League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	San Diego County, CA June 8, 2010 Election
	Proposition C Limitations and Credits for Veterans' Preference Points City of San Diego Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required Pass: 146,141 / 75.2% Yes votes ...... 48,263 / 24.8% No votes See Also: Index of all Propositions

Arguments For Proposition C

Veterans deserve the honor and respect of a fair hiring policy. The City of San Diego's current veterans hiring policy is outdated and does not protect our most recent veterans+ those who served in Iraq or Afghanistan. The current policy only applies to veterans who served when the military draft was in effect, which hasn't been the case for almost 40 years. Prop C will update the policy by eliminating the reference to the draft and expand the language so that any person who served in the military during any war, major military action or peacekeeping mission could benefit from the hiring preference. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, servicemembers often struggle to develop career opportunities after their service to our country. This initiative would help provide our returning veterans a necessary channel of access for jobs and careers. Veterans are skilled, dedicated workers. San Diego has a long history with our nation's armed forces, and it's time we benefit from the experience of the large number of highly skilled public servants who are discharged from the military into our region. With Prop C, all job candidates who are hired would be required to pass all Civil Service and other employment testing before the preference is granted. Putting San Diegans back to work is a priority in the City. Prop C marks important progress toward ensuring San Diegans are provided appropriate preference for local jobs, which will encourage veterans to stay in San Diego and thereby stimulate our local economy. Prop C is a win for veterans, taxpayers and the City of San Diego. Vote "YES" on C to honor our veterans and put San Diegans back to work. JOE BRUNNER, Chairman United Veterans Council of San Diego FRANK DE CLERCQ, President San Diego City Firefighters - Local 145 LORENA GONZALEZ, Secretary-Treasurer/CEO San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council THOMAS V. WORNHAM, Chairman of the Board San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce COUNCILMEMBER TODD GLORIA City of San Diego, District Three (No arguments against Proposition C were submitted)

Full Text of Proposition C

PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT The portions of the charter to be added are underlined and the portions to be deleted are printed in strike-out type. ARTICLE VIII CIVIL SERVICE Section 120: Limitations and Credits. No question in any test shall relate to race, or to political or religious opinions, affiliations or service, and no appointment, transfer, layoff, promotion, reduction, suspension or removal shall be affected or influenced by race or such opinions, affiliations or service. In all original examinations, the Civil Service Commission shall in addition to all other credits, give a credit of five per cent of the total credits specified for such examinations to all those who have attained a passing grade in the examination and who have served in any branch of the United States Armed Forces during any war, major military action, or peacekeeping mission period of time in which a Federal act of conscription was in effect and who have been honorably discharged from active service,. provided that tThis credit is granted to each applicant only upon the first employment after discharge from service, and is not granted to applicants retired from the service on full pensions. This credit shall not be granted in any promotional examination. The spouse of any veteran who, while in such service, was physically or mentally incapacitated so as to prevent employment in any remunerative occupation, and also the surviving spouse of any veteran killed or who died while in such service, shall receive a credit of five per cent upon the first employment after such veteran's discharge or death. An additional five per cent credit, or a total of ten per cent credit shall be awarded to any veteran or the spouse of any veteran who meets the above criteria and has a service related disability of at least fifteen per cent which has been duly established by Federal law.