HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Voters will decide in November to either keep electing their city clerk and treasurer or if they should be appointed by their city councilors, among other ballot measures that would change the city’s charter.
This comes after the city council voted June 21 to put such charter amendments on the general election ballot.
Following weeks of disapproval from residents about the city council’s interest in making similar changes to the elected city attorney’s position, the council chose not to go forward with changing it to appointed or setting term limits.
City Councilors formed a special committee to revise the city’s charter, which proposed 18 new amendments on June 7….