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Michael Sainato

Controversial police-led recall vote wins key ruling in California

As sun rises over large green lawn, older white woman with white hair leans over white, red and blue sign that says VOTE with ranch homes and palm trees beyond.
A woman installs a sign in nearby Huntington Beach, California. Photograph: Apu Gomes/Getty Images

A California state judge dismissed efforts this past week to halt a recall vote led by a local police union who are attempting to oust a progressive city council member.

The union, which is upset that the politician voted against officers’ pay raises, has so far spent more than $660,000 on the vote to recall Santa Ana council member Jessie Lopez, with voting happening 14 November.

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