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Home My WebLink About2021_08_11 CRC Agenda Packettm CIN OF CHULA VISTA Charter Review Commission REGULAR MEETING OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION Date: August 11, 2021 Time: 6:00 p.m. Location: Virtual, Via Teleconference ACCORDING TO CALIFORNIA'S EXECUTIVE ORDER N-29-20, AND IN THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, MEMBERS OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AND STAFF MAY PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING VIA TELECONFERENCE. THE PUBLIC MAY VIEW THE MEETING ONLINE AND NOT AT CITY HALL, BUILDING A, EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE ROOM 103. HOW TO WATCH. Members of the public can access a link to the live stream at www. chulavistaca.gov/boardmeetinps. Members of the public who wish to join by telephone only, may call 1-844-992-4726 (U.S. Toll -Free) and enter the access code: [146 003 0839]. HOW TO SUBMIT ECOMMENTS: Visit www.chulavistaca.gov/boardmeetings, locate this meeting and click on the comment bubble icon. Click on the item you wish to comment on, and then click on "Leave Comment. " The commenting period will be open when the agenda is published and will remain open through the meeting. All comments will be available to the public and the Commission. Comments must be received before the time the Chair calls for the close of the commenting period. Comments received after such time will not be considered by the Commission. If you have difficulty or are unable to submit a comment, please contact Commission staff for assistance at CRC(cDchulavistaca.gov. ACCESSIBILITY: Individuals with disabilities are invited to request reasonable modifications or accommodations to access and/or participate in a Charter Review Commission meeting by contacting the Office of the City Attorney at CRC _.chulavistaca.gov (California Relay Service is available for the hearing impaired by dialing 711) at least forty-eight hours in advance of the meeting. ***The City of Chula Vista is relying on commercial technology to live stream and accept public comments. City staff will take all possible measures to ensure a publicly accessible experience. *** Pages 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL Commissioners Buddingh, Disharoon, Glanz, Hopida, Inzunza, McDonald - Hernandez, and Chair Scofield 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS Persons may address the Commission on any subject matter within the Commission's jurisdiction that is not listed as an item on the agenda. State law generally prohibits the Commission from discussing or taking action on any issue not included on the agenda, but, if appropriate, the Commission may schedule the topic for future discussion or refer the matter to staff. If you wish to comment, please submit comments electronically at: www. chulavistaca.gov/boardmeetins. 4. ACTION ITEMS The Item(s) listed in this section of the agenda will be considered individually by the Commission and are expected to elicit discussion and deliberation. If you wish to comment on one of these items, you may do so at www. chulavistaca.gov/boardmeetings. 4.1. PRESENTATION BY SOUTHWEST STRATEGIES, OUTREACH 4 CONSULTANT TO THE REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, ON CHULA VISTA REDISTRICTING EFFORTS 4.2. APPROVAL OF FEBRUARY 10, 2021 MEETING MINUTES 12 4.3. CONSIDERATION AND POTENTIAL ACTION REGARDING 15 REQUEST FROM RAMON RIESGO TO EXAMINE A POTENTIAL CHARTER AMENDMENT TO CHANGE CITY'S EXISTING VOTING SYSTEM TO AN "APPROVAL VOTING" SYSTEM 4.4. ACTION ON CHANGING THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION'S REGULAR MEETING FREQUENCY TO QUARTERLY MEETINGS 4.5. PRESENTATION BY THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING PROPOSED "CHARTER PROJECT" AMENDMENT PROCESS OTHER BUSINESS 5. STAFF COMMENTS 6. CHAIR'S COMMENTS 7. COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS 2021-08-11 CRC Agenda Page 2 of 17 8. ADJOURNMENT to the regular meeting on November 10, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. Materials provided to the Charter Review Commission relating to any open - session item on this agenda are available for public review by contacting the City Attorney's Office at CRC(c)-chulavistaca.,qov. 2021-08-11 CRC Agenda Page 3 of 17 r 4- 0 LO m c� d 0 C: m Q U U ao 0 N O N .r Rlp LEL I:* N c/) -1-iU Ln U 4(V 4Aro dJ cn U Q+ UU C:CQ 4-J• § 0 ro c6 cn � � aJ o �+, a O ro-C- �O .�'� N pN � (3.)� �� U - •LQ n " cn , c6 }, ro dJ GJ C-0 • � Q) N rqcn Ln m E =3� . c:SOV) �� E Ucn U 0u LA U U� O CD N N C N Q U U Ob 0 N 0 N r J u a Imo 0 m c� d C: m Q U U Cb 0 N O N •� U C6 O_0E E Ln U '— Ln N O U O U E O v 4 O a--+ _ (n Ln cu ate-+ W 4-j N N ,N U •� M O L � L � � > N U N O 0O . L — . U U cn O > Q • — >` Ln _ t Lu Q on O D r J u a Imo 0 m c� d C: m Q U U Cb 0 N O N Q) V •, Ln WE libi a Mi 0 O rn N cu d cu c N Q U U ao 0 N O N r - c M z r o O 0 CD CD Q U U r C) N O N o � �M �C/) Ln Q V 0 Ile_ V — •� Q) Ln 0 0 _.CIO a, 0 N C6 a -j 4-, _0 U 4-jQ a--+ aA ate-+ m • • • • • Q) CIO O 0 CD CD Q U U r C) N O N CL Ch 0 CL CL MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA February 10, 2021 Via Teleconference 6:00 p.m. Pursuant to the Governor of the State of California's Executive Order N-29-20, and in the interest of public health and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Charter Review Commission and staff participated in this meeting via teleconference. All votes were taken by roll call. CALL TO ORDER A Regular Meeting of the Charter Review Commission of the City of Chula Vista was called to order at 6:00 p.m. in the Executive Conference Room C-103, located at 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, California, Chula Vista, California and by teleconference. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Commissioners Disharoon, Glanz, Hopida, Inzunza, McDonald - Hernandez, Vice Chair Buddingh, and Chair Scofield ABSENT: None ALSO PRESENT: Assistant City Attorney Maland, and Secretary Aguayo PUBLIC COMMENTS Chair Scofield called for a two -minute pause to allow members of the public to submit any final electronic public comments. Secretary Aguayo announced that no electronic comments had been received and no comments had been received via email. ACTION ITEMS 1. APPROVAL OF OCTOBER 14, 2020 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Chair Scofield and called for a two -minute pause to allow members of the public to submit electronic comments on the item. Secretary Aguayo announced that no electronic comments had been received and no comments had been received via email. ACTION: Commissioner Disharoon moved to approve the October 14, 2020 minutes. Commissioner Buddingh seconded the motion, and it carried, by the following roll call vote: 7-0. Yes: 7 — Commissioner Disharoon, Glanz, Hopida, Inzunza, McDonald - Hernandez, Vice Chair Buddingh, and Chair Scofield No: 0 Abstain: 0 Page 1 I Charter Review Commission Minutes February 10, 2021 2021-08-11 CRC Agenda Page 12 of 17 2. DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL ACTION REGARDING REQUEST FROM RAMON RIESGO TO EXAMINE A POTENTIAL CHARTER AMENDMENT TO CHANGE VOTING SYSTEM TO APPROVAL VOTING Chair Scofield and called for a two -minute pause to allow members of the public to submit electronic comments on the item. Secretary Aguayo announced that one electronic comments had been received and no comments had been received via email. The following public comments were submitted electronically: Ramon Riesgo, submitted a comment in favor of examining a potential Charter amendment to change voting system to approval voting. ACTION: Chair Scofield moved to have staff reach out to Ramon Riesgo to ask if he would like to prepare a short written report to the Commission, and ask for a time frame to agendize at the following meeting. Commissioner McDonald -Hernandez seconded the motion, and it carried, by the following roll call vote: 7-0. Yes: 7 — Commissioner Disharoon, Glanz, Hopida, Inzunza, McDonald - Hernandez, Vice Chair Buddingh, and Chair Scofield No: 0 Abstain: 0 3. DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL ACTION ON CHANGING THE COMMISSION'S REGULAR MEETING DATE OR TIME Chair Scofield and called for a two -minute pause to allow members of the public to submit electronic comments on the item. Secretary Aguayo announced that no electronic comments had been received and no comments had been received via email. ACTION: Commissioner Inzunza moved to change the Commission's regular meeting date to quarterly meetings, on the second Wednesday of the month, at 6:00 p.m., commencing with this meeting. Commissioner McDonald -Hernandez seconded the motion, and it carried, by the following roll call vote: 7-0. This motion is memorialized in Commission Resolution 2021-001. Yes: 7 — Commissioner Disharoon, Glanz, Hopida, Inzunza, McDonald - Hernandez, Vice Chair Buddingh, and Chair Scofield No: 0 Abstain: 0 Page 2 1 Charter Review Commission Minutes February 10, 2021 2021-08-11 CRC Agenda Page 13 of 17 OTHER BUSINESS 4. STAFF COMMENTS Staff thanked Commissioner Inzunza, gave an update on the Redistricting Commission, and an update on the Commission's work in July due to census information. 5. CHAIR'S COMMENTS Chair Scofield thanked the Commission members and new Commissioner Inzunza. Stated that the next Commission meeting will be in May. 6. COMMISSIONERS'/BOARD MEMBERS' COMMENTS Commissioner Disharoon thanked Legal Assistant Malveaux and spoke on the difficulty of web meetings. ADJOURNMENT At 7: 36 p. m., Chair Scofield adjourned the meeting to the next Regular Meeting on May 12, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. in the Executive Conference Room C-103, located at 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, California. Marisa Aguayo, Secretary Page 3 1 Charter Review Commission Minutes February 10, 2021 2021-08-11 CRC Agenda Page 14 of 17 What is approval voting? Approval voting is a single -winner voting method that allows voters to choose any number of candidates. The candidate chosen the most wins. Voters can vote for their favorite candidate, without fear of splitting the vote. Winning candidates will have broader support from voters as more people will be satisfied with the winner. Why should Chula Vista implement approval voting? Electoral reform is inevitable in the State of California, cities across the state are implementing alternative electoral systems as the current first past the post system has created an unfair system where candidates can win even without a majority of support. I am proposing approval voting to the City as a cheaper yet effective alternative to our current system. Chula Vista has long been in the shadow of other cities on different issues, but it is time for Chula Vista to make a progressive change to get ahead of the crowd. Reason to change the current system Chula Vista rarely has interesting elections but there are still signs of a broken system. In 2016, Mike Diaz a Republican won the election to become the councilmember of extremely Democratic District 4. During the primary the Democrat vote was split with Rudy Ramirez and Eduardo Reyes allowing Diaz through to the runoff which he won as Reyes supporters who were anti -Ramirez were forced to chose the Republican over voting Ramirez. This is called vote splitting and lead to District 4 being represented by a minority party. The current system forces us to choose candidates we do not like because we are against the alternative. Approval voting is not Ranked Choice Voting Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) which is used by San Francisco and Berkley is completely different then what I am proposing. RCV is when you rank the candidates based in the order of preference. In Approval Voting all you do is just vote for your favorites, no ranking and no change of ballot. Ranked choice voting is more costly and complicated than approval voting. Voting machines often have to be updated to run RCV elections which is expensive. RCV also does not fully fix the spoiler effect. It works well when a third candidate has little support and their votes easily transfer. RCV can still cause a spoiler effect when there are three or more viable candidates. In approval voting, you can always vote for your favorite candidate. Voting for your favorite will never harm their chances of winning. Costs Even though Jill said the Registrar of Voters says a change will cost money I think more investigation is needed as I am pretty sure the County is confusing approval voting with RCV. Both in Fargo and St. Louis the only costs associated to a change was in voter education which was offset by private organizations helping fund voter education, not system changes. The County voting machines should already be calibrated to run approval voting elections as we already have multi -winner elections like Central Committee elections for political parties where people can vote 6 people. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db6SVys2fmE 2021-08-11 CRC Agenda Page 15 of 17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — - - For Polling Place Judges Only OFFICIAL BALLOT - - [ ] [ ] PRIMARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION— _ WARD PCT. CITY OF ST. LOUIS, .MISSOURI [ ] [ ] MARCH 2, 2021 ST. LOUIS BOARD OF ELECTION — JUDGES' INITIALS ALL RACES COMMISSIONERS — ATTENTION VOTERS Vote for AS MANY names as you approve of in each race. — TO VOTE, COMPLETELY DARKEN THE OVAL(S) TO THE LEFT OF YOUR CHOICE(S), LIKE THIS: • - - FOR MAYOR FOR ALDERMAN - - (Vote for AS MANY names as you approve of) WARD 5 — (Vote for AS MANY names as you approve of) — CD LEWIS REED JAMES PAGE - - CARA SPENCER TAM MIKA HUBBARD - - TISHAURA 0. JONES - FOR ALDERMAN - O ANDREW JONES WARD 7 — (Vote for AS MANY names as you approve of) FOR COMPTROLLER — - - (Vote for AS MANY names as you approve of) C: JACK COATAR - - [NATO CALIPH] KELLEY — — DARLENE GREEN — FOR ALDERMAN FOR LHRICK WARD 9 S MANY names as you approve of) = WARD 1 — (Vote for AS MANY names as you approve of) — CD DAN GUENTHER - - CD YOLANDA BROWN C) KEN A. ORTMANN - - SHARON TYUSFOR — ALDERMAN — LOREN WATT WARD 11 — (Vote for AS MANY names as you approve of) FOR ALDERMAN — — — WARD 3 – ; SARAH WOOD MARTIN — (Vote for AS MANY names as you approve of) '—' FOR ALDERMAN — — — O HERDOSIA KALAMBAYI BENTUM WARD 12 — (Vote for AS MANY names as you approve of) — O BRANDON BOSLEY - - VICKY GRASS - FOR ALDERMAN - WARD 4 CD BILL STEPHENS — (Vote for AS MANY names as you approve of) — (—)JOE RUSCH - - DWINDERLIN [DWIN] EVANS - - LEROY CARTER - - EDWARD MCFOWLAND — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021-08-11 R A—ma—nda — — — — — — — — — — — Page— 16— 0 17— — L FOR ALDERMAN FOR ALDERMAN WARD 13 WARD 21 (Vote for AS MANY names as you approve of) (Vote for AS MANY names as you approve of) M (�::j BETH MURPHY BARBARA LANE CD ANNE SCHWEITZER TICHARWA MASIMBA JOHN COLLINS-MUHAMMAD FOR ALDERMAN WARD 15 MELINDA L. LONG (Vote for AS MANY names as you approve of) LAURA KEYS MEGAN ELLYIA GREEN TAVON BROOKS ■ ALEXANDER J. GREMP FOR ALDERMAN JENNIFER FLORIDA WARD 23 (Vote for AS MANY names as your approve of) FOR ALDERMAN WARD 17 JOSEPH A. VACCARO, JR. (Vote for AS MANY names as you approve of) FOR ALDERMAN O MICHELLE SHEROD WARD 25 (Vote for AS MANY names as you approve of) (—) TINA [SWEET -T] PIHL DON DE VIVO _ SHANE COHN FOR ALDERMAN FOR ALDERMAN WARD 19 _ WARD 27 (Vote for AS MANY names as you approv f (Vote for AS MANY names as you approve of) 2021-08-11 R AQanda Page 17 0 17 MARLENE E. DAVIS CHRI CARTER CLEO WILLIS, SR. PAM BOYD —_i MARY A#ACKSON L � I � 2021-08-11 R AQanda Page 17 0 17 L