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 Alameda County
 Administrative Code
 CHARTER

  BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  

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  • Sec. 4: The County of Alameda shall have a Board of Supervisors consisting of five members who shall have such executive, legislative and other powers as are now or may be hereafter specified by the Constitution or laws of the State of California or by this Charter. Each member must be an elector of the district which he/she represents, must reside therein during his/her incumbency, and shall be nominated and elected at the time and in the manner and for the term now or hereafter provided by general law. Each member of the Board of Supervisors shall receive as compensation for his/her services as such Supervisor the salary fixed by general law.

    (Amendment ratified November 4, 1986. In effect January 13, 1987.)

    Sec. 5: (Repealed. Repeal ratified June 4, 1946. Effective July 25, 1946.)

    Sec. 6: The County of Alameda is hereby divided into five supervisor districts, the boundaries and designations of which shall be and remain as they now are until otherwise changed as provided in this Charter.

    Sec. 7: The Board of Supervisors may by a two-thirds vote of its members, change the boundaries of any or all of the supervisorial districts of the county; provided, however, that the Board shall, by January 31, 1956, and at intervals of not more than every ten years after said date, change the boundaries of the supervisorial districts of the county pursuant to the method and limitations prescribed by this Section, giving consideration to the following factors: (a) population, (b) topography, (c) geography, (d) cohesiveness, contiguity, integrity, and compactness of territory, and (e) community of interests of the districts. The boundaries of any supervisorial district shall not at any time be changed so as to affect the term of office of any supervisor who has been elected or appointed and whose term of office has not expired. A change in the boundaries of a supervisorial district shall not be made within a period commencing ninety days preceding a primary election and ending the day after the succeeding general election.

    (Amendment ratified June 8, 1954. In effect March 8, 1955.)

    Sec. 8: Whenever a vacancy occurs on the Board of Supervisors, the Board of Supervisors shall fill the vacancy, provided that, if it shall fail to fill the vacancy within 60 days following its occurrence, the Governor shall fill the vacancy. The appointee shall hold office until the election and qualification of his/her successor. In such case there shall be elected at the next general election a supervisor to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term, unless such term expires on the first Monday after the first day of January succeeding said election.

    (Amendment ratified June 3, 1986. In effect August 22, 1986.)

    Sec 9: No supervisor shall, during the term for which he shall have been elected, or for one year thereafter, be eligible for appointment to any office or position carrying compensation and created by this Charter or by ordinance.

    Sec. 10: The Board of Supervisors shall elect a Chairman, who shall preside at all meetings. In case of his absence or inability to act, the members present must select one of their number to act as Chairman temporarily. Any member of the Board may administer Oaths when necessary in the performance of his official duties. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum, and no act of the Board shall be valid or binding unless a majority of the members concur therein.

(Amendment ratified June 4, 1946. In effect July 25, 1946.)