Appointment
San Diego Municipal Code § 26.0404
in effect§26.0404 Appointment
(a) The Mayor shall appoint all seven members of the Commission from a pool of nominees submitted by the members of the City Council and City Attorney. The Mayor’s appointments are subject to confirmation by a majority of the City Council.
(b) The Commission and its nominees for appointment shall reflect the diversity of the City which it serves. Priority consideration shall be given to nominees with familiarity and experience with campaign finance laws, government ethics and lobbying laws, and conflict of interest regulations. At least two of the members of the Commission shall have been a candidate for an elective governmental office, have worked as a treasurer or in another high-level position in a campaign for elective governmental office, or have held elective governmental office, and at least three of the members of the Commission shall be attorneys in good standing with the State Bar of California. No more than three members of the Commission shall be registered with the same political party. Each nominee shall be a qualified elector of the City, although when a person with unique qualifications is able to serve, and who is a qualified elector of San Diego County but not the City, an exception may be made and such person may be considered eligible for nomination to the Commission. No person who ran as a candidate against a current elected City Official, or who served in a staff capacity for the campaign of such a candidate, shall be eligible for nomination to the Commission. The members of the City Council and the City Attorney shall identify the requirements fulfilled by each of their nominees.
(c) The Mayor shall fill any subsequent vacancies on the Commission in the following manner. When a vacancy occurs, the Mayor shall send a memorandum to the City Attorney and City Council stating the requirements for the vacant position. Each member of the City Council and the City Attorney shall nominate one candidate for each vacancy on the Commission.
The nominations and appointments shall be made so that the requirements of subsection (b) with respect to professional background and political party membership are maintained. If the Mayor reasonably believes that the pool of nominees is not large enough, or does not provide nominees who meet the professional background or political party requirements of subsection (b), the Mayor may call for additional nominees.
(d) The members of the Commission shall elect a Chairperson annually at a meeting held before the end of June, with the elected Chairperson’s term of office to begin on July 1. A member may serve as a Chairperson of the Commission for no more than two consecutive one-year terms; however, a member who has served two consecutive one-year terms as Chairperson is eligible to serve again as Chairperson after an interval of one year has passed.
(Amended 2-11-2002 by O-19034 N.S.)
(Amended 12-6-2006 by O-19555 N.S.; effective 1-5-2007.)
(Amended 11-13-2008 by O-19797 N.S; effective 12-13-2008.)
(Amended 9-20-2017 by O-20855 N.S.; effective 10-20-2017.)
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/Ch02Art06Division04.pdf#page=5Fetched: 10/28/2026