DATE:
March 11, 2025
10
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
ADOPT REVISIONS TO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RULES OF PROCEDURE REGARDING SELECTION OF OFFICERS AND ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO BOARD POLICIES TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR STAFF WHEN THERE IS AN UNANTICIPATED VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
In less than two years, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors has experienced two extended vacancies on the Board. The unexpected nature and duration of these vacancies has highlighted gaps in County processes that must be addressed to provide clarity for future Board Members and their staff, if or when, similar events occur in the future.
One topic of needed clarity in the Board's Rules of Procedure is the term of the Board Officers that are defined as the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and Chairperson Pro Tem if they are not chosen within 30 days of the first regularly scheduled meeting in January. An additional gap in the Board's Rules of Procedures is the inability to remove a Board Officer.
Lastly, the most concerning aspect of a vacancy on the Board of Supervisors is the lack of representation suffered by constituents, businesses, and stakeholders in the District. When the District no longer has a serving Supervisor, residents lose their strongest voice in County government and in the decision-making process. However, losing their elected representative should not mean that the community be voiceless overall or lose access to County services from the District office. This can be accomplished by allowing District staff to continue in their positions until their services are no longer needed or until a new Supervisor has been sworn in.
RECOMMENDATION(S)
SUPERVISOR JOEL ANDERSON
1. Adopt a resolution entitled RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS that amends Rule 5 regarding the selection process for the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, and Chairperson Pr...
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