From Ballotpedia 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.
This page includes the following resources:
- The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in California
- A list and map of counties in California
- An overview of local elections in California
- An overview of the initiative process in California
Counties
County government
Click the links below for information about the county governments in Ballotpedia's coverage scope:
- Government of Alameda County
- Government of Fresno County
- Government of Kern County
- Government of Los Angeles County
- Government of Orange County
- Government of Riverside County
- Government of Sacramento County
- Government of Santa Clara County
- Government of San Bernardino County
- Government of San Diego County
- Government of San Francisco County
- Government of San Joaquin County
Full list of counties
According to a 2017 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 57 counties, 482 cities, towns, and villages, and 2,894 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.
2022
- See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022
- San Francisco, California
2021
- See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021
- Orange County, California
- Riverside, California
2020
- See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020
- Alameda County, California
- Fresno County, California
- Kern County, California
- Los Angeles County, California
- Orange County, California
- Riverside County, California
- Sacramento County, California
- San Bernardino County, California
- San Diego County, California
- San Joaquin County, California
- Santa Clara County, California
- Anaheim, California
- Bakersfield, California
- Chula Vista, California
- Fremont, California
- Fresno, California
- Irvine, California
- Long Beach, California
- Los Angeles, California
- Oakland, California
- Riverside, California
- Sacramento, California
- San Bernardino, California
- San Diego, California
- San Francisco, California
- San Jose, California
- Santa Ana, California
- Stockton, California
- California school board elections
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
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External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- California municipal code library
- California state government website
Footnotes
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2017 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed May 14, 2021
- ↑ Ballotpedia, "Types and #'s of local government by state," September 1, 2012
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