Voters Should Reject Measure A From the County Board of Supervisors

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has placed Measure A on the ballot, presenting it as a necessary update to the county's 1933 charter that would include provisions for an independent auditor and ethics commission. However, the measure contains a controversial provision extending supervisor term limits from 8 to 12 years, overriding a 2010 voter-approved two-term limit that 68 percent of county voters supported. The measure would also remove certain hiring powers from the current Chief Administrative Officer, who is the first Black woman to hold that position since the county's first African American CAO in 1985.