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Counties in California

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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in all state capitals.

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Counties

County government

Click the links below for information about the county governments in Ballotpedia's coverage scope:

Full list of counties

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 57 counties, 482 cities, towns, and villages, and 2,949 special districts.[1]

San Francisco is a consolidated city-county government, exercising powers and responsibilities of both forms of government.


The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.

Map of counties

Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:

Elections

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

2025

See also: United States municipal elections, 2025 and School board elections, 2025

2024

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

2023

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

2022

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022
  • Anaheim, California - Mayor and city council
  • Bakersfield, California - City council
  • Chula Vista, California - Mayor, city attorney, and city council
  • Fremont, California - City council
  • Fresno, California - City council
  • Irvine, California - Mayor and city council
  • Long Beach, California - Mayor, city attorney, city auditor, city prosecutor, and city council
  • Los Angeles, California - Mayor, city attorney, city controller, and city council
  • Oakland, California - Mayor, city auditor, and city council
  • Sacramento, California - City council
  • San Bernardino, California - Mayor and city council
  • San Diego, California - City council
  • San Francisco, California - Assessor-recorder (regular & special), city attorney (special), district attorney (special), public defender, board of supervisors, community college board, BART director, and superior court judges
  • San Jose, California - Mayor and city council
  • Santa Ana, California - Mayor and city council
  • Santa Clarita, California - City council
  • Stockton, California - City council
  • Alameda County, California - Assessor, auditor/controller, district attorney, sheriff/coroner, treasurer/tax collector, superintendent of schools, board of supervisors, county board of education, Union Sanitary District, flood control board, AC Transit District board of directors, water district board, BART board, park district board, municipal utility district, healthcare district board, community college district boards, and superior court judges
  • Fresno County, California - Assessor-recorder, auditor, controller/treasurer-tax collector, clerk/registrar of voters, district attorney, sheriff coroner public administrator, superintendent of schools, county supervisors, county board of education, community college district board, irrigation district board, recreation district board, memorial district board, water district board, utility district board, and superior court judges
  • Kern County, California - Assessor-recorder, auditor-controller-county clerk, district attorney, sheriff-coroner-public administrator, superintendent of schools, treasurer-tax collector, board of supervisors, county board of education, community college district board, county water agency board, community services district board, and superior court judges
  • Los Angeles County, California - Assessor, sheriff, county supervisor, water district board, water replenishment district board, water agency board, community college districts, and superior court judges
  • Orange County, California - Assessor, auditor-controller, clerk-recorder, district attorney-public administrator, sheriff-coroner, treasurer-tax collector, superintendent of schools, county supervisors, county board of education, community college boards, water district boards, hazard abatement board, and superior court judges
  • Riverside County, California - Assessor-county clerk-recorder, auditor-controller, district attorney, sheriff-coroner-public administrator, superintendent of schools, treasurer-tax collector, board of supervisors, county board of education, community college district board, community services district board, sanitary district board, water district board (regular & special), and superior court judges
  • Sacramento County, California - Assessor, district attorney, sheriff, county board of supervisors, county board of education, water district boards, flood control district board, community college district board, municipal utility district board, fire district board, and superior court judges
  • San Bernardino County, California - Assessor-recorder, auditor-controller/treasurer/tax collector, district attorney, sheriff/coroner/public administrator, superintendent of schools, county supervisors, county board of education, community college district boards, water district board, and superior court judges
  • San Diego County, California - Assessor/recorder/county clerk, district attorney, sheriff, treasurer/tax collector, county board of supervisors, county board of education, community college district board, municipal water district board, healthcare district boards, and superior court judges
  • San Joaquin County, California - Assessor-recorder-clerk, auditor-controller, district attorney, sheriff-coroner-public administrator, superintendent of schools, treasurer-tax collector, county supervisors, community college board, irrigation district, water district board, fire district board, and superior court judges
  • Santa Clara County, California - Assessor, district attorney, sheriff, county supervisors, county board of education, community college district boards, water district board, geologic hazard abatement district board, open space authority board, and superior court judges
  • California school board elections

2021

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

2020

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020
Past elections


Initiative process availability

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in California

The local units of government in California that make the initiative process available are:

  • All 361 general law cities, which have a state mandated initiative and referendum process for ordinances.
  • All 121 charter cities, which have a state mandated initiative and referendum process for charter amendments.
  • All 44 general law counties, which have a state mandated initiative and referendum process for ordinances.
  • All 14 charter counties, which have a state mandated initiative and referendum process.[2]

See also

California Municipal government Other local coverage
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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
  2. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Types and #'s of local government by state," September 1, 2012
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