Supervisor’s Aide Resigns Amid Inquiries
Jim Foster, chief of staff for a San Bernardino County supervisor and the focus of criminal and ethics investigations, announced his resignation Thursday.
The district attorney’s public integrity unit and an outside counsel are investigating whether Foster, chief of staff for Supervisor Dennis Hansberger, purchased county land through an intermediary, in violation of county ethics rules.
Foster was also under scrutiny for leaking an internal memo to two newspapers this summer; prosecutors determined that the move was not illegal but was a possible breach of county ethics policy.
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