Four individuals have been appointed to elective offices in the county without being elected.
The board of supervisors this week approved  county registrar of voters Michael Scarpello’s recommendation to designate the four to positions as directors of the Barstow Heights Community Services District, the Apple Valley Foothill County Water District, and the Yucca Valley Airport District.
Those posts were up for election in the August 30, 2011 and November 8, 2011 elections, but an inadequate number of persons ran for those offices.
Elections Code Section 10515(b) provides that if no person has filed to vie for any office, the supervising authority, which in these cases is the  board of supervisors, shall appoint any person to the office who is qualified on the date when the election would have been held, and those appointed shall serve exactly as if elected at a general district election for the office.
Following discussions between members of the affected governing districts and their respective supervisorial district staffs, Daryl R. Schendel was appointed to the Barstow Heights Community Services District; Sharon Silva-Houts was appointed to the Apple Valley Foothill County Water District; Timothy W. Lewis and Irving Craig were appointed to the Yucca Valley Airport District.
The Barstow Heights Community Services District and the  Yucca Valley Airport District are in the Third District; the Apple Valley Foothill County Water District lies within the First District.