According to this story, Dunsmuir, California’s city council cannot act on any matter whatsoever, because a quorum is three members, but the city council now has only two members. Dunsmuir, like almost all California cities, normally has a 5-person city council, but three of the members resigned. With no quorum, no business can be conducted, not even calling a special election or taking other action to fill the vacancies.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
Most SANE State governments have an emergency system to fill quorum type vacancies
– i.e. the regime Governor if no body else fills a vacancy pending any other stuff – special elections, etc.
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Again – candidates/incumbents to have a rank order list to fill vacancies.
Default – legislative body fills vacancy at its next meeting.
The legislative POWER at ALL levels must ALWAYS be ready to operate – due to wars, natural disasters, etc.
This is GREAT! As they say “there is no government like NO government!”
See Elections Code Sections 10300-10312. It appears that, if someone in Dunsmuir can get 75 signatures on a petition, the state government can arrange for a special election.