CA Pub Util Code Section 132351.1

(a)

A board of directors consisting of 21 members shall govern the consolidated agency.

(b)

For purposes of this chapter, “governing body” shall mean the board of supervisors, council, council and mayor where the mayor is not a member of the council, authority, trustees, director, commission, committee, or other policymaking body, as appropriate, that exercises authority over an entity represented on the board of the consolidated agency.

(c)

All powers, privileges, and duties vested in or imposed upon the consolidated agency shall be exercised and performed by and through a board of directors provided, however, that the exercise of all executive, administrative, and ministerial power may be delegated and redelegated by the board, to any of the offices, officers, or committees created pursuant to this chapter or created by the board acting pursuant to this chapter.

(d)

The board shall be composed of one primary representative selected by the governing body of each city in the county and a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors to serve until recalled by the governing body of the city or county. The City of San Diego and the County of San Diego shall each have a primary and secondary representative. Each director shall be a mayor, councilperson, or supervisor of the governing body which selected him or her. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as originally selected. Each city or county shall also select in the same manner as the primary or secondary representative, if applicable, one alternate to serve on the board when the primary or secondary representative, if applicable, is not available. The alternate shall be subject to the same restrictions and have the same powers, when serving on the board, as the representative for whom he or she is substituting.

(e)

Notwithstanding subdivision (d), in those years when the chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors is from a district that is substantially an incorporated area and is appointed the primary representative to the board, a supervisor who represents a district that is substantially an unincorporated area shall be appointed to the board as the secondary representative. Alternatively, in those years when the chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors is from a district that is substantially an unincorporated area and is appointed the primary representative to the board, a supervisor who represents a district that is substantially an incorporated area shall be appointed to the board as the secondary representative.

(f)

At its discretion, each city and county may select a second alternate, in the same manner as the primary representative, to serve on the board in the event that neither the primary representative nor the regular alternate is able to attend a meeting of the board. This alternate shall be subject to the same restrictions and have the same powers, when serving on the board, as the primary representative.

(g)

The board may allow for the appointment of advisory representatives to sit with the board but in no event shall said representatives be allowed a vote. The current advisory representatives to the San Diego Association of Governments may continue their advisory representation on the consolidated agency at the discretion of their governing body. The governing bodies of the County of Imperial and the cities in that county may collectively designate an advisory representative to sit with the board.