Josie Gonzales
Supervisor for San Bernardino County's 5th District

Ms. Gonzales serves as Supervisor for San Bernardino County’s 5th District,   Promoting cooperative efforts and building relationships on federal, state and local levels are important to her.  It is her goal, as County Supervisor, to help provide the citizens with a better quality of life by helping to create local jobs, providing clean drinking water, improving air quality, and developing smart growth communities that offer safe neighborhoods where 5th District residents want to live, work and stay.

Her priorities rest in three areas: public safety, health and economic development. She approved the hiring of more Sheriff’s deputies and full-time firefighters. County law enforcement is more visible in the unincorporated areas, thanks to her initiative. She approved funds for a new crime lab and the purchase and expansion of a new county jail facility.

She initiated a countywide campaign– called Healthy Communities – to promote exercise, nutrition and the development of walkable communities. As a result several cities launched Healthy Cities programs to encourage residents to make healthy lifestyle choices. Supervisor Gonzales also helped secure a $10 million state grant for the expansion of the Santa Ana River Trail.   She was instrumental in the formation of the County’s recently approved illegal dumping ordinance. The Board of Supervisors approved her proposals to use surveillance cameras and a $25,000 reward program to increase the ordinance’s effectiveness.

Supervisor Gonzales currently serves on 14 Boards and Commissions.  She is Chair of the Children and Families Commission for San Bernardino County (First 5), as well as the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center’s Joint Conference Committee; and she is a member of the San Bernardino County Homeless Coalition and the Inland Valley Development Agency.

Supervisor Gonzales is also a successful small business entrepreneur. She owns Mexico Lindo Restaurant, a family owned restaurant, which has proudly served the Inland Empire since 1962.  

Supervisor Gonzales has been on the Community Action Board since February 2006.