Section 24009 Of Chapter 1. County Officers From California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 3. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1.
24009
. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the county
officers to be elected by the people are the treasurer, county clerk,
auditor, sheriff, tax collector, district attorney, recorder,
assessor, public administrator, and coroner.
(b) Except for those officers named in subdivision (b) of Section
1 of Article XI of the California Constitution, any county office
that is required to be elective may become an appointive office
pursuant to this subdivision. In order to change an office from
elective to appointive, a proposal shall be presented to the voters
of the county and approved by a majority of the votes cast on the
proposition. A proposal shall be submitted to the voters by the
county board of supervisors or it may be submitted to the voters
pursuant to the qualification of an initiative petition as provided
in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 9100) of Division 9 of the
Elections Code. Any county office changed from elective to appointive
in accordance with this subdivision may be changed back from
appointive to elective in the same manner.