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Vacancy Notice - Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) - General_Assembly
Board of SupervisorsMembership and Seat Qualifications
The below listed summary of seats, term expirations and membership information shall serve as notice of vacancies, upcoming term expirations, and information on currently held seats, appointed by the Board of Supervisors. Appointments by other bodies are listed, if available.
Seat numbers listed as “VACANT” are open for immediate appointment. However, you are able to submit applications for all seats and your application will be maintained for one year, in the event that an unexpected vacancy or opening occurs.
Seat: 1
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: VACANT
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
Member of Board of Supervisors
Seat: 2
Appointing Authority: BOS
Seat Holder: VACANT
Term Ending: Indefinite
Qualifications:
Member of Board of Supervisors (Alternate)
Application Process
Please Note: These seats are held by Members of the Board of Supervisors only; members of the general public may not be considered for appointment to this body.
Description:
The Board of Supervisors appoints one of its members as a delegate and one of its members as an alternate (voting member). Each member city and member county of the Association shall have one seat in the General Assembly. San Francisco shall be counted as both a city and a county for purposes of membership. The Mayor or member of the governing body of each member city and the chairperson of the Board of Supervisors or member of the governing body of each member county, or their respective alternates shall be delegates to the General Assembly. The Mayor of San Francisco may designate as an alternate any officer of San Francisco who may be either an elected or principal appointed official of San Francisco. The association is organized for the purposes of establishing a permanent forum for discussion and study of regional and subregional problems of interest and concern to the counties and cities of the San Francisco Bay Area, developing policies and actions, and providing services and undertaking actions addressing such problems.
The powers and functions of the General Assembly shall include:
- Exercising as appropriate all of the powers of the Association as set forth in these Bylaws or the Agreement. The General Assembly shall have the power to limit the Executive Board's exercise of any power or authority set aside to the Executive Board under the Bylaws.
- Any delegate may at any meeting of the General Assembly propose a subject or subjects for study by the Association. The General Assembly may take action upon such proposals and, if requested by a delegate, determine whether a study will be made of the subject or subjects so proposed or may refer such subject or subjects to the Executive Board.
- Any delegate may at any meeting of the General Assembly request review by the General Assembly of any action of the Executive Board which has been taken between meetings of the General Assembly.
- The budgetary duties and responsibilities set forth in Article XI of the Bylaws.
Report:
The General Assembly shall adopt a summary work plan and general budget, including yearly membership assessment and annual membership fee
Authority:
CA Government Code Section 6500 et seq.; and Association By-Laws Sunset
Sunset Date:
None
Contact:
Fred Castro Clerk of the Board
Association of Bay Area Governments
Beale Street, Suite 800
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: (415) 820-7913
Email: fcastro@bayareametro.gov
Updated: December 22, 2025