To the Honorable Registrar of Voters of the County of San Diego:
We, the undersigned,registered and qualified voters of the County of San Diego, hereby propose an initiative measureto amend the Charter of the County of San Diego. We petition you to submit this measure to theBoard of Supervisors of the County of San Diego for submission of the measure to the voters of the County of San Diego at the earliest general or special election for which it qualifies. Themeasure provides as follows:
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TERM LIMITS CHARTER AMENDMENT
The People of the County of San Diego hereby ordain and enact as follows:
SECTION 1. TITLE.
This charter amendment shall be known as the County Board of Supervisors Term Limits Charter Amendment.
SECTION 2. FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.
A. The same politicians have run San Diego County for years, but they have failed to addressthe pressing issues facing our County – issues like inadequate health care, ever-increasing traffic,and fire protection.B. These career politicians have become so entrenched that they are routinely re-elected, eventhough they’ve lost touch with the people of San Diego County. Indeed, no incumbentsupervisor in San Diego County has lost a re-election bid in more than two decades.C. We need new leaders in San Diego County – leaders with new ideas to improve the quality of life in our County and leaders who are not captive to the special interests.D. The hold that the career politicians have on the levers of power makes it difficult for qualifiedchallengers to compete for office, much less succeed in being elected to the Board of Supervisors.E. We need reasonable limits on the terms that a person can serve to end the reign of career politicians and to promote the opportunity for new leaders to serve the best interests of our community, not the special interests.
SECTION 3. PURPOSE AND INTENT.
In enacting this charter amendment, it is the purpose and intent of the people of the County of San Diego County to:A. Encourage qualified candidates to seek public office by placing reasonable limitations uponthe number of terms which may be served by members of the Board of Supervisors in their lifetimes.
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