There is in the County and in the Office of Public Administrator and Public Guardian the position of Public Administrator/Public Guardian. The Office of the Public Administrator is created for the purpose of performing the functions of a public administrator as specified in the California Probate Code and general law. The Office of Public Guardian is hereby created pursuant to the authority of Title 3, Division 2, Part 3, Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 27430) of the Government Code. The Public Administrator of the County of San Diego shall be and is hereby made Public Guardian, effective upon his or her filing an official bond in the sum of $25,000 pursuant to the provisions of Section 27434 of the Government Code; said sum of $25,000 is hereby fixed as the amount of the official bond of the Public Guardian. Inclusion of the Public Administrator/Public Guardian in the County insurance policy will be deemed as compliance with this section pursuant to Government Code section 1463.
(Added by Ord. No. 9754 (N.S.), effective 3-2-06; amended by Ord. No. 9839 (N.S.), operative 3-30-07; amended by Ord. No. 10319 (N.S.), effective 2-27-14; amended by Ord. No. 10689 (N.S.), effective 12-17-20)