San Bernardino County LAFCO

  THE COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF
   
  STRUCTURE OF THE COMMISSION:
 
    The San Bernardino LAFCO is composed of seven voting members, with four alternate members who vote only in the absence or abstention of a voting member. The seven members and their alternates represent all levels of local government. Two members are elected county supervisors and are selected by the Board of Supervisors. Two members are elected city council members and are selected by the mayors of the twenty-four cities within San Bernardino County. Two members are elected members of a special district board of directors and are selected by the presidents of the fifty-two independent special districts in San Bernardino County. These six elected officials select a "public" member who is not affiliated with county, city, or district governments. Alternate members for the county, city, district, and public categories are selected in the same manner. Each commissioner and alternate serves a four-year term.
 
  MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION:
 
    The current voting and alternate members of the San Bernardino LAFCO are:

JIM BAGLEY, Public Member. Mr. Bagley assumed office as the Regular Public Member of this Commission in May 2010. He previously served on the Commission as the Alternate Public Member from April 2008 to May 2010 and as Regular City Member from January 1997 to November 2004. Messages for Mr. Bagley can be relayed to him through the LAFCO staff office.

KIMBERLY COX, Special District Member. Ms. Cox is a member of the board of directors for the Mojave Water Agency and assumed office as a Regular Special District Member in September 2004. Ms. Cox can be reached through the LAFCO staff office or messages can be relayed to her through the Mojave Water Agency office at 760-946-7000.

JAMES V. CURATALO, Special District Member. Mr. Curatalo is a member of the board of directors for the Cucamonga Valley Water District and assumed office as a Regular Special District Member in February 2009. He previously served as the Alternate Special District member from May 2002 through February 2009. Mr. Curatalo can be reached through the LAFCO staff office or messages can be relayed to him through the Cucamonga Valley Water District offices at 909-987-2591.

LARRY McCALLON, City Member. Mr. McCallon is a member of the City Council for the City of Highland and assumed office as a Regular City Member in May 2006. Messages for Mr. McCallon can be relayed through the LAFCO staff office, or he can be reached at the Highland City Council offices at 909-864-6861.

JAMES RAMOS, County Member. Mr. Ramos represents the third supervisorial district on the County Board of Supervisors and assumed office as a Regular County Member of this Commission in February 2013. Messages for Mr. Ramos can be relayed through the LAFCO staff office or can be delivered directly to his office at 909-387-4855.

DIANE WILLIAMS, City Member. Ms. Williams is a member of the City Council for the City of Rancho Cucamonga and assumed office as a Regular City Member of this Commission in October, 2012. She previously served on the Commission as the Alternate City Member from May 1992 to May 1994, and as the Regular City Member from May 1994 to May 2006, and again as Alternate City Member from May 2006 to October 2012. Ms. Williams can be contacted through the LAFCO staff office or messages can be delivered to her at the Rancho Cucamonga City Council offices at 909-477-2700.

VACANT, County Member.


  ALTERNATE MEMBERS:

    DAWN ROWE, City Member. Ms. Rowe is a member of the Town Council for the Town of Yucca Valley and assumed office as an Alternate City Member in February 2013. Messages for Ms. Rowe can be relayed through the LAFCO staff office or can be delivered directly to her office at 760-369-7207.

JANICE RUTHERFORD, Alternate County Member. Ms. Rutherford represents the second supervisorial district on the County Board of Supervisors and assumed office as an Alternate County Member of this Commission in March 2011. She previously served on the Commission as the Regular County Member from March 2011 to February 2013.  Messages for Ms. Rutherford can be relayed through the LAFCO staff office or can be delivered directly to her office at 909-387-4833.

SUNIL SETHI, Alternate Public Member. Mr. Sethi assumed office as an Alternate Member of this Commission in May 2012. Messages for Mr. Sethi can be relayed to him through the LAFCO Staff office.

ROBERT SMITH, Alternate Special District Member. Mr. Smith is a member of the Board of Directors of Yermo Community Services District and assumed office as an Alternate Member in May 2009. Messages for Mr. Smith can be relayed through the LAFCO staff office or messages can be delivered to him at the Yermo CSD office at 760-254-2331.

  LAFCO STAFF:

    The San Bernardino LAFCO staff members are not county, city, or special district employees. Instead, the staff is directly employed by the Commission to provide impartial staff review of proposals submitted to the Commission.

The LAFCO staff consists of the following:

EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Kathleen Rollings-McDonald

ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Samuel Martinez

PROJECT MANAGER
Michael Tuerpe

CLERK TO THE COMMISSION
Rebecca Lowery

DEPUTY CLERKS TO THE COMMISSION
Angela Schell

The Commission also contracts for legal counsel and environmental review services with the following:

LEGAL COUNSEL 
Clark Alsop, Best Best & Krieger

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT 
Tom Dodson, Tom Dodson and Associates
     


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