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How to Fix a ‘Giant Bureaucracy’: San Diego County Debates Competing Charter Reform Plans

The plan would add an ethics commission, budget watchdogs and open hearings, while extending supervisors’ term limits to 12 years.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. San Diego County Board Chair Terra Lawson-Remer pitched a plan to reform the county charter by adding an ethics commission, fiscal watchdogs and an open budget process, while giving supervisors longer term limits and more say over senior staff. It aims to improve what she called a “giant county bureaucracy of 20,000 people” that  “doesn’t seem to work for voters.” …

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KPBS broke the news on Friday, May 15, 2026.
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