Barbara Bry

Barbara Bry 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. She is a Democrat, although city council positions are officially nonpartisan per California state law.

District 1 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 (UCSD) campus.

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. 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.

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. However, on August 12, 2016 Ellis announced that he would be withdrawing from the election. Despite effectively conceding the race, Ellis's name still appeared on November ballot. Bry was then elected to the City Council in November.

Committee Assignments

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

Source: Office of the City Clerk