In July, in response to the City of San Bernardino’s application for a $26 million grant to cover the cost of constructing a comprehensive and full-service homeless shelter, the State of California came across with $17 million.
The following month, however, interim City Manager Rochelle Clayton, who had informed Mayor Helen Tran of the no-strings-attached funding from Sacramento but had kept from the city’s seven council members that the money was to be forthcoming, declined the state’s offer.
At this point, the members of the city council having learned of what occurred within the last few days, the question remains why Clayton did not take the final steps to actuate the grant.