[cuz1961]

...county council did some digging and then a few days later I said 'hey, we just have to call possibly Joanna Francescut who was in charge at that time and let's just find out where this paperwork is, was it ever done' and as it was explained to me, I didn't talk to her personally but a county staff member did and evidently she was aware of the paperwork it never got filed and that's all I know."...

...Former Assistant Registrar of Voters Joanna Francescut sent a statement to the Northstate's News, saying "I was not aware of the additional paperwork that was required to be submitted to the Secretary of State's office until a member of the administration team called to discuss the situation a few weeks ago...

[protoconservative]

Imagine spending all that time to get to elected board, rallying enough support to overcome inertia, spending all that time making a change in the system that is productive, and staff and the lawyers not bothering to do the backend.

The elected government unit is what its board says it is, its charter is up to itself. That the paperwork did not make the state capital, is something the staff should be fired for. That nobody at the state saw the news in the paper and flagged the process is why California state government needs to be split into 7 to 10 new states.