Sheriff Election — Contra Costa County, California
Contra Costa County, California, Sheriff · the arena · Martinez hires this desk in 2028 · not the 2026 Governor · Sacramento remains the capital · Concord remains a city · Richmond remains not the seat
The 2028 oval in Martinez — not the 2026 Governor, not Concord as this hire
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 Contra Costa 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. Assessor, auditor, clerk, and other 2026 county officer races on this map are not this oval.
Martinez hires a Sheriff who still holds three houses
Elections Code § 1300 (AB 759, 2022): sheriff and district attorney with the presidential primary. A 2022 winner serves six years. Contra Costa is general law — no charter opt-out of AB 759.
- Last regular: Tuesday, 7 June 2022 (majority in the primary; confirm the Registrar if a November sheriff card sat).
- 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 Concord rumor does not hire this badge. Concord is a city. Richmond is a city. Walnut Creek is a city. Antioch is a city. Sacramento is the capital. Martinez is the seat.
Elections work sits on Escobar — not Concord City Hall as this clerk
Clerk-Recorder / Registrar of Voters work for Contra Costa County lists at 555 Escobar Street, Martinez — contracostavote.gov. That is county elections work — not Concord City Hall as this clerk, not Richmond as a second board, not an Alameda clerk as this clerk. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and vote-by-mail on sos.ca.gov and the Contra Costa elections door.
Sample ballot in Contra Costa County, California — not the City of Concord as the county
Do not take names from a Concord municipal card, a Richmond flyer, a Walnut Creek rumor, an Antioch city card, an Alameda rumor, or a Sacramento statewide card as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — California Secretary of State and the Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar
- Contra Costa County elections
- Current Sheriff of record — official Contra Costa County Sheriff listing at cocosheriff.org
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 — opposite-coast remainder patrol and three detention houses
You are hiring the Sheriff of Contra Costa County, California — unincorporated patrol across Bay Point, Rodeo, Crockett, El Sobrante, Pacheco, Alamo, Discovery Bay, and the remainder; warrants; civil process; courthouse security at 725 Court Street and the branch courts; and Martinez Detention at 901 Court Street, West County at 5555 Giant Highway, and Marsh Creek at 12000 Marsh Creek Road. You are not hiring Concord Police. You are not hiring Richmond Police. You are not hiring Alameda. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Martinez Detention as this jailer, Martinez as the seat not the capital, Concord as not this oval, and Alameda-with-a-refinery as not this rewrite.
Remedy when a writ misses Bay Point remainder
A bad service or a paper that missed Rodeo remainder or Discovery Bay remainder — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Five Supervisors are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Concord PD. Not Richmond as this oval.
Relief when the Delta floods or Diablo burns
High water toward the Delta, a wreck on I-80, fog on the Carquinez Strait, fire on Mount Diablo or in the East Bay hills, a night road outside Bay Point — this county’s mutual aid first. Alameda is a different count. Solano is a different count. Concord city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a Wakefield Taylor docket, a night shift toward Discovery Bay
Papers. A Martinez courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated Highway 4 frontage remains this badge. Martinez Detention remains this badge. West County remains this badge. Concord PD does not.
Due process does not wait for a Concord rumor
A levy in unincorporated Contra Costa County, California, still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Concord, or because a visitor photographed Martinez as if it were the capital.
Rights from Hercules to Brentwood
Equal protection on the opposite-coast map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker at Martinez Detention and a family in Antioch hire the same Sheriff — the city PDs are still different badges for city 911.