Measure K is really a Term Limit Extension Measure — a power grab by the current City Council. Protect our community. Stop the power grab.
Years already served don’t count. If approved, we could see the current council in power until 2040 and beyond. (Sec. 503)
The current council can stay in power, and anyone who has ever served can return. (Sec. 503)
Increases City Council Member terms by half. (Sec. 501)
Mayor service goes from 6 years to 8, increasing each individual term by 100%. (Sec. 500)
Total allowed years rise from 14 to 20 for someone who serves as both council member and mayor. (Sec. 500, 501)
Measure K will not eliminate the requirement to uphold state housing requirements. (Sec. 203)
Including rents paid by seniors, veterans, and working families. (Sec. 603)
No independent committee or community oversight — rushed to fool voters. Charter cities have historically had higher legal costs, which could mean higher taxes and reduced public services.
Orange has a park acreage deficit. State law and local zoning already protect our open space.
Orange already protects private property from being seized by City government and given to another private owner.
State law already requires a balanced budget and an independent audit.
Orange can impose lifetime term limits without becoming a charter city.
Former city officials are speaking out against Measure K in The Orange Independent, the Orange County Register and the Foothills Sentry.
Cavecche says special-interest money is behind the push to pass Measure K, pointing to a $5,000 poll paid for by the Mobile Home Park Owners Association and a plan to run $200,000 through a Sacramento-based political committee, California Leadership Today.
Read it at TheOrangeIndependent.com →Former Mayor Cavecche lays out her case against Measure K in the Orange County Register.
Read it at OCRegister.com →Argues that Measure K is mainly a term-limit extension that would let current council members reset the clock on the years they have already served.
Read it on page 9 →Points out that Orange voters already approved term limits in 1996, and warns that a charter is costly to change once it is in place.
Read it on page 12 →Says Orange can already accomplish what the charter promises as a general law city, and calls the measure self-serving.
Read it on page 12 →Orange voters need to ask themselves one question: is this the City Council you want in power until 2040?
If the answer is no, vote No on K.
Election Day is November 3rd