Elections to be Conducted under this Article; Effect of State Law
San Diego Municipal Code § 27.0104
in effect§27.0104 Elections to be Conducted under this Article; Effect of State Law
(a) All elections shall be conducted by the City Clerk, except that Board of Education Elections shall be conducted by the Registrar under California Education Code section 5303, as may be amended. This includes nomination procedures and also applies to all special elections.
(b) The procedures, including nomination and write-in candidate procedures, for seating members of the governing board of the San Diego Unified School District shall be set forth by the Registrar, unless otherwise set forth in the Charter or this Article, or the governing board, at its option, adopts a resolution to have nominations and write-in candidate procedures conducted under other law.
(c) The procedures for the recall of members of the governing board of the San Diego Unified School District shall be set forth by the Registrar, unless otherwise set forth in the Charter or this Article, or the governing board, at its option, adopts a resolution to have recall elections conducted under other law.
(c) All elections shall be conducted under the Charter and this Article. The City Clerk and Council may rely on state elections law for guidance if there is no controlling provision in this Article.
(Renumbered from Sec. 27.2004, retitled to “Elections to be Conducted under this Article; Effect of State Law” and amended 7-26-1999 by O-18664 N.S.)
(Amended 6-27-2023 by O-21667 N.S.; effective 7-27-2023.)
(Renumbered from Section 27.0106 to Section 27.0104 and amended 1-12-2026 by O-22028 N.S.; effective 2-11-2026.)
(Amended 9-2-2026 by O-22137 N.S.; effective 10-2-2026.)
Source: City of San Diego Office of the City Clerk, San Diego Municipal Code and City Charter (docs.sandiego.gov PDFs)URL: https://docs.sandiego.gov/municode/MuniCodeChapter02/Ch02Art07Division01.pdf#page=6Fetched: 10/28/2026