Sheriff Election — Butte County, California
Butte County, California, Sheriff · the arena · Oroville hires this desk in 2028 · not the 2026 Governor · Sacramento remains the capital · Chico remains not the hall · Chico PD remains a city badge
The 2028 oval in Oroville — not the 2026 Governor, not Chico as the hall
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 Butte 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.
Oroville hires a Sheriff who still holds the Gillick jail
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 (finished in the primary on this map).
- 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. A Chico PD rumor does not hire this badge. Chico is a city. Paradise is a Town. Sacramento is the capital. Oroville is the seat.
Registrar work sits on Nelson Avenue — not Chico City Hall as this clerk
Elections work for Butte County lists at the Hall of Records, 155 Nelson Avenue, Oroville, CA 95965 — buttevotes.net, (530) 552-3400. That is county elections work — not Chico City Hall as this clerk, not Paradise as a second board, not Oroville city clerk as this county. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and vote-by-mail on sos.ca.gov and buttevotes.net.
Sample ballot in Butte County, California — not the Town of Paradise as the county
Do not take names from a Chico rumor, a Paradise municipal card, a Bidwell Park flyer, or a Sacramento statewide card as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — California Secretary of State and the Butte County Registrar of Voters
- Butte County elections
- Current Sheriff of record — official Butte County Sheriff listing at buttecounty.net
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 — North Valley remainder patrol, Biggs contract, and the Oroville jail
You are hiring the Sheriff of Butte County, California — unincorporated patrol across Magalia, Concow, Durham, Thermalito, Palermo, Forest Ranch, Forbestown, Butte Meadows, and the remainder; the City of Biggs by contract; warrants; civil process; courthouse security at One Court Street; and the jail on Gillick Way. You are not hiring Chico Police. You are not hiring Paradise Police. You are not hiring Chico as the hall. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Gillick Way as this jailer, Oroville as the seat not the capital, Chico PD as not this oval, the Camp Fire as this map, and Autauga-with-rice as not this rewrite.
Remedy when a writ misses Magalia remainder
A bad service or a paper that missed Concow remainder or Forbestown remainder — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Five Supervisors are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Chico PD. Not Paradise. Not Chico as this oval.
Relief when the Ridge burns or the Feather floods
Fire toward Paradise and Magalia, a wreck on Highway 70, heat on Highway 99, high water on the Feather, a night road outside Durham — this county’s mutual aid first. Tehama is a different count. Sutter is a different count. Plumas is a different government. Chico city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a One Court Street docket, a night shift toward Forbestown
Papers. An Oroville courtroom at One Court Street. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated Ridge frontage remains this badge. Gillick Way remains this badge. Biggs contract work remains this badge. Chico PD does not.
Due process does not wait for a Chico rumor
A levy in unincorporated Butte County, California, still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Bidwell Park, or because a visitor photographed Chico as if it were the hall.
Rights from Gridley to Magalia
Equal protection on the North Valley map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker at Gillick Way and a family in Oroville hire the same Sheriff.