The San Diego County Board of Supervisors is the

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of the county government of

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. Though officially

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, three Democrats and two

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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,

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, and Pam Slater-Price. In 2012, Democrat Dave Roberts won the seat from the retiring Slater-Price, who endorsed his candidacy. However, Encinitas Mayor Kristin Gaspar, a Republican, unseated the lone Democrat in 2016, whose campaign was harmed by a workplace scandal. In 2018,

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defeated former San Diego County District Attorney

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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

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and

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won elections in their respective supervisory districts. Meanwhile, Republican former

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narrowly defeated Poway Mayor

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, a fellow Republican, to succeed the retiring Jacob.

Governance

Following Proposition B's passage by

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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, members of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors are officially

Committees

As of the term beginning January 2021, the Board of Supervisors has the following nine committees.

References

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