FOLLOWUP: City Initiatives The Fourth Corner previously reported on have received enough verified signatures to make the General Election Ballot in November 2021.
Last week August 2nd 2021, the City Council Moved to Pass these initiatives on to the ballot and appoint persons interested in writing Pro and Con statements for each Initiative.
Here is the breakdown:
This measure would require landlords to provide written notice 90 days before terminating a rental agreement without cause or increasing rent by more than 5% in a rolling 12-month period; require landlords to pay rental relocation assistance equal to three months of the current fair market rents.
The Council designates the following to prepare a “for” statement:
The Council designates the following to prepare the “against” statement
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| MOTION CARRIED 6-0-1, Pinky Vargas excused. |
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This measure would prohibit the City from acquiring or using facial recognition technology, prohibit the City from contracting with a third party to use facial recognition technology on its behalf, prohibit the use of predictive policing technology, prohibit the retention of unlawfully acquired data, prohibit the use of data…
The Council designates the following to prepare a “for” statement:
The Council designates the following to prepare a “against” statement:
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| MOTION CARRIED 6-0-1, Pinky Vargas excused. |
This measure would prohibit any person who receives City funds from using those funds to discourage unionization efforts by that person’s employees or any other employees, require recipients of City funds to segregate those funds, provide a safe harbor for non-managerial staff to engage in union protected activities, provide for administrative
The Council designates the following to prepare a “for” statement:
The Council designates the following to prepare a “against” statement:
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| MOTION CARRIED 6-0-1, Pinky Vargas excused. |
This measure would require certain employers to pay their employees a hazard pay supplement of $4 per hour during a declared State of Emergency; require employers to provide good faith estimates of weekly hours to new employees upon hire
The Council designates the following to prepare a “for” statement:
The Council designates the following to prepare a “against” statement:
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| MOTION CARRIED 6-0-1, Pinky Vargas excused. |
I took the official ballot for the Nov 2 election to work with me — asked 10 co-workers if they understood what Initiative No. 2021-03 stated, and if they knew what box to fill-in if they knew where they stood on the issues. Out of 10 college educated people who understood the issues, not a single one knew what box to complete due to the wording that is extremely confusing. This is quite the usual representation of past ballots and is an issue that needs to be corrected. We all attempted to find articles written on the issue, but no one could still figure out what box to fill in, since the wording was so confusing.