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File #: 25-415    Version: 1
Type: Appointments Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 8/14/2025 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 8/26/2025 Final action:
Title: APPOINTMENTS: VARIOUS (DISTRICTS: ALL)
Attachments: 1. August 26 2025 BOS Appointments, 2. Agenda Information Sheet Signed, 3. Approval Log Signed, 4. August 26 2025 Supporting Docs Redacted
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DATE:

August 26, 2025

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TO:

Board of Supervisors

 

SUBJECT

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APPOINTMENTS: VARIOUS (DISTRICTS: ALL)

 

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OVERVIEW

These appointments are in accordance with applicable Board Policy A-74, “Citizen Participation in County Boards, Commissions and Committees” and Board Policy A-77, “Appointments to Fill Vacancies and Cancellation of Election where Insufficient Nominations Filed Prior to Uniform District Election and Citizen Planning Group Election”. Board Policy I-1, “Planning and Sponsor Group Policies and Procedures.”

 

RECOMMENDATION(S)

VICE-CHAIR MONICA MONTGOMERY STEPPE

Appoint Abdulrahim Salman to the VALLE DE ORO COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUP,   Seat 10, for a term to expire January 4, 2027.

 

SUPERVISOR JOEL ANDERSON

Appoint Carl Anderson III to BOULEVARD COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUP, Seat 3,         for a term to expire January 8, 2029

 

Appoint Brandon Fender to JESS MARTIN PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, Seat 2,                 for a term to expire January 8, 2029.

 

Appoint Brennan Pearson to PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, COMMITTEE FOR, Seat 3,         for a term to expire January 8, 2029.

 

Appoint Roy Castetter to SAN DIEGO COUNTY CAPITAL ASSET LEASING CORP, Seat 2, for a term to expire January 8, 2029.

 

SUPERVISOR JIM DESMOND

Appoint John Byrom to the BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD (BHAB), Seat 17, for a term to expire August 26, 2028.

Appoint Sophia Kittell to BONSALL COMMUNITY SPONSOR GROUP, Seat 2,                                 for a term to expire January 4, 2027.

 

Appoint Kelsey Sly to the HEALTH SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD (HSAB), Seat 9,                 for a term to expire January 4, 2027.

Re-appoint Steven Lochridge to the NORTH COUNTY CEMETERY DISTRICT, Seat 3,              for a term to expire January 8, 2029.

Appoint Julie Neward to the PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, COMMITTEE FOR Seat 10,        for a term to expire January 4, 2027.

Appoint Joseph Kleinman to the WARNER SPRINGS COMMUNITY SPONSOR GROUP, to    Seat 4 from Seat 9 for a term to expire January 4, 2027.

CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

Appoint Jennifer Lothridge to HIV PLANNING GROUP, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, Seat 12,           for a term to expire August 26, 2029.

 

Appoint Michael King to HIV PLANNING GROUP, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, Seat 17,           for a term to expire August 26, 2029.

 

EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT

County government includes standing and special citizen boards, commissions, committees, and task forces formed to advise the Board of Supervisors and County staff on issues and policy and to serve as links to the community.  Boards, commissions, and committees provide an inter- relationship between the residents and the government of the County.  The nominations in this Board Letter enable the County of San Diego to provide individual residents the opportunity to impart valuable insight and input into the operation of the government.

 

SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT STATEMENT

The County of San Diego has over one hundred boards, commissions, committees, and task forces that serve as voice in the County government.  Advisory bodies are an essential role in resident engagement that allow citizens to participate on issues relating to the welfare and quality of life in the County.  They are fundamental to the County of San Diego’s ability to navigate complex and dynamic policy challenges, are a conduit to the County Bureaucracy, and a broker to community voice. This board letter supports the County of San Diego Sustainability Goal No.1 by “encourage[ing] people and diverse stakeholders to partner and participate in decisions that impact their lives and communities.”

 

FISCAL IMPACT

N/A

 

BUSINESS IMPACT STATEMENT

N/A

 

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ADVISORY BOARD STATEMENT

N/A

 

BACKGROUND

County government includes those standing and special citizen boards, commissions, committees, and task forces formed to advise the Board of Supervisors and County staff on issues of policy and to serve as links to the community.  County committees are created as a result of State and Federal legislation, agreements with public or private agencies, and local needs.

 

LINKAGE TO THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO STRATEGIC PLAN

The proposed appointment enables the standing and special citizen Boards, Commissions, Committees, Groups, and Task Forces to continue to function, as designed, without interruption.  This appointment enables the County of San Diego to provide individual citizens the opportunity to impart valuable insight and input into the operation of the government.  Recommendations made by these Boards, Commissions, Committees, Groups, and Task Forces pertain to the environment and quality of life of the citizens of the County of San Diego.

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

ebony n. shelton

Chief Administrative Officer

 

ATTACHMENT(S)

Nomination Letters