First-term San Bernardino County Supervisor Josie Gonzales of Fontana has apparently survived an attempted recall. Recall proponents reportedly are conceding defeat, having failed to gather enough valid signatures to force a recall election. The deadline for signatures is today at 5 p.m. Recall proponents were angered by the Fifth District Supervisor’s efforts to establish redevelopment areas in the unincorporated communities of Bloomington and Muscoy in the Rialto and San Bernardino areas, respectively.
Although she is the sole Democrat on the five-member Board of Supervisors, Gonzales is a business owner and a conservative who votes with the majority of the board much of the time. She defeated former Assemblyman John Longville, D-Rialto, in the November 2004 general election. Gonzales replaced Jerry Eaves, a former Democrat Assemblymember who resigned the seat to avoid further prosecution for gift-reporting violations.