The San Diego County Board of Supervisors is the
legislative branch
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Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as ...
of the
county government
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of
San Diego County, California
San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,298,634, making it California's second-most populous county and the fi ...
. Though officially
nonpartisan, three
Democrats and two
Republicans currently comprise the Board of Supervisors, with the
latest election occurring in 2020.
History
Between 1995 and 2013, the same five people, all Republican, held seats in the Board of Supervisors:
Greg Cox,
Bill Horn
William Horn (born April 16, 1967) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and retired goaltender who was an All-American for Western Michigan.
Career
Horn had a 3 successful years at ND. He was voted Top Goaltender: Bill Horn (Notre Dame)at the 1984 Ai ...
,
Diane Jacob,
Ron Roberts, and
Pam Slater-Price.
In 2012, Democrat
Dave Roberts won the seat from the retiring Slater-Price, who endorsed his candidacy.
However,
Encinitas
Encinitas (Spanish for "Small Oaks") is a beach city in the North County area of San Diego County, California. Located within Southern California, it is approximately north of San Diego, between Solana Beach and Carlsbad, and about south o ...
Mayor
Kristin Gaspar, a Republican, unseated the lone Democrat in 2016, whose campaign was harmed by a workplace scandal. In 2018,
Nathan Fletcher defeated former
San Diego County District Attorney
The San Diego County District Attorney is the elected district attorney for San Diego County, California. This office is responsible for the prosecution of both felony and misdemeanor violations of California state law that occur within the juri ...
Bonnie Dumanis
Bonnie Michelle Dumanis (born December 16, 1951) was the District Attorney of San Diego County, California. She held the office 2003 to 2017. Dumanis is a Republican, though the office she held was officially nonpartisan. She was the first openl ...
to take Ron Roberts' seat, returning a Democrat to the Board of Supervisors.
In the
2020 election, the Democrats won control of the Board of Supervisors for the first time in decades as
Nora Vargas
Nora E. Vargas (born 1970/1971) is an American politician serving as a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors from District 1 since 2021. She is the first immigrant and first Latina elected to the body.
Early life and education
Var ...
and
Terra Lawson-Remer won elections in their respective supervisory districts. Meanwhile, Republican former
state Senator Joel Anderson
Joel Anderson (born February 11, 1960) is an American politician serving as a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. A Republican, he is a former California state senator, assemblyperson, and board member of a municipal water di ...
narrowly defeated
Poway
Poway () is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. The unincorporated community became a city on December 1, 1980. Poway's rural roots influenced its motto "The City in the Country". The city has a population of 49,701 as of 2 ...
Mayor
Steve Vaus, a fellow Republican, to succeed the retiring Jacob.
Governance
Following Proposition B's passage by
San Diego County
San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,298,634, making it California's second-most populous county and the f ...
voters in 2010, county supervisors became limited to two terms of four years. The proposition did not immediately affect incumbent supervisors, whose current and previous terms did not count.
Members
In accordance with Article II, Section 6 of the
Constitution of California
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, members of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors are officially
nonpartisan.
Committees
As of the term beginning January 2021, the Board of Supervisors has the following nine committees.
See also
*
San Diego City Council
References
External links
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{{San Diego County Board of Supervisors
County government in California