On Mayor Kevin Johnson and the latest strong-mayor push
The latest strong-mayor push features different players—but still presumes to know the answers
By Cosmo Garvin
cosmog@newsreview.com
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Organizers of the new initiative—now going by the name Sacramento Tomorrow—say beyond that basic principle, their initiative is a blank slate.
“We are trying to be really genuine in saying none of this is preordained,” said David Nagler, a former lobbyist and biotech executive who was hired on to organize the effort.
How strong should the strong mayor be? How deep into layers of the bureaucracy should his power to hire and fire reach? Should other reforms, such as a redistricting commission or an ethics commission, be part of the package? These are all to be determined in Sacramento Tomorrow’s outreach process, said Nagler.
“We are going to go out in a broad-based way, talking to folks who have been excluded from the process in the past,” he explained. Only after that will the Sacramento City Council be asked to put a strong-mayor proposal on the ballot next year.
This time, the votes will probably be there.
Nagler said this effort is not related toKevin “Boss” Johnson or his previous attempts to push strong mayor through. Certainly, there are some holdovers from Johnson’s old gang on the Sacramento
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