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San Bernardino, California
| San Bernardino, California | |
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| General information | |
Mayor of San Bernardino
Helen Tran | |
| Last mayoral election: | 2022 |
| Next mayoral election: | 2026 |
| Last city council election: | 2024 |
| Next city council election: | 2026 |
| City council seats: | 7 |
| City website | |
| Composition data | |
| Population: | 222,101 |
| Race: | White 24.2% African American 12.6% Asian 4.2% Native American 2.3% Pacific Islander 0.4% Multiple 16.8% |
| Ethnicity: | Hispanic or Latino origin 68% |
| Median household income: | $63,988 |
| High school graduation rate: | 73.8% |
| College graduation rate: | 12.8% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census and 2023 ACS data. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%. | |
| Related San Bernardino offices | |
| California Congressional Delegation California State Legislature California state executive offices | |
San Bernardino is a city in San Bernardino County, California. The city's population was 222,101 as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau.
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- Ballot measures
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City government
- See also: Mayor-council government and Council-manager government
The city of San Bernardino utilizes a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[1][2][3][4]
Mayor
The mayor presides over city council meetings and represents the city on regional boards and commissions. The mayor is responsible for appointing a city manager and members and officers of council committees. The mayor also represents the city on the state, national, and international levels.[1][4]
The current Mayor of San Bernardino is Helen Tran (nonpartisan). Tran assumed office in 2022.
City manager
The city manager is the city's chief executive officer. The responsibilities of the city manager include overseeing the city's day-to-day operations, carrying out the legislative initiatives of the mayor and city council, and assisting in the planning and implementation of the city's budget.[2][3][4]
City council
The San Bernardino City Council is the city's primary legislative body. It is responsible for approving and adopting the city budget, levying taxes, and making or amending city laws, policies, and ordinances.[1]
The city council consists of seven members. Each member is elected by one of the city's seven districts.[5]
The widget below automatically displays information about city council meetings. The topic list contains a sampling of keywords that Voterheads, a local government monitoring service, found in each meeting agenda. Click the meeting link to see more info and the full agenda:
Other elected officials
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Elections
2024
The city of San Bernardino, California, held general elections for city council on November 5, 2024. A primary was scheduled for March 5, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was December 8, 2023.
2022
The city of San Bernardino, California, held general elections for mayor and city council on November 8, 2022. A primary was scheduled for June 7, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was March 11, 2022.
2020
The city of San Bernardino, California, held a primary election for city council wards 3, 5, 6, and 7 on March 3, 2020. A general election was scheduled for November 3, 2020, if no candidate received a majority of votes in the primary. The filing deadline for this election was December 6, 2019.[6]
2019
The city of San Bernardino, California, held a special election for District 3 on the city council on May 7, 2019. The filing deadline for this election was February 8, 2019.[7]
A special election for District 3 became necessary after then-Councilman John Valdivia was elected mayor of San Bernardino on November 6, 2018.
2018
The city of San Bernardino, California, held general elections for mayor and city council on November 6, 2018. The primary was on June 5, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was March 9, 2018.
2017
Voters passed Measure L in November 2016, which moved city elections from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years. Therefore, there were no city elections in 2017.
2015
San Bernardino held primary elections for four city council seats on November 3, 2015. A general election was held on February 2, 2016, for races in Wards 3 and 5 where no candidates received a majority of the vote.
2014
The city of San Bernardino, California, held runoff elections for mayor and city council on February 4, 2014. Two of the seven city council seats were up for election.[8]
Carey Davis won election as Mayor, while Fred Shorett and Henry Nickel were elected to the city council. According to the city clerk, only 14.4 percent of registered voters turned out to cast a ballot.[9]
Census information
The table below shows demographic information about the city.
| Demographic Data for San Bernardino | |
|---|---|
| San Bernardino | |
| Population | 222,101 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 62 |
| Race and ethnicity** | |
| White | 27.6% |
| Black/African American | 11.8% |
| Asian | 4.1% |
| Native American | 1.2% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| Other (single race) | 39.9% |
| Multiple | 15.1% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 69.6% |
| Education | |
| High school graduation rate | 73.8% |
| College graduation rate | 12.8% |
| Income | |
| Median household income | $63,988 |
| Persons below poverty level | 19.5% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2018-2023). | |
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | |
Budget
The city's budget process operates by fiscal years running from July 1 to June 30 of the next year.[10][11] The city manager is responsible for preparing and submitting the annual budget and capital improvement program to the mayor and city council, and later implementing the final budget that is approved by the city council.[4]
Revenue and expenditure by year
The total revenue and expenditure figures were pulled from the city's annual financial reports.[10][12][13][14][15]
| City of San Bernardino historical revenue and expenditures | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiscal year | Budget type | Total revenue | Total expenditure |
| 2024-2025 | Adopted | $236,603,800 | $237,733,763 |
| 2023-2024 | Amended | $209,377,727 | $215,040,598 |
| 2022-2023 | Actual | $219,744,046 | $190,013,491 |
| 2021-2022 | Actual | $204,864,722 | $156,629,714 |
| 2020-2021 | Actual | $194,001,647 | $211,839,830 |
| 2019-2020 | Actual | $212,182,653 | $199,606,979 |
| 2018-2019 | Amended | $174,978,882 | $173,166,544 |
| 2017-2018 | Actual | $205,514,253 | $187,034,891 |
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Contact information
Mayor's office
290 North D Street
San Bernardino, CA 92401
Phone: 909-384-5133
City Clerk's office
201 North E Street
Building A
San Bernardino, CA 92401
Phone: 909-384-5002
Click here for city council contact information.
Contact information
Mayor's Office
300 North D Street, 6th Floor
San Bernardino, CA 92418
Phone: (909) 384-5133
To contact individual council members, see here.
Ballot measures
The city of San Bernardino is in San Bernardino County. A list of ballot measures in San Bernardino County is available here.
Noteworthy events
2020: Events and activity following the death of George Floyd
During the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, demonstrations and protests took place in cities nationwide, including San Bernardino, following the death of George Floyd. Events in San Bernardino, California, began on Sunday, May 31, 2020.[16] The same day, the San Bernardino Police Department announced a curfew.[16] The national guard was not deployed.
2015: Study on city's nondiscrimination laws
In July 2015, the Movement Advancement Project described San Bernardino, California, as a city or county that prohibited discrimination in employment on the basis of gender identity via ordinances that apply to public and private employers. At that time, a total of 71 of America's largest 100 cities prohibited private employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, while 69 of those cities also prohibited discrimination based on gender identity. This did not include those jurisdictions that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity for government employees.[17]
Nondiscrimination laws can cover a variety of areas, including public employment, private employment, housing, and public accommodations. Such laws may be enacted at the state, county, or city level.
See also
- Cities in California
- San Bernardino County, California
- Largest cities in the United States by population
External links
- San Bernardino official site
- of the Mayor
- City Council
- San Bernardino Municipal Code
- San Bernardino City Charter
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 City of San Bernardino, "City Hall," accessed September 3, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 City of San Bernardino, "About the City," accessed September 3, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 City of San Bernardino, "City Manager's Office," accessed September 3, 2021
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 City of San Bernardino, "San Bernardino City Charter," adopted November 8, 2016
- ↑ City of San Bernardino, "City Council," accessed September 8, 2014
- ↑ The San Bernardino Sun, "4 council seats in San Bernardino are up for election in March 2020. Here’s who is running," December 9, 2019
- ↑ San Bernardino County, "City of San Bernardino Ward 3 Special Mail Ballot Election - May 7, 2019," accessed September 27, 2019
- ↑ City of San Bernardino, "Offices up for the February 2014 Election" accessed January 26, 2014
- ↑ The Sun, "Voter turnout 'disheartening' in bankrupt San Bernardino," February 4, 2014
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 City of San Bernardino, "City of San Bernardino Operating Budget & Capital Improvement Plan FY 2021-2022," accessed September 3, 2021
- ↑ City of San Bernardino, "Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Budget Book," accessed September 3, 2021
- ↑ City of San Bernardino, "ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2019/20," accessed September 3, 2021
- ↑ City of San Bernardino, "Budget Adoption Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 2022-102," accessed October 21, 2022
- ↑ City of San Bernardino, "Fund Balance FY 2023 & FY 2024," accessed August 25, 2023
- ↑ City of San Bernardino, "General Fund Summary FY 2025 Adopted Operating Budget," accessed October 29, 2024
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 The Daily Bulletin, "San Bernardino police order curfew after George Floyd protest," June 1, 2020
- ↑ Movement Advancement Project, "Local Employment Non-Discrimination Ordinances," accessed July 7, 2015
