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Historic Spanish Colonial Revival style Mariposa County High School, built in 1914. The Government of Mariposa County is defined and authorized under the California Constitution and law as a general law county. The County government is composed of the Board of Supervisors, which has legislative and executive power.
A more permanent courthouse and jail were erected after a March 1854 County Board of Supervisors meeting. [4]: 15 The second county courthouse was built in 1859, a two-story brick structure with a basement and a footprint of 40 by 60 feet (12 m × 18 m). [4]: 101 1876 Tulare County Courthouse (photographed in 1912 by Charles C. Pierce ...
The County Boards of Supervisors Association of California began meeting in 1895, later becoming the County Supervisors Association of California and then, in 1991, the California State Association of Counties. [4] CSAC's primary purpose is to represent county government before the California Legislature, administrative agencies, and the ...
In the county’s local municipalities, voters will also select township supervisors, borough council members and their local school board directors. Here’s the list of candidates who are on the ...
On August 1, the Mariposa County Board of Supervisors declared a state of emergency in order to better access federal aid. [9] The Telegraph Fire was declared 100 percent contained on Wednesday, August 6. The cost of containing the fire amounted to $37.6 million in 2008 USD, roughly equivalent to $52.3 million in 2023. [4]
Measure G would expand the L.A. County Board of Supervisors to nine members from its current five: from left, Janice Hahn, Hilda Solis, Lindsey Horvath, Kathryn Barger and Holly Mitchell.
Protesters disrupt L.A. County supervisors meeting with demands to close Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall again and cut the Probation Department's budget.
The name "Board of Supervisors" was changed to "Board of Commissioners" in 1970 to avoid confusion with township government (where the term "Supervisor" was still used). In New York, the new boards were called "county legislatures" (and their members, "county legislators"), but not every county has adopted this system.