Sacramento Supervisor Sue Frost reportedly leaving California for Arkansas after term ends

Sacramento County Supervisor Sue Frost has said she is leaving California at the end of her term.

Frost, who represents Sacramento County’s 4th District, including Antelope, Citrus Heights, Orangevale and Rio Linda, said she and her husband plan to move to Arkansas where the couple purchased riverfront property, the community newspaper Citrus Heights Sentinel reported.

Frost announced the move Monday during remarks at the last of her community meetings with residents in her hometown of Citrus Heights, as reported by the Sentinel.

Frost’s office did not return messages seeking comment.

Frost, a conservative, took office in 2017 after winning the seat in a competitive November 2016 election.

She soon stirred controversy with her views on vaccines at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic; was derided as a science-denier by other supervisors; and as the board’s chair, called on the Sacramento County grand jury to investigate the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, accusing the agency of potentially conflating COVID-related deaths.

Frost, a former mayor of Citrus Heights, also worked to fix Sacramento County’s miles of crumbling roads and built a reputation as a contrarian on the county board, voting against supervisors’ pay raises.

Frost won reelection to represent her conservative district in 2022, but told constituents the following July that she would not seek another term once her current term ended this December.

After that announcement, Frost endorsed Folsom City Councilwoman Rosario Rodriguez to fill her vacancy. Rodriguez won the supervisor seat in a three-way race in March’s primary election with more than half the vote, avoiding a runoff in this month’s election. Frost in a Facebook post said she introduced Rodriguez to her constituents during the Citrus Heights community meeting.

Frost’s announcement not to run again came roughly three months after another former Citrus Heights mayor, Bret Daniels, resigned his seat in August with three months remaining in his term and announced he was planning to move to Kentucky.

Daniels originally told CBS 13 in July that he planned to leave the state after his current mayoral term ended, citing “an erosion of local control” in California. The news outlet reported that he wanted to move to a place more in line with Christian, conservative values.

Darrell Smith

The Sacramento Bee

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Darrell Smith is a local reporter for The Sacramento Bee. He joined The Bee in 2006 and previously worked at newspapers in Palm Springs, Colorado Springs and Marysville. Smith was born and raised at Beale Air Force Base and lives in Elk Grove.