To: Board of Supervisors
From: Kristin Connelly, Clerk-Recorder
Report Title: Consolidation Request for the November 5, 2024 General Election
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE the election consolidation requests of the 70 jurisdictions listed below seeking elections on the same day and in the same territory as the November 5, 2024 General Election.
Cities and Towns
• City of Antioch
• City of Brentwood
• City of Clayton
• City of Concord
• Town of Danville
• City of El Cerrito
• City of Hercules
• City of Lafayette
• City of Martinez
• Town of Moraga
• City of Oakley
• City of Orinda
• City of Pinole
• City of Pittsburg
• City of Pleasant Hill
• City of Richmond
• City of San Pablo
• City of San Ramon
• City of Walnut Creek
Schools
• Acalanes Union High School District
• Antioch Unified School District
• Brentwood Union School District
• Byron Union School District
• Canyon Elementary School District
• Chabot-Las Positas Community College District
• Contra Costa County Board of Education
• Contra Costa Community College District
• John Swett Unified School District
• Knightsen Elementary School District
• Lafayette School District
• Liberty Union High School District
• Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District
• Martinez Unified School District
• Moraga School District
• Mt. Diablo Unified School District
• Oakley Union Elementary School District
• Orinda Union School District
• Pittsburg Unified School District
• San Ramon Valley Unified School District
• Walnut Creek School District
• West Contra Costa Unified School District
Special Districts
• Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
• Ambrose Recreation & Park District
• Bethel Island Municipal Improvement District
• Byron-Bethany Irrigation District
• Byron Sanitary District
• Castle Rock County Water District
• Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
• Contra Costa Water District
• Crockett Community Services District
• Diablo Community Services District
• Diablo Water District
• Town of Discovery Bay Community Services District
• Dublin San Ramon Services District
• East Bay Municipal Utility District
• East Bay Regional Park District
• East Contra Costa Irrigation District
• Green Valley Recreation & Park District
• Ironhouse Sanitary District
• Kensington Fire Protection District
• Kensington Police Protection & Community Services District
• Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection District
• Mt. View Sanitary District
• Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park District
• Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District
• Rodeo Sanitary District
• San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
• San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District
• Stege Sanitary District
• West County Wastewater District
FISCAL IMPACT:
There will be no additional direct cost to the County. The listed jurisdictions provided the Election Division and ROV with resolutions committing to reimburse costs incurred by the County to the extent allowed by law for providing the requested services.
BACKGROUND:
California Elections Code Section 10002 provides that the governing body of any city or district may, by resolution, request that the Board of Supervisors permit the county elections official to render specified services to the district relating to the conduct of an election. Upon approval of such a request, the county elections official shall be reimbursed by the city or district for all costs incurred in performing the services.
Elections Code Section 10400 provides that when two or more elections are called by a district, city, county, or other political subdivision to be held on the same date within the same territory, those elections may be consolidated by the governing bodies calling the elections. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa may approve such requests for consolidation according to California Elections Code section 10400. Pursuant to Elections Code Sections 10401 and 10402.5, whenever any county, municipal, district, or school district election is to be held on a statewide election date, the Board of Supervisors of the county in which the elections are to take place must order the consolidation.
Elections Code Section 10403 requires any district, city, or other political subdivision seeking to consolidate an election with others on the ballot to adopt and submit a resolution to the County Board of Supervisors at least 88 days prior to the election.
A total of 70 local jurisdictions, as specified, have submitted resolutions to the Registrar of Voters (ROV), authorized by their respective governing bodies, to conduct an election on November 5, 2024, and consolidate 122 local candidate contests with other elections scheduled on the same date. Local jurisdictions additionally submitted resolutions to consolidate a total of 12 ballot measures, for a total of 134 local contests.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The Registrar of Voters would be unable to consolidate the scheduled elections and provide the requested election services to the requesting cities and districts. This would require each jurisdiction to conduct its own election.