Section 25171 Of Article 9. Subpenas From California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 3. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 9.

. Whenever the board appoints any of its members a committee upon any subject or matter of which it has jurisdiction and confers upon the committee power to send for persons and papers, the chairman of the committee has all the powers and duties of the chairman of the board of supervisors.