unified ballot initiative that seeks to change how trustees are elected will be postponed by five months, from June to November, after the education officials who set the June 8 date agreed tonight to reverse their previous decision. The Orange County Committee on School District Organization, an 11-member governing body housed at the county Department of Education, cited the cost of holding the election in June – up to $496,000 – as their primary reason for the switch.
A university student has launched a petition drive to limit members of the Rancho Santa Margarita city council to two terms. Currently council members can serve an unlimited number of four-year terms.