Orange County Board of Supervisors

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Map of Orange County's Supervisorial Districts

The Orange County Board of Supervisors is the five-member governing board of Orange County, California.

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[edit] Membership

The Board consists of five Supervisors elected by districts to four-year terms by the citizens of Orange County. The Supervisors serve residents in districts of approximately 600,000 people.

Supervisorial elections take place in the June, with run-off elections (if necessary) in November. Supervisorial terms begin the first Monday after January 1 after the election. Vacancies on the Board are filled via special election since Orange County voters adopted a county charter in March 2002. Prior to the adoption of the charter, vacancies on the Board were filled by appointment by the Governor of California. The December 1996 appointment of Laguna Niguel City Councilman Thomas W. Wilson by Governor Pete Wilson (no relation) was the last time that a gubernatorial appointment was used to fill a supervisorial vacancy (Supervisor Marian Bergeson had resigned to become the California Secretary of Education). The January 2003 special election of former State Assemblyman Bill Campbell was the first time that a special election was used to fill a supervisorial vacancy (Supervisor Todd Spitzer had resigned after he was elected to the State Assembly to replace the term-limited Campbell).

The current members of the board of supervisors are:

[edit] Supervisorial Districts

The First Supervisorial District consists of the cities of Santa Ana and Westminster, as well as the eastern half of the city of Garden Grove.

The Second Supervisorial District consists of the cities of Costa Mesa, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Seal Beach, and Stanton, as well as the western half of the city of Garden Grove. It also includes the unincorporated areas of Rossmoor, Sunset Beach, and Surfside.

The Third Supervisorial District consists of the cities of Brea, Irvine, Orange, Tustin, Villa Park, and Yorba Linda, as well as the Anaheim Hills area in the city of Anaheim. It also includes the unincorporated areas of El Modena, MCAS El Toro, Modjeska Canyon, Olive, Orange Park Acres, Santiago Canyon, Silverado, Trabuco Canyon, and Tustin Foothills.

The Fourth Supervisorial District consists of the cities of Buena Park, Fullerton, La Habra, Placentia, as well as the portions of the city of Anaheim outside of Anaheim Hills.

The Fifth Supervisorial District consists of the cities of Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, as well as the unincorporated areas of Coto de Caza, Ladera Ranch, and Las Flores.

[edit] Special elections

Since voters adopted Measure V, the creation of the county charter, in March 2002, vacancies on the Board of Supervisors have been filled by special election.

[edit] January 28, 2003 Third District special election

The first special election used to fill a vacancy on the Orange County Board of Supervisors was held on January 28, 2003. Third District Supervisor Todd Spitzer had resigned on November 19, 2002 in preparation for taking office as a member of the California State Assembly on December 2 to replace the term-limited Bill Campbell. Campbell, in turn, easily won the special election to fill Spitzer's vacated seat.

Candidate Votes Percent
Bill Campbell 26,206 74.6%
Jim Potts 4,692 13.4%
Douglas Boeckler 2,085 5.9%
William A. Wetzel 1,548 4.4%
Robert Louis Douglas 585 1.7%

[edit] February 6, 2007 First District special election

The second special election used to fill a vacancy on the Orange County Board of Supervisors was held on February 6, 2007. First District Supervisor Lou Correa had resigned when he took office as a member of the California State Senate on December 4 to replace the term-limited Joe Dunn. Garden Grove City Councilwoman Janet Nguyen won the seat by seven votes over Garden Grove Unified School District Boardmember Trung Nguyen (no relation) after a protracted recount battle (ironically, Correa had defeated Assemblywoman Lynn Daucher for the Senate seat after a protracted recount battle, as well). Both Nguyens had unexpectedly finished ahead of the front-runners, recently-retired State Assemblyman Tom Umberg and Santa Ana City Councilman Carlos Bustamante.

Candidate Votes Percent
Janet Nguyen 10919 24.1%
Trung Nguyen 10912 24.1%
Tom Umberg 9725 21.4%
Carlos Bustamante 7460 16.5%
Mark Rosen 2181 4.8%
Brett Elliott Franklin 1739 3.8%
Kermit Marsh 1335 2.9%
Larry Phan 417 0.9%
Lupe Moreno 383 0.8%
Benny Diaz 273 0.6%

[edit] Special districts

Following are the special districts managed by the Orange County Board of Supervisors

  • Flood control
  • Development agency
  • Lighting
  • County Service Area
  • Sewer Maintenance

[edit] Chairs and Vice Chairs

Year Chair Vice Chair
1968 C. M. Featherly
1969 William H. Hirstein
1970 Alton Allen
1971 Robert Battin
1972 Ronald Caspers
1973
1974 Ralph Clark
1975 Ralph Diedrich
1976
1977 Thomas F. Riley
1978
1979 Philip Anthony
1980 Ralph Clark Harriett Wieder
1981 Bruce Nestande
1982 Bruce Nestande Roger R. Stanton
1983 Roger R. Stanton Harriett Wieder
1984 Harriett Wieder Thomas F. Riley
1985 Thomas F. Riley Ralph Clark
1986 Ralph Clark Bruce Nestande
1987 Roger R. Stanton Harriett Wieder
1988 Harriett Wieder Thomas F. Riley
1989 Thomas F. Riley Don Roth
1990 Don Roth Gaddi Vasquez
1991 Gaddi Vasquez Roger R. Stanton
1992 Roger R. Stanton Harriett Wieder
1993 Harriett Wieder Thomas F. Riley
1994 Thomas F. Riley Gaddi Vasquez
1995 Gaddi Vasquez Roger R. Stanton
1996 Roger R. Stanton William G. Steiner
1997 William G. Steiner Jim Silva
1998 Jim Silva Thomas W. Wilson
1999 Charles V. Smith
2000 Jim Silva
2001 Cynthia Coad
2002 Thomas W. Wilson
2003 Thomas W. Wilson Jim Silva
2004
2005 Bill Campbell Thomas W. Wilson
2006 Chris Norby
2007 Chris Norby John Moorlach
2008 John Moorlach Patricia C. Bates

[edit] Former Supervisors

Year 1st District 2nd District 3rd District 4th District 5th District
1963 C. M. Featherly David L. Baker William J. Phillips William H. Hirstein Alton Allen
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969 Robert Battin
1970
1971 Ralph Clark Ronald Caspers
1972
1973 Ralph Diedrich
1974
1975 Laurence Schmit Thomas F. Riley[1]
1976
1977 Philip Anthony[2]
1978
1979 Harriett Wieder
1980 Edison Miller[3]
1981 Roger R. Stanton[4] Bruce Nestande
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987 Gaddi Vasquez[5] Don Roth
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993 William G. Steiner[6]
1994
1995 Jim Silva Marian Bergeson
1996 Donald Saltarelli[7]
1997 Charles V. Smith Todd Spitzer Thomas W. Wilson[8]
1998
1999 Cynthia Coad
2000
2001
2002
2003 Bill Campbell[9] Chris Norby
2004
2005 Lou Correa
2006
2007 Janet Nguyen[10] John Moorlach[11] Patricia C. Bates
2008

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Thomas Riley was appointed by Governor Ronald Reagan in September 1974 to replace Ronald Caspers, who had died in office when his ship disappeared in June just nine days after being reelected
  2. ^ Philip Anthony was inaugurated in November 1976 (two months early), as Robert Battin had been disqualified from office eight months before the expiration of his supervisorial term
  3. ^ Edison Miller was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown in July 1979 to replace Ralph Diedrich, who had resigned from office
  4. ^ Roger Stanton was a registered Democrat during his first term as a Supervisor but was a registered Republican for his final three terms
  5. ^ Gaddi Vasquez was appointed by Governor George Deukmejian in March 1987 to replace Bruce Nestande, who had resigned from office
  6. ^ William Steiner was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson in March 1993 to replace Don Roth, who had resigned from office
  7. ^ Donald Saltarelli was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson in October 1995 to replace Gaddi Vasquez, who had resigned from office
  8. ^ Thomas Wilson was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson in December 1996 to replace Marian Bergeson, who had resigned to become State Secretary of Education
  9. ^ Bill Campbell won a January 2003 special election to replace Todd Spitzer, who had resigned in December 2002 to take a seat in the State Assembly
  10. ^ Janet Nguyen won a February 2007 special election to replace Lou Correa, who had resigned in December 2006 to take a seat in the State Senate
  11. ^ John Moorlach was inaugurated in December 2006 (one month early), as Jim Silva had resigned one month before the expiration of his supervisorial term to take a seat in the State Assembly

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