By Mike Hazlip—
Sacramento County Supervisor Sue Frost, who lives in and represents Citrus Heights at the county level, was voted in by her colleagues on Tuesday to serve as the 2021 Chair of the Board.
“Today I was voted in unanimously by my colleagues on the Board of Supervisors to serve as the 2021 Chair of the Board, and I look forward to a year of promoting healthy, safe communities and getting our economy back on track,” she said.
Frost told The Sentinel on Thursday that she plans to focus on economic recovery for businesses, reopening businesses and schools, and reducing homelessness. But she clarified that her new title doesn’t come with more power than her four other colleagues on the board.
“It’s really a matter of stepping up and taking that responsibility for the year and then passing the baton on to the next person,” she said, describing the chair position as coming with additional work duties on the staff side, along with being the spokesperson for the county and running the board’s meetings.
Frost was first elected to public office in November 2012, when voters gave her a seat on the Citrus Heights City Council. She became Vice Mayor in 2014, followed by a one-year term as mayor in 2015.
She subsequently ran for outgoing Supervisor Roberta MacGlashan’s District 4 seat on the county Board of Supervisor’s in 2016, and was elected to a four-year term. She was reelected last year after earning 75% of the vote in the March primary.
Frost replaces Supervisor Phil Serna, who served as chair for the prior year. Controversial remarks by Serna recently triggered calls for his resignation by the Sacramento County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association (SCDSA).
In a January 3 post, Serna called Trump supporters “traitors” and said they are “irrelevant.” The SCDSA responded Jan. 6 by calling Serna’s remarks a “bizarre declaration of hatred.”
In a follow-up comment Jan. 5, Serna admitted he sometimes makes “impulsive yet very honest” posts, saying “I realize not everyone will agree with me, but that’s the beauty of our First Amendment.”
In a Jan. 6 report from CBS 13, Frost expressed concern over an elected official showing what she called “disdain” toward his constituents, but her chief of staff clarified that Frost’s replacement of Serna as chair had “nothing to do with Serna’s comments.”
The five-member board annually selects a new chair from among their ranks each January, typically rotating through each member. Frost will serve as chair through January 2022.
Sacramento County Supervisor Sue Frost, who lives in and represents Citrus Heights at the county level, was voted in by her colleagues on Tuesday to serve as the 2021 Chair of the Board.
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