CPAs, financial managers wanted: Supervisors lay out timeline for naming new county treasurer

by Lucas Robinson

San Diego County will have a new top financial official by the end of next month.

The Board of Supervisors has laid out a timeline to appoint someone to serve out the remainder of the term of longtime Treasurer-Tax Collector Dan McAllister, who retired this month after first being elected to the post in 2002.

Whomever supervisors appoint will serve until an election in November 2026.

Supervisors will make the appointment at their meeting Sept. 30. People interested in being considered for the job may apply with the county between Aug. 27 and Sept. 22.

At its Sept. 30 meeting, supervisors will interview five finalists they’ve selected from the pool of applicants and choose one of them. The appointee will be sworn in Oct. 21.

Applicants must meet certain requirements to be considered. They must have at least three years of experience in a senior financial management role in the public sector, they must have a CPA license and they must hold a degree in business or public administration, economics, finance, accounting or a related field.

Applicants must also be registered to vote in San Diego County.

Supervisors had at first considered a more expedited timeline, but Board Chair Terra Lawson-Remer requested that an appointment decision be delayed several weeks.

Lawson-Remer said her office had received “significant outreach” regarding the appointment process’ quick turnaround in addition to requests that the timeline be delayed.

The position of treasurer-tax collector oversees the county’s collection of billions of dollars in property taxes in addition to its investment portfolio.

“It’s a huge responsibility,” Lawson-Remer said at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.

Supervisors unanimously voted in support of the appointment timeline on Tuesday.

“I think this is an incredibly important position and I’m very much looking forward to us being able to evaluate and select someone who can bring real vision and leadership to this position,” Lawson-Remer said.

As treasurer-tax collector, McAllister had been highly regarded for his modernization of the office and improvements in customer service.

But his behavior in the workplace landed him and the county in legal trouble, with two women filing sexual harassment lawsuits against him over his decades-long career with the county.

McAllister reached an undisclosed settlement with his first accuser in 2007.

In 2022, the county paid $105,000 to settle a lawsuit from a second woman who had sued McAllister and the county for what she said were unwanted romantic advances that disrupted her ability to do her job.

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