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Contra Costa Measure X advisory board members condemn supervisors’ bylaws changes as diminishing community oversight
Summary
Contra Costa County supervisors approved revisions to the Measure X community advisory board’s bylaws that reduce membership and limit the panel’s role in a consultant-led needs assessment; advisory board members and public commenters said the changes weaken community oversight and the board approved a separate evaluation framework by vote.
Contra Costa County’s Measure X Community Advisory Board spent much of its meeting denouncing a July Board of Supervisors vote that approved revisions to the advisory board’s bylaws and arguing those changes will curtail the panel’s role in shaping future needs assessments.
Jessica Shepherd, deputy planning administrator, told members the county’s board approved the new bylaws on July 8 and summarized the changes: the advisory board will now have 22 total members (10 district-appointed members, five alternates and seven at-large members), the at-large alternate seats were abolished, quorum is clarified at nine members and meetings are set to a quarterly schedule. Shepherd also gave a financial overview of Measure X, saying, “About $488.5 million has been collected and $631.8 million has been allocated through fiscal year 2025–26.”
Members said the revisions — including language that narrows the CAB’s role in a consultant-led community needs assessment — undercut the panel’s equity-focused operating principles and community oversight…
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