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

## Contents

* 1 Counties
* 1.1 County government
* 1.2 Full list of counties
* 1.3 Map of counties
* 2 Elections
* 2.1 2022
* 2.2 2021
* 2.3 2020
* 2.4 2019
* 2.5 2018
* 2.6 2017
* 2.7 2016
* 2.8 2015
* 3 Initiative process availability
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## 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.

County

Alameda
Alpine
Amador
Butte
Calaveras
Colusa
Contra Costa
Del Norte
El Dorado
Fresno
Glenn
Humboldt
Imperial
Inyo
Kern
Kings
Lake
Lassen
Los Angeles
Madera
Marin
Mariposa
Mendocino
Merced
Modoc
Mono
Monterey
Napa
Nevada
Orange
Placer
Plumas
Riverside
Sacramento
San Benito
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco
San Joaquin
San Luis Obispo
San Mateo
Santa Barbara
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
Shasta
Sierra
Siskiyou
Solano
Sonoma
Stanislaus
Sutter
Tehama
Trinity
Tulare
Tuolumne
Ventura
Yolo
Yuba
Los Angeles County not covered

### 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

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### 2019

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019
* Fresno County, California
* Los Angeles County, California
* Orange County, California
* Riverside County, California
* Fresno, California
* Long Beach, California
* Los Angeles, California
* Riverside, California
* San Bernardino, California
* San Francisco, California
* Santa Ana, California
* California school board elections

### 2018

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018
* 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
* Oakland, California
* Sacramento, California
* San Bernardino, California
* San Diego, California
* San Francisco, California
* San Jose, California
* Santa Ana, California
* Stockton, California
* California school board elections

### 2017

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017
* Bakersfield, California
* Los Angeles, California
* Riverside, California
* California school board elections

### 2016

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016
* Los Angeles County, California
* Orange County, California
* Sacramento County, California
* San Diego County, California
* Anaheim, California
* Bakersfield, California
* Chula Vista, California
* Fremont, California
* Fresno, California
* Irvine, California
* Long Beach, California
* Oakland, California
* Riverside, California
* Sacramento, California
* San Diego, California
* San Francisco, California
* San Jose, California
* Santa Ana, California
* Stockton, California
* California school board elections

### 2015

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015
* Long Beach, California
* Los Angeles, California
* Riverside, California
* Sacramento, California
* San Francisco, California
* San Jose, California
* California school board 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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* Influencers in California

* Top counties
* 100 largest cities
* Current mayors
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* 2021 municipal elections
* School board elections, 2021
* Local ballot measure elections in 2021
* 2021 local judicial elections

## External links

* Search Google News for this topic
* California municipal code library
* California state government website

## Footnotes

1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2017 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed May 14, 2021
2. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Types and #'s of local government by state," September 1, 2012

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