What is it?

Proposition B would change term limits for the Mayor and Supervisors from consecutive to lifetime.

Right now, the Mayor and Supervisors can each serve two four-year terms in a row. After sitting out four years, they can run again — with no limit on how many times.

This measure would cap both offices at two four-year terms total, whether consecutive or not. The same rules apply to the Mayor. A partial term over two years counts as a full term; two years or less does not.

Grandfathering provisions

The lifetime limits apply retroactively, but with a grandfathering provision for current officeholders (which would not actually affect any current officeholders, since none have served more than two terms). A Supervisor or Mayor who has already served at least two terms at any time in the past would not be eligible to run again.

Since the grandfathering provision doesn't actually apply to any current officeholders and therefore does nothing, we presume it was included to avoid potential legal challenges based on ex post facto principles.

What it does not change

• Terms stay at four years.
• The two-term maximum stays the same — only the lifetime vs. consecutive distinction changes.

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