Editing Hesperia, California (section)

==Government==
===State and federal===
In the [[California State Legislature]], Hesperia is in {{Representative|casd|21|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|33|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web
 | url = http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html
 | title = Statewide Database
 | publisher = UC Regents
 | access-date = December 1, 2014
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html
 | archive-date = February 1, 2015
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In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Hesperia is in {{Representative|cacd|23|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|23|access-date=January 9, 2023}}</ref>

===Municipal===
Larry Bird is the mayor of the city, with Rebekah Swanson as the mayor pro tem. The other three council members are Brigit Bennington, Allison Lee, and Cameron Gregg.<ref name=co>{{Cite web
 | url = http://www.cityofhesperia.us/index.aspx?NID=133
 | title = City Council
 | publisher = City of Hesperia
 | access-date = June 28, 2016
 | archive-date = January 7, 2019
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190107072413/http://www.cityofhesperia.us/133/City-Council
 | url-status = live
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According to the city's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city's various funds had $92.1 million in revenues, $98.7 million in expenditures, $520.5 million in total assets, $284.5 million in total liabilities, and $44.4 million in cash and investments.<ref>{{cite web|title=City of Hesperia - Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 2010|url=http://www.cityofhesperia.us/DocumentView.aspx?DID=1462|publisher=City of Hesperia|access-date=September 18, 2011|archive-date=September 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904195441/http://www.cityofhesperia.us/DocumentView.aspx?DID=1462|url-status=live}}</ref>
The structure of the management and coordination of city services is:<ref>{{cite web|title=City of Hesperia Departments|url=http://www.cityofhesperia.us/index.aspx?NID=27|publisher=City of Hesperia|access-date=September 18, 2011|archive-date=September 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904193124/http://www.cityofhesperia.us/index.aspx?NID=27|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! City department
! Director
|-
|City manager
|Rachel Molina
|-
|Assistant city manager - management services
|Casey Brooksher
|-
|City clerk
|Melinda Sayre
|-
|Assistant to the city manager
|Tammy Pelayes
|-
|Development services director
|Mike Blay
|-
|Economic development manager
|Rod Yahnke
|-
|Fire chief
|Ron Walls
|-
|Police captain
|Mike Browne
|-
|Director of finance
|Casey Brooksher
|}

Hesperia also has these advisory committees:  City Council Advisory Committee,  Planning Commission, and  Public Safety Advisory Committee composed of citizens assigned to provide advisory resources to the city council.

==== Discrimination lawsuits ====
In 2016, the Victor Valley Family Resource Center sued Hesperia and the San Bernardino County Sheriff for closing transitional houses that the center operated in Hesperia. The center had operated houses in Hesperia for the homeless starting in 2012.  The suit alleged that after the center opened a house in January 2015 to provide housing for felons on probation, the city and sheriff discriminated illegally against the center's tenants and houses.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-hesperia-halfway-homes-20160914-snap-story.html|title=A desert town's extreme crackdown on outsiders blamed for crimes: Mayor compares the effort to killing roaches|last=RUBIN|first=JOEL|date=September 14, 2016|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=December 4, 2019|language=en-US|archive-date=December 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203005606/https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-hesperia-halfway-homes-20160914-snap-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

After a district judge issued a preliminary injunction against the city, the city council altered or repealed several of the laws in dispute. The suit was settled in April 2018 for $484,831.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20180410/hesperia-settles-485k-lawsuit-with-aclu-over-alleged-unlawful-housing-practices|title=Hesperia settles $485K lawsuit with ACLU over alleged unlawful housing practices|last=Cruz|first=Rene Ray De La|date=April 10, 2018|work=vvdailypress.com|access-date=December 4, 2019|language=en|archive-date=December 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204052844/https://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20180410/hesperia-settles-485k-lawsuit-with-aclu-over-alleged-unlawful-housing-practices|url-status=live}}</ref>  On December 2, 2019, the United States Department of Justice filed suit against Hesperia and the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://abc7.com/5731451/|title=Hesperia, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department sued for allegedly using ordinance to evict black, Latino renters|date=December 3, 2019|work=ABC7 Los Angeles|language=en|access-date=December 4, 2019}}</ref> for "discrimination against residents and prospective residents of Hesperia because of race and national origin."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1223041/download|title=United States of America, Plaintiff, v. City of Hesperia, County of San Bernardino, and San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial.|website=United States Department of Justice|access-date=December 3, 2019}}</ref>