State Senate Democrats introduced legislation Monday to change the rules governing recall elections to remove a lawmaker from office, potentially helping one of their own survive an effort now underway in Southern California. The proposal would then give lawmakers 30 additional days to review the financial impact of a recall election. In total, all of that could delay any special election to remove a lawmaker by more than two months. And the language of the legislation makes the change apply to the current effort to recall Newman. Republican legislators were equally critical of a change in state election law being added to state government's annual fiscal plan.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 12, 2017 20:51 UTC