Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors

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county board of supervisors legislative body local governing body

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is the elected governing body that sets policy, enacts local laws, and oversees the administration and budget of Santa Clara County, California.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors canonical	6
Santa Clara County government	5
County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors	1
Government of Santa Clara County	1
Government of Santa Clara County, California	1
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors representatives	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T779604 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
Context triple: [Santa Clara County, legislativeBody, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors]

A. San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is the elected governing body responsible for setting policy, passing ordinances, and overseeing the administration and budget of San Mateo County, California.
B. Alameda County Board of Supervisors
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors is the elected governing body responsible for setting policy, passing local laws, and overseeing county services and budgets in Alameda County, California.
C. Sacramento County Board of Supervisors
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors is the elected governing body responsible for setting policy, passing local ordinances, and overseeing the administration and budget of Sacramento County, California.
D. San Francisco Board of Supervisors
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the city and county’s elected legislative body, responsible for passing local laws, approving budgets, and overseeing municipal agencies.
E. Humboldt County Board of Supervisors
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors is the elected governing body responsible for setting policy, passing local ordinances, and overseeing the administration and budget of Humboldt County, California.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
Target entity description: The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is the elected governing body that sets policy, enacts local laws, and oversees the administration and budget of Santa Clara County, California.

A. San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is the elected governing body responsible for setting policy, passing ordinances, and overseeing the administration and budget of San Mateo County, California.
B. Alameda County Board of Supervisors
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors is the elected governing body responsible for setting policy, passing local laws, and overseeing county services and budgets in Alameda County, California.
C. Sacramento County Board of Supervisors
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors is the elected governing body responsible for setting policy, passing local ordinances, and overseeing the administration and budget of Sacramento County, California.
D. San Francisco Board of Supervisors
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the city and county’s elected legislative body, responsible for passing local laws, approving budgets, and overseeing municipal agencies.
E. Humboldt County Board of Supervisors
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors is the elected governing body responsible for setting policy, passing local ordinances, and overseeing the administration and budget of Humboldt County, California.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county board of supervisors ⓘ legislative body ⓘ local governing body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Santa Clara County, California ⓘ linked to: Santa Clara County
budgetScope	multi-billion dollar annual budget ⓘ
canPass	county ordinances ⓘ resolutions ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
electoralSystem	single-member districts ⓘ
function	adopts county budget ⓘ enacts local laws for Santa Clara County ⓘ oversees administration of county government ⓘ provides oversight of county agencies and programs ⓘ serves as the legislative branch of Santa Clara County ⓘ sets policy for Santa Clara County government ⓘ
governs	Santa Clara County, California ⓘ linked to: Santa Clara County
hasAuthorityOver	county budget ⓘ county departments ⓘ county ordinances ⓘ county policies ⓘ
hasLeadershipPosition	Board President ⓘ Vice President ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	5 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://board.sccgov.org/ ⓘ
hasTermLength	4 years ⓘ
higherLevelGovernment	State of California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
isElectedBody	true ⓘ
isPartOf	Government of Santa Clara County, California ⓘ linked to: Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
meetsAt	County Government Center, San Jose ⓘ
membersRepresent	supervisorial districts ⓘ
oversees	allocation of county funds ⓘ implementation of county policies ⓘ
represents	residents of Santa Clara County ⓘ
responsibleFor	countywide social service programs ⓘ land use decisions in unincorporated areas ⓘ public health policy at the county level ⓘ setting countywide strategic priorities ⓘ
seat	San Jose, California ⓘ linked to: San Jose
state	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
subjectTo	California Constitution ⓘ linked to: Constitution of California California state law ⓘ
supervises	Santa Clara County public safety agencies ⓘ Santa Clara County social services programs ⓘ Santa Clara Valley Medical Center system ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentBody	sub-state legislative body ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Santa Clara County → legislativeBody → Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors ⓘ

VTA Board of Directors → compositionIncludes → Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors representatives ⓘ