{"id":230038,"date":"2018-01-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/beginning-the-new-year-with-calls-for-reform\/"},"modified":"2018-01-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T08:00:00","slug":"beginning-the-new-year-with-calls-for-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/beginning-the-new-year-with-calls-for-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginning the new year with calls for reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Scott Sherman | District 7 Dispatch<\/p>\n<p class=\"1TextBase\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"letter-spacing: .1pt;\">As we enter this new year, I am excited to continue working to improve our great city and the communities of District 7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"1TextBase\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">I intend to hit the ground running to continue the work on housing affordability, the record breaking pace of road repairs, and cutting red tape to help small business.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"1TextBase\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The first proposal, which I have worked to get approved since early 2015, includes reforming the way the City Council appoints its Council President in an attempt to curb outside influence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"1TextBase\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"letter-spacing: 0pt;\">In a much-needed reform to bring non-partisanship to the Council President position, myself and Councilmembers Zapf, Kersey, and Cate have proposed the appointment of future Council Presidents on a rotating order based on seniority.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"1TextBase\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">This measure would be the biggest reform to the Council President position since its inception over a decade ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"1TextBase\"><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Over the past two years and most especially the past month, the current selection process has resulted in a divided and bitter council.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"1TextBase\"><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Other consequences have included allegations of Brown Act violations, horse-trading, and politicization of a largely administrative position.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3084\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3084 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/missiontimescourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Sherman-twitter-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Beginning the new year with calls for reform\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 250px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 250\/250;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">scott sherman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"1TextBase\"><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"letter-spacing: .1pt;\">The proposed rotation-based policy is currently being successfully used in other local regional governments and would help foster increased partnership and cohesion on the City Council. After all, City Council positions are supposed to be non-partisan in the first place.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"1TextBase\"><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">As can be seen from the last Council President election, the current process is in desperate need of reform. This proposal will help create a process which assures a non-partisan outcome.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"9lastline\"><em><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u2014 San Diego City Councilmember Scott Sherman represents the District 7 neighborhoods of Mission Valley, Grantville, Allied Gardens, Del Cerro and San Carlos.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Scott Sherman | District 7 Dispatch As we enter this new year, I am excited to continue working to improve our great city and the communities of District 7. 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