Supervisors ready to make Anderson police chief new Shasta County sheriff
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Anderson Police Chief Michael Johnson is primed to become the next sheriff of Shasta County after the Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to put his appointment on its next agenda.
The vote was 4-1 with District 4 Supervisor Patrick Jones adamantly dissenting, claiming appointing somebody sheriff before the next election in June 2022 would not allow the public to have a voice in the decision.
Johnson, who has been the chief in Anderson since 2012, would take over for Eric Magrini, who resigned last month to take the newly created job of assistant county executive officer.