Josie Gonzales proudly serves as
Supervisor for San Bernardino County’s 5th District. She is currently
serving her second term as County Supervisor.On January 27, 2009, the San
Bernardino County Board of Supervisors appointed Supervisor Gonzales as the
County’s representative on the South Coast AQMD Governing Board.
Supervisor Gonzales strongly
believes that when we work together, we can accomplish great things. True to her
belief, she strives to build non-partisan relationships on federal, state and
local levels to meet the needs of her constituents.
As the 5th District
Supervisor, her goal is to help provide residents with a better quality of life
by helping to create local job opportunities thereby helping to reduce long
commutes and traffic congestion, providing clean drinking water, improving air
quality, and developing smart growth communities that offer safe neighborhoods
where residents can enjoy fuller, more productive lives.
As a County representative on
various boards, committees and commissions, Supervisor Gonzales works hard to
find the common threads among services and programs that will help achieve a
healthier, more enriching quality of life for her constituents and the County as
a whole. If we produce healthy communities today, Supervisor Gonzales believes
our children will be healthier adults tomorrow.
Prior to being elected 5th
District Supervisor, she served for six years as a Councilmember for the City of
Fontana. As Chair for the Fontana Redevelopment Agency and the Chair for the
Fontana Downtown Revitalization Task Force, she focused on providing safe,
affordable housing for seniors, local access to higher education opportunities,
beautification of open space areas, and funding for the City’s new library.
Supervisor Gonzales is also a
successful small business entrepreneur. With her parents she owned Mexico Lindo
Restaurant that proudly served the Inland Empire for 46 years.
A lifelong San Bernardino County
resident she now lives in the City of Fontana with her husband Jess. In her free
time she enjoys reading, gardening and family gatherings with Jess, her four
adult children and her six grandchildren.
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