Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake in the special election to represent District 4 on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.
and therefore don't elect their own mayors or city councils. In these areas, the county government does everything a city government would otherwise do: trash collection, infrastructure planning, zoning and permitting, emergency services and more.One role of county supervisors that has grown in importance and visibility in recent years is public health. The county monitors and responds to outbreaks of infections diseases such as hepatitis, mpox, HIV and other STDs, influenza and COVID-19.
Some branches of the county government have their own elected officials, such as the San Diego County District Attorney's Office and the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. The DA and sheriff have autonomy over their own departments, but county supervisors approve their budgets and can pass laws that impact how they operate.Because county supervisors control zoning in the unincorporated areas, they play a big role in determining how much housing gets built there.
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