Barbara Bry

Barbara Bry[note 1] is an American elected official in San Diego, California. She serves as a member of the San Diego City Council representing City Council District 1. The district includes the communities of Carmel Valley, Del Mar Heights, Del Mar Mesa, Pacific Highlands Ranch, La Jolla, Torrey Hills, Torrey Pines, University City, and the University of California, San Diego campus.[2] Bry has served as President Pro Tem of the City Council since 2017. She is a Democrat, although city offices are officially nonpartisan.[3]

Barbara Bry
Member of the
San Diego City Council
for the First District
Assumed office
December 12, 2016
MayorKevin Faulconer
Preceded bySherri Lightner
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Neil Senturia
ResidenceLa Jolla, California
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania (BS)
Harvard University (MBA)

Bry is running for mayor of San Diego in the 2020 election. In announcing her campaign, Bry touted her background in high tech and support for science, technology, and arts.[4][5]

Life and career

Prior to running for elected office for the first time in 2016, Barbara started her professional career working at Connect and then becoming an entrepreneur and serving on the initial management team of companies like ProFlowers.com.[6]

In 1998, Barbara founded Athena San Diego, an organization for women in the tech and life sciences community.

In 2008, Barbara founded Run Women Run, an organization that recruits and trains pro-choice women to seek elected and appointed office.

Barbara is married to entrepreneur Neil Senturia.

San Diego City Council

The 2016 San Diego City Council election for District 1 featured an open seat since incumbent Sherri Lightner was ineligible to run due to term limits. Bry, a Democrat, was expected to run against Republican Ray Ellis and Democrat Joe LaCava to replace Lightner. However, LaCava announced that he had decided not to run in January 2016.[7] In March 2016, Bruce Lightner, husband to the incumbent Sherri Lightner, and Kyle Heiskala, a policy advisor on Sherri Lightner's City Council staff, pulled papers to run for the District 1 seat.[8]

Since no candidate received a majority of the votes in the June primary, Bry and Ellis were slated to advance to the November runoff election.[9] However, on August 12, 2016 Ellis announced that he would be withdrawing from the election.[10] Despite effectively conceding the race, Ellis's name still appeared on November ballot.[11] Bry was then elected to the City Council in November.

Bry has served as Council President Pro Tem since December 2017.[12] She has taken action on several issues including short term vacation rentals,[13] dockless vehicles,[14] community choice energy,[15] and establishing the Workplace Equity Initiative.[16]

She has also been supportive of an “inclusive” economy, urging hiring decisions to be about what a person can do, not “who they know or when and where they went to school.”

Committee Assignments[17]
  • Budget and Government Efficiency Committee (Chair)
    • Budget Review Committee (Chair)
  • Economic Development and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
  • Environment Committee
  • Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee (Vice Chair)
  • Rules Committee (Vice Chair)

Electoral History

2016 San Diego City Council
2016 San Diego City Council, District 1 [9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Barbara Bry 18,559 48%
Nonpartisan Ray Ellis 12,982 34%
Nonpartisan Bruce D. Lightner 3,711 10%
Nonpartisan Kyle Heiskala 2,344 6%
Nonpartisan Louis A. Rodolico 707 2%
Total votes 38,303 100%
General election
Nonpartisan Barbara Bry 38,470 65%
Nonpartisan Ray Ellis 20,305 35%
Total votes 58,775 100%

2020 Mayor of San Diego
2020 San Diego mayoral election[18]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Todd Gloria 147,654 41.5%
Nonpartisan Barbara Bry 81,541 22.9%
Nonpartisan Scott Sherman 80,352 22.6%
Nonpartisan Tasha Williamson 25,629 7.2%
Nonpartisan Gita Applebaum Singh 12,716 3.6%
Nonpartisan Rich Riel 8,067 2.3%
Write-in Jarvis Gandy 3 0.0%
Total votes 355,994 100%
General election
Nonpartisan Barbara Bry
Nonpartisan Todd Gloria
Total votes 100%

Notes
  1. [1]
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References
  1. Pronounced /bri/, like brie.
  2. "Communities | City of San Diego Official Website". www.sandiego.gov. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  3. Levitan, Corey (February 20, 2020). "Mayoral candidate Barbara Bry sits down with La Jolla Light; explains why she wants to lead San Diego". La Jolla Light. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  4. City News Service (January 2, 2019). "Councilwoman Barbara Bry announces 2020 bid for San Diego mayor". fox5sandiego.com. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  5. Jennewein, Chris (January 3, 2019). "Barbara Bry Promises to Bring High Tech Experience to Mayor's Job". Times of San Diego. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  6. "Barbara Bry for City Council 2016". Barbara Bry for City Council 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  7. Srikrishnan, Maya (January 8, 2016). "Joe LaCava Bows Out of City Council Race". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  8. Bowen, Andrew. "Lightner Staffer Moves To Enter District 1 City Council Race". KPBS Public Media. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  9. "Election History – Council District 1" (PDF). City of San Diego. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  10. Jenkins, Logan (August 12, 2016). "Ellis concedes council race to Bry". The San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  11. Bowen, Andrew; Ruth, Brooke (August 12, 2016). "Ray Ellis Drops Out Of District 1 San Diego City Council Race". KPBS. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  12. Nguyen, Alexander (December 17, 2018). "City Council Re-Appoints Bry as Pro Tem, Approves Committee Rosters". Times of San Diego. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  13. BRY, BARBARA. "Why San Diego needs limits on vacation rentals". sandiegouniontribune.com. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  14. Garrick, David. "San Diego considering crackdown on dockless bikes, including fees, new rules". sandiegouniontribune.com. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  15. "You searched for "rayman khan" – Voice of San Diego". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  16. "How I'm Empowering Women in the Workplace". Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  17. "City Council Committees | City Council Committees | City of San Diego Official Website". www.sandiego.gov. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  18. "Election Night Results". March 2, 2020 Presidential Primary. San Diego County Registrar of Voters. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
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