Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz, California
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Santa Cruz is a city in Santa Cruz County, California. The city had 62,956 residents as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau.^[1]

Federal officials

The current members of the U.S. Senate from California are:

To view a map of U.S. House districts in California and find your representative, click here.

State officials

The following is a list of the current state executive officials from California:

To view a list of state legislators from California, click here.

Ballot measures

See also: List of California ballot measures and Santa Cruz County, California ballot measures

To view a list of statewide measures in California, click here.

To view a list of local ballot measures in Santa Cruz County, California, click here.

Local recalls

See also: Laws governing recall in California

No specific grounds are required for recall in California. The recall process starts with a notice of intention to recall. The notice must be served to the officer whose recall is being sought as well as published in a newspaper of general circulation. The notice must then be filed with the relevant election office. Once the notice has been deemed sufficient by the election office, a petition must also be filed and approved by the election office. Once the petition is approved, it can be circulated. To get a recall on the ballot, supporters must collect signatures from registered voters in the jurisdiction. The number of signatures required is between 10% and 30% of registered voters in the jurisdiction, depending on the size of the jurisdiction. Jurisdictions with 1,000 registered voters or fewer require 30%, and jurisdictions with 100,000 or more registered voters require 10%. Charter cities can also set their own signature threshold. The amount of time allowed for the circulation of recall petitions also varies by the number of registered voters in a jurisdiction, between 40 and 160 days. Jurisdictions with fewer than 1,000 registered voters allow 40 days, and jurisdictions with more than 50,000 registered voters allow 160 days.^[2]

See also

Footnotes

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