![]() “It’s a horrible way to run a government. “One term is ridiculous,” said Paul Herrera, chairman of the Good Government San Bernardino, Yes on D, committee. They’ve said it takes almost an entire term to really understand all the complexities of an elected position, and making elected officials leave office just as they’ve hit their stride will mean worse representation and shifting the power to unelected bureaucrats. (Photo by Beau Yarbrough, San Bernardino Sun/SCNG)Įlected officials have come out against Measure K and in support of Measure D, including Fontana Mayor Acquanetta Warren, Rialto Mayor Deborah Robertson, Victorville Mayor Debra Jones, Apple Valley Mayor Kari Leon and Lucerne Valley Unified school board member Jim Harvey. Paul Herrera, chairman of the Good Government San Bernardino, Yes on D, campaign committee supports Measure D, a 2022 ballot measure that would reset county supervisors’ term limits back to three terms along with upping the number of supervisor votes it takes to put a new tax before the voters from three to four. That works out to $180,059 in compensation per supervisor, less than the $250,106 in salary and benefits they received in 2021. If approved by voters, Measure D would reset term limits to the previous limit of three terms and cap the supervisors’ compensation at 80% of the annual $225,074 base compensation for San Bernardino Superior Court judges. Sign up for The Localist, our daily email newsletter with handpicked stories relevant to where you live. Two weeks later, the supervisors proposed a new ballot measure that, if approved Nov. Judges with the state’s 4th District Court of Appeals in Riverside tentatively ruled against the county and Board of Supervisors. In July, it looked like Measure K would be upheld on appeal. The bill bans term limits of less than two terms, although it was amended to exclude any term limits that were “legally in effect prior to January 1, 2022, in any county.” In February 2021, Assemblyman Chad Mayes, I-Yucca Valley, introduced Assembly Bill 428. It wasn’t popular with other elected officials, either. A month after the 2020 election, they sued to stop it from going into effect. It’s safe to say the supervisors were unhappy about Measure K. “And then by having a single term, there’s no excuse to take that money for reelection.” “We felt that people who would be in there for what an average family makes would maybe be there more for doing some good than for just getting a big paycheck,” he said.
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