Redondo to vote on both recall, cannabis initiative Oct. 19
by Garth Meyer By a 3-0 vote, at 11:53 p.m. Tuesday night, after the arrival of Mayor Bill Brand, a 45-minute recess, the exit of two councilmembers, and an opinion from City Attorney Mike Webb that the motion and second on the table violated the law for not being properly agendized, the Redondo Beach city council set the Zein Obagi, Jr., District 4 recall vote and the cannabis initiative for a special election October 19. The cannabis question had been confirmed for the March 2023 ballot, by 5-0 vote earlier this year. Since then, an Obagi, Jr., recall effort gathered enough signatures to qualify, prompting the council to put the two issues together in their own referendum. The special election will cost the city $270,000 – or $240,000 if explanatory text is online only. Cost for the Obagi recall if it was in the Nov. 8 general election would be $37,000. (By state law, unless a special election was called before Nov. 8, the recall would have to go in the general election). The March 2023 cannabis vote had been budgeted as part of a $350,000 total municipal election. Last year, the equivalent March city election cost $225,000. “Yes, it’s expensive, but there’s just nothing more…
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