The City of San Bernardino’s Mayor to be Shut Out from Upcoming New City Manager Selection!

Friday, April  25th, 2025 - San Bernardino, CA.

In an attempt to shut the citizens of San Bernardino’s full City Council representation from selecting who will be the new City Manager, the city council will proceed over the weekend of April 25th to select a new City Manager to the exclusion of Mayor Helen Tran.

While city governance has been problematic with insurmountable challenges with management issues surrounding homelessness, City mandates, funding and alleged corruption issues, San Bernardino is once again faced with hiring a new City Manager, and this time around members are breaking from the Mayor’s involvement.

In San Bernardino, there only needs to be 5 of the 8 elected council members to make such a significant decision, and of this report we do not know if any council members are being excluded, but the voting proceedings will take place over a two day period, Friday, April 25th and then again on Sunday, April 27th.

One city council member is quoted saying “It is absolutely undemocratic and unfair to the 225 thousand residents of San Bernardino!”

At the time of this news announcement, no specific reasons were given for the Mayor’s shut out, but in a March 25 article from the Voice 50 online news, it was reported that this situation became a firestorm of an issue when:

“Several San Bernardino residents expressed concern about the resignation of Acting City Manager Rochelle Clayton and the censure of Council member Kimberly Calvin during a recent city council meeting. Calvin accused the city of illegally giving away public funds to people who are not entitled to them, citing the case of Steve Carrigan, who was awarded $800,000 in a lawsuit. Former San Bernardino 6th Ward Councilman Rikke Van Johnson also addressed the council, criticizing their conduct and accusing them of targeting “honest council members like Calvin” because she “called out [their] illicit behavior.”

(To see the full article from Voice 50, log on at):

https://theievoice.com/san-bernardino-city-council-resignation/

As for Mayor Tran‘s view on these types of challenges the city faces, she has previously said and maintains,
”The 225,000 citizens of San Bernardino deserve the full participation of their elected representatives, including the Mayor, who is the only one elected by the vote of the entire city.” 

Alan Stanly, co-owner of The Enterprise Building located at 320 North E. Street, purchased the landmark building in 2018 to restore it and is working towards acquiring other properties as part of a long term downtown revitalization effort that will create real growth for commerce and community enhancement. 

Stanly agrees with the Mayor and says “San Bernardino has had several city managers over the last few years, and we MUST ensure that these proceedings are above reproach and conducted in the full light of day.”

We will follow this breaking news story as it unfolds over the weekend and repost with an update.

For more San Bernardino city information and news, log on at:

https://www.sbcity.org/

For more on The Enterprise Building, log on at:

https://www.theenterprisebuilding.com/