Sheriff Election — Alameda County, California
Alameda County, California, Sheriff · the arena · Oakland hires this desk in 2028 · not the 2026 Governor · Sacramento remains the capital · OPD remains a city badge · San Francisco remains a different county
The 2028 oval in Oakland — not the 2026 Governor, not San Francisco
This page is the arena for this office. Unique teaching for the job lives on the office twin. The county as a place is taught at Alameda County, California.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
This Sheriff is not on the 2026 ballot. California moved sheriff and district attorney to the presidential table. The Governor is 2026. That is a different desk in Sacramento.
Oakland hires a Sheriff who still holds Santa Rita
Elections Code § 1300 (AB 759, 2022): sheriff and district attorney with the presidential primary. A 2022 winner serves six years.
- Last regular: Tuesday, 7 June 2022 (majority in the primary; no November sheriff card that cycle).
- Next regular: the 2028 presidential primary. If no majority under §§ 8140–8141, runoff at the presidential general. Confirm the live 2028 date on the California SOS elections calendar.
- Take office: noon on the first Monday after January 1 succeeding election (Gov. Code § 24200). For 2028 that is the first Monday after 1 January 2029. 1 January 2029 is a Monday, so Monday, 8 January 2029.
- Vacancy: Board of Supervisors appointment (Gov. Code § 25304). Undersheriff temporarily discharges (§ 24105).
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Five Supervisors sit — staggered desks, not this oval. An OPD rumor does not hire this badge. San Francisco is a different county. Berkeley is a city. Sacramento is the capital. Oakland is the seat.
Registrar work sits on Fallon — not City Hall as this clerk
Registrar of Voters work for Alameda County lists with the courthouse campus at 1225 Fallon Street. That is county elections work — not Oakland City Hall as this clerk, not a San Francisco clerk as this clerk, not Berkeley as a second board. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and vote-by-mail on sos.ca.gov and acvote.org.
Sample ballot in Alameda County, California — not the City of Alameda as the county
Do not take names from a San Francisco rumor, an OPD flyer, a Berkeley municipal card, or a Sacramento statewide card as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — California Secretary of State and the Alameda County Registrar of Voters
- Alameda County elections
- Current Sheriff of record — official Alameda County Sheriff listing at alamedasheriff.gov
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins. A majority in the primary can finish the race without a November reprint — confirm the Registrar, do not invent a missing race. Do not invent a 2026 sheriff oval here.
What you are hiring — East Bay remainder patrol and Santa Rita
You are hiring the Sheriff of Alameda County, California — unincorporated patrol across Castro Valley, Ashland, Cherryland, Fairview, San Lorenzo, Sunol, and the remainder; contract cities the office actually posts; warrants; civil process; courthouse security at 1225 Fallon; and Santa Rita at 5325 Broder Boulevard, Dublin. You are not hiring Oakland Police. You are not hiring Berkeley Police. You are not hiring San Francisco. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Santa Rita as this jailer, Oakland as the seat not the capital, OPD as not this oval, Glenn Dyer as closed, and Autauga-with-a-bridge as not this rewrite.
Remedy when a writ misses Castro Valley remainder
A bad service or a paper that missed Ashland remainder or Sunol remainder — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Five Supervisors are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not OPD. Not San Francisco. Not Berkeley as this oval.
Relief when the Estuary floods or the Diablo Range burns
High water toward the Bay, a wreck on I-880, wind on the Altamont, fire in the East Bay hills, a night road outside Castro Valley — this county’s mutual aid first. Contra Costa is a different count. Santa Clara is a different count. San Francisco is a different government. Oakland city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a Fallon docket, a night shift toward Sunol
Papers. An Oakland courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated interstate frontage remains this badge. Santa Rita remains this badge. Dublin contract work remains this badge. OPD does not.
Due process does not wait for a Golden Gate rumor
A levy in unincorporated Alameda County, California, still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed the Golden Gate, or because a visitor photographed Oakland as if it were the capital.
Rights from Livermore to Albany
Equal protection on the East Bay map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker at Santa Rita and a family in Oakland hire the same Sheriff.