Bill Postmus

Bill Postmus dedicated performance won over voters, yielding a remarkable 82 percent support in the 2004 re-election. As he began his second term, his colleagues unanimously elected him as the board chair, an honor he held for two years. During his chairmanship, San Bernardino County undertook critical ethics reforms, took rigorous actions against sexual offenders, and achieved fiscal balance while fostering job growth and investments.

 

Bill was the principal author of two pivotal voter-endorsed initiatives, which effectively reformed term limits for elected supervisors and curtailed governmental overreach in terms of eminent domain.

 

Measure P, which proposed term limits on county supervisors, received resounding approval from voters and was well-received by government reform and public watchdog groups.

 

Measure O, an issue particularly significant to Supervisor Postmus, tackled the issue of local governments seizing private property, a practice recently endorsed by a US Supreme Court decision.