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Government of Alameda County, California

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Alameda County, California

Location
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Information
Seat: Oakland
Population (2020): 1,682,353
County Commissioners: 5
County Website: Official website

The county government of Alameda County is located in Oakland, California. It covers a total of 821 square miles in the San Francisco Bay Area. The county was established in 1853.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2024)

Alameda County, California, held primary elections for county board of supervisors, the Union Sanitary District, and superior court judges on March 5, 2024. Candidates could win outright with a majority of the vote in the primary. If no candidate received a majority, the top two vote-getters advanced to the general election scheduled for November 5, 2024. General elections for the county board of education and the Alameda County Flood Control Board of Directors (Zone 7) were also scheduled for March 5, 2024. The filing deadline for these offices was December 8, 2023.

The county also held general elections for the AC Transit District, Alameda County Water District, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), East Bay Municipal Utility District, East Bay Regional Park District, Washington Township Health Care District, Ohlone Community College District, and Peralta Community College District on November 5, 2024. The filing deadline for these offices was August 9, 2024.

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2022)

Alameda County, California, held primary elections for assessor, auditor/controller, district attorney, sheriff/coroner, treasurer/tax collector, superintendent of schools, board of supervisors, Union Sanitary District, and superior court judges on June 7, 2022. Candidates could win outright with a majority of the vote in the primary. If no candidate received a majority, the top two vote-getters advanced to the general election scheduled for November 8, 2022. The county board of education and the Alameda County Flood Control Board of Directors Zone 7 also held general elections on June 7, 2022. The filing deadline for these elections was March 11, 2022.

The county also held general elections for AC Transit District board of directors, water district board, BART board, park district board, municipal utility district, healthcare district board, and community college district boards on November 8, 2022. Elections could be canceled if only one candidate filed. The filing deadline for these elections was August 12, 2022.

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2020)

Alameda County, California, held primary elections for supervisor Districts 1, 4, and 5, the Alameda County Flood Control Board/Zone 7 Water Agency, the Union Sanitary District, and superior court offices 1 through 31 on March 3, 2020. If no candidate received a majority of votes in the primary, they advanced to the general election on November 3, 2020. The county also held general elections for four county board of education seats on March 3, 2022.

The county held general elections for the AC Transit District Board, the Alameda County Water District board, the Bay Area Regional Transit (BART) board, the Peralta Community College District, the Ohlone Community College District, the East Bay Regional Park District board, the East Bay Municipal Utility District board, and the Washington Township Healthcare District board on November 3, 2020. The filing deadline for the offices with primaries was December 6, 2019, and the filing deadline for the offices without primaries was August 7, 2020.

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2018)

Alameda County, California, held primary elections for county board of supervisors, county board of education, flood control board of directors, county superintendent of schools, county assessor, county auditor-controller/clerk recorder, district attorney, county sheriff/coroner, county treasurer-tax collector, superior court judges, and Union Sanitary District on June 5, 2018.

Whoever received the most votes for the county board of education and the flood control board of directors won the seat outright in the primary. A majority of the other races were also decided in the primary. Because no candidates received a majority of votes in the primary for county assessor, the top two vote-getters advanced to a general election that was held on November 6, 2018. Seats on the Peralta Community College District, Ohlone Community College District, Alameda County Water District, the East Bay Regional Park District, the East Bay Municipal Utility District, and the Washington Township Healthcare District were also scheduled to be on the ballot on November 6, 2018.[2][3][4]

Elected officials

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County commissioners

See also: County commission

The board of supervisors functions as the county's primary legislative and policy-making body. Most boards also control county land usage, oversee environmental issues, and possess executive powers, meaning they have the authority to appoint or remove departmental heads. Alameda County has five supervisors who are elected by district to four-year terms.[5]

The table below provides information on each of the county commissioners:


The widget below automatically displays information about their meetings. The topic list contains a sampling of keywords that Voterheads, a local government monitoring service, found in each meeting agenda. Click the meeting link to see more info and the full agenda:


Other elected officials

Alameda County residents also elect the following public officials:


Special districts

Alameda County residents also elect the following officials to special districts:












Recent news

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See also

Alameda County, California California Municipal government Other local coverage
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External links

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