Efren Carrillo appointed chairman of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
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Efren Carrillo appointed chairman of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
ANGELA HART
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | January 5, 2016, 9:25PM
Supervisor Efren Carrillo on Tuesday was appointed by his colleagues on the Board of Supervisors to the most influential post in Sonoma County government, taking over as board chairman for Susan Gorin, who served in the rotating position for the past year.
Carrillo, a two-term 34-year-old supervisor, immediately laid out his policy goals for the county in the coming year, but he did not make clear whether he intends to enter the race to retain his seat representing west county.
In his first remarks from the dais, Carrillo sought to bring renewed attention and funding to several high-profile county initiatives underway, including construction of new affordable housing, launch of a local universal preschool program, advancing annexation of Roseland and implementing recommendations from the Community and Local Law Enforcement Task Force, set up in the aftermath of the 2013 shooting death of 13-year-old Andy Lopez.
“This is an exciting year,” Carrillo said after taking over the gavel. “It is humbling to have the trust and support of this board.”
Carrillo’s ongoing silence about his future in elected county office has been acknowledged by both his supporters and detractors, some of whom were in the audience Tuesday morning.
“We’re paying very close attention to that race. ... It’s going to be the most-high profile and most highly contested,” said Daniel Sanchez, director of government affairs for the North Bay Association of Realtors, a business advocacy group that endorsed Carrillo in 2008 and 2012. “Whoever takes the seat is going to determine the balance of power on the Board of Supervisors.”
The filing deadline for candidates entering the June primary is in March. A field of contenders has begun taking shape for the west county seat, and the two other supervisors up for re-election, Gorin and Shirlee Zane, have already launched their campaigns and started raising money.
Carrillo has not hired a campaign manager, launched any fundraising push or undertaken any other activities that would signal he intends to run.
But that inaction should not suggest he has bowed out of the race, Carrillo said in an interview Tuesday. He again declined to reveal his plans, while arguing that it is not too late to mount a campaign.
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The only person who has officially entered the race for Carrillo’s 5th District seat is Lynda Hopkins, a Forestville resident and independent farmer.
Also considering a run are Noreen Evans, the former state legislator who last month moved to Sebastopol — and into the 5th District — from her Rincon Valley home; Eric Koenigshofer, an Occidental attorney and one of Carrillo’s closest advisers who represented the same district on the Board of Supervisors 35 years ago; Tawny Tesconi, a native of west Santa Rosa who, until Dec. 31, was director of the county’s General Services Department; Dennis Rosatti, executive director of Sonoma County Conservation Action, the area’s largest environmental organization; and Rue Furch, a former county planning commissioner who lost to Carrillo in 2008.
Tesconi resigned from her county position last month, according to County Administrator Veronica Ferguson. An email from Tesconi indicated her last day was Dec. 31.
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Re: Efren Carrillo appointed chairman of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
from Letters to the Editor, Press Democrat, 1/8/16:
Friday’s Letters to the Editor
January 8, 2016,
Selection of Carrillo
EDITOR: I was shocked and dismayed that our Board of Supervisors unanimously selected Efren Carrillo as chairman (“Carrillo is new supervisors chairman,” Wednesday). This is the board that two years ago unanimously asked him to resign.
No wonder so many people are turned off by politics. Many view this blatant hypocrisy by our elected officials with disgust.
To allow an admitted sexual aggressor, alcohol/arrogance mixer, detox-clinic-opportunist to hold a leadership position only encourages him and removes accountability from the elected office. Arrogance isn’t something that heals in a mere two years. He has repeatedly shown us his immaturity, flagrant abuse of power and the people’s desire for him to resign. The board’s action ignores what their constituents think of him.
I am horribly disappointed by this promotion, and I know I am not the only one. Many Sonoma County residents don’t trust Carrillo, and now we question each and every one of our supervisors’ leadership abilities.
MARSHA TAYLOR
Santa Rosa
Re: Efren Carrillo appointed chairman of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
I agree 100% with EVERYTHING that "Marsha Taylor" says above in her letter to the editor in the Press Democrat...
...every single word and without exception:
Re: Efren Carrillo appointed chairman of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
well, these are the same people who think Freitas and Ravitich are doing a fine job too even though the county is faced with six (6) major lawsuits which will go into the millions of dollars to pay off for deputy misconduct. (we pay that is)
these people wouldn't know accountability, integrity, if it bit them in the ass!
and people need to go to the chambers on tuesday's, blast them at public comment time, show up at their re-election campaign shindigs and constantly bring it home to them that we know they are bought and sold and the people are working hard at getting rid of them.
peace beshiva
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Posted in reply to the post by Sara S:
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Selection of Carrillo
EDITOR: I was shocked and dismayed that our Board of Supervisors unanimously selected Efren Carrillo as chairman ...
Re: Efren Carrillo appointed chairman of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
Miss Taylor, and anyone else of like mind; by your definition, you described most of our politicans. No one is just one stupid act. The good Carrillo does for minority representation more than out weighs his foolish behavior. Look around you, whites are soon to be a minority. Lots of great leaders have done some stupid stuff. Welcome to the real world. Si se puede, Carrillo !
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Posted in reply to the post by Sara S:
from Letters to the Editor, Press Democrat, 1/8/16:
Friday’s Letters to the Editor
January 8, 2016,
Selection of Carrillo
EDITOR: I was shocked and dismayed that our Board of Supervisors unanimously selected Efren Carrillo as chairman (“Carrillo is new supervisors chairman,” Wednesday). This is the board that two years ago unanimously asked him to resign.
No wonder so many people are turned off by politics. Many view this blatant hypocrisy by our elected officials with disgust.
To allow an admitted sexual aggressor, alcohol/arrogance mixer, detox-clinic-opportunist to hold a leadership position only encourages him and removes accountability from the elected office. Arrogance isn’t something that heals in a mere two years. He has repeatedly shown us his immaturity, flagrant abuse of power and the people’s desire for him to resign. The board’s action ignores what their constituents think of him.
I am horribly disappointed by this promotion, and I know I am not the only one. Many Sonoma County residents don’t trust Carrillo, and now we question each and every one of our supervisors’ leadership abilities.
MARSHA TAYLOR
Santa Rosa
Re: Efren Carrillo appointed chairman of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
i'm not sure what this means really...am i to assume that Carrillo deserves a pass because he is Latino and immature and he is like all politicians and they are all greedy, and just do stupid acts?
that's crazy on it's face. it's precisely because he is in the position he is in that he Must be held to a standard of that post.
For chrissake, this guy walks away every year, with benefits, that amount to 200K and he is just a little misguided!? And, he hasn't by any means been a pillar of strength and a role model for the Latino Community. Many would love to see him just go away. He did not stand for a little 13 year old (latino) boy named Andy Lopez who was murdered by Erick Gelhaus. He sits on a Board that flits away millions for the Wine industry and ignores neighborhoods that so sorely need help. Don't put Roseland in our faces either...if it wasn't for the killing of Andy Lopez, Roseland redevelopment wouldn't be on the map nor would Andy's Park in Moorland be built, a promise made over 25 years ago by other Board members too. you know those do-gooders who just have a bad day now and then. Please make this nightmare go away....
Efren is a sociopath, yes, like all the rest. It's just that now, the gig is up...we must let him go to, perhaps, find a Latino Leader who thinks more about his community than his own arrogant, self-serving desires.
peace beshiva
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Posted in reply to the post by Tish Rojas:
Miss Taylor, and anyone else of like mind; by your definition, you described most of our politicians. No one is just one stupid act. The good Carrillo does for minority representation more than out weighs his foolish behavior. Look around you, whites are soon to be a minority. Lots of great leaders have done some stupid stuff. Welcome to the real world. Si se puede, Carrillo !
