County supervisors, officials sworn in

Two new supervisors along with four other county officials, including the district attorney, were sworn in Monday, Jan. 7.

With family members looking on, Supervisors Jim Desmond and Nathan Fletcher, Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk Ernest Dronenburg, Sheriff Bill Gore, Treasurer/Tax Collector Dan McAllister and District Attorney Summer Stephan took an oath to both the U.S. and state constitutions.

Fletcher, who succeeds Ron Roberts, is the second Democrat to serve on the technically nonpartisan Board of Supervisors in roughly three decades.

He defeated Republican Bonnie Dumanis in the Nov. 6 el...