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Public backs acting city manager as council debates whether closed-session item was properly agendized
Summary
Dozens of residents urged the San Bernardino City Council to confirm acting city manager Rochelle Clayton; council members argued over whether the item was properly placed on a special closed-session agenda under the Brown Act and voted on procedural motions before returning to closed session.
Dozens of speakers at a special San Bernardino City Council meeting urged the council to make acting city manager Rochelle Clayton the permanent city manager and to avoid destabilizing the department.
The comment period, held before a contentious closed-session discussion about the item, included several residents who described Clayton’s responsiveness, local experience and role in allocating pandemic-era funds. “Rochelle Clayton is the only city manager who’s ever responded to emails,” said Treasure Ortiz, one of the public speakers. “Please…do not disrupt the management of the city of San Bernardino by doing anything other than supporting the person that you unanimously voted for, Rochelle Clayton.”
Why it matters: Councilmembers and the public debated whether the special meeting’s closed-session item — a public-employee appointment — had been properly agendized under the Ralph M. Brown Act. Council members asked whether the item had been placed by the mayor, the city…
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