A second attempt to circulate a petition to recall San Bernardino City Councilmember Theodore Sanchez has hit a roadblock, but the organizer of the effort says he isn’t backing down.

The latest petition, filed last month by San Bernardino resident Arthur Anderson, a member of the People of San Bernardino community group, criticizes Sanchez for alleged incompetent representation, unprofessional conduct and unresponsiveness to constituents.

Anderson, who does not live in Sanchez’s Ward 1, said he’s confident the effort to remove Sanchez will eventually prevail.

“It’s not something that you can stop,” Anderson said. “It’s just honestly too easy to recall somebody who nobody knows and nobody likes.”

Anderson has been working to launch the recall for several months. In February, the San Bernardino city clerk tossed the first recall attempt due to inadequacies in the petition. Since then, another recall attempt faltered when Anderson missed a deadline to file necessary paperwork.

Anderson, who says he will continue to pursue the recall, said the effort is not the result of a personal vendetta against Sanchez. He said he viewed the council member as unfit and “erratic.”

Sanchez, meanwhile, says he is being targeted due to his outspoken nature at council meetings and possibly because of the denial of some cannabis business licenses.

“This is a phony recall backed by outsiders who want to flood our community with pot shops that will bring more crime and violence to our local neighborhood,” Sanchez said in a written response to the most recent petition.

Anderson characterized Sanchez’s response as “wild accusations,” adding he has not applied for a cannabis license in San Bernardino.

On April 24, the city clerk notified Anderson that he’d met the requirements to begin collecting signatures in support of the recall. He missed the deadline to file, however, and the process has been halted, according to city officials.

Anderson said he isn’t giving up.

“We want to gather 2,000 signatures within that 90 days, so we will double the required number so we won’t have a problem when the county Registrar of Voters approves the gathered signatures,” he said in a statement.

According to city officials, Anderson must collect 60 signatures on the petition, and the county registrar’s office is responsible for verifying the signatures.

Sanchez, meanwhile, said he will continue to conduct business as usual on the council.

“My door is always open to discuss with Arthur what he thinks needs to be done to make San Bernardino a better place to live, work, and do business,” Sanchez said in a statement.