Sheriff Election — Lake County, California
Lake County, California, Sheriff · the arena · Lakeport hires this desk in 2028 · not the 2026 Governor · Sacramento remains the capital · Clearlake remains a city · Lakeport PD remains a city badge
The 2028 oval on Forbes Street — not the 2026 Governor, not Clearlake as the county
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 Lake 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.
Lakeport hires a Sheriff who still holds Hill Road
Elections Code § 1300 (AB 759, 2022): sheriff and district attorney with the presidential primary. A 2022 winner serves six years. Lake is general law — it did not opt this desk off that table.
- Last regular: Tuesday, 7 June 2022.
- 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 Clearlake rumor does not hire this badge. The City of Clearlake is a municipality. Lakeport PD is a city badge. Sacramento is the capital. Lakeport is the seat.
Registrar work sits at 325 N. Forbes — not City Hall as this clerk
Registrar of Voters work for Lake County lists at 325 North Forbes Street, Lakeport — (707) 263-2372. That is county elections work — not Lakeport City Hall as this clerk, not Clearlake as a second board, not a Sacramento statewide clerk as this clerk. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and vote-by-mail on sos.ca.gov and lakecountyca.gov/818/Registrar-of-Voters.
Sample ballot in Lake County, California — not Clearlake as the county
Do not take names from a Clearlake municipal card, a Lakeport PD flyer, a Tahoe rumor, or a Sacramento statewide card as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — California Secretary of State and the Lake County Registrar of Voters
- Lake County elections
- Current Sheriff of record — official Lake County Sheriff listing at lakesheriff.com
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 — Clear Lake remainder patrol and Hill Road
You are hiring the Sheriff of Lake County, California — unincorporated patrol across Kelseyville, Lucerne, Nice, Upper Lake, Middletown, Cobb, Hidden Valley Lake, Lower Lake, and the remainder; marine patrol the office actually posts; warrants; civil process; courthouse security at 255 North Forbes; and Hill Road at 4913 Helbush Drive. You are not hiring Lakeport Police. You are not hiring Clearlake Police. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Hill Road as this jailer, Lakeport as the seat not the capital, Clearlake as a city not the hall, and Autauga-with-a-reservoir as not this rewrite.
Remedy when a writ misses Kelseyville remainder
A bad service or a paper that missed Lucerne remainder or Middletown remainder — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Five Supervisors are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Lakeport PD. Not Clearlake as this oval.
Relief when Clear Lake rises or the Mayacamas burn
High water on Clear Lake, a wreck on SR 29, smoke in the Mayacamas, a night road outside Hidden Valley — this county’s mutual aid first. Mendocino is a different count. Napa is a different count. Sonoma is a different count. Clearlake city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a Forbes docket, a night shift toward Lucerne
Papers. A Lakeport courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated state-route frontage remains this badge. Hill Road remains this badge. Marine patrol remains this badge. Lakeport PD does not.
Due process does not wait for a Tahoe rumor
A levy in unincorporated Lake County, California, still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Clear Lake, or because a visitor photographed Lakeport as if it were the capital.
Rights from Middletown to Upper Lake
Equal protection on the Clear Lake map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker at Hill Road and a family in Lakeport hire the same Sheriff.