26970. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 24009, at any general or special election, the board of supervisors of general law counties with a population of 170,046 or in excess of 220,000 according to the federal census of 1950, may submit to the electors of the county the question of whether the elective office of county […]
26971. If a majority of the voters voting on the question at such election favor the replacement by the appointive office of county director of finance, the board of supervisors shall appoint the incumbent county auditor as the first director of finance of the county. Thereafter appointments to the office shall be made by the […]
26972. The county director of finance shall have all of the powers and duties of the county auditor and the county controller and such other duties as the board of supervisors may prescribe. (Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 404.)