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County of San Diego Board of Supervisors
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Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	Two terms
History
Founded	1850
Leadership
Chair	Vacant
Vice Chair	Terra Lawson-Remer (D)
Chair Pro Tem	Joel Anderson (R)
Structure
Seats	5
Political groups	Nonpartisan (de jure)   Democratic (2)   Republican (2)   Vacant (1)
Length of term	Four years
Elections
Voting system	Two-round system
Last election	November 5, 2024
Next election	April 8, 2025 (special)
Website
Official website

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors is the legislative and executive branch of the county government of San Diego County, California. Though officially nonpartisan, two Democrats and two Republicans currently comprise the Board of Supervisors, with the fifth seat currently vacant.

History

Between 1995 and 2013, the same five people, all Republican, held seats in the Board of Supervisors: Greg Cox, Bill Horn, 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 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 Bonnie Dumanis 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 and Terra Lawson-Remer won elections in their respective supervisory districts. Meanwhile, Republican former state senator Joel Anderson narrowly defeated Poway Mayor Steve Vaus, a fellow Republican, to succeed the retiring Jacob.

Nathan Fletcher, the supervisor representing district 4, resigned in 2023 amid sexual misconduct allegations, prompting a special election in which Monica Montgomery Steppe was elected to his former seat. Montgomery Steppe is the first Black woman to serve as a supervisor in the county's history, and her inauguration marked the first time a majority of the supervisors were women.

Nora Vargas was re-elected to another term in November 2024, but on December 20, she announced that she will not be taking the oath of office in January 2025 "due to personal safety and security reasons." As a result, the Board of Supervisors was split between 2 Democrats and 2 Republicans, with no replacement for Vargas' seat nor the chair being yet selected.

Governance

Following Proposition B's passage by San Diego County 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 nonpartisan.

Committees

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

References

1. "Board of Supervisors History". San Diego County Board of Supervisors. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
2. Perry, Tony (November 23, 2012). "Dave Roberts brings diversity to the San Diego County supervisors". Los Angeles Times. Del Mar. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
3. Stewart, Joshua (November 28, 2016). "Dave Roberts concedes election to Kristin Gaspar". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
4. Halverstadt, Lisa (November 7, 2018). "Nathan Fletcher Is Back". Voice of San Diego. Archived from the original on July 29, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
5. Marx, Jesse; Srikrishnan, Maya (November 4, 2020). "Welcome to a Dem-Controlled County". Voice of San Diego. Archived from the original on November 21, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
6. Clark, Charles T. (December 3, 2020). "Anderson wins county supervisor seat; Trotter wins Santee City Council seat by just five votes". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
7. "Monica Montgomery Steppe sworn in as San Diego County supervisor". KPBS Public Media. December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
8. Alvarenga, Emily (December 3, 2023). "With Montgomery Steppe's swearing-in, county supervisors have a key fifth vote, and plenty on their plate. Here's what to expect". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
9. Jennewein, Chris (December 6, 2023). "Women Now Hold Historic Majority on San Diego County Board of Supervisors". Times of San Diego. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
10. Alvarenga, Emily (December 20, 2024). "In surprise announcement, Nora Vargas will step down as supervisor, despite winning 2nd term". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
11. Holden, Lindsey; He, Eric; McCarthy, Will (December 20, 2024). "San Diego official resigns suddenly over 'security reasons'". POLITICO. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
12. "San Diego County Board of Supervisors fail to pick new chair". NBC 7 San Diego. January 7, 2025.
13. Orr, Katie (June 9, 2010). "Voters Approve Term Limits For Supervisors". San Diego: KPBS. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
14. "Article II, Section 6 of the Constitution of California". California Legislative Information. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
15. "ROSTER OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEMBER APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES 2021" (PDF). County of San Diego. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

External links

• Official website

v t e Members of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors
Chair: Vacent Vice Chair: Terra Lawson-Remer CAO: Helen Robbins-Meyer
District 1 Vacant District 2 Joel Anderson District 3 Terra Lawson-Remer District 4 Monica Montgomery Steppe District 5 Jim Desmond
Government of San Diego County, California

• San Diego County Board of Supervisors
• County government in California
• County governing bodies in the United States