Ward 2 City Council candidates Christian Shaughnessy, Sandra Ibarra and Benito Barrios used a recent League of Women Voters forum to draw distinctions on some of San Bernardino’s most persistent issues: tenant protections, homelessness, public safety technology, infrastructure and confidence in City Hall.
The forum featured Shaughnessy, a housing specialist and community advocate; Ibarra, the two-term incumbent; and Barrios, a former Ward 2 councilman seeking to return to the dais.
Shaughnessy opened his remarks by tying his campaign to public safety, housing conditions and the personal impact of violence in San Bernardino. He said the 2019 killing of his friend, Nitesh Kumar, pushed him to make a deeper commitment to the city…