A recall effort to remove Mayor Sepi Shyne has finalized it’s petition. The campaign www.DeclineShyne.com faces several steps before a ballot measure can be presented to voters.
The first step to remove an incumbent council member requires the drafting of petition to be presented to registered voters. A copy of the final draft has been shared with WEHOville.
NOTICE OF INTENT TO CIRCULATE RECALL PETITION:
TO THE HONORABLE SEPI SHYNE: Pursuant to Section 11020, California Elections Code, the undersigned registered qualified voters of the City of West Hollywood, in Los Angeles County, in the State of California, hereby give notice that we are the proponents of a recall petition and that we intend to seek your recall and removal from the office as a Member of City Council, in the City of West Hollywood, and to demand the election of a successor in that office.
The grounds for this recall are as follows: Councilmember Shyne has engaged in multiple egregious actions that have harmed the residents of our city. She retaliated against a rape victim who spoke out through a local media channel, and she also retaliated against a disabled resident. She attacked a former board member of the Chamber of Commerce and attempted to have him removed from his position. She voted to defund the police, leaving our city vulnerable to rising crime rates. She lied about taking money from unions, betraying the trust of her constituents. She appointed commissioners who have engaged in discriminatory behavior, promoting an unfair and unequal environment. Additionally, she prioritizes public policy for people who live outside the city, rather than residents. She governs through spitefulness and vindictiveness, and has sold out our business community, leaving them without a voice. She consistently violates many provisions of the First Amendment, interfering with resident’s right to free expression and our right to petition the government for redress of grievances. Shyne announced her run for Congress before completing one term as an elected member of the West Hollywood City Council. For these reasons, we the people must take action to recall Councilmember Shyne and prevent further harm to our city.
To initiate a recall effort, petitioners must gather 60 verified signatures from West Hollywood residents. Those signatures are then presented to the City Clerk for verification. A ten-day waiting period begins for the City Clerk to verify the signatures. During the 10-day period the subject of the recall may respond to the petition. The candidate’s response is included along with the petition when gathering signatures.
Once the signatures are verified by the City Clerk, petitioners have 120 days to collect valid signatures from 20% of registered voters. Only registered voters from West Hollywood may sign the petition. The City of West Hollywood has just shy of 30,000 registered voters, or approximately 6000 signatures are needed to effect the recall.
The signatures are then submitted to the City Clerk for verification. Once verified, the City Council has 30 days to set a date for the recall election.
If the recall election is successful Shyne would be removed from office at the very next council meeting. The City Council may then appoint a successor to complete the remainder of the recalled term or hold a special election to fill the open seat. Any resident over the age of 18 is eligible to run and serve the remainder of the candidate’s term. Shyne’s term ends at the first meeting of December 2024.
The demographics of West Hollywood pose challenges for any recall effort. West Hollywood is dominated by apartment and condo buildings which do not provide easy access for face-to-face signature gathering.
Email for information: DeclineShyne90069@gmail.com
Updated: Click to download link for signatures. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wi7Kp3gjGYg7eRsBCZCZD38IhAPTi-yc/view?usp=shari
Where do I sign? What’s the status on this?
Does Sepi Shyne sleep with a copy of Mein Kampf under her pillow?
Is Shine planning to resign after all this humiliating coverage or just hang in there? To live off the campaign money from her never being elected congresswoman?
She’s not getting recalled. If they didn’t recall Gavin Newsom, they’re not recalling her. And she’ll be elected to Congress. The residents of Weho can always be counted on to vote against their own self-interests.
If the recall goes on the ballot, we shall see. As for congress, Shyne is not for the big time.
Look at Gavin Newsom and Lindsay Horvath. They are white, Roman Catholics, attractive and straight.
Shyne ain’t that.
I believe Ms. Horvath is gay.
Somebody’s race, sexual orientation…does not matter. No one cares what package a good and true leader comes in. Ms. Horvath is neither a good or true leader.
Sepi doesn’t have the the capacity to be in Congress, she will never be elected.
Against are own self interests?! That’s laughable. It is NOT in my best interest to have less sheriffs deputies. It is NOT in my best interest to keep putting identify politics before common sense. It is NOT in my best interest (or the city in which I live in) to have a “mayor” that’s been in the role for less than a term (with no other held office) to run for higher office. It is NOT in my best interest to have a vindictive elected official who retaliates against those that don’t support her ideas. Shyne on our city council… Read more »
Unfortunately Sepi Shyne’s major accomplishment has been the insidious removal of two valuable commissioners that functioned effectively for the community for some years. Sepi also excoriated another resident based on her own misinterpretation of the community member calling them a misogynist, patently false and based on her own distorted perception. Isn’t this the pattern employed by Adolph Hitler when determining whom he would select? Sepi Shyne continues to display extreme biased behavior and unfair dealings with the public at large and is not worthy of occupying a position that should be held by a trustworthy individual thus harming the city.
Sepi Shyne is toxic for WeHo and a major distraction. She really should resign and keep it simple and not face the embarrassment of RECALL. She has a “snowball’s chance in Hell” to be elected to Congress.
Get that petition online so that the good citizens of WeHo can sign it and remove the offensive cancer. Once online via this portal, you’ll be amazed at how many signatures you’ll collect.
I will personally bring this around to my neighbors for signatures. Bye Bye!
I have too! And they were relieved that this recall is finally happening and they were all to eager to sign.
We here are all ready to sign and shine
Just signed! It felt like public service!
Sepi might be well served to look up John F. Kennedy’s speech about
responsibilities of a public official and one’s faith.
Where may I sign as one of the 60 signatures required to initiate? Let’s get this fraud out of West Hollywood government.
lol, the question of the day. email to declineshyne90069@gmail.com. i think it’s ten sheets or ten for the first hundred names and they can drop one off, or drop by.
Thank you, Larry. I have sent an email, included my full name, address and phone number, my voter status and indicated that I could come to them to sign the petition or have them to my home.
Thank you again.
Expecting to receive a signature page today and will post a story when know more. I’m going to leave a copy at the store for signing or you can take a sheet with you and get ten names.
Can you keep us posted when the signatures hit 60, and it moves to the next stage of being presented to the City Clerk?