About Pam Slater

Pam Slater was reelected to her second term as Third District Supervisor in March 1996, winning the primary outright with 75 percent of the vote. This year, she serves as Chairwoman of the County Board of Supervisors, making it the second time she has held this position. Previously, she served on the Encinitas City Council as Mayor and Councilwoman.

She has worked hard to protect the quality of life of the citizens in her district. She has reduced the county bureaucracy and helped to develop a balanced budget and a reserve fund of more than $24 million. Supervisor Slater has privatized some county departments and rewritten the rules regarding welfare to require recipients to stay clean and sober and find a job. She cut government waste while ensuring public safety by increasing Sheriff's protection and promoting the Regional 800 MHz emergency communications system. She established a public-private partnership to safeguard citizens against E. coli bacteria, which can cause food-borne illness. She has made the county run more effectively and cost-efficient, emphasizing cooperative, regional solutions to many problems, such as improving our neighborhood branch libraries, using community-oriented policing, reducing traffic congestion and building a new central animal shelter.

The Third District encompasses the communities from coastal Carlsbad to Mission Beach, and inland from Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Santa Fe to Tierrasanta and San Carlos.

EDUCATION

Completed education at San Diego State University
1970 BA, English
1985 Teaching Credential

GOVERNMENT SERVICE

County of San Diego:
Reelected Third District Supervisor 1996 Primary Election
Appointed Chairwoman, Board of Supervisors 1994,1999
Elected Third District Supervisor 1992
City of Encinitas
Elected to City Council 1988-1992
Appointed as Mayor 1989-1990
San Dieguito Citizens Planning Group 1982-1983

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

UCSD Medical School Research Associate, Psychiatry 1973-1980

Montessori Elementary Teacher 1982-1992

PRESENT SERVICE

Board of Supervisors Appointments:

Southern California Water Committee

Buena Sanitation District

Domestic Violence Prevention Policy Council (Chair)

Encina Financing Joint Powers Authority, Board of Directors

Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve Task Force

Mission Trails Regional Park Task Force

North San Diego County Transit Development Board (Alternate)

San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)

San Diego City Technology Council

San Dieguito River Valley Park JPA

San Diego County Mental Health Board

San Diego County Regional Auto Theft Task Force

San Diego County Safe Kids Coalition

San Diego County Water Authority

San Diego State University Alumni Association (Member)

Southern California Hazardous Waste Management Board (Joint Powers Agreement)

Vista-County of San Diego Building Authority

San Diego Environmental Foundation, Advisory Board

San Diego County Regional Library Authority

Children and Families First Commission

San Diego Fire Safe Community Council (Co-Chair)

San Diego Workforce Partnership, Inc., Policy Board

Unified San Diego County Disaster Council (Chair)

Board of Supervisors Subcommittees

Contract City Subcommittee

Multi Species Conservation Plan Policy Committee (Co-Chair)

Resource Protection Ordinance/Open Space Planning Committee

Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP)

Santee Town Center Plan

San Diego Port District Cruise Ship Advisory Board

North Embarcadero Alliance Member

Audit Subcommittee

Business Assistance for CHOICE Program Ad Hoc

Crime Lab Consolidation Task Force

I-15 Riverside/San Diego Joint Board of Supervisor

Transportation Committee

Information Technology

Multiple Habitat Conservation Program (MHCP)

Summit on Aging

Tri-Cities Municipal Water District Property Tax Exchange Ad Hoc

SANDAG Committees

Executive Committee

Budget Committee

Air Transportation Advisory Committee

Shoreline Erosion Committee

Transportation Subcommittee

High Speed Rail Task Force

Regional Energy Office

Regional Power Pool

I-5 Corridor Major Investment Study Policy Advisory Committee

MTDB Committee

I-15 Corridor Major Investment Study Policy Advisory Committee

RECOGNITIONS RECEIVED (partial list):

Distinguished Service Award, San Diego Domestic Violence Council, June 1999

Aging & Independence Services Award of Excellence, Aging Summit, May 1999

San Diego Chamber of Commerce Community Advocate Award, June 1998

Friends of the Cardiff-by-the-Sea Library Leadership Award, Aug. 1998

San Diego County Marshals Department Recognition of Service, Sept. 1998

Commendation for support of Library Services Serra Cooperative Library System, 1997

San Diego County Department of Animal Control Vision and Leadership Award, 1996

California Environmental Health Association "Legislator of the Year", 1996

San Diego Association of Governments Shoreline Erosion Committee, 1995-1996

San Diego County Fire Chiefs' Association Award for continued efforts to maintain quality emergency service to the citizens of San Diego County, 1995 & 1997

Muscular Dystrophy Association Community Leader of the Year, 1995

Coming Together Foundation Mentor of the Year", 1995

Greater San Diego Chamber of Commerce award for balancing both Environmental and Business interests as Chairwoman of Board of Supervisors. 1994

Escondido Humane Society Champion 1994

"Woman of the Year" Alice Paul Award of Civil Rights National Women's Political Caucus, 1994

Award of Excellence: The appointment of women National Women's political Caucus of San Diego, 1993

"San Diego's Most Powerful Women", Women's Times, 1993

SEIU Legislator of the Year, 1992

MEMBERSHIPS AND VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY SERVICE:

Charter 100, 1996

Navy League of the United States, 1996

Poinsettia Center for the Arts, 1995-Present