Lonnie Eldridge was hired away from Simi Valley last year; Claudia Silva named acting counsel
San Diego County officials have placed their top lawyer on personal leave, ending a yearlong tenure that began after three progressive Democrats were elected to the Board of Supervisors and conducted a nationwide search for a county counsel.
Claudia Silva, who worked in the County Counsel’s Office before moving over to the county Office of Ethics and Compliance, will rejoin her prior department and serve as acting county counsel until a permanent successor is named. With a budget of about $34 million and a staff of 150 full-time employees, the office provides legal advice to the county’s many departments and also to the Board of Supervisors when the county is sued or pursues lawsuits.
In October, the board agreed to pay $2.95 million to the family of Heron Moriarty, who killed himself in the Vista jail in 2016 despite dozens of frantic phone calls the man’s wife made to jail staff to warn them he was suicidal.
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