San Diego County Board of Supervisors

The county Board of Supervisors should approve a special election rather than a political appointment to fill the District 1 seat vacated by Nora Vargas, a candidate said Tuesday.

Terra Lawson-Remer will continue as acting chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, after a vote Tuesday to pick a new leader failed.

San Diego County Supervisors swear in reelected leaders, reports NBC 7’s Joey Safchik.

What will be done with the empty seat when Board Chair Nora Vargas’ term expires on Jan. 6 is yet to be decided

San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chair Nora Vargas announced she would not be sworn in for her second term. Several names are already in the mix to replace her.

San Diego County Supervisor Nora Vargas, chair of the county Board of Supervisors, announced on Friday her decision to step down from the board at the end of her term, Jan. 6, 2025.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to advance a proposed ordinance change that officials say will help make flood insurance more affordable for residents in unincorporated areas.

Nathan Fletcher’s attorney said court documents showing texts between his accuser and a friend undermine her claims of sexual assault.

New court documents filed by Fletcher’s attorneys show new details in text messages between the woman accusing Fletcher of sexual assault and the woman’s friend.  NBC 7’s Joey Safchik has the highlights from the latest document drop.

Nearly 80 people gathered in Lemon Grove to rally against the county’s project to build dozens of sleeping cabins in a vacant lot. It comes after the county originally proposed building the sleeping cabins on a site in Spring Valley,

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved a budget of more than $8.5 billion for the 2024-25 fiscal year — adding $46.9 million to the spending plan that was originally recommended in May, with most of the late increase ticketed for public safety and homelessness needs.

San Diego County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer Monday detailed a policy intended to get the county Health and Human Services Agency to examine health impacts of the Tijuana River sewage crisis on South Bay residents.

NBC 7’s Jackie Crea tells us a county supervisor will introduce new action in hopes that federal officials will recognize the environmental disaster coming from Mexico.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Ebony Shelton, a longtime county employee, to be the new chief administrative officer Tuesday.

The project has been placed on hold, but protesters are wary the County Board of Supervisors will bring it back, NBC 7’s Adonis Albright reports.

Dozens of people who live in Spring Valley took to the streets on Saturday to protest a plan from the county to construct 150 sleeping cabins on a vacant lot. Residents said their main concern is that the site is located close to several schools in the community, and they want the project scrapped altogether.

Almost half of the county’s funding comes from federal and state governments, but that money must be used on certain programs.

Six more weeks and $9 million more have been added to the Emergency Temporary Lodging Program

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to add six more weeks and $9 million more to the Emergency Temporary Lodging Program, which provided hotel rooms and food for almost 900 families displaced by San Diego’s historic Jan. 22 storm.

With only three members present, the county Board of Supervisors Tuesday failed to pass a measure that would allow the county to secure its emergency stockpile of medication-based abortion treatments Misoprostol and Mifepristone.