Government,
Constitutional Law
May 15, 2019
Not just anyone can be elected county sheriff
Our founding documents — state and federal — placed some restrictions on the highest offices in the land but what about the less-celebrated local positions that actually impact our daily lives? With 58 counties, 483 cities, 1,102 school districts, and about 3,400 special districts in the state of California, our state Constitution empowers our Legislature with oversight authority over its legal subdivisions — the counties.
Ryan M. Harrison Sr.
Associate
Lozano Smith
Ryan is an attorney in Lozano Smith's Local Government practice group. He also focuses on litigation and labor and employment.
A "Kakistocracy" is a state or society governed by the least suitable or competent citizens. The word was invented in England almost 200 years ago. It's been around for a while. Yet, there's probably a good reason why it is not in common usage today. In their attempt to ensure competent leadership our constitutional framers were stingy with the right to vote. After 39 of them committed pen to parchment on our founding document at Independence Hall in 1787 it took 33 y...
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