Untitled California Attorney General Opinion

BACKGROUND

San Luis Obispo County is a general law county that is divided into five supervisorial districts. Each supervisor is elected to office for a four-year term, and the supervisorial elections alternate every two years between the odd-numbered districts and even-numbered districts. The following chronology recounts the circumstances giving rise to the two questions addressed in this opinion.

• On September 20, 2011, after the 2010 decennial census, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors adopted new boundaries for its supervisorial districts.

• On March 3, 2020, Adam Hill was re-elected to District Three of the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors for a four-year term running from January 2021 to January 2025. Districts One and Five also held elections.

• On August 6, 2020, Supervisor Hill passed away.

• On November 20, 2020, Governor Newsom appointed Dawn Ortiz-Legg to fill the vacancy in District Three.

• On December 14, 2021, using the 2020 decennial census results, the San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors adopted new boundaries for the county’s supervisorial districts.

• On June 7, 2022, an election will be held to fill the…