Carmel Unified School District recall, California (2024)

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Carmel Unified School District recall
Officeholders
Sara Hinds Seaberry Nachbar Karl Pallastrini Jason Remynse
Recall status
Did not go to a vote
Signature requirement
Signatures equal to 10% to 30% of registered voters in the school district
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Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2024 Recalls in California California recall laws School board recalls Recall reports

An effort to recall four of the five members of the Carmel Unified School District Board of Education in California did not go to a vote in 2024. The county rejected the notices of intent to recall due to the wording used in the notices.

The recall effort began in February 2024. Sara Hinds, Seaberry Nachbar, Karl Pallastrini, and Jason Remynse were named in the notices of intent to recall. At the time the notices were served, Remynse was president of the board, and Nachbar was clerk.

Recall supporters

The notices of intent said that the board members' "history shows significant mishandling of taxpayer funds, irresponsible budgeting, neglect of student and staff welfare, Brown Act disregard and apathy towards constituents." The notices also said that the board members failed "to ensure the district reflects community values, beliefs and priorities."

Recall opponents

In response to the recall effort, Hinds said that the recall was "being pushed by a small minority that are citing falsified information." She said that the allegations included in the notices of intent were not true. “To set the record straight, no board member is being sued personally, no board member has been charged with violating the Brown Act and no board member misused funds to pay off a sexual harassment perpetrator,” Hinds said.

Path to the ballot

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.

2024 recall efforts

See also: School board recalls

Ballotpedia tracked 40 school board recall efforts against 83 board members in 2024. Recall elections in 2024 removed 14 members from office, including three who resigned before the election, and retained seven members in office. The school board recall success rate was 13.4%.

The chart below details the status of 2024 recall efforts by individual school board member.