What a YES vote does
YES adds an ethics commission, changes county oversight and appointments, and lets supervisors serve three terms instead of two.
Official vote explanation, November 2026 edition; publication day unstated; retrieved 2026-10-05.
What a NO vote does
NO keeps the current county charter, including the two-term limit for supervisors.
Official vote explanation, November 2026 edition; publication day unstated; retrieved 2026-10-05.
Cost and money
No quantified independent fiscal estimate appears in the captured official County Counsel analysis.
Added oversight could require staff and operating money; the support argument's claim of no new funding is a campaign claim, not a fiscal estimate.
Official fiscal analysis, November 2026 edition; publication day unstated; retrieved 2026-10-05.
Who put it on the ballot
Board of Supervisors; Ordinance 11013 adopted June 25, 2026.
Registrar ordinance packet, ordinance date 2026-06-25.
A rule that matters
The ethics commission is required.
The independent budget analyst and program auditor are optional Board appointments; one person may serve both roles. The Board gains confirmation authority over specified senior appointments and may appoint the Public Defender. Removal of the specified confirmed appointees requires four of five supervisors. Prior supervisor service counts toward the new three-term, twelve-year limit.
Official analysis and law, November 2026 edition; publication day unstated; retrieved 2026-10-05.
Who is paying
Yes: Citizens for Accountable and Transparent Government, Yes on Measure A — filer 1495494
$120,000.00 reported for 2026 through captured filings: Form 460 year-to-date $45,000.00 through September 19, plus $75,000.00 in later Form 497 receipts. County official filing search, retrieved 2026-10-05. County sources use the local portal rather than Cal-Access.
A 9/28 Form 497 export for this committee returned a record bearing filer ID 1484127 (the Yes on M committee); it is excluded as a misfiled or superseded record.
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| Top funder | Captured amount | Filing identifier, dates and transaction IDs | Interest / existing DB |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Accountability Project, Sponsored by Laborers' International Union of North America Local 89 | $40,000.00 | INC17 (2026-10-02; filed 10/5/2026 5:11:40 PM) | Filer identity as reported; further economic interests unverified. No exact DB identity verified; near matches not adopted |
| SEIU COPE (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education) (FED PAC ID #C00004036) | $30,000.00 | INC12 (2026-09-25; filed 9/29/2026 8:40:14 PM); INC18 (2026-10-02; filed 10/5/2026 8:26:17 PM) | Filer identity as reported; further economic interests unverified. No exact DB identity verified; near matches not adopted |
| Laborers International Union of North America Local 89 PAC Fund | $25,000.00 | INC5 (2026-09-18; filed 9/24/2026 10:40:39 PM) | Filer identity as reported; further economic interests unverified. No exact DB identity verified; near matches not adopted |
| Deputy Sheriffs' Association of San Diego County PAC | $20,000.00 | INC1 (2026-09-09; filed 9/24/2026 10:40:39 PM) | Filer identity as reported; further economic interests unverified. No exact DB identity verified; near matches not adopted |
| Progressive Labor Alliance PAC, Sponsored by Labor Organizations and Housing Organizations | $5,000.00 | INC6 (2026-09-23; filed 9/24/2026 5:09:39 PM) | Filer identity as reported; further economic interests unverified. No exact DB identity verified; near matches not adopted |
The local portal exposes Form/type, period, filing date and transaction IDs, but a durable global filing-number URL was not exposed. These identifiers and saved exports locate each record; no global filing number was invented. Session PDF URLs expire.
No: finance unknown
The official arguments identify opposition, including Jim Desmond and Carl DeMaio. A dedicated current No on County A committee and its receipts were not verified in the county search. Do not attach City June Measure A committee money or Reform California’s statewide treasury to this County measure. Total raised and top five funders remain unknown. Official argument, November edition; county search captured 2026-10-05.
Why: who benefits
County voters gain an ethics body; supervisors gain another possible term and more appointment control.
The legal text, rather than the reform label, establishes those benefits. Labor and deputy-sheriff representatives signed the support argument; Jim Desmond and Carl DeMaio signed against. Signatures establish advocacy, not donations.
Official law and analysis, November 2026 edition; publication day unstated; retrieved 2026-10-05; committee/interest declarations and dated receipts above. Endorsement claims are identified as claims in the official arguments. The published arguments are the signers' opinions, not agency-verified findings.
Existing database, checked 2026-10-05: County of San Diego organization #10265. Funder rows above link the recorded find and resolve results, including exact entity IDs. Near matches were not merged; profiles and prior evidence are leads, not proof about this measure. Lookup custody.
Our view — opinion
What remains unknown
Money received after the captured filings, unfiled late receipts, unitemized donor detail, ultimate sources behind intermediaries, and a full reconciliation between SOS adjusted totals and gross committee receipts remain unknown. Donor rankings aggregate captured receipts within a committee; they do not rank ultimate wealth owners. Loans are identified separately where available.
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