Mayor Bill Jahn’s experience with the City of Big Bear Lake is as follows:

While serving on the Planning Commission, he deliberated on such significant and wide-reaching projects as the City’s Development

City of Big Bear Planning Commission
  • Commissioner - August 2001 – November 2004
  • Chairman - January 2003 - November 2004 Code and Zoning Map Update, General Plan Housing Element, Tree Conservation Ordinance, Retail Commercial Use Ordinance, Slope Density Ordinance and various amendments to the Village Specific Plan
  • November 2004 – Present (re-elected in 2008), Mayor (2006 & 2007) and 2010 to Present.

Chairman, Successor Agency Oversight Board 2012, Mayor Pro Tem (2008 & 2009),

Vice Chair, Fire Protection District Board (2007 & 2008), Vice Chair, Improvement Agency (2005), Chairman, Fire Protection District Board December 2005 – December 2007

Chairman, Improvement Agency (2004 & 2005), Budget Committee - November 2004 – December 2005

Bill Jahn currently serves as the City’s Representative

  • San Bernardino Association of Governments (SanBag)
    • Board Member
    • Member of Executive Committee
    • Plans and Programs Committee
    • Past President Desert Mountain Division
    • Member Desert Mountain Division
    • Member Commuter Rail Committee
    • Representative to Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)
    • Past Chairman Plans and Programs Committee
    • Community Involvement
      • Past Board Member D.O.V.E.S.
      • Past Board Member, Nay Foundation, Moonridge Zoo
      • Moonridge Specific Plan Advisory Committee
      • Big Bear High School Track/Stadium Committee
      • Big Bear Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering, Organizing Committee
      • Big Bear Pilots Association Founding Member and Past Board Member
      • Member of Big Bear Rotary Club
  • Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)
    • Member of Executive Committee
    • Member of Regional Council
    • Member Community, Economic and Human Development (CEHD)
    • Chair Regional Housing Needs Association (RHNA)
    • Elected to Represent District 11. 2010 – Present
  • League of Cities
    • Immediate Past President Desert/Mountain Division 2010 to Present
    • Member Executive Committee Desert/Mountain Division
    • League of Cities voting delegate (City of Big Bear Lake)
  • Mountain Area Regional Transit Authority
    • Board Member 2008 – 2011
    • Chairman 2010
    • Board Representative to JPIA - 2011

City of Big Bear Lake Planning Commission

  • Commissioner - August 2001 – November 2004
  • Chairman - January 2003 - November 2004

While serving on the Planning Commission, Jahn deliberated on such significant and wide-reaching projects as the City’s Development Code and Zoning Map Update, General Plan Housing Element, Tree Conservation Ordinance, Retail Commercial Use Ordinance, Slope Density Ordinance and various amendments to the Village Specific Plan.