Review note: No cited source describes the candidates; add descriptive coverage to lift the cap.
- uploads.rov.sbcounty.gov (opens in a new tab)San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters -- "Offices Up for Election, November 3, 2026, General Election": lists County Board of Education Areas A, B, and D (under the School category) as the county's only expiring-term seats this cycle -- no Board of Supervisors, row office, or Superior Court seat appears anywhere in the 11-page document
- uploads.rov.sbcounty.gov (opens in a new tab)San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters -- statewide "Report_CandidateList.pdf" candidate-filing report linked from the county's own November 3, 2026 candidates page: within the San Bernardino County section, only Area B carries any candidates (Rita Fernandez-Loof, Miki R. Inbody, Kimberly L. Watson); Areas A and D, both confirmed expiring this cycle by the county's own Offices Up for Election document, have no candidates anywhere in the report and will not appear on the November ballot
- web.archive.org (opens in a new tab)City of Big Bear Lake -- City Council page (via a July 16, 2026 Wayback Machine snapshot; a live fetch of the city's own site returns a WAF 403 to this dataset's fetchers): names the sitting council -- Kendi Segovia (Mayor Pro Tem, District 1, term 2024-2028), Rick Herrick (Councilmember, District 2, term 2022-2026), Randall Putz (Mayor, District 3, term 2022-2026), Perri Melnick (Councilmember, District 4, term 2022-2026), and Charles Hicks, Jr. (Councilmember, District 5, term 2024-2028) -- and states the council structure: 5 members elected by-district, with Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem appointed annually from among the council, under an appointed City Manager
- web.archive.org (opens in a new tab)City of Big Bear Lake -- Elections info page (same Wayback Machine access path as the council page above): confirms City Council elections are held every even-numbered November, councilmembers must reside in and be registered voters within their district, and candidates file FPPC campaign-finance forms directly with the City Clerk's Office rather than through a separate online portal
- web.archive.org (opens in a new tab)City of Big Bear Lake -- Ordinance No. 2018-459 (same Wayback Machine access path): adopted "in response to threatened litigation regarding alleged non-compliance with the California Voting Rights Act," replacing at-large council elections with five single-member districts; schedules District 2, 3, and 4 for election "In 2018, and every four years thereafter" and District 1 and 5 for "In 2020, and every four years thereafter" -- the primary-source reason Districts 2, 3, and 4 (not 1 and 5) are the three seats up in November 2026
Last updated September 7, 2026.
City of Big Bear Lake
Big Bear Lake City Council, District 2
This person holds your district's seat on Big Bear Lake's City Council. The council has five members. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. This is a mountain resort city. Big Bear Lake is a charter city with a council-manager government. An appointed City Manager runs day-to-day operations. Each year, the council appoints a Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem. Both come from among its own members. Councilmembers are elected by district. The city switched from at-large elections to five single-member districts in 2018. It did so after a challenge under the California Voting Rights Act. The term is four years.
Two candidates are running for Big Bear Lake's District 2 council seat. They are Sonia Ibarra and Kara Flietstra. Incumbent Rick Herrick did not file to run again. All three Big Bear Lake council races this fall are open seats.
Each winner serves a 4-year term on Big Bear Lake's 5-member City Council. The council sets the budget, land use, and city ordinances. Big Bear Lake is a charter city. It is a mountain resort city on the shore of Big Bear Lake. An appointed City Manager runs day-to-day operations. Each year the council picks a Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem from its own members. Voters do not elect either title directly.
Councilmembers have been elected by district only since 2018. That year the city replaced an at-large system with five single-member districts. It did so in response to a threatened California Voting Rights Act challenge. Districts 2, 3, and 4 come up together every four years. That is why these three seats are on this November's ballot. This is also a rare full-turnover cycle. Three sitting members have terms that expire this year. They are Rick Herrick in District 2 and Mayor Randall Putz in District 3. Perri Melnick in District 4 is the third. None of them filed to run again. So none of the six candidates on the ballot now holds a council seat.
Sonia Ibarra
Sonia Ibarra is running for the District 2 seat. Their ballot title is Retired School Administrator. Nothing else about their background was found.
Kara Flietstra
Kara Flietstra is running for the same seat. Their ballot title is Small Business Owner. As with Ibarra, nothing else about their background was found.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.