California: Los Banos Councilmembers lose recall votes in blowout

The recall elections against Los Banos Councilmembers Brett Jones and Douglas Begonia have succeeded, Jones down 2594-840  and Begonia losing 2699-608. 

Petitioners claim that the recall is over a decision to rehire a fired city manager, raise the base pay and settle a $1.8 million lawsuit filed by the manager. There's also questions of the departure of staffers. Jones and Begonia blame a developer for leading the effort. 

2006 signatures were handed in for Begonia (1706 were verified and 1404 were approved). 2252 were handed in for Jones, and 1650 were approved.