Article II — BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Section 201. Governing Body. The Board of Supervisors is the governing body of San Bernardino County. The Board of Supervisors shall consist of five persons, hereafter identified as Members or Supervisors. Section 202. Election. Supervisors shall be elected by Supervisorial District. Each candidate for the office of County Supervisor shall be an elector in the District which the candidate seeks to represent and shall be elected by the electors of such District. Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, candidates shall be nominated and elected pursuant to the general law. The five Supervisorial Districts shall be apportioned by ordinance pursuant to the general law and this Charter. A County Supervisor must reside in his or her District during the Supervisor's incumbency. Section 203. Term of Office. At each general election, there shall be elected two or three Supervisors, as the case may be, for a term of four years beginning at noon on the first Monday after the first day of January next following their election and ending at noon on the first Monday after the first day of January four years thereafter. Supervisors shall be elected from the First, Third, and Fifth Supervisorial Districts in those years in which a presidential election is held, and Supervisors shall be elected from the Second and Fourth Supervisorial Districts in those years in which a gubernatorial election is held. However, the term for the County Supervisors elected from the First, Third, and Fifth Supervisorial Districts on either March 3, 2020, or November 3, 2020, shall end at noon on Monday, January 6,

2025. The term for the County Supervisors elected from the Second and Fourth Supervisorial Districts on either June 5, 2018, or November 6, 2018, shall end at noon on Monday, January 2, 2023. Section 204. Term Limits. No person may serve for more than three terms as County Supervisor, regardless of the District represented. For the First, Third, and Fifth Supervisorial Districts, any term or portion of a term served prior to noon on Monday, January 6, 2025, shall not count toward the term limit. For the Second and Fourth Supervisorial Districts, any term or portion of a term served prior to noon on Monday, January 2, 2023, shall not count toward the term limit. For the First, Third and Fifth Supervisorial Districts, after noon on Monday, January 6, 2025, and for the Second and Fourth Supervisorial Districts, after noon on Monday, January 2, 2023, any County Supervisor who serves more than one-half of a term, either through election or appointment, shall be deemed for purposes of this section to have served a full term. For the First, Third and Fifth Supervisorial Districts, after noon on Monday, January 6, 2025, and for the Second and Fourth Supervisorial Districts, after noon on Monday, January 2, 2023, any County Supervisor who resigns or is removed from office with less than one-half of a term remaining shall be deemed for purposes of this section to have served a full term. Section 205. Chair and Vice Chair of the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors shall elect from among its Members a Chair and a Vice Chair of the Board of Supervisors. The election, term of office, duties, and removal of the Chair and Vice Chair shall be provided for by ordinance, resolution, or policy of the Board of Supervisors. Section 206. Powers and Duties of the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors has all the powers granted to it by the Constitution of California, the general law, and this Charter. The Board of Supervisors shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as are required by the Constitution of California, this Charter, and ordinance, and by the general law except as otherwise provided in the Constitution of California, this Charter, and any ordinance adopted pursuant to this Charter. Given the size and complexity of San Bernardino County, the elected office of County Supervisor is recognized as a position that requires a considerable investment of time and due diligence from Board Members in order to effectively fulfill their duties in service to the public. These duties include but are not limited to: ensuring fiscal responsibility; representing the interest of the public during public meetings and hearings of the Board of Supervisors; participating in the response to natural disasters and other emergencies; conducting meetings with members of the public; ensuring that the County is effectively represented with respect to federal, state, and other local government agencies; and reviewing issues impacting the County and its residents, businesses, built and natural environment, and health and safety. The elected position of County Supervisor requires Supervisors to be responsive to the needs of the public on a 24 hours a day, seven days a week basis. Furthermore, Members of the Board of Supervisors also have duties with respect to, and must attend the meetings of, many other public entities and other entities. Each member of the Board of Supervisors shall serve on such public entity or other entity governing boards, commissions and committees, as designated by or appointed in accordance with, and perform such duties as are required by, the Constitution of California, this Charter, general law, ordinance, or contract, as may be amended from time to time. Such public entities and other entity governing boards, commissions, and committees include, without limitation, as of August 1, 2022, the following: • Agua Mansa Industrial Growth Association • Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Joint Conference Committee • Behavioral Health Commission • Big Bear Area Regional Wastewater Agency • Big Bear Valley Recreation and Park District • Bloomington Recreation and Park District • Board of Supervisors Governed County Service Areas • CAL-ID Remote Access Network Board • California State Association of Counties • Children and Families Commission (First 5) • Children's Policy Council • Crafton Hills Open Space Conservancy • Head Start Shared Governance Board • Indian Gaming Local Benefit Committee • Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority • In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority • Inland Counties Emergency Medical Agency • Inland Empire Economic Partnership • Inland Empire Health Plan • Inland Empire Public Facilities Corporation • Inland Valley Development Agency • Interagency Council on Homelessness • Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District • Mojave Desert and Mountain Recycling Authority • Morongo Basin Transit Authority • Mountain Area Regional Transit Authority • National Association of Counties • Ontario International Airport Authority • Omnitrans Board of Directors • Quad State Local Governments Authority • San Bernardino County Employees' Retirement Association Board of Retirement • San Bernardino County Financing Authority • San Bernardino County Fire Protection District • San Bernardino County Flood Control District • San Bernardino County Industrial Development Authority • San Bernardino County Law Library Board of Trustees • San Bernardino County Local Agency Formation Commission • San Bernardino County Transportation Authority • San Bernardino International Airport Authority • San Bernardino Municipal Water District Advisory Committee on Water Policy • Santa Ana River Parkway Policy Advisory Group • Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority OWOW Steering Commi

Law Library Board of Trustees • San Bernardino County Local Agency Formation Commission • San Bernardino County Transportation Authority • San Bernardino International Airport Authority • San Bernardino Municipal Water District Advisory Committee on Water Policy • Santa Ana River Parkway Policy Advisory Group • Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority OWOW Steering Committee • Solid Waste Advisory Taskforce • South Coast Air Quality Management District • Southern California Associated Governments • Southern California Water Coalition • Successor Agency to the San Bernardino County Redevelopment Agency • Upper Santa Ana River Washland Management and Habitat Conservation Plan Taskforce

• Urban Counties Caucus • Victor Valley Economic Development Authority • Victor Valley Transit Authority • Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority Section 207. Limitations on Taxing Authority. Any tax increase passed by the Board of Supervisors must be approved by a 4/5's vote of the Board of Supervisors and be placed on the ballot at the next available statewide general election, following the timelines in the Elections Code, for approval by qualified voters. Additionally, the Board of Supervisors, when acting as the governing body of a Board-governed Special District, the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District, or the San Bernardino County Flood Control District must approve any tax increase by a 4/5's vote and place the tax increase on the ballot at the next available statewide general election, under the timelines in the Elections Code, for approval by qualified voters. If a tax is proposed by property owners this section does not apply. Section 208. Filling of Vacancies. If there is a vacancy in the office of County Supervisor, the remaining Members of the Board of Supervisors shall within 60 days of the effective date of the vacancy either appoint a replacement Supervisor or call a special election. The appointee shall be from among the qualified electors of the Supervisorial District in which such vacancy exists. Nomination and election of a Supervisor shall be by district as provided in Section 202. If the effective date of the appointment is no less than 130 days from the statewide general election in November of an even-numbered mid-term year of the vacant office, the appointment is provisional to the first Monday after the first day of January next following the election. When making the appointment, the remaining Members of the Board of Supervisors shall call for a special election for this office for the remaining term and shall order the special election to be consolidated with such statewide general election. The special election shall be a single-winner election. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes is elected. If the effective date of the appointment is less than 130 days from the statewide general election in November of an even-numbered mid-term year of the vacant office, then the appointee shall serve the remainder of the term of the office. If the remaining Members of the Board of Supervisors do not make an appointment and instead call a special election, the special election shall be held on the next established election date, as defined in Division 1 (commencing with Section 1000) of the Elections Code, that is no less than 130 days from the date that the special election is called. When calling a special election to be held on the next established election date that is no less than 130 days from the date that the election is called, the remaining members of the Board of Supervisors may authorize the election to be conducted wholly by mail, provided that the special election is not held on the same date as a statewide primary or general election or is not consolidated, as defined in Elections Code section 10400, with any other election. The special election shall be a single-winner election. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes is elected. If the remaining Members of the Board of Supervisors do not make an appointment or call a special election within 60 days of the effective date of the vacancy, then a special election shall be held to fill the vacancy. The special election shall be held on the next established election date, as defined in Division 1 (commencing with Section 1000) of the Elections Code, that is no less than 130 days from the 60th day after the effective date of the vacancy. In the discretion of the Register of Voters, the special election to be held on the next established election date that is no less than 130 days from the 60th day after the effective date of the vacancy may be conducted wholly by mail, provided that the special election is not held on the same date as a statewide primary or general election or is not consolidated, as defined in Elections Code section 10400, with any other election. The special election shall be a single-winner election. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes is elected. If an election is required pursuant to this section and the date of such election as required by one of the preceding paragraphs of this section would be less than 180 days from the statewide primary election applicable to the Supervisorial District as set forth in Section 203, then notwithstanding such preceding paragraph, the regular nomination and election process shall be followed pursuant to Sections 202, 203, and 204. Section 209. Compensation of the Board of Supervisors. Members of the Board of Supervisors shall be paid an annual base salary that is equal to 80 percent of the annual base salary prescribed by law for Judges of the Superior Court of San Bernardino County, and shall be provided, to the extent legally permissible, the regular benefits that are offered to Exempt Group employees in the benefits category for department heads as provided by ordinance. Thereafter, the annual base salary of the Members of the Board of Supervisors shall be changed at such times and in such percentages as changes made by law to the Judges of the Superior Court of San Bernardino County, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph. Any increase in the salary of the Members of the Board of Supervisors pursuant to this paragraph shall only become effective after there has been an election for any member of the Board of Supervisors. Thereafter, the benefits provided to the Members of the Board of Supervisors shall be changed at such times and in such amounts as changes made to Exempt Group employees in the benefits category for department heads as provided by ordinance, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph. Any increase in the benefits of the Members of the Board of Su

ion for any member of the Board of Supervisors. Thereafter, the benefits provided to the Members of the Board of Supervisors shall be changed at such times and in such amounts as changes made to Exempt Group employees in the benefits category for department heads as provided by ordinance, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph. Any increase in the benefits of the Members of the Board of Supervisors pursuant to this paragraph shall only become effective after there has been an election for any member of the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors may approve a benefit increase that is less than the benefit increase permitted under this paragraph. The salary and benefits that members of the Board of Supervisors are eligible to receive shall be posted on the County website and accessible from a link located on the home page of the County website. Section 210. Staff Members of the Board of Supervisors. The staff members of the Board of Supervisors shall serve in the unclassified service at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors. The terms and conditions of employment of such staff members shall be established by contract approved by the Board of Supervisors. A contract for any such staff members may be terminated without cause, by the individual employing Supervisor or by action of the Board of Supervisors by four votes. Section 211. Removal of a Supervisor. Any Supervisor may be removed from office in the manner provided by law. Section 212. Rules of Order. The Board of Supervisors shall adopt by ordinance, from time to time, rules of order for the conduct of meetings of the Board of Supervisors.