Strategic leadership and policy implementation for all five Encinitas communities — Old Encinitas, Leucadia, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, New Encinitas, and Olivenhain — flow through the City Manager's Office at City Hall on South Vulcan Avenue. The office coordinates regional government relations, economic development, and citizen-assistance programs, interfacing with community service providers like Community Resource Center on social services delivery within the 92024 and 92007 ZIPs. Reporting directly to the five-member City Council, the City Manager oversees all department heads and administers the law enforcement services contract with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. Capital improvement planning and development policy review bring the office into regular coordination with the local design community, including firms like FLORENCE ARCHITECTS that submit projects through the city's entitlement process. The office directs the annual budget process for a municipality incorporated in 1986 that encompasses approximately 20.2 square miles of coastal and inland territory between Batiquitos Lagoon and San Elijo Lagoon.