board of supervisors

American  

noun

1. the governing body of a county in many U.S. states, especially in the Midwest and the East, consisting of from 15 to 100 members elected from towns, townships, cities, or wards.

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Example Sentences

Newsom describes his paternal grandfather as one of the “thinkers behind the throne” for former California Gov. Edmund “Pat” Brown, but his family never held public office despite his dad’s bids for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and the California Legislature.

From Los Angeles Times

County Board of Supervisors last year ordered a review of its emergency alert system after the delays in west Altadena and other issues, but that report primarily recommended high-level systemic improvements.

From Los Angeles Times

Several members of Los Angeles’s city council and county board of supervisors called for Wasserman to step down from his Olympics post, citing his correspondence with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell in the batch of recently released Epstein files.

From The Wall Street Journal

County Board of Supervisors made it easier to punish landlords by allowing the Department of Consumer and Business Affairs to bypass the district attorney and directly fine price gougers.

From Los Angeles Times

The county Board of Supervisors voted 4 to 1 Tuesday to put the sales tax on the ballot.

From Los Angeles Times