Recall campaigns in California

"...the threat of recall can be a useful way to spotlight someone who is stinking up the place with the casual arrogance endemic to too many electeds. They feign selflessness and a mere desire for service on the campaign trail and turn high and mighty once in office."
Editorial, Pasadena Star-News, May 13, 2010

Legend:

a = Recall target was recalled by voters.

d = When a recall vote was held, voters rejected the attempt to recall the politician (that is, voters decided to keep/retain the targeted politician).

= Recall effort did not collect enough signatures to force a recall vote.

= Targeted politician resigned after a recall campaign was begun, and before the vote on the recall would have taken place.

= Petition drive to collect signatures to force a recall is underway.

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City councils

See also: City council recalls

Lindsay: Entire City Council
Atwater: Jeff Rivero
Milpitas: Armando Gomez and Althea Polanski
Desert Hot Springs: Jan Pye and Scott Matas
a Shasta Lake: Dolores Lucero
Fullerton: Dick Jones, Pat McKinley, and Don Bankhead
Greenfield: Yolanda Teneyuque and John Martinez

• Redding: Francie Sullivan, Rick Bosetti, and Patrick Jones
  
• West Covina: Sherri Lane, Mike Touhey, Shelley Sanderson, and Steve Herfert
• Lake Elsinore: Daryl Hickman
• Pacifica: Pete DeJarnatt and Sue Digre
• San Fernando: Mario Hernandez and Maribel De La Torre
• Vallejo: Marti Brown and Stephanie Gomes
• Orange Cove: Frank Martinez and Glenda Hill
• Yorba Linda: John Anderson

Sheriffs

See also: Sheriff recalls

Santa Cruz County: Phil Wowak

Mayors

See also: Mayoral recalls

d Ione: David Plank
a Portola: Dan Wilson
Lindsay: Ed Murray
Desert Hot Springs: Yvonne Parks
Greenfield: John Huerta, Jr.

• Oakland: Jean Quan
• San Fernando: Brenda Esqueda

School boards

See also: School board recalls

• Santa Maria: Will Smith
• Oakland: School Board
• Sweetwater: Arlie Ricasa, Jim Cartmill, and John McCann
• Moreno Valley: Mike Rios

Rio School District: Eleanor Torres, Henrietta Macias, and Ramon Rodriguez

Special districts

See also: Special district recalls

Rio Linda-Elverta Water District: Frank Caron
Discovery Bay Community Services District: Brian Dawson
Feather River Recreation and Park District

County commissioners

See also: County commission recalls

Lassen County: Jack Hanson
Siskiyou County: Marcia Armstrong
Calaveras County: Darren Spellman

City councils

See also: City council recalls

aaaa Bell: Hernandez, Jacobo, Artiga, Mirabal (March 8, 2011)
aa Hercules: Donald Kuehne and Joanne Ward
aaa Point Arena: Riboli, Sinnott, Ingham
Angels Camp: Jack Lynch
Fontana: Entire City Council
Lincoln: Spencer Short and Tom Cosgrove
Vista: Frank Lopez
Victorville: Cabriales, Rothschild and Kennedy
Long Beach: James Johnson
Crescent City: Kathryn Murray and Kelley Schellong

County commissioners

See also: County official recalls

Monterey County: Fernando Armenta
Calaveras County: Darren Spellman

Mayors

See also: Mayoral recalls

Fontana: Acquanetta Warren
Hanford: Dan Chin
Lincoln: Paul Joiner
Tustin: Jerry Amante
Crescent City: Charles Slert

School boards

See also: School board recalls

Hacienda La Puente Unified: Chen, Hsu, Chang and Perez
West Covina Unified: Jimenez
dddd Parlier Unified: Maldonado, Torrez, Cano and Villanueva
aa Biola: Rabago and Rabago

See also: Political recall efforts, 2010

City council

See also: City council recalls

aaaa San Jacinto: Stubblefield, Mansperger, Potts and Ayres

aaa Hughson: Thom Crowder, Doug Humphreys and Ben Manley

aa Dunsmuir: Peter Arth and Mario Rubino

a a Livingston: Daniel Varela and Martha Nateras

aa Montebello: Kathy Salazar and Robert Urteaga

a Mission Viejo: Lance MacLean

a Poway: Betty Rexford

d Lake Elsinore: Thomas Buckley

Brentwood: Bob Taylor, Chris Becnel, Robert Brockman

Compton: Eric Perrodin, Lillie Dobson, Craig Cornwell and Alita Godwin

Crescent City: Kelly Schellong, Charles Slert and Kathryn Murray

Hawaiian Gardens: Barry Bruce and Mike Gomez

Hollister: Doug Emerson

Los Angeles: Janice Hahn

Lynwood: Aide Castro, Alfredo Flores and Maria Quiñones

Maywood: Felipe Aguirre, Edward Varela, Veronica Guardado and Ana Rosa Rizo

Placerville: Dave Machada and Mark Acuna

Ridgecrest: Steven Morgan, Ron Carter and Jerry Taylor

Rio Vista: Jack Krebs, Janith Norman and Jan Vick

Riverbank: Jesse James White

Sacramento: Johnson, Tretheway, Sheedy, Cohn, Fong, McCarty, Pannell

Soledad: Richard Ortiz and Martha Camacho

School board

See also: School board recalls

Recall	Status
St. Helena Unified: Cynthia Warren, Ines DeLuna, Cynthia Noble Lane, Carolyn Martini	aaaa
Capistrano Unified: Ken Lopez-Maddox and Mike Winsten	aa
Stockton Unified: Dan Castillo	a
Tehachapi Unified: Mary Graham, Holly Hart, Patty Snyder	ddd
Bassett Unified: Laura Santos and Barbara Boyd
Calexico Schools: Gloria Romo and Ruben De La Rosa
Palo Verde Unified: Jim Carney and Robin Wellman
San Gabriel Unified: Scott Svonkin
Stockton Unified: Jose Morales
Vista Unified: Steve Lilly, Angela Chunka and Elizabeth Jaka
Woodville Union: Nick Serafin, Andrew Castaneda, Felipe Guerrero, Javier Serna and Juan Valencia
Yuba College: Jim Buchan

Mayors

See also: Mayoral recalls

a Dunsmuir: Peter Arth
Hollister: Victor Gomez
Los Angeles: Antonio Villaraigosa
Ventura: Bill Fulton
Compton: Eric Perrodin

Special districts

d Mountain Gate Community Services District board recall, Shasta County, California (2010)

Recalls that did go to a vote

aaaaa Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District recall
aa Jose Hernandez and Julie Ruelas recall, San Fernando City Council
a George Barich recall, Cotati
a J Gaglione recall, West Valley County Water District
a Jesus Velazquez recall, Alisal Union School District
a Lyle Turner recall, Shasta County
d Jerry Kern recall, Oceanside
d Madison Nguyen recall, San Jose

• Hopland Public Utilities District board recall, Mendocino County, California (2009)

Recalls that did not go to a vote

• Abel Maldonado recall, California, 2009
• Arnold Schwarzenegger recall, California, 2009
• Bill Postmus recall, San Bernardino, California, 2009
• Dan Cort recall, Pacific Grove, California, 2009
• Dick Dickerson recall, Redding, California (2009)
• Ferndale School District board recall, California, 2009
• Jeff Miller recall, California, 2009
• Jim Silva recall, California, 2009
• Lynwood Schools Recall of Board Members, 2009
• Monte Sereno City Council Recall, 2009
• Newman-Crows Landing school board recall, California, 2009
• Recall of three members of the Tahoe Truckee School Board, California (2009)
• Robin Hastings recall, Moreno Valley, California (2009)
• Roy Ashburn recall, California, 2009

• Jeff Denham recall, California (2008)
• Mary Jane Galviso recall (2008)
• Recall of Sheila Benecke and Marlene Draper, Capistrano Unified School District, California (2008)
• Rodney Sanders recall (2008)

• Lynwood City Council recall, California (2007)

• Simon Ayala, Eve Acosta and Ken Ortega recall, Rio School District, California (2006)

• Jack van Haaster recall, Murrieta, California (2005)
• Scott Rodowick and Teri Furgeson recall, Center Unified School District, California (2005)

• Pam Pratt recall, Isleton, California (2004)

• Gray Davis recall (2003)
• Nativo Lopez recall (2003)
• South Gate City Council recalls, California (2003)

• Hawaiian Gardens City Council recall, California (1996)

• Mike Machado recall, California (1995)
• Paul Horcher and Doris Allen recalls, California (1995)

• California Proposition 183, Changes to Laws Governing Recall Elections (1994)
• David Roberti recall, California (1994)
• John Tyndall and Joyce Lee recall, Vista Unified School District, California (1994)

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• Laws governing recall in California