Length of Term for Board Members
San Diego Municipal Code § 26.2105
in effect§26.2105 Length of Term for Board Members
(a) Members of the Board shall serve two year terms and each Board member shall serve until a successor is duly appointed and confirmed. Members of the Board are limited to serving a maximum of four consecutive years. An interval of four years must pass before a member can be reappointed after serving four consecutive years. Any member initially appointed to a term of less than two years shall be eligible to subsequently serve two consecutive two year terms.
(b) Initial members of the Board shall be appointed so that the terms of not more than five Board members shall expire in any one year to allow the terms of the Board members to be staggered. For the initial appointments, five members of the Board shall be appointed to a term that will expire July 1, 2012, and four members of the Board shall be appointed to a term that will expire July 1, 2013. The expiration date of all terms shall be July 1st of each termination year.
(c) Any vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of an unexpired term. A seat vacated by a Board member nominated by a certain City Council member shall be filled by appointment of another individual nominated by the City Council member in that Council district. A seat vacated by a Board member nominated and appointed by the Mayor shall be filled by another individual nominated by the Mayor until such time, if any, that a ninth City Council district is established and filled in which case the City Council member for the ninth City Council district shall nominate this member of the Board.
(Added 6-24-2010 by O-19963 N.S.; effective 7-24-2010.)
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/Ch02Art06Division21.pdf#page=3Fetched: 10/28/2026