Sheriff Election — Mendocino County, California
Mendocino County, California, Sheriff · the arena · Ukiah hires this desk in 2028 · not the 2026 Governor · Sacramento remains the capital · Fort Bragg remains a city and a substation · Willits remains a city and a substation
The 2028 oval in Ukiah — not the 2026 Governor, not Fort Bragg 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 Mendocino 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.
Ukiah hires a Sheriff who still holds Low Gap — Fort Bragg is a substation
Elections Code § 1300 (AB 759, 2022): sheriff and district attorney with the presidential primary. A 2022 winner serves six years. Mendocino did not opt out.
- 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 Fort Bragg rumor does not hire this badge. Humboldt is a different county. The town of Mendocino is unincorporated. Sacramento is the capital. Ukiah is the seat.
Clerk-Recorder elections work sits on Low Gap — not Fort Bragg City Hall as this clerk
Elections work for Mendocino County lists with the Assessor-Clerk-Recorder on the Low Gap campus in Ukiah. That is county elections work — not Fort Bragg City Hall as this clerk, not a Humboldt clerk as this clerk, not Willits as a second board. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and vote-by-mail on sos.ca.gov and mendocinocounty.gov.
Sample ballot in Mendocino County, California — not the town of Mendocino as the county
Do not take names from a Fort Bragg rumor, a Mendocino village flyer, a Ukiah municipal card, or a Sacramento statewide card as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — California Secretary of State and the Mendocino County elections office
- Mendocino County
- Current Sheriff of record — official Mendocino County Sheriff listing at mendocinosheriff.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 — redwood-coast remainder patrol and a Low Gap house
You are hiring the Sheriff of Mendocino County, California — unincorporated patrol across Covelo, Laytonville, Gualala, Anderson Valley, and the remainder; warrants; civil process; courthouse security at 100 North State Street; and the county jail at 951 Low Gap Road. You are not hiring Ukiah Police. You are not hiring Fort Bragg as a second county. You are not hiring Humboldt. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Low Gap as this jailer, Ukiah as the seat not the capital, Fort Bragg as a substation, the town of Mendocino as unincorporated, and Autauga-with-fog as not this rewrite.
Remedy when a writ misses Covelo remainder
A bad service or a paper that missed Laytonville remainder or Gualala remainder — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Five Supervisors are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Ukiah PD. Not Fort Bragg as this oval.
Relief when the Eel floods or the ridges burn
High water on the Eel, fog on Highway 1, a wreck on 101, fire on the ridges, a night road outside Covelo — this county’s mutual aid first. Humboldt is a different count. Sonoma is a different count. Lake is a different count. Ukiah city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a North State docket, a night shift toward Gualala
Papers. A Ukiah courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated 101 frontage remains this badge. Low Gap remains this badge. Fort Bragg PD does not.
Due process does not wait for a Fort Bragg rumor
A levy in unincorporated Mendocino County, California, still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Highway 1, or because a visitor photographed Ukiah as if it were the capital.
Rights from Point Arena to Laytonville without becoming a coast postcard
Equal protection on the redwood-coast map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker at Low Gap and a family in Ukiah hire the same Sheriff.