The District is governed by a five member elected Board of Directors.
Terms of office are four years.
The five Board members are not elected at-large but represent distinct voting wards within the District. Ward 1 includes the City of Marina and some unincorporated areas of the Former Fort Ord that are within the city's influence - and will likely be annexed by the City. Ward 2 includes all of Seaside and Sand City with areas of the former Fort Ord that will likely be annexed by the City of Seaside, and the unincorporated lands encompassing the BLM reserve lands and the Laguna Seca area. Ward 4 is New Monterey, Pacific Grove and the northern half of Pebble Beach. Ward 5, the largest geographic ward, includes the southern portion of Pebble Beach, all of Carmel and the unincorporated areas of Carmel Valley, Cachagua, Carmel Highlands and Big Sur.