California: Two Vernon City Councilmembers facing recall votes

Vernon City Councilmembers Diana Gonzales and Carol Menke is facing a recall election scheduled for June 1. The recall effort is over support for a solar and wind project that is proposed by a developer who is accused of stealing $20 million from City Industry , though Gonzales and Menke claim that it is about their challenges to an attempt to put family members of Mayor Leticia Lopez's in city-owned housing. Vernon is similar to the City of Industry and Bell -- a city with only 112 people which has faced threats of disestablishment.