California: Alameda County Supervisors attempt to change recall laws, fail to do so

Lots going on in Alameda County, all of it seemingly surrounding the recall effort against District Attorney Pamela Price. I want to write a longer piece on the subject, but let's at least get started here.

The county Supervisors tried to push an ordinance that would align Alameda's laws with the new laws that the state adopted for local recalls, though it has since been tabled. The practical result of this would be to 1) get rid of the replacement race in any recall and 2) potentially raise the signature total for recalls, from 15% of turnout in the last election to 10% of registered voters and 3) potentially delay elections to general election dates (though not always).

The challenge here is that the proposal would have to have been approved by voters, and that may not be as easy as it seems (there's a reason that the proposal to change the state recall law went nowhere).