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Term Limits for County Supervisors

Escondido

Summary

County supervisors are trying to extend their own terms, but one supervisor is calling out the move as a sneaky trick. They're hoping to hide the term limit extension within a larger package of reforms to get it passed without voters realizing what's happening.

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Impact analysis

💰Financial impact

This could mean more taxpayer money spent on supervisors who stay in power longer.

✅Who benefits

Supervisors looking to stay in their seats longer will benefit.

⚠️Who could be affected

Voters could be harmed if they don't realize they're approving longer terms for supervisors.

Mentions & discussions (1)

Escondido Times-AdvocateApr 30, 2026

They want to rewrite the rules to keep themselves in power - Escondido Times-Advocate

&nbsp; Last week, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to put a measure on the ballot that would extend our own term limits from two terms to three. Sitting politicians voting to give themselves more time in office. I voted no. The measure returns to the Board in May for a final reading. Before it does, I want every San Diegan to know what is really going on u2014 and to help me stop it. In 2010, the people of San Diego voted to limit Supervisors to two terms. Sixty-eight percent of you said yes. That was not <a href="https://www.times-advocate.com/?post_type=oht_article&p=53301">[&hellip;]</a>

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