Even before the City Council vote, the soon-to-be appointed new City Manager (and City Attorney) waited in the parking

Yucaipa City Council R-1a: The Civil Grand Jury October 1, 2024 Yucaipa City members begin and continue recommends the City of (R-1, a-f) Council their terms of service with little Yucaipa is to provide understanding of Yucaipa’s comprehensive in-person Conflict of Interest Code, training for each City Council Yucaipa’s Code of Conduct, Member covering all aspects and best practices of city of the Yucaipa Conflict of government as well as the Interest Code and the Yucaipa California State statutes and Code of Conduct Policy. This regulations related to the open training to be completed and transparent operation of completely in person with city government. council member interaction.

The Yucaipa City Council R-2: The Grand Jury August 1, 2024 Yucaipa City does not ensure that the recommends that the Yucaipa Council Council Policies are current City Council display on the city and updated every two years. website the following: * Code of Conduct Policy, updated every two years (current revision is 2019). * Conflict of Interest Policy; updated and linked to the State Guidelines.

Yucaipa City Council R-3: The Grand Jury August 1,2024 Yucaipa City currently has no watchdog recommends the City of Council commission to oversee the Yucaipa is to set up an compliance with the Code of independent watchdog Conduct and Conflict of commission to oversee the Interest Policies. The Yucaipa City Council oversight group is needed for operations. documenting that the City Council follow the above policies, as well as best practices for transparent government.

Yucaipa City Council’s R-4: The Grand Jury April 1, 2024 Yucaipa City failure to publicly announce recommends that the Yucaipa Council openings for City Manager City Council publicly give and City Attorney, as well as notice of future executive level other controversial openings and votes/issues. votes/decisions has created in Allow sufficient time for the public an appearance of community input before lack of transparency. appointing executive positions and voting on impactful issues.

Yucaipa City Council has R-5: The Grand Jury October 1, 2024 Yucaipa City an inadequate complaint recommends that the Yucaipa Council process by which the City Council devise a formal community can offer feedback written complaint procedure to the City Council and receive (on the website also) whereby San Bernardino County Grand Jury Final Report 149 IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRED FINDINGS RECOMMENDATIONS DATE RESPONSE prompt answers. Currently, the public can give feedback, citizens can contact City ask questions and voice Council members directly, concerns, with answers through telephone calls, e- returned promptly. mail, and speaking at public meetings. This is inadequate since Yucaipa City Council members are part -time and most have full time jobs. Therefore, they would not always be available for phone calls and office visits.

Yucaipa City Council R-6: The Grand Jury August 1, 2024 Yucaipa City implements no Procedural recommends that the Yucaipa Council Audit done annually by an City Council have a Procedural outside independent agency. Audit every other year, by a qualified independent third- party agency. Results of the Procedural Audit to be reported every other year at City Council meetings and online.

Yucaipa City Council R-7a: The Grand Jury August 1, 2024 Yucaipa City does not have annual training recommends that all Yucaipa Council in current best practices (see City Council Members receive Glossary) of city government annual training in methods and and within one month of new best practices of transparent Board Members being city government, in person elected, so that the new with council member Members are thoroughly interaction, by a qualified entity trained in all aspects of a outside of the City. Topics transparent city government. included would be recusal guidelines, appearance of lack of transparency, relationships with land development/entitlement companies, conflict of interest and best practices for city government. Newly elected Council Members to begin training within one month of being elected. San Bernardino County Grand Jury Final Report IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRED FINDINGS RECOMMENDATIONS DATE RESPONSE