Bill Text: CA AB2189 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: County board of supervisors: members.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-08 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 9. [AB2189 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2189-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2189
| Introduced by Assembly Member Ortega |
February 07, 2024 |
An act to amend Section 25000 of the Government Code, relating to local government.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2189, as introduced, Ortega.
County board of supervisors: members.
Existing law requires each county to have a board of supervisors consisting of 5 members and requires that no more than 3 members be elected at the same general election.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 25000 of the Government Code is amended to read:25000.
(a) Each county shall have a board of supervisors consisting of five members. Not more than three members shall be elected at the same general election. If the terms of office of more than three members of the board expire at the same time, at the first regular meeting after January(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors of any general law or charter county may adopt or the residents of the county may propose, by initiative, a proposal to limit to no fewer than two terms or repeal a limit on the number of terms a member of the board of supervisors may serve on the board of supervisors. Any proposal to limit the number of terms a member of the board of supervisors may serve on the board of supervisors shall apply prospectively only and shall not become operative unless it is submitted to the electors of the county at a regularly scheduled election and a majority of the votes cast on the question favor the adoption of the proposal.
(2) The changes made to this subdivision by the act that added this paragraph shall not affect any term limits that were legally in effect prior to January 1, 2022, in any county.
