California: One Grover Beach Councilmember recall makes the ballot

The recall of Grover Beach Councilmember Daniel Rushing has made the ballot. Petitioners handed in 521 valid signatures and needed 504. They seem to have handed in 661 signatures, but collected 709. Hopefully, we'll find out about this discrepancy. 

The issue seems to be a water rate increase to help a proposed recycled water project. 

The recall followed a legal battle where others were targeted. Here's details about the lawsuit filed against the Grover Beach city clerk claiming that they illegally rejected petitions in the recall effort against Grover Beach Mayor Karen Bright and Councilmembers Rushing and Zachary Zimmerman. Petitioners handed four times the required number of signatures to get the petitions. They need about 2000 signatures for Bright and Zimmerman and 500 for Rushing.

The petitioners are claiming that the clerk required that the petitions remove a number of statements before they could be approved and "slow-walked" the process. The court seems to have ruled for the petitioners, but it's not clear where this is going (outside of the Rushing recall).